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August 2005 - Current
Sportvision
Mountain View, CA

Position: Field Technical Manager

Coordinate Sportvision efforts for ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcasts. Effects include "First & Ten" virtual first down line and PassTrack, a 3D graphic enhancement to replay effects.

Position: "Freeze Cam" Technician

Setup and operate FreezeCam special effect camera system for ABC's NBA Basketball coverage.

Setup and operated developmental system for 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC Universal's hockey coverage.



December 2004 - Current
KGO-TV ABC 7 ( ABC Television )
San Francisco, CA

Position: Information Systems Consultant

Support and implement broadcast related computer systems. Manage the technical needs of the Creative Services Department and on-air graphics systems.

May 2001 - July 2004
Position: Broadcast Graphic Designer

Creation of still and motion graphics for promotional spots, ad campaigns, website and daily newscasts.

sample graphics. | sample animations.


September 1999 - June 2000
WXMI-TV FOX 17 ( Tribune Broadcasting )
3117 Plaza Drive NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525-2999

Position: Graphics Designer

Created all graphics for the nightly news and sports programs. Created graphics for the nightly CNN local news updates which aired on the local Headline News cable channel.

Primarily used Adobe Photoshop, in combination with a Quantel Paintbox to complete the graphics for broadcast. Assisted the directors to implement new effects and animated elements for nightly newscasts.

sample graphics
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June 1997 - September 1999
WSYM-TV FOX 47 (Journal Broadcast Group)
600 West St. Joseph
Lansing, MI 48893

Position: Director

Directed/Technical Directed daily 6 and 10pm newscasts. Responsible for crew assignments and all other technical aspect of the nightly production.

Graphic design responsibilities included creating all broadcast graphics for all newscasts, including animations for sweeps packages and promotional uses.

video: directing examples

sample graphics.




August 1994 - May 1998
WKAR TV 23 (PBS) (MSU Broadcasting Services)
212 Communication Arts & Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

Position: Student Director / Production Assistant.

Directed / Technical Directed live, multi-camera two-way interactive distance learning courses.

Assisted with various television productions. Duties included camera operator, floor-director, teleprompter, chyron and video tape operator.




August 1994-September 1998
MSU Telecasters
409 Communication Arts
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI, 48824

November 1996-September 1998

Position: Executive Producer

Duties: Oversaw student video production organization.

November 1996-May 1998
Position: Programing Director

Duties: Prepared all programming/graphics for playback on campus/community cable system.

September 1995-October 1996
Position: Producer/Director "Green & White"

Duties: Produced/Directed biweekly news magazine program.

August 1994-September 1995
Position: Director "Green & White"

Duties: Directed biweekly news magazine program.



September 1996-September 1997

Position: Freelance Camera Operator

Duties: Field / Floor handheld Camera Operator for Michigan State University football and basketball games. Camera work appeared on the following networks: ESPN, CBS, ABC, and PASS/FOX Sports Detroit.




September 1995-September 1996
Media One / Continental Cablevision

Position: Freelance Camera Operator

Duties: Handheld camera operator for local area high-school football, and basketball games.





September 1989-September 1996
WBRW TV-6

Position: Producer / Director

Duties: Created various television projects for this public access television station.



Video Switchers Experience:
Grass Valley Kalypso 4/ME (Advanced Operations Course)
Sony DVS 7250 2.5 M/E - 2 DME

Video Editor/Playback Experience:
Avid Newscutter, Media 100,
Avid MC Express, Avid Airplay, Adobe Premier, Sony BVS-900 (Linear), Final Cut Pro

Character Generator Experience:
Chyron Infinit!, Chyron Max!, Chyron Scribe, PC Scribe, Videonics Powerscript, VideoToaster

Still Store System Experience:
Pinnacle Lightning (Base Station / Shotbox), Quantel Picturebox

Computer System Experience:
Macintosh, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT/2000, Windows 98, OS/2, SGI

Computer Programs - Broadcast Design Tools:
Quantel Paintbox, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, Premier, After Effects, Macromedia Fireworks, Director, Real Producer

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