Experience
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1980 – Present, Valley Media, Martinez, CA
Producer/Director-Owner
Working in the areas of commercial, sports, educational, industrial, news and Interactive Distance Learning.
_ Directed, Produced, Co-produced or Line Produced over 135 special event and conference, multi-media, multi-camera events for satellite and broadcast distribution. Many events involved directing large screen projection, live satellite, WEBcasts, and technical directing at the same time
_ Line Produced and Stage Managed over 20 Major events to include The George Foster Peabody Awards and Delta Leadership
_ Directed, produced or co-produced over 300 multi-camera broadcasts for satellite distribution
_ Directed, produced or co-produced 216 syndicated, syndicated pilot or single pilot programs
_ Written, co-produced, and directed 8 major technical training broadcasts
_ Operated camera, technical directed, or did tape and slow motion replay for Olympics and Goodwill Games, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, NFL, MLB, IMSA, ESPN, FOX-SPORTS, Comcast Sports Network, and many more
_ Produced, wrote and directed many short entertainment or information videos for industry
_ Directed sports and news for broadcast
_ Specialized in hand-held and aerial videography
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Sellpoints (Tentoe), Inc., Pleasanton, CA
Director of Production
Working in the area of rich media for the web
_ Built from the ground up and managed a production department for the creation of rich media for the Internet, interactive CDs and presentation kiosks
_ Shot, Directed, Edited, Wrote and Produced close to 200 infomercials for varied clients to include Canon, Fuji, Panasonic and SanDisk. Work included design, simple 2-D animation, and substantial interfacing with the client
_ Researched and implemented encoding, storage, and distribution systems for rich media
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KICU (KGSC), Channel 36, San Jose, CA
Producer/Director/Assistant Production Manager
_ Doubled the effective billing of the spot commercial production activity within the station. Major clients were Sears, Montgomery-Wards, Furniture USA, and Alameda County Fair
_ Director of news
_ Director, Camera operator, Tape operator and Technical Director for studio production
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GE Cable, Walnut Creek, CA and Peoria, IL
Program Director
_ Created production and program identity for two operations within 5 years
_ Produced, directed and programmed music, sports, live talk show, demonstrations, special events, dramas, and documentaries to fill a 20 hour per day programming schedule
_ Expanded sales to include mass market accounts
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Education |
California State University San Francisco
_ BA, California State College, San Francisco, California. Broadcast Communication Arts, Cum Laude and Presidents Academic List
_ Major Course Load, California State College, San Francisco, California. Political Science/Pre Law
_ Special background in management training, systems analysis and process description |
