| Birthplace | San Diego, CA |
John Hashimoto is Director of Interactive Television Product Development and Management at The Weather Channel. He is responsible for the design, development, testing, market deployment and marketing of on-demand (ETV and tru2way) weather services distributed by Cable, Satellite and Telco networks (e.g. Comcast, DirecTV and Verizon). He has been in this position since the fall of 2007.
John is a 20+ year veteran of the media. He has worked as a producer at CBS, CNN, Time Inc. and WGBH-TV(PBS) and won multiple national awards for his work in broadcasting and on the Web. He is a PMP-certified Project Manager and has more than a decade of experience in interactive media, including design and content creation, User Interface (UI) design and usability, information architecture, content licensing and management, personalization, and marketing and customer relationship management.
John is the winner of multiple media awards, including a Peabody and BAFTA honors for directing production of a Cold War documentary companion website while at CNN.