 McKenna, CEO of Oddworld Inhabitants, confessed to have come from a rich family and perfect childhood to become a successful producer and Hollywood executive in computer animation.Lanning described her as "the 'go to' person in computer graphics... and a pioneering producer in visual effects" who had the know-how and power in business to make things happen, and the first person he met in Hollywood that would cut to the chase and be direct about what she thought of something.It was here in 1991 that these two veterans of Hollywood would work together on computer animation rights.