Dan Ottney,
Executive Producer

I began my career at CableVision in Mount Pleasant, MI, producing TV commercials for the emerging cable television advertising industry. I significantly grew the ad sales and production business over a 4-year period. In addition, I engineered, installed and maintained commercial insertion equipment resulting in maximum quality and results reporting. During this time, Dan attended Central Michigan University with studies in Business Management and Communications.

I was offered a position with Ad Systems in Salt Lake City, UT – a commercial insertion equipment manufacturer and developed new technology for seamless integration of local commercials on national TV networks.  While there, I designed custom commercial insertions systems and installed and supported these systems at Cable TV system nationwide.

Returning to hands on production, I moved to Naples, Florida, for a position with National Educational Video as Director of Video Production. Here, I built and maintained a two-suite editing facility and a fully functional remote production company.  I produced, directed, shot and edited multitopic / format educational videos, providing national accreditation for nursing and healthcare.

I then accepted an opportunity to join the team at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, at the ESPN – Entertainment venue.  While there, I produced exclusive sports content for the ESPN Club. I produced show opens, promotional messaging and live interviews featuring premiere professional athletes. I produced preseason packages for multiple Major League Baseball and National Football League teams, highlighting the upcoming season.

While at Disney, I also produced for Disney I.D.E.A.S Studios and Disney Event Productions on a variety of projects, collaborating with the vast talent of Disney’s family. Projects included content for Live Events at Disney Conventions for companies such as Mercury Marine, the Unmanned Vehicle Association of America, Cox Radio and promotional content for worldwide distribution and launch of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge.

Growth continued, and I accepted a position at CarMax, The Auto Super Store in Richmond, VA, as Broadcast Producer. I managed the TV and Radio commercial production process from concept to completion, with the internal creative team, external agencies and vendors. Promoted to Business Manager of Broadcast Advertising and again to Senior Manager of Video Services, I internalized all production services and built two production facilities including insert stages, sound stages and multiple editing suites, graphics/animation and audio production facilities. I partnered with department leaders across the company to provide the highest level of video support enterprise wide. I also produced all live corporate events and continued to manage all external video partnerships.

I successfully relocated to Mount Pleasant, MI, and have produced a variety of content for local community groups and civic organizations including the Kiwanis Club, POW/MIA Memorial Association, Hopewell Ranch and others. I have founded 2C2 Media “Concept to Completion” – to provide my extensive production services to clients and partners in the place I have always called home… Michigan.