Biography
Tennessee is focused on the future of Entertainment and Media. He is a 20 year veteran of the TV industry and Executive Producer who has produced hundreds of hours of TV, managed hundreds of millions of dollars in content creation, built and managed teams across the industry.
Tennessee is the Chief Creative / CEO of WerkShed, a media company and business consultant. He works with companies in TV, Film, Brands, creative agencies, startups and new business models. He is part of several new ventures and always from a strategy perspective helping guide growth. He has worked with numerous production companies such as ITV America, Fremantle and has produced shows for networks MTV2, FYI, A&E, BRAVO, HGTV, SPIKE, FOX and many more. He is a multifaceted producer who is also an entrepreneur, co-founder of Scoutcomics.com and an advisor / investor in startup companies that are tech, talent, entertainment and media focused. Tennessee is focused as well on virtual production , virtual sets, virtual worlds using the newest technology ( Unreal Engine ) that is changing how content is made and has executed several projects for clients.
Tennessee is a former ITV America ( largest producer of non scripted TV ) executive and business development. He consulted on shows in development, managing ITV assets, monetize shows IP ( Hells Kitchen for example), showrunning select projects, working with brands to fund / launch content and integrate into current shows. He executive produced Tiny House Nation, a hit show, and launched several shows while consulting internally for ITV.
Tennessee helps connect the dots and looks to the future of content, relationships inside & outside of the traditional cable model/ platforms and helping companies of any kind realize they are a media company in today's streaming world.
Tennessee is currently growing WerkShed into a brand that handles the disruption of the media industry and blends future technologies that will impact content, companies, organizations that want to tell their stories in a organic and 360 business model.
