ERIC ORTEGA

SENIOR EXECUTIVE COACH

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MEET AHMAD

Ahmad’s dynamic work history has one major thing in common – talking to people! Whether he’s on stage performing for an audience, leading workflow demonstrations for new healthcare software, educating students on vocal production or script analysis, or coaching clients in communication, he has committed himself to the necessary skill of self expression in human interaction.

WORKING WITH AHMAD

Hi Ahmad,

The talk was a huge hit - could not have gone better! Easily the strongest and most robustly positive feedback I've gotten after giving a talk at a conference - and I've given a bunch! Thanks very much for such helpful preparation; it made a big difference, and left me with ideas and approaches that will no doubt help me for future engagements. Thanks again, and all the best.

Thanks so much Ahmad! It actually went fantastic! Your help was so instrumental to that as well, I can’t thank you enough!

Hi Ahmad, Thanks for taking out the time yesterday. It was an extremely helpful session. Kind regards,

Ahmad, thank you so much for all of the help and support. The presentation went really well—after the meeting, the Board said they were extremely impressed and the CEO said it was the best training session he’d ever had in his career. Thank you! I look forward to our next session.

BIOGRAPHY

Eric is an experienced and accomplished media executive for some of the world’s largest multinational corporations including Disney and Comcast. As a two time Emmy award-winning and ten time Emmy nominated Executive Producer, Eric has overseen the production of thousands of hours of television and news making interviews.

As a seasoned producer and journalist, Eric listens with a viewer & audience’s ear in mind, identifying those key characteristics that define each client. Eric works with clients’ screen presence, messaging and more by helping polish a client’s narrative and utilizing the best presentation to share them. Eric’s goal is to make sure the client’s message is delivered, loud and clear.

Eric currently serves as the Executive Producer of “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis” and oversees all of ABC News Live’s evening programming. In this role since, Eric has played a key part in shaping the network’s streaming content. His team won the prestigious DuPont-Columbia Award for environmental reporting, including the special *The Power of Water,* the acclaimed Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence and four Emmy nominations for “Prime with Linsey Davis” including Outstanding Live News Program.

With a distinguished decade-long career in journalism, starting with roles at NBC News and MSNBC, Eric has reported on significant events such as the 2020 & 2016 U.S. presidential elections, the 2015 Paris attacks, October 7th attack on Israel and the Parkland school shooting. Following over 7 years at NBC, Eric went on to relaunch the critically acclaimed VICE series “VICE News Tonight,” ultimately taking home two Emmy Awards for his coverage of the George Floyd protests and for outstanding newscast.

Before his broadcasting career, Eric worked in politics, serving in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and as deputy press secretary at the 2012 Democratic National Convention where he helped write legislation and media prep distinguished members of Congress and Obama campaign surrogates. In 2024 Eric was recognized as one of the most influential Latinos in Media by the Imagen Foundation and one of Broadcasting & Cable Magazine’s 40 under 40 honorees.

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