Lead daily operations of post-production facilities, ensuring timely delivery and quality of student productions, which includes overseeing digital editing, preparing resources for the post production curriculum, maintain network workspaces, developing advanced workflows to support digital media archiving, and supervising 10-15 staff members.

Key Accomplishments:

▪ Develop and maintain the Post Production wiki page.
▪ Enhance student learning by providing engaging training workshops on non-linear editing, data management, and digital workflows.
▪ Coordinate the production and post production of the yearly video cover letter initiative for graduating students.

Facilitate learning in large, non-traditional classrooms, coordinating and troubleshooting special projects with over 50 students weekly. Support students in navigating resources and making progress on a variety of assignments, such as digital workflows, data management, editing, resulting in more students completing their work and passing the class. Cultivate and maintain long-term relationships with students, staff, and administration.

Courses Taught

▪ Digital Imaging Technician and On Set Post Production – DaVinci Resolve, Arri Alexa, Red, Sony Camera Systems

▪ Editing 1
▪ Editing 1 Studio – Adobe Premiere
▪ Editing 2 Studio – Avid Media Composer
▪ Digital Workflow: Data Wrangler Lab

Key Accomplishments:

▪ Design digital workflows for advanced projects so students can work safely on set or remotely.
▪ Develop in class, hands on tutorials teaching editing techniques such as project setup, syncing, trimming, sound design, coloring, and delivery.
▪ Mentor students as they learn the role of DIT, from building the cart to processing dailies for editorial.

▪  Hadley Media, INC. – Photography and time-lapse video of Daredevil Season 1 poster installation: worldwide distribution.

▪  Columbia College Chicago School of Film and TV – Photograph behind the scenes for film productions and events.

▪  Chicago Park District – Document the prairies of the Calumet Region with photography and video.

▪  Mr. Sunday Morning Productions – Photographer, digital loader, assistant editor

▪  National Safety Council, Disney II Magnet School, Inland Press – Media management, creative edit, graphics, color correction, sound mixing, and final delivery.

▪  Alternative Cut Productions – Cinematography, sound recording, and lighting.

Editorial: Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve.

Workflow/Archiving: Avid Nexis Network Storage, ShotPut Pro, ProMax LTO 5 and 8, Disc Flow Rimage

Camera Systems: Alexa XT, RED Gemini, Sony Venice, Canon C-Series, Fujifilm, Olympus, Mamiya, Nikon.

Cloud Services: Microsoft Office 365 Suite, Google Drive, Dropbox.

Columbia College Chicago
Master of Fine Arts in Writing and Directing for Film & Video

University of New Mexico
Bachelor of Arts in University Studies