Resume

• 2016

  ACI with most Avid Certifications

  Named the Avid Certified Instructor with the most Avid certifications at the Avid Learning Partner Education Summit (Americas)

  July 23

  Avid

• 1992

  Bachelor of Arts

  Cum Laude

  ...also USC Minor in Cultural Anthropology

  Cinema-Television Production

  SCFX member 4 years (Vice President 1 year)

  Production Sound Mixer and Re-Recording Mixer for several Grad & Undergrad films

  thru Animation Dept was paid to shoot 16mm B&W title cards & credit rolls using Oxberry Animation camera for several Grad & Undergrad films

  Directed several of own student films and assisted on other student films in various crew positions

  and directed a play \"And The Gophers Slept\" for \"Everybody Theater\" USC student-run theater company

  Avid Certified Instructor (ACI) - Media Composer 6

  Media Composer 7

  Media Composer 8

  Media Composer 8.6

  Media Composer 2018-2019 - 101/110

  Avid

  Avid Certified Professional

  Media Composer v.8.6

  Avid

  Avid Certified User - Media Composer 6

  Media Composer 7

  Media Composer 8

  Media Composer 8.6

  Media Composer 2018-2019

  Avid

  Avid Pro Tools Certified - Pro Tools User

  Game Audio

  Operator (Music)

  Operator (Post)

  310 S6 Console Expert

  310P Expert (Post)

  Avid

  Da Vinci Resolve 15 Trainer: Fairlight Audio

  Blackmagic Design

  Da Vinci Resolve 15 Trainer: Advanced Editing

  Blackmagic Design

  Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR) - CS400 - ACSR Avid Editing Systems (2012

  2016)

  Avid

• 1988

  Theater

  San Domenico School

• 29.97

  Los Angeles

  CA

  Management of Post Production Dept services

  Supervise and Training for Post Production Staff Technicians

  Teaching Assistants and Workstudies

  Avid Learning Partner contact and ACI for Media Composer certification and Pro Tools certification training groups

  Digital editing training and support for faculty

  staff

  class TAs & students

  Teach workshops and classes in lab atmosphere

  Maintain Pro Tools

  Avid

  Premiere Pro and Final Cut Studios

  Labs and Screening Rooms (70 workstations -- Apple and HP)

  Compose easy manuals for using equipment & editing programs at UCLA

  Assemble

  Build and Maintain digital library server of over 55

  000 sound effects as well as three other post production servers

  Advise projects on effective and affordable Post Production workflows to match their budgets and goals (example from productions shot on 16mm

  35mm

  DV

  HDV

  P2

  R3D

  Nikon D800

  Panavision Gensis

  Canon 5D

  7D

  C300

  etc

  at frame rates of true 24

  24pAdvanced

  23.98HD

  NTSC/PAL

  to finishing on film with cut neg or film-out

  to standard def video online like DigiBeta

  or to high-def video like D5

  HDCAM SR

  etc)

  Technology Research

  Equipment Purchases and Studio/Theater Design. \n\nAlso UCLA Instructor (since Spring 2009) for 188A/298A Introduction to Recording Engineering for students from UCLA School of Music -- teaching use of Studio Microphones and Equipment

  Acoustic Recording of Instruments in 2 Sound Stages

  MIDI

  Pro Tools

  and Mixing/Production.\n\nPromoted to Digital Post Production Manager

  Editing and Sound in July 2005. Prior title was Digital Post Production Sound and Evening Manager (Computer Resource Specialist II)

  March 2001 - July 2005

  Post Production Supervisor

  UCLA School of Film & TV

  Scheduling Telecine and ADR

  Writing Purchase Orders

  Arranging Distribution Orders and Managing Inventory records

  Supervise Post-Prod Runner to ensure timely delivery of elements to editors

  vendors and vaults.

