# ============================================================================= # Cedric Ancellin — Résumé (Experience, Verbatim) # ============================================================================= # Core Purpose: # Cedric Ancellin's professional experience, transcribed as provided into # structured YAML. 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signed and deployed across every major Las Vegas casino group" - "Expanded the platform into pools and sportsbook experiences" - "Raised UrVenue's first outside investment in December 2019, after building to market dominance without external capital" summary: > Stepped fully into executive leadership, converting a strong product into a dominant, revenue-multiplied market position. - title: "Chief Technology Officer" also_titled: "CTO & Founder - UrVenue" period: "2008 - 2015" duration: "7 yrs" location: "Las Vegas" arrangement: "Hybrid" lead: "Co-founded UrVenue, a reservation and venue management platform focused on nightlife." highlights: - "Built the initial platform with early clients including Wynn Las Vegas" - "Established engineering and support operations in Mexico (8–10 team members initially)" - "Designed systems tailored to high-demand, high-volume venue operations" - "Worked closely with most Las Vegas Casino IT teams to incorporate UrVenue" summary: > Shifted from operator to founder, building a product from the ground up and aligning technology with real world venue operations inside the most demanding venue operations in the country. - company: "RomeRock" role_type: "Side Venture" employment_type: "Part-time" roles: - title: "Founder" period: "2016 - Present" duration: "10 yrs 7 mos" location: "Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico" arrangement: "Remote" lead: > Mobile app publishing and experimentation lab focused on testing strategies across development, monetization, and distribution. highlights: - "Published 20+ mobile applications across multiple categories" - "Explored various go-to-market approaches, including organic growth, paid acquisition, and alternative monetization models" - "Operated as a low-cost experimental environment to validate ideas outside core business constraints." - "Achieved break-even while maintaining a continuous pipeline of app launches" summary: > Maintains a parallel experimental environment to test new technologies and business models outside core operations. - company: "Travelnice and Nightclubs.com" employment_type: "Full-time" roles: - title: "Chief Technology Officer" period: "2005 - 2008" duration: "3 yrs" location: "Las Vegas" arrangement: "On-site" lead: "Led technology for a combined OTA and nightlife distribution platform." highlights: - "Took over following CTO departure and stabilized technology operations" - "Travelnice.com sold hotel rooms, shows, attractions, services, and nightlife for Las Vegas" - "Nightclubs.com sold nightlife inventory across North America" - "Scaled to 170 employees and approximately $50M in annual sales" - "Built one of the largest nightlife distribution platforms in the US with over 1,000 partners" summary: > Transitioned into scaling revenue driven platforms, managing larger teams, and operating at meaningful commercial scale. - company: "Transmed Networks" employment_type: "Full-time" roles: - title: "CTO" period: "2000 - 2005" duration: "5 yrs" location: "Burbank, CA" arrangement: "Hybrid" lead: > Architected and led development of a web based Electronic Medical Record platform operating in highly regulated hospital environments. highlights: - "Designed a secure, compliance driven system handling sensitive patient data under strict healthcare regulations" - "Built and managed distributed engineering teams across India and Eastern Europe" - "Implemented security and access control models required for hospital integration and clinical use" - "Deployed in live emergency room environments where reliability, data integrity, and confidentiality were critical" - "One of the first web based EMR to receive certification from Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology" - "Adopted by leading institutions including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center" summary: > Transitioned from early web and media projects to building mission critical, highly regulated systems with strict security, compliance, and operational requirements. - company: "Celebrity Village" employment_type: "Full-time" roles: - title: "Chief Technology Officer" period: "1998 - 2000" duration: "2 yrs" location: "Los Angeles" arrangement: "Remote" lead: > Built and led development of an early fan web engagement platform providing behind-the-scenes access to film productions. highlights: - "Implemented user accounts, exclusive content access, and early blog and live chat features" - "Delivered one of the early interactive celebrity fan experiences online" - "Built on LAMP" summary: > Moved into consumer web platforms, building early interactive experiences and user engagement systems. Ended when the internet bubble burst, along with my consultant career. - company: "Various Companies" employment_type: "Freelance" roles: - title: "Technology Consultant" period: "1991 - 1998" duration: "7 yrs" location: "United States" arrangement: "Remote" lead: > Relocated to the United States and built an independent consulting practice leveraging early relationships in media and technology. Initially focused on desktop publishing and prepress, later expanding into early internet and software development. selected_projects: - "Early online image catalog for press distribution over the internet" - "Distribution of French educational software in the US" - 'Interactive digital content products including a "Digital Bible for Children"' - "Early print-on-demand systems for online products" - "Desktop publishing and prepress services for Circus Circus properties" - "Layout-independent magazine translation workflows" - "Extreme sports video platform (early web media)" - "Online casino platform in Australia" summary: > Expanded from publishing technologies into early internet platforms and software development, gaining broad, hands on experience across emerging digital business models. - company: "EasyDoc" employment_type: "Full-time" roles: - title: "Technology Scout" period: "1990 - 1991" duration: "1 yr" location: "Paris, France" arrangement: "On-site" lead: > EasyDoc equipped the French media industry with emerging desktop publishing technologies during the transition to direct-to-film and plate printing. narrative: - > While in university in Binghamton, I published a student newspaper using QuarkXPress with direct-to-film output, aligning closely with the technologies EasyDoc was introducing to the French press. - > This led to a role scouting innovations in the United States for a French company, initially as a summer position that transitioned into a full time role. I was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and bringing back new publishing technologies to France. highlights: - "Collaborated with leading vendors including Adobe, Quark, Aldus, and Scitex" - "Collaborated with media organizations such as The New York Times in the US and Prisma Media in France to understand needs and solutions" - "Organized industry trips for French executives to conferences like Seybold and to meet US counterparts" summary: > Built a foundation at the intersection of media, technology, and international business during the early digital publishing shift.