Company specializing in preserving the past through Digitization of various family media.

Technical Project Manager at Firestone Consulting Inc. providing services to Citibank Transaction Processing Services.

Technology Project Management and Multi Media Production Services

Position: VP, Deployment Manager for Citibank North AmericaProvide primary interface to Citibank business units to monitor business needs for ATM self-service products and to market, promote and deploy the self-service ATM products to the business units. Participate in negotiating Service Level Agreements and annual Statements of work. Perform end to end project management for new products, managed the maintenance and upgrades of existing systems coordinating with other Citibank business units, vendors and development groups in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Responsible for the day to day Customer relationship and communications between Self Service Devices and the US business (CBNA) along with ATM field and support services.Major Projects and achievements:• Managed the deployment of over 20 Major releases of the Global CAT (GCAT) ATM software as well as 6 releases of the Integrated Network Controller (INC).• Managed the initial rollout of the ATM software for Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) and worked with the VIP community to validate the interface and maximize good public relations.• Managed the deployment of numerous ATM software patch upgrades

Position: Senior Program Manager in charge of outsourced software production and programming. Company specialized in public kiosk hardware and proprietary software based on Microsoft Explorer, HTML, Java Script technologies, internet and private intranet networks.Major Projects and achievements:• Managed the Software creation and hardware installation of kiosks for California State Auto Association, Northern California.• Managed the kiosk surround and hardware installation on sites across the United States for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.• Managed the Software Creation and Interface and Installation in New York City for American Express entertainment information and ticket sales.

May 1993 to June 1998 - HYBRID HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES INC. / IMMEDIACY INC.Chief Operations Officer responsible for day to day management of the company in addition to multimedia project management of Kiosk, CD-ROM and IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems. Managed the contracting of production talent, legal processes, intellectual property rights use (performance/software), content creation/acquisition. Major Projects and achievements:• Managed the creation and production, designed the interface for a sales and marketing CD-ROM. Pharmavite Corporation (Nature Made Vitamins and Nature's Resource Herbs).• Managed the creation of multimedia based kiosks (hardware and software) designed to be networked and dispense print and video based educational information and collect specific user data based on predefined medical algorithms on Headache and Herpes. (Glaxo Wellcome)• Managed the creation of a prototype Web Site for Headache education / treatment outcomes collections. (Glaxo Wellcome)• Managed the installation and creation of IVR Systems to automate treatment planning and collect outcome data for Gastric Reflux Disease and Oncology on a national basis. (Glaxo Wellcome)• Produced "Adventures in Shopping", a hybrid (CD-ROM/Telenetwork, RAS) retail products catalog. Responsible for budget that ran in excess of 750 thousand dollars. (Zoom Television Online)• Produced, a multimedia CD-ROM for the Continuing Education of Pharmacists (CE credit certification by UCLA) on Allergic Rhinitis. (Grant - Marion Merrill Dow)• Produced "Nick & Nora and the Tricky Trolls", a prototype of a consumer oriented educational animated game design delivered on CD-ROM (Times Mirror Interactive)• Produced a CD based electronic press kit for the music industry. (MixMode)• Produced a hybrid (CD-ROM/Web) virtual casting system for the Screen Actors Guild.

1982 to 1993 - THE ATKINSON GROUP (owner)Independent multimedia productions company that specialized in corporate/industrial video, photography, presentation and print publication management. The productions were proprietary in nature and used for training, sales, product introduction and concept presentation.• Client list included Mattel, Disney, Universal Studios and Fox Studios • US Government qualified video producer providing services to the National Parks System. • Using Photo-CD created the first commercial interactive information kiosk for Eastman Kodak.