dio.ryan.marchena@gmail.com
Diogenes Ryan Marchena

Resume

Dio Ryan Marchena

646.334.0087 | dio.ryan.marchena@gmail.com

PARTNERSHIPS AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

  • Strategic and results-driven professional with 15+ years of experience in the media and gaming/social industries, including 11 years in leadership roles. Skilled in partnership management, strategic planning, project coordination, and leading cross-functional teams. A proven track record of driving operational excellence and delivering successful digital distribution and go-to-market strategies for Fortune 50 corporations. Passionate about optimizing workflows, streamlining release management, and strengthening partnerships to drive business growth.

  • Experience

    Digital Platform Manager, Warner Bros. Discovery | New York, NY, Nov 2021– Mar 2025

    ●  Managed partnerships and developer relations with Apple, Google, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Titan Phillips, and VIZIO.

    ●  Principal relationship manager with operational contacts in product management, engineering, commerce, feeds management, release management, distribution, marketing, and public relations.

    ●  Directed and tracked technical updates and requirements of platform partners, maintaining strong relationships to ensure Warner Bros. Discovery’s products were well-represented.

    Consultant- Senior Release Manager, Etsy | K-Force | New York, NY, Apr 2020–Oct 2021

  • Ensure that delivery processes, practices, and tools enable the team to deliver high quality code
.

  • Actively engage engineering and product management to define scope and coordinate
 planning for upcoming

    releases across multiple Android and iOS apps
.

  • Monitor the production level of releases to gauge stability including crash reporting and analytics analysis.

    Release Engineer Manager, Mobile Submit Operations | Zynga Inc. | San Francisco, CA, Jul 2019–Mar 2020

  • Ensured high-service availability to various game teams through management and oversight of a geographically

    dispersed team (San Francisco, Bangalore, Toronto and London)

  • Developed the improvement roadmap for the department, conducting reviews and completion sign-offs.

  • Optimized processes and managed projects through new workflows, best practices and automation.

    Senior Release Engineer, Mobile Submit Operations | Zynga Inc. | San Francisco, CA | Feb–Jul 2019

  • Built and maintained relationships with product teams ensuring smooth delivery of graphical assets, metadata and

  • builds to market storefronts.

  • Troubleshoot and resolve submission failures as well as maintain historical data of submitted data.

  • Application Distribution Lead, Consumer Platforms | NBCUniversal | New York, NY | May 2013–April 2018

  • Served as single-point-of-contact and enterprise-wide liaison, managing relationships and maintaining

  • communication between internal business units (20 brands) and Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, Amazon and Roku

  • partners, tracking product roadmaps for app launches and updates.

  • Managed updates and communications of product roadmaps for launches and updates, including key strategic

  • initiatives like TV Everywhere and OTT distribution.

  • Reported weekly project metrics to senior management on the performance of all 300+ apps in the portfolio.

    Lead Mobile Application Distribution Coordinator, Consumer Products | NBCUniversal | New York, NY | Sep 2011–Apr 2013

  • Managed the day-to-day activities for a team of Coordinators distributing applications to a variety of platforms.

  • Advised on marketing guidelines and best practices for App Store Optimization (ASO) to drive downloads with

  • increased visibility and on-target promotions.

    Senior Coordinator/Producer, International Programming | Viacom | New York, NY | Sep 2007–Sep 2010

  • Facilitated the distribution of long and short-form programming between domestic and international channels.

  • Produced senior management video presentations highlighting the previous year’s successes to help ensure

    increased budget allocations.

  • Managed international productions and logistics by securing shoot permits, credentials, local ENG crews for

    tentpole events (such as Movie Awards, Video Music Awards).

Education, Certification & Technical Proficiencies

Bachelor of Art, Sociology– Montclair State University  | Montclair, NJ

Project Management Professional (PMP) – Project Management Institute (PMI) 2017-2023

MS Office, Google Suite, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Xcode, Application Loader, Basecamp, JIRA, Basic SQL