Skills & Abilities

• Proficient with Ross Synergy/Vision production switchers, AP ENPS, Avid iNews, Chyron Lyric/Duet-LEX/Aprisa SSX, various video playback servers, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere/After Effects/Photoshop/Dreamweaver, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, AJAX, RSS/XML, Microsoft Word/Excel/Frontpage

Employment

12/07 — Present — Chief Web Architect at Rundown Creator, a web-based newsroom computer system (NCS)

4/10 — Present — Associate Producer at CBS affiliate KFMB-TV

6/09 — 4/10 — News Writer/Editor/Weather Producer at CBS affiliate KFMB-TV

9/09 — 5/10 — Instructor/Teaching Assistant at San Diego State University

2/09 — 5/09 — Directing Intern at CBS affiliate KFMB-TV

• Shadowed an Emmy award winning director on the 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. newscasts

5/08 — 8/08 — Paid Studio Operations Intern at Revision3

• Directed/TD'd Robert Scoble's live show WorkFastTV plus several Revision3 shows

8/07 — 2/08 — Technician at NBC affiliate KNSD-TV

• Floor Director
• Video Technician
• Camera Operator

4/04 — 7/07 — Newscast Director at NBC affiliate KSBY-TV

• Directed/TD'd fast-paced weekday and weekend newscasts on a daily basis
• Programmed and managed memories and custom controls on a Ross Synergy 3 production switcher
• Designed the Sunday Night Sports Show's on-air look

4/03 — 4/04 — Production Assistant at NBC affiliate KSBY-TV

• Chyron Duet-LEX Operator
• Graphic Designer
• Web Producer
• Tape Operator
• Tape Editor
• Audio Operator
• Camera Operator

9/02 — 4/03 — News Production Intern at NBC affiliate KSBY-TV

6/01 — 8/03 — Volunteer at Charter Communications' San Luis Obispo County Public Access Studio

• Directed/TD'd live and live-to-tape shows

Education

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

• Graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in television, film, and new media production in May 2009
• Teaching assistant in a lower division television, film, and new media production class, plus two upper division journalism classes
• Produced The Aztec Update, the college radio station's weekly newscast
• Produced and directed Aztec News, the journalism department's television newscast
• Produced JMS Reports, a web site for the journalism department featuring the work of their students

Awards

• May 2009 - Excellence in Television Directing Award, San Diego State University
• May 2008 - Communicator Award of Distinction in the Student-Produced News and On-Air Talent/News Anchor/Reporter categories
• May 2007 - Frank A. "Tony" Sprague Memorial Award for Excellence in Radio and Television Broadcasting
• January 2002 - Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition