Stephen Andrade was appointed Senior Vice President, Digital Development & General Manager, NBC.com in September 2006 and currently manages and oversees creative web development and operations for the NBC.com web site as well as related interactive activities for NBC Entertainment programming. He reports to Vivi Zigler, President, NBCU Digital Entertainment.Recent NBC.com highlights include the "Heroes" 360 alternative reality game experience which won an '08 Emmy for Interactive Media Programming - Fiction , "The Office's ? Dunder Mifflin Infinity" creative social networking project, "Biggest Loser League" healthy living network, the "Deal or No Deal" SMS/Web live game, the "Rewind" full episode video player and webisodes for "Office", "Heroes" and "Chuck" plus the "Jay Leno's Garage" original web program.
Andrade's past responsibilities for NBC included acting as NBC Entertainment's liaison with NBCi, conducting west coast business development and business affairs for NBC Digital Media, and overseeing legal issues for Snap prior to its merger with Xoom.
Andrade began his career with NBC in the legal department in May of 1996 as NBC's first attorney devoted solely to interactive matters where, among other things, he handled corporate legal issues related to the launch and early days of MSNBC.
Prior to joining NBC, Andrade was a member of the legal and business affairs department of Sony Interactive Entertainment (now known as Sony Computer Entertainment) where he played a significant role in the third party licensing program connected with the launch of the PlayStation 1 as well as other video game and CD-Rom development activities.
A native of Kansas City, Andrade received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and a doctorate of law from Harvard Law School. Andrade lives in Hancock Park, California, with his wife, Ivy, and his children, Kate and Alexander.