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Produce both long and short format video for DVD and online distribution. Oversee production in Burbank, CA to ensure production levels meet expectations for post production. Maintain budgets for all aspects each project, from production all the way through DVD manufacturing to ensure the highest possible ROI.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Creating products such as ExoMetrics, a contactless temperature screening kiosk that factors in externalities that increase or decrease skin temperature.Creating innovative digital signage experience ranging from looping images and video to interactive displays using touch screens, buttons, and mobile devices leveraging BrightSign digital signage players.

Most recently created the Leaky Park App for iOS and Android devices. The app is an exhaustive guide to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure. The guide is complete with wait times, shop and ride descriptions, dining menus, comments, ratings and more.Assisted in the creation of the video gallery for Leaky. Collected, converted and cataloged hundreds of videos from a variety of sources. Created the workflow and automation for converting videos and distributing them to the media servers. Manage a team that collects and processes the videos.

Responsibilities include management of all company endeavors and assets in digital media including live webcasts and video on demand (VOD); interfacing with executive management, interpreting their vision and translating the technical jargon into brief summaries for presentation; remaining on the bleeding edge of digital media technologies, codecs, and trends; and, maintaining organizational budgets. Achievements include:•Creating new video technologies that led to the first patented intellectual properties for Jewelry Television•Optimizing live webcasts and increasing the audience 600% over 1.5 years•Growing the web video presence and increasing the conversion rate from 4% to 20% per item•Expanding and growing JTV’s streaming infrastructure into multiple load balanced and geographically distributed data centers•Saving $98,000 per year by redesigning the online media distribution infrastructure•Developing two systems to automate video capture of product into a loop-able video (without editing) for on air playback and the web•Building and managing the video conversion system and converting 1000+ videos per week for broadcast, the web, and mobile devices (as of Q1 2011, there were in excess of 60,000 videos online)•Designing HD capture system that allows for the re-purposing of the “best of show” clips from the live broadcast for use on air and on the web

SpinView Media specialized in interactive virtual tours. With expertise in lighting, photography, and Internet technologies, SpinView was able to provide clients with breath-taking yet affordable immersive media for their website.

Founded Eonstreams, a streaming media company, in 1999. Incorporated the company in 2000. Responsibilities encompassed: organizing and directing video shoots and audio recordings; marketing and selling the services of Eonstreams; representing the company at trade shows and conventions; managing a staff of 24; and , digitizing, editing, and encoding audio and video segments. Achievements included:•Negotiating bandwidth expenses down from $86k per month to $15k per month•Producing an online concert for Brian McKnight•Producing many online programs for Gaylord Entertainment•Producing online program for Daytona Bikeweek•The company sold for ~$46M

Lead the effort for HGTV in the convergence of television content and the Internet. Responsible for project management on testing such convergence technology such as Intercast, Wink, WebTV and DirectTV. Created and managed a streaming media group that converted on air content for distribution on the Internet.

Built one of the first all digital video production studios in the area. Worked in photography and videography. Produced videos for the President of the US, the Vice President, and Congress. Also worked with the FBI on a case.

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