Summary

I am a writer/story producer with multiple credits on national cable series covering topics from food and travel, to personal finance and home design. Excellent AVID and FCP skills.

Credits

6/13 – 12/13

Supervising Story Producer (Series Producer) Beer Geeks (Season 1)

Syndication — TV — Page Productions Details
6/13 – 12/13

Story edit individual episodes on Final Cut Pro. Work directly with Executive Producer to determine effective story lines and rework show structure as necessary. Research show content as part of pre-production and writing processes. Supervise off-line, on-line and sweetening schedules. Additional staff management responsibilities as needed.

12/12 – 3/13

Story Producer Renovation Raiders (Season 1)

HGTV — TV — Magnetic Productions Details
12/12 – 3/13

Created AVID string-outs for multiple episodes of one-hour renovation series that raided homes with a 5- to 6-hour renovation in one evening. Worked with up to nine-camera media groups. Edited story from multiple simultaneous events occurring on up to 8 individual audio channels.

9/12 – 11/12

Supervising Story Producer Holiday Kitchen Takeover Special

HGTV — TV — Magnetic Productions Details
9/12 – 11/12

Supervised writing and post production for one-hour design and food special. Reviewed scripts, gave notes on rough-cuts, and produced remote voice over session with host Sabrina Soto. Reviewed AVID sequences with up to 5 video tracks and 16 audio tracks in post production.

9/12 – 11/12

Story Producer Holiday Kitchen Takeover Special

Food Network — TV — Magnetic Productions Details
9/12 – 11/12

Wrote host VO and created AVID string-out of one-hour food and design special.

3/12 – 9/12

Supervising Producer (Post Production) American Meat (Season 1)

Travel — TV — Magnetic Productions Details
3/12 – 9/12

Created 6-episode series of half-hours shows exploring regional and cultural approaches to cooking and eating meat throughout the United States. Supervised writing and editing team through post production. Gave script and rough-cut notes. Reworked AVID string-outs of segments and rewrote VO. Wrote host VO for leads, outros and teases.

2/12 – 5/12

Series Producer All You Can Meat (Season 1)

Travel — TV — Magnetic Productions
2/12 – 5/12
3/11 – 7/11

Story Producer Hungry Men At Work (Pilot)

Spike TV — TV — Page Productions Details
3/11 – 7/11

Wrote copy and created FCP string-out for half-hour pilot that captured the challenge of feeding and housing field crews who work the extreme conditions of the Bakken oil formation near Williston, North Dakota.

1/11 – 3/11

Supervising Story Producer Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Season 13)

Food Network — TV — Page Productions Details
1/11 – 3/11

Supervised staff of 5 to 10 writers, reviewed all copy and FCP string-outs prior to review with EP, trained new writers. Wrote and rewrote segments as needed. Worked with field producers and Supervising Producer to define editorial content of segments in pre-production.

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Education

Anderson Graduate School of Mgmt. @ UCLA

MBA

Dartmouth College

AB/Computer Science