With all the upheaval at Imagineering because of the Florida move, there may be some opportunities for people in Universal Creative and Imagineering to jump ship...
Universal Executive Leadership Changes
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Well obviously - it’s a Star Wars project. But my point is that that’s the last known SW project we know about for quite some time I’d imagine. Who’s to say once he’s done doing media for Starcruiser that he isn’t put on another project that’s non-SW related?
If I was Head of WDI, I’d insert him into the Avengers E-ticket project since that project seems to be going through development hell.
Do we know what his previous position was?
EDIT: Coming back to this almost immediately--he as it stands now is Sr. VP of Universal Parks and Resorts, and is a Executive Project Director of the company.
EDIT: Coming back to this almost immediately--he as it stands now is Sr. VP of Universal Parks and Resorts, and is a Executive Project Director of the company.
I thought he was running a broken hotel down south a bit.......
Aha before Michael Hightower worked at Universal almost thirty years ago, he was at oceaneering and his background is engineering...if UC is going to create next level rides in house, he would be the guy
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Well that’s encouraging considering they’re building a new theme park, then will be building new stuff at the existing parks.
The future of Universal as a vacation destination and theme parks is just simply far more exciting than Disney, and I know I have natural bias but I find it hard to not look at it that way objectively.
We've renamed the thread as more changes have been announced.
In another round of leadership changes at Universal, it was announced today that Bill Davis, President of Universal Orlando Resort, will retire. Karen Irwin, current President of Universal Studios Hollywood, will replace Davis as President. A lot more changes were also announced, including Tom Mehrmann replacing Irwin in a newly-created role of President, Pacific Rim, Universal Parks & Resorts, overseeing Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Japan and Universal Beijing Resort.
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In another round of leadership changes at Universal, it was announced today that Bill Davis, President of Universal Orlando Resort, will retire. Karen Irwin, current President of Universal Studios Hollywood, will replace Davis as President. A lot more changes were also announced, including Tom Mehrmann replacing Irwin in a newly-created role of President, Pacific Rim, Universal Parks & Resorts, overseeing Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Japan and Universal Beijing Resort.
Bill Davis announces Retirement; Karen Irwin Named President of Universal Orlando
In another round of leadership changes at Universal Parks & Resorts, it was announced today that Bill Davis, President of Universal Orlando Resort, will retire. Karen Irwin, current President of Universal Studios Hollywood, will replace Davis as President. The company also announced that Tom
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So is UOR to be considered then part of an...Atlantic Rim? Could that imply something further, orrrrr-
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No need to specify such a role when it only comprises Universal Orlando Resort. The Pacific Rim role and the UOR role both oversee three parks.
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Well good luck to all those in new roles and may the parks continue to prosper.
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I hope this means Hollywood keeps getting more attention...the fact that during this time of year the parks are closing at 5pm-8 pm is to me a joke. The Park is really great but just needs more offering to get people to stay later
I said that previously without much in shall we say--proper understanding.
Though, I do wonder what this means for Singapore. Because as it seems, there was no leadership changes whatsoever with the Malaysian park.
UPR New Ventures is a new division last time I checked...so Alex might be on to something.
- Page Thompson, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Parks & Resorts – International, will take on a new role as President, UPR New Ventures. Mr. Thompson has played a key leadership role in the development of Universal Beijing Resort and continued growth of Universal Studios Japan. In his new role, he will work to identify new opportunities for Universal to expand the concept of theme park entertainment and bring the brand to life for new audiences.
