FOUNDING CREATORS

“The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.” —Mark Twain

Douglas Dye

co-founder | chief executive officer

From the City of Angels to Dar es Salaam, Wall Street to Tierra del Fuego, Douglas has been a servant-leader on behalf of Fortune 100 companies, leading government agencies, and international non-profit organizations.

As an explorer, entrepreneur, and now co-founder and chief executive officer of Manalive Media Group, Douglas has built and led teams worldwide with competence, common sense, and courage—and by developing others to top performance through commitment to excellence, creativity, and good humor.

Beginning his career in the jungles of post-civil war Nicaragua as a business development volunteer in the United States Peace Corps, Douglas has lived throughout the United States and in six countries across Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, and has conducted business in more than 20. Highly curious and collaborative by nature, he earned his M.B.A. from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of California, Riverside.

A tragic optimist and fallible knight-errant, Douglas was born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, to where he has recently returned, now hanging his hat in Big Sky Country. He begins each day with an early-morning workout along the Yellowstone River and ends it with a meditation on the Mysteries of the Rosary, a spiritual sword made by the Divine Craftsman.

Tim Crane

co-founder | chief operating Officer

Tim is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, and co-founder and chief operating officer of Manalive Media Group. He has helped produce feature films that have premiered at the Cannes and Rome Film Festivals.

Most recently, Tim executive produced 2016’s Money Monster, a crime drama/thriller directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. While studying English at USC, Tim produced three short films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Inspired by that success, he moved into producing TV commercials.

In 2001 Tim was struck by a drunk driver, suffering a life-changing injury that left him a functional quadriplegic. With deep gratitude to be alive, his handicap has not slowed him down.

A native Californian who resides in the City of Angels, he is a voracious reader and an active participant in his church and several Catholic and spinal cord injury charities.

Amy Giuliano

Chief creative officer

Amy is a writer, educator, and digital creator whose entrepreneurial spirit and creative vision have enlivened a variety of academic and professional pursuits. She holds degrees in Art History from Yale University, Theology from the Angelicum in Rome, Philosophy from the École Saint Jean in France, and Catholic Studies from Seton Hall University.

Amy received training in virtual reality technologies, visual storytelling, and video editing at Yale's Center for Collaborative Arts & Media, French language and literature from the Sorbonne in Paris, and archeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

A dual citizen of the United States and Italy, Amy spent a year living at a monastery in the French countryside before serving as a guide to the art and architecture of Rome in conjunction with her theological studies. And in 2018, she founded VADIS VR, a Yale-funded start-up that creates virtual tours of artistic patrimony in Rome, Jerusalem, and beyond.

Amy regularly contributes sacred art essays to the Magnificat, teaches Art History, and offers invited lectures at a variety of institutions from the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums to the Pontifical Gregorian University. She oversees the integration of Manalive’s creative muse and leads the development of new projects.

Ryan O’Connell

Chief technology officer

Ryan is an entrepreneur, software developer, and leader with a strong track record of innovation and growth in such varied arenas as film, technology, and politics. He is fundamentally motivated to identify and develop hidden potential, create greater efficiency, and secure measurable results that have a tangible, positive impact on the world.

A self-taught full-stack software developer, Ryan co-founded and/or served as Chief Technology Officer at award-winning communications, app, and influencer marketing companies featured in hundreds of publications around the world. Before transitioning to the tech field, he began his career on the business side of the film industry working for producer Steve McEveety (Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ).

Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Ryan attended Franciscan University of Steubenville where he played rugby and studied abroad at a 14th-century Carthusian monastery in Austria. Upon graduating with a Communications degree and Business minors, he moved to the City of Angels. After nearly a decade in Santa Monica, Ryan headed to Washington, DC for four years. He now enjoys the flexibility of living and working anywhere.

Autodidactic by nature, Ryan is an avid reader, ceaseless learner, insatiable traveler, and proud son, brother, and uncle in an amazing family.

“The history of art repeatedly demonstrates that a few people of sufficient passion, courage, and creativity can transform an age.”

—Dana Gioia