// Project & Program Management · Los Angeles & San Diego

The calm behind
technical execution.

Program delivery PMO & operations Risk & forecasting Cross-functional leadership

Hi! I'm Rob, a Project and Program Manager who turns ambiguous goals into delivered outcomes. For the past decade I've led cross-functional teams across Engineering, Design, Media, and Operations — building the delivery frameworks, reports, and financial controls that keep complex projects calm, predictable, and on budget.

Rob Gilbert, smiling, photographed outdoors among autumn foliage
CLIENTS Sony FOX FX Mercedes-Benz
Project Management & Operations Lead @ Arcadian Consulting

// Writing & thinking

Notes on delivery, AI, and leadership

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// Experience

A decade of delivering complex projects and programs

Mar 2022 — Present

Los Angeles · Remote

CURRENT

Project Management & Operations Lead

Arcadian Consulting

Leads cross-functional delivery for Sony Pictures Entertainment initiatives such as Sony Pictures Core, RideVu in-car entertainment for Mercedes-Benz, and content-transcoding workflows for interactive events like the Emmy-winning Silent Hill: Ascension.

As operations lead, I've scaled delivery across Project Management, Customer Success, Design, and Media Services teams, resulting in 95.6% client satisfaction, and building a sales-to-delivery pipeline that won $200K+ in new business.

May 2020 — Present

Remote

Freelance React Developer

RedZone Studios

Builds the interface for QuizBowl PRO, a real-time academic competition used by thousands of K–12 students utilizing React, Socket.IO, and GraphQL against a DynamoDB backend, hands-on alongside the PM work.

Sep 2015 — Nov 2021

Los Angeles · Remote

Senior Project Manager

Diamond Web Services

Previously lead the delivery of FOX's Video Engineering Web Player Framework — eight engineers across web and connected-TV at $1.5M annual budgets, supporting live streaming of the World Series, World Cup, and Super Bowl. Also drove the video-focused rebuilds of FOX.com, FX+, and NatGeo.com.

Mar 2014 — Sep 2015

Encino, CA

Digital Project Manager

Hoverstate

Managed the buildout of an online renewal application for small businesses insured with Kaiser Permanente, which increased yearly retention by more than 26% from previous year renewal cycles.

// Selected projects

Projects I've managed

// Skills & tools

How the work gets done

program management

  • Agile / Scrum
  • Release Management
  • SDLC
  • Change Management
  • PRDs & SOWs
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Strategic Planning

leadership

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Distributed Teams
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Resourcing
  • Risk & RAG Reporting

tools

  • Jira & Confluence
  • Claude Code
  • Rovo AI
  • SmartSheet
  • Monday.com
  • WCAG Compliance
  • React & Node.js

// Education & certifications

Bradley University

B.A., International Studies & German

AI Fundamentals — Claude, Gemini & Copilot 2026
Google Project Management 2026
Atlassian — Managing Jira Projects 2025
IAAP — Certified Professional in Accessibility (CPACC) 2023
Scrum Alliance — Certified ScrumMaster 2020