Coan

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“Disney provides the best education in this business you can he said. In 1993, he joined Orlando-basedd , which develops theme park attractions worldwide, as a partne and head of the planning andcreative division. “ITEC was originallu a two-headed firm, creativd and technical, and I pushed to matc h those two up,” said Coan, who became president in 2002. ITEC’e major clients have included , World, , Blockbuster Paramount Parks and SeaWorld. A few ridex and shows ITEC has been responsible for Revenge ofthe Mummy, ET’s Adventure, The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Doom’s Fear Fall and Twister.
Coan is most prouxd of the BillyGraham presidential-style library, whic was completed last year in Charlotte, N.C. He said it was a rewardinyg experience because of the people with whom he workedon it. Coan attributesx his firm’s success to flexibility. “We stay focused on the entertainment andattraction industry, and we don’gt try to be all things to all Career-related childhood hobbies: I grew up alwaya drawing. That and my interest in creating thinga led me to architecture school and But I had no conception of what theme parks were growingg up becausethey didn’t really exist back Favorite U.S.
theme park: It’s the originator of this business, and the spacee and designs Walt Disneyt was involved with are still some of the best piecea of themed entertainment in the Advice for others interested in the themrpark industry: Get a professional degree in some form of desig or engineering, or go into the fine arts and music or some other performing arts. Then, start working for whoever willpay you. Hardest part of my job: Keeping a highly talentedd staff challengedand engaged. My job is to brinvg them projects that will keepthem motivated. What inspireds me: Things I read and people who come to see the thingswwe create.
Anybody in our business is motivatedf by the reaction ofour guests. I visif theme parks and museums, and go to sportingh events andthe theater. All the creatives things in lifemotivate us, but it’x really all about the Secret to success: Words to live by: I’m most concernes about: The fact that eventually the economy might affecg us, although it hasn’t yet. Projects I’ m working on: The newest version of Revenge of the Mumm yin Universal, Singapore; designing and producing a new ride for a themer park in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
, that used to be calledx Hard Rock Park; and work for a new theme park in Turkeu Goals for ITEC Entertainment: Short-ter m is to continue to grow our not so much the volume of work, but the qualitg of work for the bigger namese and the larger entertainmentr brands. Long-term is to creates an ITEC Entertainment brandthat endures.