Technology Support, Beaverton School District
Responsible for technology support, planning, training and troubleshooting for various schools within this large, highly-rated district.

Technical Director, Studio Crew, KOPB, Portland
Technical Director, camera and graphics operator for a variety of studio productions including Seven Days, Oregon Art Beat and pledge for this PBS affiliate.

Editorial Specialist, NetSchools Corp., Mountain View
Responsible for providing a diverse range of news and informational content for company's educational portal web site for audience of students, families and educators. Duties also include working as technical liaison with web development group and occasionally serving as in-house video & multimedia producer and writer/editor for marketing communications department. Also provided technical support and setup for company's extensive trade show activities.

Technical Manager/Editor, Fat Box Productions, Redwood City
Starting with this graphics and animation production house as a freelancer, now responsible for support, configuration and maintenance of Mac-based, non-linear editing systems and digital Beta production hardware. Edited numerous short-form projects on ImMix StrataSphere and TurboCube systems as well as being primarily responsible for audio production. Clients included Sony, Intel, Ross Stores, the good guys! stores and Network Associates. Also responsible for providing troubleshooting, support and training on the facility’s office computing systems.

Editor/Engineer/Webmaster, Transvideo Studios, Mountain View
Performs all of studio’s non-linear editing using ImMix StrataSphere as well as various studio and field production assignments. Responsible for maintenance, configuration, upgrades, operator training and documentation of the StrataSphere. Designed and developed company’s Web site , www.transvideo.com. Responsible for overseeing computer and network engineering operations of this commercial/corporate facility. Supervised national/international fiber feeds, maintained and upgraded in-house computer network . Responsible for studio’s LAN and WAN systems, configuring ISDN and SMTP gateways.

Videotape Editor/Broadcast Promotions Producer KTEH-TV, San Jose
Starting as a tape operator for ITV, became video editor and Associate Producer for Kids’ Clubhouse and nationally-broadcast, Emmy-winning Real Science! . As Broadcast Promotions Producer, responsible for writing and producing on-air promotional pieces for stations programming and special events. Also serves as director for studio productions and live broadcasts. Working in conjunction with engineering department, assisted in the construction of station’s U-Matic SP and D3 edit suites, performed operator training in 3/4" suite and created all of the system’s documentation. Temporarily assigned to the Engineering department, assisted in many technical aspects of the facility’s recent move.

Master Control Operator/Distance Learning Support Technician, San Jose State Univ. San Jose
Responsible for supervising staff of student assistants and handling various administrative duties for campus-wide, cable TV distribution system. Operate and support four-camera distance learning classrooms in cooperation with Continuing Education department. Both positions involve significant skill in communicating with and serving a culturally and linguistically diverse student body and faculty.

ITFS Master Control Operator/Teleconference Director, Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose
Responsible for operation of county’s two-channel microwave ITFS network, establishing satellite down-links and airing a full schedule of instructional videos for county school systems. Also operated and maintained 4-camera production/teleconference studio, bringing the facility into an era of regular teleconference production.

Freelance Editor & Camera Operator
On-line editor and/or Director of Photography for various broadcast, corporate, and home-video projects specializing in computer and high-tech market.

Post-production Supervisor/Producer, Media West, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.
Primarily responsible for scheduling, maintenance and equipment planning for studio and edit suites. Assisted in design and construction of a new 3/4" to 1" on-line edit suite and 8-track audio sweetening system. Produced, directed and/or edited numerous high-tech related projects involving video, audio and slide-tape presentations with budgets up to $30,000. Regular field and studio production roles include technical director, editor, camera, and audio production, editing and mixing of stereo video and multi-image sound-tracks. Position involved extensive contact with staff producers as well as outside clients. Clients included Adobe Systems (director/editor for Adobe Illustrator training tape), Northern Telecom, Smithkline Industries, Fuller-O’Brian, McDonnel-Douglas, NASA, Diasonics, Epyx Software.

Video Manager/Producer, ViMart, Corp., Los Gatos, CA.
Produced, directed and scripted video "infomercials" for the company's laserdisc-based point-of-sale display system for software retailing. Developed and maintained a production database on company’s UNIX-based Altos computer system.

Staff Photographer/ Columnist, Middlesex News, Framingham, MA.
Was responsible for full range of news, feature and sports assignments as well as assisting in management of the photo department of this suburban Boston daily (circ. 60,000). Co-author of weekly Plane Speaking column for local aviators and enthusiasts.

Audiovisual Training Technician, Leonard Morse Hospital, Natick, MA.
Produced in-house staff training material as well as managing and maintaining hospital AV equipment.

Creative Services Director, Videograf, Inc., Needham, MA.
Worked with clients in scripting and production of videotapes, slide-tape presentations and production of 16mm films. Served as writer, cinematographer, editor and studio camera operator. Script credits include Creative Reading and Gettysburg: Three Days of Decision.

Consultant, ric getter:communications, San Jose
Providing consulting and support to clients with Mac-based office and graphics productions systems. Member of the Giga-Web national pool of online computer consultants.

Technical Publications, (contractor) Westinghouse Marine Division, Sunnyvale
Worked with program management office providing desktop publishing support, forms design, presentation graphics for the preparation of proposals, bids and schedules for both internal and customer use. Acted as resident "trouble-shooter" in a diverse, Macintosh-based engineering environment.

Systems Support Programmer, Equitec Financial Controls, Oakland, CA.
Provide system-level programming support for in-house data-based applications. Served as system manager for cluster of VMS-based VAX 750 mini-computers. Also developed user and system-documentation methodologies that were ultimately accepted as shop-wide standard.

Database Programmer, Marsh & McLennan, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Responsible for creation and maintenance of management information system reports associated with insurance claims. Worked with in-house personnel and client companies to develop and customize reports using DPL and COBOL. Involved with several cross-platform data-conversion projects along with regular programming duties.

Programmer/Operations Manager, Mediametrics, Inc., Moraga, CA.
Starting with this media-oriented information service as a data-entry operator, advanced to supervise staff of up to 20 data-entry operators as well as developing in-house and client software applications and documentation. Received training in the NOMAD database language and operation and administration of company’s NCSS 3200 mainframe.