Ana Serrano(IV)
- Producer
With over 20 years experience building award-winning digital products, securing millions of dollars of investment for innovation programs from both the public and private sectors, creating global strategic alliances with diverse networks of digital business and creative leaders, and starting new ventures from the ground up, I am that hybrid mix of strategist and intrapreneur who can make digital transformation and innovation initiatives a reality and a success.
Currently serving as President & Vice Chancellor at OCAD University. Prior to that I was the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of the CFC, and founded CFC Media Lab, the world-renowned and award-winning institute for interactive storytelling created in 1997. In my capacity as CDO,
To date, I have directed the development of over 140 digital media projects, mentored over 70 start-ups, and have received numerous awards from the digital media, film, and theatre industries in both Canada and the U.S., including in 2021 Digital Trailblazer award from Women in Film & Television, Toronto, in 2018 receiving the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) from the French government, Digital Media Trailblazer Award from the Academy of Canadian Film & Television in 2015, a Best Canadian Feature Film Award from the International Reel Asian Film Festival for my own transmedia production Prison Dancer: the Musical, and a Jim Blackaby Ingenuity Award for Body/Mind/Change from the American Museums Association.
Currently serving as President & Vice Chancellor at OCAD University. Prior to that I was the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of the CFC, and founded CFC Media Lab, the world-renowned and award-winning institute for interactive storytelling created in 1997. In my capacity as CDO,
To date, I have directed the development of over 140 digital media projects, mentored over 70 start-ups, and have received numerous awards from the digital media, film, and theatre industries in both Canada and the U.S., including in 2021 Digital Trailblazer award from Women in Film & Television, Toronto, in 2018 receiving the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) from the French government, Digital Media Trailblazer Award from the Academy of Canadian Film & Television in 2015, a Best Canadian Feature Film Award from the International Reel Asian Film Festival for my own transmedia production Prison Dancer: the Musical, and a Jim Blackaby Ingenuity Award for Body/Mind/Change from the American Museums Association.