Gary Rebholz Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Lead the VEGAS Creative Software team in the development of VEGAS Pro and other software.

Madison, Wisconsin

• Manage daily operations in the local Madison office
• Work with external vendors such as landlord, power company, telephone provider, Internet Service Provider, and others to make sure the office infrastructure is running as efficiently as possible
• Coordinate with teams in the Germany home office to make ensure that all systems are in place and running smootly
• Oversee local staff and serve as first-level support in the case of operational issues, company policy, grievances, and so forth
• Provide input to the corporate management teams to develop job duties, team and individual goal setting, and the performance review process
• Monitor local operations and report problems and concerns as well as positive outcomes to the management team

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Responsible for the development and management of new and existing software products
• Most focus on the VEGAS line of non-linear video and audio editing software including VEGAS Pro, VEGAS Movie Studio, and others
• Product Owner (CSPO) of a Scrum team of software developers and testers following Agile development principals
• Utilize experience with customers and knowledge of the marketplace to analyze needs and provide direction to the team
• Set team goals and assemble a backlog of work that needs to be done in order to reach those goals
• Create and prioritize stories, tasks, and bugs based on my understanding of what needs to be accomplished, input from various stakeholders, and feedback from the team

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Planning and prioritization for VEGAS Pro software.

Middleton, Wisconsin

• Responsible for the development and management of new and existing software products
• Most focus on Catalyst Edit video editing software and the Catalyst Production Suite video preparation and production software
• Product Owner (CSPO) of a Scrum team of software developers and testers following Agile development principals
• Utilize experience with customers and knowledge of the marketplace to analyze needs and provide direction to the team
• Set team goals and assemble a backlog of work that needs to be done in order to reach those goals
• Create and prioritize stories, tasks, and bugs based on my understanding of what needs to be accomplished, input from various stakeholders, and feedback from the team

Middleton, Wisconsin

• Managed all aspects of the training department
• Developed written, audio, video, and computer-based training materials
• Represented the company at live training events and trade shows
• Researched and implemented a program of live streaming training webinars and delivered nearly three dozen of these live presentations over a four-year period
• Developed and managed the Vegas Pro software certification program
• Worked closely with the software engineering team in order to completely understand the software and develop end-user training for it

Madison/Middleton Wisconsin

• Developed written, audio, video, and computer-based training materials
• Represented the company at live training events and tradeshows
• Developed an innovative and popular DVD-based training program called "The Seminar Series" which delivered detailed product training to end users in a format that they could watch either on their televisions or computers
• Created step-by-step video instruction and supplied all of the files I used in the videos so that the end user could follow along exactly with their own copy of the software

Madison, Wisconsin

• Worked with the Director of Training to establish and develop the newly formed Training Department
• Implemented new technologies for delivering end-user training materials such as Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, video editing software, audio software, and more
• Produced creative training materials to support customers and employees

Madison, Wisconsin

• Worked with the marketing team to revamp Sonic Foundry's outdated and disorganized Website

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Freelance graphic design, copywriting, and software training

Madison, Wisconsin

• Produced the association's monthly magazine
• Edited articles written by magazine contributors
• Using graphic design tools, laid out each monthly issue
• Served as magazine photographer
• Redesigned the magazine cover and transformed it from a black-and-white cover to a full-color cover

Madison, Wisconsin

• Organized catalog pages and managed them as they made their way through the production process
• Wrote catalog sales copy
• Laid out catalog pages using both traditional wax-pasting and electronic publishing methods
• Attended press proofs to oversee the printing of new catalogs