Jeff Thiessen
Vice President at MCA Media Group
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Thiessen is a media executive with nearly 40 years of broadcast experience who currently serves as Vice President of MCA Media Group, where he runs all station operations and leads a team of 50+ across production, sales, finance and international partnerships. He transformed a debt-burdened regional OTA station into a multi-platform global broadcaster, driving OTT expansion, capital redeployment and marketing-led growth despite challenging regulatory and charitable headwinds. Skilled in regulatory navigation (CRTC), corporate restructuring, tax-credit optimization and content production, he blends creative storytelling with rigorous financial discipline. Known as a strategic team-builder and perpetual learner, he balances operational rigor with nimble innovation to seize new distribution opportunities daily. Off-screen he’s motivated by faith and family, enjoys scuba diving and brings a hands-on leader’s loyalty and compassion to both nonprofit and commercial ventures.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Institute of Corporate Directors
Github Skills (38)
docker10
python10
package-management10
data-science10
conda10
workflow-engine10
file-upload10
sequencing10
pipeline10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
science10
galaxy9
bioconda9
databases6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
JeffreyThiessen/JeffreyThiessen.github.io
Feb 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
phac-nml/irida-uploader
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Sequence file uploader for IRIDA
Contributions:28 releases, 37 reviews, 630 commits in 4 years
file-upload
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