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John Tarnoff (b. 1952) is a reinvention career coach who provides career counseling for baby boomer and late career professionals looking to defy ageism, work beyond retirement, and pivot to a new job or new business as a second act or encore career.

A 40-year veteran of the Los Angeles entertainment industry, Tarnoff's career hit a wall at age 50. The tech startup he had co-founded was wiped out by the bursting of the dot-com “bubble,” and like many late career, baby boomer professionals in similar circumstances, felt uncertain and adrift in his career. He decided to go back to school to seek a second act career, and earned a master’s degree in spiritual psychology. Pivoting to a career focus on people and career counseling, he networked his way to a new role as Head of Show Development at DreamWorks Animation.^[1] from 2006 – 2009. In this position, he developed culture-changing creative leadership training^[2]^[3] and college recruiting programs^[4] that helped the company earn a place on both Forbes’ and Fortune’s “100 Best Places to Work” lists.^[5]

In 2010, he joined the Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College Masters of Entertainment Industry Management graduate program, serving as a graduate level professor and Head of Industry Relations.^[6] He has also consulted for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Australian Film, TV & Radio School, the ACME Network, a digital distance learning company, as well as The Boeing Company, in collaboration with BAFTA Award-winning production designer Alex McDowell.

In 2012, he launched his Boomer Reinvention® career coaching program^[7] to support late career baby boomers looking to start sustainable second act or encore careers beyond traditional retirement. He is the author of the forthcoming book: "Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career after 50" (Reinvention Press, Los Angeles 2017).

Tarnoff began his career in the mid-1970s working as a literary agent, and then as a film studio production executive and film producer. In these capacities, he was responsible for films including Diner, The Year of Living Dangerously, Pink Floyd The Wall, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and The Power of One. A co-founder of Village Roadshow Pictures in 1988, he pioneered U.S./Australian co-productions in the late 1980s and early 1990s executive producing a handful of films including The Delinquents^[8] and Prisoners of the Sun.^[9]

Branching into multimedia development in 1994, he licensed the interactive rights to Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and produced the video game Big Brother based on the book.^[10] He and director John Badham co-wrote the successful PC/PlayStation game WarGames, based on Badham's hit movie.^[11]

From 1995 to 2003, with writer and artist [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robit-hairman-8430bb12 Robit Hairman], he co-founded Talkie, Inc.,^[12] a technology company that created online conversational animated characters for marketing, brand building, lead generation, customer service and training. Talkie created "Claire,"^[13]^[14] Sprint PCS' automated customer service rep.

Tarnoff holds a B.A. from Amherst College, and a M.A. in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. He grew up in New York and Paris, and lives in Los Angeles.

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/toon-talent-flourishes-at-annecy-1200337995/|title=Toon talent flourishes at Annecy|last=James|first=Alison|date=2006-06-11|newspaper=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-27}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.workforce.com/2012/08/04/dreamworks-animation-cultivates-a-culture-of-creativity/|title=DreamWorks Animation Cultivates a Culture of Creativity|date=2012-08-04|website=Workforce Magazine|access-date=2016-12-27}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dana.org/News/Details.aspx?id=42950|title=Blogging on Neuroeducation|website=www.dana.org|access-date=2016-12-27}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/digital/news/companies-fight-for-talent-at-siggraph-1117969889/|title=Companies fight for talent at Siggraph|date=2007-08-08|newspaper=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-27}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2013/snapshots/12.html|title=100 Best Companies to Work For 2013 - DreamWorks Animation - Fortune|newspaper=fortune|access-date=2016-12-27}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=1214|title=John Tarnoff Named Head of MEIM Industry Relations for Heinz College|date=2010-05-28|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|accessdate=2011-01-11}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://johntarnoff.com|title=Change Your Career Over 50 with a Reinvention Career Coach|website=johntarnoff.com|access-date=2016-12-27}}
8. ^NYTimes:"The Delinquents" credits http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/131969/The-Delinquents/credits
9. ^National Library of Australia: "Blood Oath" (aka "Prisoners of the Sun") credits http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34705255?versionId=42986735
10. ^Zeitgeist Werks Consulting Deal w. Tarnoff re: Big Brother http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Zeitgeist+Werks+strengthens+senior+management+team%3B+signs+consulting...-a018534547
11. ^Mobygames listing Wargames Defcon1 credits http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/wargames-defcon-1/mobyrank
12. ^Talkie Launches Online Characters for Conversational Customer Service http://www.tmcnet.com/enews/061301a.htm
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetfeedback.com/sprint+wireless/customer+service/quotsprints+virtual+assistant+clairequot+cant+help+everyone/196744|title="Sprints Virtual Assistant Claire" Can't help everyone! {{!}} Sprint Wireless Customer Service {{!}} PlanetFeedback|website=www.planetfeedback.com|access-date=2016-12-27}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/45609-37-claire|title=No more Claire? - Network Providers - Tom's Hardware|website=Tom's Hardware|access-date=2016-12-27}}