Mann Theatres

About Them:
Mann Theatres was a movie theatre company that operated mainly in the western United States, they had a large concentration of theatres in Southern California. Their company’s motto was “Where Hollywood goes to the movies.”

Project Overview:
As a large chain with over 60 theatres in 3 states, they employed over 50 people to manage all aspects of their operations in order to support the business. They initiated a project to reduce payroll and create efficiencies within their current system. The project entailed transferring all of their current software systems into a new one. After we created and launched the new system they were able to cut over 50 employees, drastically decreasing their bottom line.

Project Tasks:

• Design and manage the project from start to finish.
• Create a testing platform and design the hardware infrastructure
• The application includes the following features:
• Schedules films in theatres
• Receives, audits and accrues their daily grosses (tickets, sales, concessions, etc.) via self-developed interfaces of the different theatre ticketing systems
• Performs settlements with film studios
• Manages invoices and payments

Technologies: PowerBuilder, MS SQL Server