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EDUCATION |
January-March, 1996 - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Masters course work, Airport Management |
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San Francisco State University, BA in Broadcast Communication Arts and Major course load in Political Science Pre-Law.
� Instrumental in starting Television Center, a student production and programming center to create student based television content for campus wide distribution
� President�s List and Cum Laude |
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EXPERIENCE |
June 1980 to Present, Valley Media, Owner. Producer, Director, Stage Manager, Writer, Editor, and Technical Director for linear and live or live to media, DVD, and web delivery. |
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- Comcast Hometown Network High School Football and Basketball, Producer and Director; Multi-Camera Sports Production
- College Football Hall of Fame, Line-Producer, Director and Stage Manager; Multi-Camera awards production for broadcast and stage
- Delta Leadership Meetings/Atlanta Image Arts. Line Producer/Stage Manager for Delta Airlines and Atlanta Image Arts: multi camera live vent
- Georgia Music Hall of Fame/Atlanta Image Arts, Broadcast Producer/Director for Georgia Public Broadcasting and Atlanta Image Arts: multi camera live broadcast
- The Peabody Awards/Atlanta Image Arts, Video Director and Stage Director, for PBS, the Bravo Channel, Georgia Public Television, A&E, and Atlanta Image Arts; multi camera live event
- The Clinton Global Initiative, Senior Director for prestigious international commitment based charity organization; multi camera live event and webcast
- Ask Chuck, Director, quarterly investor event with Charles Schwab from different cities around the country including question and answer period; multi camera live broadcast
- Adobe/Carlstrom Productions, Director, a quarterly meeting for all employees that includes management of capture and encoding for Windows web distribution; multi camera live event
- Cadence/Tim Fink Productions, Video Director, annual special event, Austin Texas; multi camera live event
- Salesforce.com/TenCue Productions, Video Director, multiple events that included management of capture and encoding for Quicktime, Flash, and Windows web distribution; multi camera live
- Comcast SportsNet/San Jose State University, Producer, �The Dick Tomey Show�, a weekly show featuring Head Football Coach Dick Tomey
- KTVU, Channel 2, Assistant Director/Director, news at 6 and 10pm; multi camera direction and format preparation
- Sabre/Moving Arts, Director, �Spin Day Celebration� from Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, international broadcast; multi camera live
- KQED, Director, �Independent View�, Emmy winning regional and national program about the independent film industry including interviews, film reviews, and discussions with critics and financiers; multi camera live
- KQED, 2nd Unit Director, �News Hour with Jim Lehrer�, national news program from PBS with inserts from San Francisco; multi camera live
- Moving Arts, Director, business conference series featuring Cadence Design and Nortel Network; multi camera live
- Atlanta Image Arts, Stage Director, Director, and Editor for conference series with Delta Tau Delta; stage direction, editing, and single camera direction
- Technology Education Network, Director, business television series �Spotlight Microsoft�, �Ten Tech Live�, and �Nurture Selling�; multi camera live
- KQED, Director, youth and young adults music program, �Musical Encounter� with Conductor Michael Tilton Thomas; multi camera direction
- KQED, Director, �Q�, a daily variety show based in San Francisco; multi camera direction
- KCSM, Director, music program �Left Coast Jazz�, a pilot for a music series; multi camera direction, graphics, script preparation, and editing
- KQED, Director, relief for �This Week In Northern California�; multi camera direction
- Hewlett-Packard, Director/Writer/Producer, business training program series, �CZ Authorization Training�; multi camera direction, graphics, script preparation, and editing
- Broadstar Entertainment, Technical Director/Director, a musical revival of Woodstock with many of the original groups; technical direction and multi camera directing
- Telstar, Director, entertainment industry daily program �The Hollywood Reporter Show�; multi camera director
- Sun Television, Director of Photography and Director, for a program series �Hollywood on Horses� covering popular personalities and their involvement with horses; DP, director, and editor
- Joanie Greggains Productions, Technical Director and Director, for a daily series �Morning Stretch� about aerobics, diet, and health; multi camera TD and director
- Richard Hittleman Productions/KTEH, Director, for a daily strip series �Yoga and Meditation with Richard Hittleman� on PBS; multi camera direction and editing
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There are many single camera and other multi camera jobs which cover the breadth of broadcast work: freelance director of news for KGO and KPIX in San Francisco; a political series for election coverage at KTEH; single camera commercial work for Macys, Sears, Montgomery Wards, Furniture USA, and many other clients; sports; and, dramatic behavioral video training aids for American Consulting and Training
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Sellpoint, Inc., Production Manager, Director, Writer, Editor, Graphic Artist, and Voice Over Talent. Sellpoint provides direct marketing support with video and Flash tours of products for Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Toshiba, Altec-Lansing, WiLife, and SanDisk |
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KICU (KGSC), Director and Assistant Production Manager, doing news, commercial, public service, entertainment, and special projects; multi camera live and film commercial production, editing, quad tape operation, and stage management |
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General Electric Cablevision Cable Channel 6, Peoria, IL, Production Manager/Program Director, built literally from the ground up to a virtual broadcast station programming 20 hours a day with an average of 6 hours per day of original programming; multi camera live, single camera commercial, traffic creation, program creation, production process and system design, studio design and studio construction |
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AWARDS |
• 1984, ABC Coverage of the 1984 Olympics of Los Angeles, Technical Award, Emmy. This was a generic award for the technical crew; camera, tape, technical directors, audio, graphics, and engineering
• 1974, NCTA National Award, GE Cablevision, for local origination programming, political coverage |
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• 1973, NCTA National Award, GE Cablevision, for local origination programming, special interest
• 1972, NCTA Honorable Mention award, GE Cablevision, for local origination programming, political coverage |
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• 1972, NCTA Honorable Mention award, GE Cablevision, for local origination programming, special interest
• Illinois Education Association, Special award of merit |
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MEMBERSHIPS |
• Bay Area Freelancers Association/IATSE Local 119, Sports Television
• Directors Guild of America, inactive |
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PROFICIENCIES |
� Tape/Slow Motion operator. EVS, multiple tape formats and disc recorders
� Technical Director, with knowledge of numerous switchers and video scalers
� Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Color, and Compressor
� Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver)
� Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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PERSONAL |
• Private Pilot, single engine
• Photographer and Musician (keyboards and percussion)
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