Ingredients of purpose: This question could change your life | Aunrée J.L. Houston | TEDxSUNY Oswego
Aunrée Jacques Laurent Houston is the founder of Aunrée Jac Inc., a creative entrepreneur, certified life coach, and proud alumnus of SUNY Oswego. He serves as Marketing Operations Executive at Netflix®️, where his team supports groundbreaking series such as Bridgerton, Stranger Things, and Wednesday. Before joining Netflix, Aunrée held senior leadership roles as VP of Operations at both Paramount and HBO®️, where his team helped bring iconic series like Insecure and Game of Thrones®️ to the world. In addition to his corporate work, Aunrée co-hosts The Professor and the Princess podcast and is writing a lifestyle book titled Béing: The Art of Living!~~ United by the theme of ‘Progress’, TEDxSUNY Oswego believes that ideas change everything, ideas create progress, and Ideas Move People! https://ww1.oswego.edu/tedx | TEDxSUNY Oswego is sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs at SUNY Oswego, Office of Admissions at SUNY Oswego, and Auxiliary Services!!! Thanks to WTOP-10 TV | Executive Producer and Editor: Melinda Brancato | Executive Producer: Kenneth Girard | Director: Dylan Zielinski | Technical Director: Lowden Pratt | Audio: Michael Shetler | Camera: Hunter Reymaniak | Camera: Paulie Baidy | Camera: Mike Neckers | Camera: Gianna LaBella | Remote Audio: Payton Reibstein | Remote Director/Technical Director: Oona O'Brien | Graphics: Chris DeLuca | Graphics: Mohammad Hammad | Video Playback: Chloe Siena | Broadcast Engineer: Jesse Senegeto | Video Specialist: Emily Mike | Video Specialist: Michelle Smith Houston, a SUNY Oswego alumnus, is the founder of Aunrée Jac Inc., a Marketing Operations Executive at Netflix, an artiste, and a certified life coach. He co-hosts The Professor and the Princess podcast and is currently writing Being: The Art of Living! Previously, he served as VP of Operations at HBO and Paramount, shaping the marketing of iconic series like Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Wednesday, and Game of Thrones. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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