Kevin Katan

Kevin Katan has a diverse work experience in the entertainment industry, spanning various roles and companies. Kevin began their career in 2007 as a Specialist at Apple Retail and later worked as a Stage Manager at The Madison Square Garden Company. In 2009, Kevin joined Disney Theatrical Productions as an Assistant Stage Manager for The Lion King.

Moving forward, Kevin worked at Dragone as a Stage Manager from 2012 to 2013. Kevin then joined Spiegelworld as a Stage Manager for Vegas Nocturne at Rose.rabbit.lie in 2013, and later as a Casting Associate in 2014.

In 2014, Kevin worked at Global Creatures as a Deputy Stage Manager for Walking with Dinosaurs. The following year, they joined Dodger Theatricals for a brief period as an Assistant Stage Manager for Duck Commander Musical. Kevin also had a short-term role at Dragone in 2015 as an Interim Production Stage Manager for Dai Show.

From 2015 to 2019, Kevin worked at Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group as a Stage Manager and later as a Production Stage Manager for Toruk: The First Flight.

Currently, Kevin serves as the Head of Production Operations at Spiegelworld, a position they have held since April 2022. Prior to this, they were the Production Manager at the same company from 2019 to 2022.

Kevin Katan attended UC San Diego from 1996 to 2000 where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Theatre Arts. In terms of additional certifications, Kevin obtained the following:

- Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Practitioner from US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OSHA in October 2022.

- Production Accounting 101 from Entertainment Partners in August 2020.

- The 5-Day Excel Challenge from LinkedIn in July 2020.

- Project Management Foundations from LinkedIn in June 2020.

- Become a Content Strategist from Lynda.com in May 2020.

- Learning Slack from LinkedIn in May 2020.

- Six Sigma Foundations from LinkedIn in May 2020.

- SketchUp 2019 Essential Training from LinkedIn in May 2020.

- Agile Software Development from LinkedIn in April 2020.

- Agile Software Development: Kanban for Developers from LinkedIn in April 2020.

- Agile Software Development: Remote Teams from LinkedIn in April 2020.

- Agile Software Development: Scrum for Developers from LinkedIn in April 2020.

- Cert Prep: Project Management Professional (PMP)® from LinkedIn in April 2020.

- OSHA 30 General Industry from OSHA Safety Training Institute in March 2019.

- OSHA 10 General Industry from OSHA Safety Training Institute in December 2015.