"I ha ve a lwa ys b een d ra wn to crea ting new wa ys of d oing thing s? thinking outsid e the b ox is my fa vourite p a stime! La ter in 20 0 5 (a fter the YouTub e scena rio), I la unched Arc2 Interta inment with the id ea of merg ing enterta inment with the Internet. It wa s my first b ig step into t he d ig it a l sp a c e, setting the sta g e for wha t ca me next. "The following yea r, I found ed FMA Enterta inment, which b eca me the p rod uction hub for most of my p rojects, whether live events or internet- b a sed content. O ne of my fa vourite crea tions wa s the FMA G a la C oncert in 20 11 (formerly Fa shion Roc k s), where I comb ined live music, fa shion shows, a nd multimed ia a rt into one sp ecta cula r event. It wa s the first of its kind in Va ncouver! Unfortuna tely, a fter a n incred ib le five- yea r run, the hig h p rod uction costs ma d e it unsusta ina b le. "Another venture I a m p roud of is the Va nc ouver VR Film Fest iva l, which I la unched in 20 19 to showca se cutting - ed g e virtua l rea lity content. Sa d ly, just a s it wa s g a ining momentum, the p a nd emic wa s up on us, a nd everything ca me to a ha lt. "In my journey, I ha ve d ra w n insp ira t ion a nd mot iva t ion from ma ny p la ces. From the incred ib le mentors I ha ve a d mired from a fa r to the countless crea tors a nd entrep reneurs who sha re their stories a nd p ush b ound a ries? they ha ve shown me wha t is p ossib le.
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"I ha ve a lso lea ned on the encoura g ement of my a ud ience a nd colla b ora tors, whose b elief in my work ha s kep t me g oing . Their trust a nd sup p ort remind me why I sta rted this journey a nd p ush me to keep crea ting a nd innova ting every d a y.
"Recently, the first sea son of Bit es a nd Sip s wra p p ed . This web p roject celeb ra tes the West C oa st's vib ra nt c ulina r y sc ene! This show is more tha n just food ? it is a love letter to the multicultura l fla vours a nd stories tha t ma ke our city so uniq ue a nd so fa r, resp onse ha s b een incred ib le, a nd we a re a lrea d y g ea ring up for the next sea son, where we will exp lore the culina ry g ems of other metro cities, a nd then exp a nd ing to city's outsid e of BC. "I a m a lso thrilled tha t AI t ec hnolog y is merg ing with the enterta inment world ? it is op ening up a n entirely new era of crea tivity for concep ts a nd p rod uction. With end less p ossib ilities, I a m rea d y to emb ra ce this tra nsforma tive shift. "Looking a hea d , I a m focused on t w o innova t ive p rojec t s currently in d evelop ment, ea ch d esig ned to d isrup t t he st a t us q uo a nd b ring something uniq ue to the enterta inment a nd crea tive ind ustries. These ventures a re set to red efine how a ud ienc es ex p erienc e st or yt elling , whether throug h d ig ita l p la tforms, live events, or immersive technolog ies. "Moving into 20 25, I will focus the resea rch a nd d evelop ment to sha p e my next g round b rea k ing p rojec t 's concep t a nd b usiness mod el. This p ha se is critica l? it req uires a d eep d ive into und ersta nd ing current ma rket trend s, a ud ience b eha viour, a nd the ever- evolving la nd sca p e of technolog y a nd enterta inment. My journey ha s b een exhila ra ting , a nd I a m excited a b out wha t lies a hea d ! AN DY D IG IT A L
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