Ray Voltz Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo

Creative Projects producer: High-energy videos for live events, the web and mobile devices – from meeting starters, to senior leadership messages, to computer-based-training videos, recruiting and retention programs. Audience: over 15,000 Financial Advisors nationwide plus 5,000 home office employees.Video delivery systems:Implementing and expanding our various video delivery methods, from streaming to file downloads and media pushes within an extremely secure environment. Media file compression and delivery consultant. WFA-TV channel on Dish Network (2012-13): Scheduled all programming and maintained the channel’s tech infrastructure, ensuring broadcasts to hundreds of branch locations nationwide. Helped create content for the channel, including live programming with audience participation via digital devices. Television studio overhaul (2012) and continued upgrades: Implement high definition overhaul of WFA video studio facilities, with continuous upgrades and future expansion.

Creative Projects Team Manager:Concept, create and build media projects to support the Business Development Group's messages. This includes a WIDE variety of projects: from web media, to big-screen presentations at country-wide roadshows, and DVD and CD-based "Meetings in a box". My strength is taking nebulous concepts and honing them into powerful, engaging video presentations.

Managed media Post Production staff: video editors, graphic artists, audio editor, broadcast engineers. Designed video editing facilities, created and implemented policies and procedures for a very high-intensity, deadline-driven media production team. While managing I was also creating: as both Producer and Senior Editor. Avid Media Composer Adrenaline, Avid Xpress, all tape formats.

1990 - 1992: Master Control EngineerLive on-air switcher, local news technician, satellite feed technician, microwave feed technician, operation of all broadcast formats.1993: Promotions ProducerWrote and edited station advertisements for both radio, television and newspaper. 1994: Creative Services EditorEdited special long-form news stories, local programming and station promotions for air, to extremely challenging broadcast deadlines!

Non-commissioned officer in the reserves of the United States Marine Corps. While serving a 6-year term, I worked part time in the broadcast media and earned my Masters Degree at SRU.

Ba, Communication Arts

I focused on technical theater and video production, serving as the college's set manager (for a broadway-sized theater) and teaching.

Masters, English

Masters in Arts: focusing on technical writing, writing for education and media. I worked part-time in the media and finished my 6 years.