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(703) 582-7100

country of citizenship: united states

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status candidate with sf-50

                                                                

 

job title: audiovisual production specialist/broadcast technician

department: department of state

agency: department of state

sub agency: civil service personnel-civil service and iraq jobs

 

core competencies

 

16-year federal government employee, capitol hill credentials, major networks/markets, broadcast engineer, broadcast production, multi-media broadcasting (television/radio), audio/visual production, studio broadcasts, on-air production, remote broadcasts, field assignments, equipment/systems operation, control room, floor direction, technical direction, eng, robotics, visual information, recording, reception, transmission, engineering, studio lighting, technologies/software, photography, operations management, project management, business management, team building/leadership, public relations, customer service, marketing, administrative, equipment troubleshooting/maintenance/modifications

 

employment history

 

june 2005 through present

wttg television c fox channel 5 washington

washington, dc

hours per week: 16-40

salary: $43.54/hour

supervisor: jeff andrew; may contact

floor director/a-2

productively serve as floor director and a-2 for morning, mid-day and evening news shows concurrent with video play out operator (avid unity asis and airspeed) for all news shows.  facilitate special projects/broadcasts, including setting up varied venues for on air use; key projects have included setting up mall, us capitol, newseum, and white house press locations as well as hometown usa remotes. provided quality field coverage for obama inauguration at freedom plaza, january 2009. 

instrumental in controlling costs; generated $9,259 annual savings by strategically researching and developing/presenting recommendations for implementing cost-efficient rechargeable battery usage for wireless microphones and ifbs supporting daily local news shows.

 

 

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january 2005 through december 2005

fox news channel/fox radio

washington, dc

hours per week: 16-40

salary: $31.25/hour

supervisor: griff jenkins: may contact

studio audio television, adam edit, a-1 and board operator/technical producer-radio

with key accountability for special report with brit hume programming, effectively worked with broad-scope studio equipment including neve analog audio board, adam edit, pap panel, mccurdy intercom, and digicarts.

served as technical producer for spencer hughes fox across america as well as tony snow radio shows; fox radio washington originated feeding 300 fox network radio affiliates in addition to xm and sirius radio on fox news talk. spearheaded numerous high-profile broadcasts, including president bush news conference as well as new orleans speech in 2005. board operator/technician for presidential state of the union address and democratic response, 2006, feeding 650 radio network affiliates and xm foxnews.

proficiently used soundcraft series 10 audio desk, 360 systems instant reply, digicarts, telos xstream, telos zephyr, re-20 microphones, and enco computer program. 

 

december 2004 through december 2005

abc news

washington, dc

hours per week: 30-40

salary: $30/hour

supervisor: mel girardin; may contact

studio audio (neve digital libra live), a-1 and a-2

worked on major programs including abc world news now, this week and world news tonight, as well as provided audio for broadcast of bulletin of president ronald reagan's death.  efficiently used audio fiber optic lines (fibercoms) both to and from remote locations, and route audio from frame syncs into mccurdy/telex and audio console.

 

may 2002 through december 2003

cnn washington bureau

washington, dc

hours per week: 40

salary: $29.65/hour

supervisor: mike marcus; may contact
studio control room engineer

demonstrated dynamic prioritization, strategic planning and project management skills in excelling within a fast-paced network studio news control room/studio operations environment.  held comprehensive accountability for studio audio, studio camera, robotic cameras, video control, and tape playback.

in addition to working on inside politics with judy woodruff, money line with lou dobbs and wolf blitzer reports broadcasts, contributed extensive volume of hours of studio control room audio operation during breaking news of dc snipers and audio during iraq war.

additionally performed eng/field work using shure 32 field mixers, boom mics, lavs and hand held mics.   operated wide range of equipment including studio audio on wheatstone tv-600 and tv-80 as well as sony studio cameras including hi-def, video control, video control shading and chipping of cameras.

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january 2002 through december 2004
wusa television ch 9

washington, dc

hours per week: 16

salary: $21/hour

supervisor: jeff andrew; may contact
studio production

collaborated in weekend live news shows as well as special broadcasts during dc snow storms. responsible for robotic cameras, studio cameras, video control, sony video control shading and chipping of studio cameras, audio, and operating 5 robotic cameras-tsm control unit as well as controlling studio lighting. capitalized on opportunity to acquire hands-on studio audio production training on wheatstone tv-80 with digicarts.

 

april 1973 through august 1989

voice of america, us information agency
washington, dc

hours per week: 40

salary: $23.97/hour

supervisor: donald mcdonald; may contact
broadcast engineer

contributed 16 years in wide range of positions spanning studio operation, newsroom, recording, and outside field positions. in addition to broadcast of voa english and live foreign language programs/new shows, routinely working with 37+ languages daily, facilitated high-level field assignments at the state department, us capitol, pentagon, and white house.  held capitol credentials as well as top secret clearance as government employee.

 

additional background

 

camera, us satellite tour, national press club; june 2010

head-on camera, senate judiciary hearing, us senate; november 2005

microwave/camera assistant, kemper open (golf), cbs television; june 2002

camera assistant, nfl football (seasonal), abc television monday night; 2001-2002

camera assistant, nfl football (seasonal), cbs television; 2001

camera assistant/field audio parabola, nfl football (seasonal), fox sports television; 2001

camera assistant/ump cam, nfl football (seasonal), abc television monday night; 2000

business owner, quality one-hour photo-sterling/herndon, va; july 1986-december 2000  

 

education

           

bachelor of science in marketing management

bellevue university-bellevue, nebraska 

degree: bs, marketing management

gpa: 3.978

credits earned: 127 credit hours

honors: dean s scholars list academic achievement awards

 

 

 

 

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licenses/credentials

 

fcc first class radio telephone license

fcc advanced class amateur radio license

held top secret security clearance as federal government employee; 16 years/inactive

certified emt-b, virginia state; 1996-2004

certified emt-b, national registry; 1996-2000

technical expertise

 

ms word, ms frontpage, ms powerpoint, ms excel, dreamweaver, photo express, aol beta tester (1996-present), cool edit pro/adobe audition, adobe photoshop, adobe lightroom,  avid media composer, enco, etc.

 

windows troubleshooting, website construction, graphics/digital manipulation, internet research, computers building/maintenance

 

video editing via avid media composer

eng field audio technician and lighting

satellite television systems installation

strong mechanical aptitude

 

extracurricular activities/achievements

 

volunteer emergency medical technician (emt-b); certified, virginia state (1996-2004) and

national registry (1996-2000)
top 10 ems calls run recognition; 1999
outstanding administrative member recognition; 1998

volunteer rescue 9-11 award

emergency medical technician: virginia emt-b 1996-2004, nremt national registry 1996-2000

voice of democracy speech writing and recording award, sponsored by veterans of foreign wars

 

photographer:  delmar publications: firefighter s handbook, 916 page manual and text book

copyright: 2000 delmar publications, albany, ny

 

full feature article on lab success story, minilab developments magazine; may/june 1992

 

accomplished still and portrait photographer

 

voice over talent/on-air talent/radio announcer/disc jockey; 10 years

 

affiliations

 

national association of broadcast employees and technicians (nabet)

international alliance of theatrical stage employees (iatse)