Michael Hoffberg Email & Phone Number

Direct and manage Information Technologies for non-profit organization. This includes procurement, deployment, upgrading, and configuration in support of Windows PCs, Macs, and mobile devices. Configure network access, assign rights, and email management; as well as act as liaison with contractors. Provide support for Microsoft Office, as well as existing databases such as Blackbaud & Raiser’s Edge, and Abila / MIP.

Internet Start-Up

ShortsU.Com is a start-up web portal designed as a centralized site for college film & video faculty, and student filmmakers to upload their productions, web series, documentaries, and music and dance videos, for the purpose of displaying and sharing their productions with other aspiring filmmakers, film professionals, and cinema enthusiasts. All that’s required to upload is an .edu email address. Film devotees and fans can register to view the films (no .edu required for viewing). ShortsU.Com is committed to networking, collaboration, communication, critical evaluation, furthering the art and craft of film making, and to help open doors for potential professional employment.

Northeast / Mid-Atlantic / West Coast

Advise, recommend and propose solutions for companies, web startups, non-profits and educational institutions that require guidance, strategies and tactics for issues, concerns and obstacles pertaining to leadership, enterprise deployment, event planning & marketing, team building, project management, organizational structuring and policy development.Current clients:• ShortsU.Com: See above.• Augustinian Provincial Office: See above.• EMA Opticians: General IT consulting/expertise to support software applications.Prior clients have included:• Saturday Matinee Players• General Motors Corporation• Karrass USA, Ltd.• New York University• Career Power• Litton Corporation• Lincoln Center• JazzMobile, Inc.• Rockwell International• NYC Board of Education• City University of NY• University of California, LA• Girl Scouts of America

• Directed technology support division, encompassing staffing, event planning and marketing, space design & utilization, analog to IP migration, re-accreditation, copyright issues, annual Special Olympics, annual Commencement, design and implementation of Virtual Finance Lab design, change management processes, as well as infrastructure planning for building construction and renovations.• Produced numerous high profile special events.• Organized, expanded, marketed and secured funding for a prominent professional IT conference, the VU Technology Expo, a successful and respected regional conference that ran from 2004-2013.• Served on multiple executive level committees, teams and groups.• Led a campus-wide enterprise deployment of a digital signage system solution. • Reorganized, designed, project managed and directed a comprehensive campus-wide technology support facility, establishing multimedia standards and expansion capabilities for classrooms, amphitheaters and conference room design; incorporating capture systems, graphic arts, photography, video production, teleconferencing, cable & satellite distribution, and instructional design.• Directly engaged with University strategic planning issues related to information technology utilization and event/marketing.• Decision making authority for operations, budgets, personnel, policies and procedures.

• Administration of long-term and ongoing departmental development, personnel, budget, policies, procedures, and project management; as well as various aspects of facilities design, production, distance learning, media utilization, faculty development and training.• Oversaw special events at various Los Angeles venues.• Directed professional staff of IT specialists, graphic artists, photographers, network and telecommunications engineers and technicians, as well as clerical and student assistants.• Produced broadcast quality productions for California State University, Northridge, as well as for national and international distribution.• Adjunct Professor in the Radio-TV-Film Department.• After the devastating January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake, I was a lead member of the Northridge Infrastructure, Construction & Restoration Team. Responsibilities encompassed total, top-to-bottom building construction, organizational redesign, and restructuring of all information technologies (IT, media, microwave, cable, network & telecommunications); as well as functioning as a liaison with FEMA, various state agencies, and private contractors.

Master Of Arts (M.A.): Technology

Post-Graduate Studies: Media Ecology Professional Certificate: Cinematography and Film/Video Production

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English / Journalism

Academic Diploma