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Lisle, Illinois, United States

• Managed six-figure marketing budget• Negotiated with distributors leading to retail product placement in Best Buy and Target.• Managed Amazon Media Advertising, Paid Search Ads, DSP.• Developed and executed video content strategy, including TV appearances on WGN-TV and QVC.• Hired and managed publicity firm, analyzing and identifying best strategic outlets for PR, reviews and articles to be released post-CES 2024, totaling approximately 50 articles.• Hired and managed design firm for tradeshow booths.• Hired and managed designers for website and print media, and provided art direction.• Negotiated advertising rates with TV networks, both traditional broadcast and CTV/OTT.• Hired and produced influencers for social media campaigns.• Acquired celebrity sponsorships.• Wrote, produced, directed, edited product videos and commercials. Hired and managed film crew, actors and craft services.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VrH7z3VL94https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcUbDaiTnkE

Hollywood, Ca

• Provided consulting and services to every major movie studio to develop and manufacture laser and optical sensor hardware, FPGAs for the entertainment industry creating new content, and machine vision algorithms and software to improve image quality for new content and to restore, re-purpose and monetize existing content libraries.• Led development of 2D to 3D content conversion algorithms, software and hybrid methods, and leading to private sale of technology.• Music artist direct relationships led to production and 2D to 3D conversion of numerous concert films, including Chickenfoot, Alterbridge, U2, Slash, Rage Against The Machine, Franz Ferdinand.• Negotiated music sync licensing with publishers and labels.• Led development of hardware & software of 3D depth measuring laser system for feature film production and post-production, 3D and VR• Led development of software for stereoscopic display of 3D Flash LIDAR.• Consulted to VEFXI, for the DiamondBlade 3D conversion system, leading development of software & GUI design. Implemented Agile Scrum workflow & bug tracking methodology.• Negotiated contracts for content acquisition for conversion in to 3D, and for 2D CDNs including apps, and satellite/fiber delivery.• Co-developed software for detecting and eliminating video content in 3D that causes photosensitive epileptic seizures.• Consulted for Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, TV station news studio and film/TV department for equipment recommendations and purchases, workflow & facilities setup improvements for news studio broadcast facilities for servers, editing, control systems, graphics & color correction.VAST also provides consulting and services for film restoration, image processing, grain reduction, digital camera noise reduction, archival technologies, and 2D to 3D conversion, with next generation algorithms and systems currently in development.

• Created concert & documentary film for historic new supergroup featuring Jon Anderson, the original singer/songwriter of the band YES, and virtuoso jazz fusion violinist, Jean Luc Ponty• Co-edited multicam concert shoot• Created stylistic visuals to enhance the dream-like feel and themes of each song• Utilized cutting edge, protoype technology not yet available to the public• Utilizing media relationships, arranged for TV and radio interviews and performances, including the world premiere of the song "I See You" on the Mancow morning radio show on Chicago's "The Loop 97.9 FM"• Negotiated nationwide broadcast deal on American Public Television stations including PBS, to air in 2016.

Chicago

• Hired to create new structure and format for PBS TV series in production• Worked together with Barry Krause, CEO of LiveLabs (former President of J. Walter Thompson) to identify and implement show segments and story arcs.• Directed location shoot with TV host to fill gaps in prior production• Supervised post editorial, audio and graphics• Created show opener and composed original music for opener with Jon Anderson (singer/songwriter from the band YES): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPTYqrOeLgI

Chicago

• TV station broadcast throughout the country, online and on iOS and Android apps. Founded by Lee Abrams (Co-Founder of XM Radio).• Defined original musical and sonic identity of station. • Received 2014 EMMY nomination• Designed, purchased and built recording studio to enable recording and live mixing of A-List bands for live performances on the station, on 96-input digitally controlled analog console, DAW (Pro Tools and Logic) and outboard processing. Acoustic design and treatment, wiring diagrams.• Trained staff of approximately 80 video editors, writers/producers how to mix audio for broadcast, use of compression plugins, side-chain ducking, mix automation, appropriate music selection.• Exclusively composed, performed, recorded, mixed, and produced all music & SFX for segment/franchise intros/outros, station promos and commercials, one-off pieces, all weather & sports music, and news “briefs”. Pieces ranged from 5 seconds to several minutes. Over 40 minutes of original music created, in a variety of musical styles including orchestral, rock, jazz, blues, electronica, country, fusion, and music of various ethnicities to compliment stories around the world including Middle Eastern, Russian/Ukranian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and West African.• Music samples for Weather/Sports, News Briefs and other segments: http://youtu.be/tLtM3g9ggus• Composition samples for station commercials, segment intros, bumpers, long form: http://youtu.be/KCDEQSaQLS8• Created and edited (video, audio and scripts) of all station commercials and promos: http://youtu.be/6pJoBstLCgk

Burbank, Ca

Led development on cutting-edge technologies and proprietary software to improve quality of image processing for classic and modern movies and TV shows, Including the Visionary suite of tools, and Advanced Restoration Tools (A.R.T.) Visionary Archive-Superior replacement for YCM film separations, long-term archival alternative to data migration, allows recording full color images on to a single strip of B&W film. Full technical white paper published in Jan/Feb 2011 SMPTE Journal.Visionary Color Match- Applications for new & classic content, including: Matching high resolution, conformed edit to color corrections performed on offline edit, matching left-eye/right-eye for stereoscopic 3D, and repurposing classic film content by matching the scanned negative to an existing color reference version. The system uses advanced, machine vision and object recognition algorithms to match primaries, secondaries, windows, even if the color reference has different framing, sizing or aspect ratio. Automatically matches pan-and-scan.Visionary Digital Camera RAW Image Processing: reconstructs high resolution Bayer chip images that are sharper than other processes, free of artifacts.• Reconstructs all color channels (not just green) at full resolution.• Properly reproduces colors often desaturated by other software methods.• Corrects for lens aberrations during the reconstruction to improve sharpness and contrast of image.Advanced Restoration Tools (A.R.T.) Grain Reduction allows for up to 100% removal of grain without any of the artifacts typically associated with extreme processing. While any level of processing can be determined by the client, the system allows for multiple settings per object within a scene, enabling superior results compared to commercially available or proprietary systems.Negotiated all contracts, including for distribution of software through FilmLightCreated & art directed product brandingPublic presentations, wrote/handled all TV/written PR

• Implemented all phases of company start-up, involving securing financing for capital costs and investments, facility design and responsible for Operations and full studio engineering.• Successfully grew company into profitable business by offering specialty services in the areas of film/video restoration and audio restoration. Established competitive high-end recognition and marquee in the industry. • Managed up to 35 staff and freelancers• Installed, configured and maintained systems in facility. Designed and implemented all facility wiring and routing schemes for film scanning/telecine, color enhancement, audio, video, timecode and machine control, and SAN.• Oversaw all facets of business operations including marketing, hiring staff, scheduling, technology research and equipment purchasing, investor relations.• Negotiated rights acquisition of films and TV series, development of new TV shows, music licensing with publishers and labels• Restored numerous classic films and television shows – see www.IMDB.com for additional titles.

Ba, Film, Video, Audio Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa

Bachelor'S Degree