  Concorde New Horizons Corp

• 12

  Avid Certified Instructor (ACI) - Pro Tools 11

  2018 - 101/110

  201/210P

  Pro Tools 10

  2018 - 201/210M

  Pro Tools 12.6 310P Expert Post

  310 Expert S6 Console

  Avid

  Da Vinci Resolve 15 Trainer: The Definitive Guide to Da Vinci Resolve 15

  Blackmagic Design

• Mac

  Sound Editing

  Audio Engineering

  Music

  Avid

  Sound

  Sound Design

  Video Editing

  Avid Media Composer

  Premiere

  Final Cut Pro

  Video

  Television

  Pro Tools

  Composition

  Post Production

  Final Cut Studio

  Recording

  Documentaries

  Film

  Sound Design

  \"Remember the Sultana\"

  Dave and I worked together to do the Sound Design and Sound Mixing for this feature documentary narrated by Sean Astin about the largest Maritime disaster in the history of the United States. In 1865

  The Sultana

  a river steamboat exploded and killed over 1600 people

  mostly Union Soldiers.

  Beth

  3rd i

  University of Southern California

  Concorde New Horizons Corp

  Soundbreak.com

  Orange Coast College

  UCLA School of Film & TV

  Los Angeles

  CA

  Teach intensive Avid Media Composer video editing tutorial lectures for CTPR 507 and CTPR 508 graduate division film production classes. (Also a 5-week substitute teacher for the CTPR 480/546 Avid class in Fall 2016.)

  Part Time Lecturer

  USC School of Cinematic Arts

  University of Southern California

  Pro Tools Editing Hard Effects

  Ambiences and ADR

  Sound Design

  ADAT and DA88 Transfers

  Cue Sheets

  Change Lists

  M&E Mixdowns

  and Sound Effects Library Maintenance. In total

  Sound Effects Editor for eight feature length films from Concorde New Horizons and Concorde Anois (Irish branch of company) as well as sound editing for several smaller projects such as tv series fixes

  film changes and some trailer/promo projects.

  Concorde New Horizons Corp

  Audio Engineer

  Fulltime Board Operator / Engineer for 3 back-to-back DJ shifts a day mixing microphones with music

  setup & mix live in-studio performances and interviews with guests/bands

  On Air Co-Host

  Monitor signal routing

  Edit promos

  Maintain live-stream servers

  Archive shows

  Communicate studio and personnel changes to the evening and weekend audio engineers.

  Soundbreak.com

  Audio Quality Control Technician

  Inspect original audio mixes and foreign language dubs for 20th Century Fox International features and review Warner DVD system of production.

  3rd i

  Orange Coast College

  Costa Mesa

  CA

  Teach Film/Video A193 - Sound Design Course

  5.5 hours every Saturday for 16 weeks. Teach the fundementals of sound for movies with practical focus on teamwork and crew positions. Course covers Sound Crew Positions

  Physics of Sound

  Microphones

  Cables/Connectors

  Location Sound Gear and Procedures

  Sound Design Techniques and Styles

  Pro Tools Sound Editing

  ADR & Foley Recording

  Stereo Mixing using Pro Tools Software and an Automated Console and Intro to Multichannel Sound. Teams of 2-4 students each redesign sound from a professional film clip and screen the project at end of year with the rest of the class. Student work also includes reading assigned text and handouts

  2 spotting assignments

  4 quizzes

  1 written midterm & 1 written final exam. Class also uses the Avid Pro Tools 101 official content and students take the PT101 exam at end of course. Transfer Credit: CSU.\n\nFilm/Video A264 - Editing 2

  the second level editing course at OCC Film. 4.5 hours every Saturday for 16 weeks. An advanced course in digital film and video editing techniques and styles using an industry standard editing interface: Avid Media Composer. Cover the importing of editing material

  compositing

  effects

  graphics

  and exporting to a variety of sources. This course is designed for students interested in a career as a film/video editor. As an Avid Learning Partner

  we use the official Avid Learning Series content MC101 and MC110 in this course

  allowing students to take the Avid Certified User exam for Media Composer. Prerequisite: Film/Video A194

  Fine Arts - Film & TV Dept. Adjunct Faculty - Sound Design and Editing Level 2