Prior to being appointed CEO of Sesame Workshop, Ming served as Chief Operating Officer for 11 years, wherein he oversaw the content, product licensing, distribution, research, communications and business strategies the Workshop's various properties. He also managed Sesame Workshop's human resources, facilities, information services, and technical operations. In 2013, he appeared in the German documentary Als die Sesamstrasse nach Deutschland kam ("When Sesame Street Came to Germany"), talking about the international co-production, and the history of Sesame Street in general.