WRITING, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, JOURNALISM:

• Researched and wrote a wide variety of content for NetSchools, an educational portal web site with audience of educators, students and families with special focus on science and technology articles for students in grades 6 to 12
  
• Wrote all copy for the recent update to PLATO Learning's web site
  
  
• Extensive trade show experience in customer contact and technical support roles
  
  
• Researched and wrote copy for customer training and marketing communications assignments
  
  
• Regular contributing writer for MacDirectory, a national quarterly magazine and web site for the Macintosh community
  
  
• Wrote and produced local on-air promotions and key fund-raising spots for PBS affiliate KTEH-TV.
  
  
• Scriptwriter for over 200 video infomercials for ViMart's point-of-sale kiosk
  
  
• Photographer & columnist for the Middlesex News (now MetroWest). Co-author of Plain Speaking aviation column, winner of New England Press Association and U.S. Army Minaret Awards for photojournalism
  
  
• Published articles, commentaries and letters in MacWEEK, MacDirectory, Micro Times, Video Manager, Marcom Choices and San Jose Mercury News
  
  
• Writing samples and links to current online articles available here
  
  

COMPUTER, INTERNET& MULTIMEDIA:

• Served as technical liaison between NetSchools content production and web development group in implementation of optimized workflow site structural solutions
  
  
• Volunteer mentor at community agencies teaching children computer and desktop video production skills
  
  
• Independently developed and maintained employer's Web site www.transvideo.com. Site was entirely hand-coded HTML
  
  
• Considerable experience with Macintosh and Windows setup and networking (wired and wireless) including cross-platform interoperability
  
  
• Provided in-house support for Mac and Windows-based systems in a variety of educational and institutional and television production
  
  
• Provided user training and documentation in addition to database design and implementation as well as trade show setup, troubleshooting and support
  
  

VIDEO PRODUCTION:

• Segment editor and original associate producer for national PBS series Real Science!
  
  
• Provided 16mm cinematography for Videograph's Gettysburg: Three Days of Decision educational documentary
  
  
• Technical Director, graphics, and camera operator for live and taped programming at KOPB (PBS, Portland)
  
  
• Director during live studio auctions and other fund-raising events for KTEH-TV
  
  
• Videographer/segment editor and associate producer for popular local children's series, Kids' Clubhouse
  
  
• Over 15 years as on-line editor with recent experience using Avid and ImMix non-linear edit systems with strong emphasis on audio as well as video post-production
  
  
• Producer/video manager for one of the first companies to market a laserdisc-based, retail POS interactive video kiosk
  
  

WORK HISTORY: (Click for detailed information)

	10/02 - date	Technology Support, Beaverton School District
	3/01 - date	Tech. Director, Studio Crew (regular freelance), KOPB, Portland
	9/99 - 12/01	Editorial Specialist, NetSchools, Mountain View
	6/98 - 9/99	Editor, Fat Box Productions, Redwood City
	5/97 - 6/98	Editor/Webmaster/Engineer, Transvideo Studios, Mountain View
	5/90 - 5/97	Broadcast Promotions Writer/Producer & Videotape Editor, KTEH-TV, San Jose (part-time 5/90 - 11/94)
	11/90 -11/94	Distance Learning Technician/Master Control Supervisor, San Jose State University, San Jose
	11/89 -11/90	Master Control Operator/Teleconference Director, Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose
	7/87 - 11/89	Technical Publications Specialist (contract), Westinghouse Electric Co., Sunnyvale
	6/87 - 11/90	Freelance Videographer/Editor
	11/85 - 6/87	Editor/Post-Production Supervisor, Media West, Santa Clara
	6/83 - 8/85	Video Manager/Producer, ViMart, Corp., Los Gatos
	4/82 - 5/83	Database Programmer-Analyst, Equitec Financial Controls, Oakland
	2/81 - 4/82	Database Programmer-Analyst, Marsh & McLennan, Inc., San Francisco
	12/79 - 2/81	Programmer/Operations Manager, MediaMetrics, Inc., Moraga
	2/74 - 11/79	Staff Photographer/Columnist, Middlesex Daily News, Framingham, Massachusetts
	7/72 - 2/74	Writer/Cinematographer, Videograf, Inc., Needham, Massachusetts

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

PhotoShop, Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Premiere, Illustrator, After Effects, Acrobat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Claris Draw, FileMaker Pro, AppleScript, HTML, JavaScript, COBOL, MacOS, Windows, UNIX.

VIDEO EQUIPMENT:

ImMix StrataSphere, Avid, CMX, Panasonic D3 and Sony Editors, GVG 1600, 100, 250 switchers, Pinnacle, Abekas, Sony DVE’s, most studio and field cameras and recorders.

EDUCATION:

University of Massachusetts/Boston, B.A. English

University of California/Berkeley Extension - Computer Science

Portland Community College - Computer Science

University of California/Santa Cruz Extension - Creative Writing