Ed O'Keefe Named Senior Producer, Special Projects and Innovation for ABCNews.com

— -- Ed O'Keefe serves as Senior Producer, Innovation and Special Projects for ABC News Digital.

As leader of the Special Projects team, he works to integrate web & television, innovating creative products and technologies to build the prominence and reach of ABCNews.com.

Ed worked most recently as Senior Political Editor during ABCNews.com's record-breaking coverage of the 2008 presidential primaries and election.

Responsible for political news quality and strategic planning for ABCNews.com over the course of 54 primaries, 30 debates, two national conventions and election night, he served as Senior Political Editor during the site's highest months of traffic in history.

O'Keefe also led development of ABCNews.com's successful election products, such as the Match-o-Matic, "50 States, 50 Days", "Meet the Candidates", and election night features including an interactive election night map, 50 state pages with Senate, House & Gubernatorial results, fast facts and past presidential election results, and the first-ever searchable exit polls.

All of ABCNews.com's election night features were displayed on a redesigned home page, and the site's feed of live election results powered three iconic screens in Times Square.

In his new role as Senior Producer, Innovation & Special Projects, O'Keefe helped develop the site's coverage of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, marking the first time ABC News simulcast its special events coverage on the web in a specially designed 16:9 widescreen format.

Continuing to innovate, he worked to make ABCNews.com the first national news organization to host a "Twitterview" – an interview conducted entirely via Twitter between Sen. John McCain. R-Ariz. and "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.

Outside of politics, he has helped launch the web-only video series "Quick Fix" and, in April 2009, ABCNews.com unveiled a redesigned"Good Morning America" Recipes index, featuring nearly 1,500 recipes in a specially designed presentation, an advanced, embeddable search widget, and a revamped newsletter.