Dan Peirson is SVP, Programming & Development at Shed Media where he oversees multiple current series and takes an active role in the company’s development slate. During his 11 years at Shed, Peirson has Executive Produced a variety of projects spanning multiple genres of unscripted television. He’s currently Executive Producing Warriors of Liberty City, a premium documentary series for Starz, which received its world premiere at the SXSW film festival in Austin.

Peirson developed Long Lost Family for TLC which he continues to Executive Produce. The series has become one of Shed’s highest volume formats, with over 50 hours delivered in a little over 2 years. Peirson has served as Executive Producer on a diverse range of series for networks including Lifetime, Bravo, TNT, Travel, CMT, and Animal Planet, as well as emerging digital platforms.

Prior to working in the U.S., Peirson spent 7 years at Shed’s UK sister company Ricochet, where he helped develop and produce many of the their most successful series, such as Supernanny.