Devin Pense serves as the Senior Director of Creative Operations & Production within XPRIZE’s Marketing & Content organization. He leads creative operations and production across planning, budgeting, vendor management, workflows, post-production, and digital asset management, ensuring XPRIZE’s storytelling efforts are scalable, efficient, and built for long-term impact.

Devin is passionate about building operational systems and processes that allow creative teams to do their best work. He has built and scaled production departments, led cross-functional teams, and delivered high-volume content pipelines in fast-moving environments. His leadership approach blends strategic oversight with problem solving, helping organizations align stakeholders, protect creative quality, and create repeatable processes that hold up under pressure. At XPRIZE, his focus is on strengthening creative operations and production infrastructure to support the foundation’s growing global footprint.

Prior to joining XPRIZE, Devin spent over 25 years producing and directing across film, television, and branded content, both in-house and through his own production company. His career includes work across multiple television networks, including the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and ABC, as well as executive producing commercial campaigns for major brands. Throughout his career, he has consistently balanced hands-on creative leadership with the operational discipline required to build and sustain complex production environments.