Christina Birdsall

Christina was born in Texas to her mom, Janice and father, Don, a Frito Lay Mechanic. Her family moved to Nebraska and later Kansas, where she lived, until moving to California to attend college. Christina was an editor at the student run paper, The State Hornet, and held multiple offices in her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. After graduation, Christina went on to work for lobbyist, Charles Halnan. Her work there included producing a monthly newsletter for the California Gaming Association and monitoring bills for legislative clients, including Kimberly Clark and Amazon. After a job offer from a global technology firm, CGI, she worked as an IT business consultant. She helped to successfully implement the customer service overhaul for child support in California, a 26 million dollar project. It was here that she gained substantial background in systems implementation, including site setup, training, change management and testing. She later moved on to help implement a project at CalPERS, the state's retirement and health benefits system for public employees, retirees and their families. She moved to Los Angeles in late 2011 to pursue a career in the entertainment business. After a recommendation from a friend, Christina scheduled a meeting with TCD Studios. Believing her extensive business background would marry well with the 4-year-old startup; she joined staff full time in June of 2012. She sees the potential of having dedicated web content production and believes this is the future of television.