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An Austin-based television producer with national & regional expertise from all large scale productions to breaking news. I write, book, live produce & manage teams of crew, talent, security and staff for major network events. No job is too small or big!

Credits

5/21 – 5/21

Producer (Producer and Covid Protocol) – Conde Nast Traveler

Various — Digital — Conde Nast Details
5/21 – 5/21

I was a producer and Covid protocol for a single day shoot at new Austin resort

4/21 – 5/21

COVID-19 Compliance Officer (Safe Sets™ COVID-19 (Level A) Certificate ) – Condé Nast 2021 (various)

Multiple Platforms — Corporate — Conde Nast Traveler
4/21 – 5/21
12/17 – 12/17

Production Staff (Talent Coordinator ) – The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season 6)

ABC — TV — FremantleMedia Details
12/17 – 12/17

Talent requested I advise on dialogue, shots and that I liaison the talent’s needs with other crew. I also drove crew “car to car” driving scenes and assisted where needed.

11/07 – 12/12

Anchor (Hosted & Produced Time Warner Infomercial Series ) – Time Warner

Time Warner Cable — TV — Time Warner Cable Details
11/07 – 12/12

I was the host and producer of various local and National Time Warner television projects. We booked guests, wrote scripts, handled logistics and produced programming.

10/09 – 10/10

Producer (Live, Feature & Segment) – GMA

ABC — TV — ABC News Details
10/09 – 10/10

Based in Austin, I'm on call for ABC News Good Morning America, World News, 20/20, This Week and all ABC platforms. I’ve produced viewer reality segments and entire events- i.e. I soent 6 weeks as the Austin field producer for GMA's Block Party featuring Dierks Bentley. I travel, book, interview, write & research. I clip bites, build string outs and storyboard. I manage and hire crews & talent. I work on long term documentaries to features to reality segments to breaking news.

1/02 – 7/07

Anchor (Morning News Anchor & Show Host) – Today Houston/Today Austin/Family First

NBC — TV — KPRC KXAN Details
1/02 – 7/07

As a morning anchor and reporter, I hosted and produced a daily segment, Family First. This was parlayed into series segments and stand alone productions for sales and advertorials. Everything from weight loss series to dating shows to dance contests.

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Education

Class of '90

Texas Tech University

Bachelors in Journalism

Skills

  • Produce
  • affiliates and partners
  • book and live-produce day-of-air network news segments
  • Clip together string outs & radio edits of scenes;
  • Contribute editorial content strategy; research
  • Coordinate with global news clients
  • Develop storyboards and scripts
  • Interview guests and MOS for breaking and feature news.
  • Manage crews and equipment and liason with network
  • Transmit feeds with TVU unit on-site. Some shooting and editing
  • write and book