Executive Producer, Retirement Living TV
Baltimore, MD |
June 2006 - present |
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 Executive Producer: Healthline |
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Created Emmy Award winning franchise of health content for upstart cable network
Planned infrastructure including work flow dynamics, production delivery cycle, set design, and artistic branding
Supervised staff of 14 full time employees, 16 contract producers, and studio crew
Administered multi-million dollar budget
Reviewed scripts and approved final cut of all video
130 episodes delivered on time and under budget
Launched and completed 20 episode companion series, Whole Body Health, with existing staff
Produced Emmy Award winning documentary, Polio Revisited Honored with more than one dozen national awards for excellence |
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| Executive Producer: Not Fade Away |
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Developed Alzheimer’s documentary in association with Senator Jay Rockefeller and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association |
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| Network Executive Producer: Now Playing (with Gary Collins) |
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Collaborated to develop Hollywood based commissioned series
Negotiated production contract and remained primary network liaison Reviewed content selection, scripts, and approved final cut |
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Additional responsibilities: network promo production, special project development for sales and programming departments, and reversioning of acquired content |
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Independent Producer
Washington, DC |
December 2003 - June 2006 |
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| Senior Producer: Hispanics Today (Syndicated, 82 markets) |
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Operations manager for the production of 26 episode season
Served as direct liaison between program owner, distribution syndicator and crew
Hired and coordinated freelance producers, videographers, and editors
Reviewed segment scripts, and critiqued rough/fine cut edits
Wrote show scripts, line produced shows, and posted final cut Navigated emergency relocation to Reuters production facility and negotiated contract |
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Additional clients: Medstar Television, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, USAUCTIONS.COM and the Untied States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
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Vice President of Production, Medstar Television
Allentown, PA |
June 1999 - January 2004 |
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| Senior Producer: Forensic Files - Court TV / NBC; Medical Detectives - TLC |
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Designed and implemented infrastructure to expand Forensic Files production from 13 episodes annually to 42
Supervised 12 full-time employees and 24 freelancers ranging from producers and editors to graphic artists and reenactment crews
Full lifecycle oversight of episode creation including R&D, field production, scripting, and rough cut review
Created and managed production budget and schedule
Recruited, hired, and mentored employees
Negotiated contracts for freelance video crews and editors Oversaw direction of film/video reenactments |
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| Reporter/Producer in Medstar’s medical news division |
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Produced and wrote both short and long format syndicated health packages for network and affiliate clients including WCBS in New York City and KNBC Los Angeles |
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Independent Producer
Washington, DC |
November 1997 - June 1999 |
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| Independent producer working primarily for the United States Information Agency |
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Segment Producer for Voice of America’s daily and weekly worldwide television broadcast schedule on Worldnet
Created and produced award-winning pilot, Frontiers of Medicine, a PBS series launched in January 1999 Corporate and non-profit clients included: Air Force Association, Gifts in Kind International, Atlantic Video, and Mind & Media, Inc. Projects included political commercials, educational training tapes, and financial appeals |
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Producer, WPBF-TV, WTVX-TV
West Palm Beach, Florida |
January 1997 - October 1997 |
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| Line Producer for newscasts on both WPBF and sister station WTVX |
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Researched and developed special projects for series
Provided oversight on crew assignments, story selection, and graphic elements Wrote and reviewed scripts, and arranged placement in newscast |
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Producer, WSAV-TV
Savannah, Georgia |
November 1995 - January 1997 |
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| Line Producer of late night newscast |
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Selected program content and supervised night staff
Organized live microwave/satellite shots
Wrote news stories, daily promos, and reviewed reporter scripts Created daily magazine show highlighting Savannah's role in the 1996 Summer Olympics. It became the highest rated news program in the station's history. |
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Bureau Chief, WHAG-TV
Hagerstown, MD |
July 1991 - November 1995 |
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| General Assignment Reporter and Site Manager |
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Established and ran operations for Frederick, MD bureau, a growing D.C. hub community for two years
Routinely supervised reporting and photography staff Substitute anchor/producer of the morning newscast and weekend public affairs program |
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Videographer, KOLD-TV
Tucson, Arizona |
May 1990 - May 1991 |
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| Photojournalist for KOLD news and sports programming |
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Duties included extensive camera work and editing Responsible for field set-up and coordination of microwave live shots |
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Chief Photographer, WVIR-TV
Charlottesville, Virginia |
November 1987 - May 1990 |
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| Shooter/Editor for news division |
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Supervised staff of videographers and interns Helped develop tape archive system |
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Videographer, WNVC-TV
Richmond, Virginia |
April 1986-November 1987 |
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| Capitol Bureau Cameraman |
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Covered meetings of the Virginia General Assembly and other governmental entities Experience included remote and studio work, as well as videotape editing |
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| Education: |
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia |
December 1986 |
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| Bachelor of Science, School of Mass Communications |
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