Chris Rantamaki is Vice President, Original Series, at Spike TV where he is responsible for overseeing the development of non-scripted series, further broadening and expanding Spike TV's growing audience.  Rantamaki is based in the network’s California offices and came to Spike TV from Discovery Channel, where he was Vice President of Production. There, he oversaw a slew of marquee shows, including “Auction Kings,” “The Colony,” “One Man Army,” “Howe & Howe Tech,” “Gang Wars,” “Construction Intervention” and “Expedition Alaska,” among others.  Prior to his stint at Discovery, Rantamaki served as executive producer and producer for more than ten years on a wide variety of reality staples, including TLC’s hit docudrama “Miami Ink,” Fox’s “Ambush Makeover,” E!’s “#1 Single,” “Shipmates” and TLC’s “A Dating Story.”  He also has extensive experience in the talk show arena, serving as producer on “Queen Latifah,” “Dr. Joy Browne” and “Jerry Springer,” to name a few.