Eric Bennett Email & Phone Number

Culver City, Ca

Duties included full testing and quality control as well as logging of issues in internal web-driven database; evaluating logic, audio, graphics, and video issues and contacting/working with other departments and the authors to evaluate pertinent issues.Duties also included watching video, audio, and subtitle content for quality control, as well as player compatibility testing .Created the trivia game (including researching/sourcing, writing questions and answers, and testing) for the international releases of Iron Man on Blu-ray.Created various games for the DVD and Blu-ray release of "Alpha and Omega" 3 & 4, including trivia games, personality test games, and maze games. Was responsible for writing the spec on each game, all the text and specific programming instructions, as well as testing, and pulling timecodes for all the videos that would play within the games. Also coordinated voice recording for narration, as well as working with designers to select the best images and backgrounds as needed. Responsible for receiving third party QC reports and client questions and providing the appropriate answers, assessments, or research.Also led client demonstrations/review of their projects.Soley responsible for testing of first 3d Blu-ray at the company, “My Bloody Valentine” as well as lead tester on all Criterion Blu-ray products, and other high-profile projects such as "Breaking Bad", "Hunger Games", “Straight Outta Compton”, and the "Twilight" series.Lead tester of first UHD titles at the company, “Expendables 3”, and “Sicario”, etc.Worked on text formatting for Criterion projects, specifically using Eclipse and JMAT to adjust and set text spacing and font appearance in the Blu-ray menus.Mainly worked in web database, Excel, Word, and Eclipse. Also assisted other staff in troubleshooting speaker, receiver, player, and other hardware setup.

Culver City, Ca

Promoted from QC Tech to Senior QC Tech, and then to QC Lead in first year of employment.As QC tech, responsible for full testing and quality control of DVD and PSP titles, including watching video, audio, and subtitle content for quality control.As QC tech, was selected for 3-person testing unit for Spiderman PSP movie, the first UMD disc in the format, in which one million units were produced.As QC Lead, responsible for interviewing, assigning projects, and supervision of nineteen staff members.Also responsible for coordinating and reviewing testing of first Blu-ray (Legends of the Fall), and all subsequent Blu-ray projects, both movie mode, and Java formats.Worked with QC Manager to schedule and coordinate testing and completion of DVD, PSP, and Blu-ray projects, often with very tight and firm deadlines.Duties also included reviewing and assessing issues in internal database; evaluating logic, audio, graphics, and video issues and contacting/working with other departments and the authors to evaluate pertinent issues.Also responsible for leading client demonstrations/review of their projects.Worked in Excel and MS Access. Also assisted QC staff in troubleshooting speaker, receiver, player, D-Box, and other hardware setup issues as the night shift largely did not have the assistance of an IT department.

Responsible for interviewing, training, and supervising of five staff members.Promoted from CSR to Manager in first 90 days of employment.Provided Administrative assistance to CEO by coordinating advertising and marketing schedules as well as digital photography, design/editing of ads, submitting, and approving artwork.Duties included managing large national customer accounts (Drug Emporium, Albertsons, Longs Drugs), working with warehouse, and processing and billing orders for domestic and international clients.Responsible for tight deadlines, presentations, data analysis/reporting, & writing company procedures.Completed projects in Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, and provided IT support: Setting up new computers, installing software & hardware peripherals, troubleshooting hardware/software applications.