SPECIAL SKILLS
EDUCATION
Cornell University Ithaca, NY • May 2003

College of Arts & Sciences • Bachelors : Theatre Arts, Visual Studies Concentration
New York University NY, NY • Jan 2006

Kanbar Inst. for Film • Masters : Interactive Telecommunications Program, GPA 3.97
Honors Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship • Finalist: Cornell Council for the Arts Outstanding Senior Artist Award • Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Program and Scholarship • Jesse H. Jones and Mary Gibbs Jones Houston Endowment Scholarship • Knauss Family Scholarship • Charles Moss Theatre Arts Scholarship • Cohen Dramatic Arts Scholarship
DIGITAL VIDEO & SOCIAL MEDIA
ArdisHealth: Video & Social Media NY, NY • Oct 2008-present • Video & Social Media Producer
Write, direct, edit promo spots and web series. conceive & implement social media campaigns, viral marketing, and blogs for products & services. Blogs and Video Webseries include OMGImTurning30.com, AcneInReview.com, AcneAintCool.com, and WhatstheDaily.com.
ThisIsWhereIDoThings.com: Webseries/Blog NY, NY • July 2009-present • Editor
A hub for various single theme blogs and engaging viral video blog series.
HowNotToDateOnline.com: Webseries/Blog NY, NY • November 2008-present • Editor
I shoot (in HD1080i30), edit, and artistically direct for this video webseries and blog.
Cut From the Same Cloth: Theatre NY, NY • August 2009 • Videographer
NYC Fringe Festival.
DebWebsterBlog.com: Webseries/Blog NY, NY • July 2008-present • Video Editor & Designer
I shoot (in HD1080i30), edit, and artistically direct for this video webseries and blog.
Disruptive Pictures: Feature Film NY, NY • June 2006-Oct 2008• Asstistant Editor
, Lead Animator
Created cartoons and motion graphics. Assisted editor in capturing, cloning, and cutting on this big budget, "irreverent" Untitled Foreign Policy Documentary.
DrunkenStepfather.com: Webseries NY, NY • June-Aug 2007 • Video Editor

Made 28 short videos that captured the banality and cynical humor in everyday urban life, with a side of social commentary.
GRAPHIC DESIGN & ADVERTSING
Whomi NY, NY • 2007 • Graphic Designer
Designed covers for Whomi's signature personal agendas and customized products.
TransMedia NY, NY • 2003-05 • Senior Art Director
Edited client videos and created 3D animated promotional videos for TransMedia at NAB 2004 & 2005 in Las Vegas. Responsible for software skinning and UI, website devlopment, designing marketing and product branding.
Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant NY, NY • Summer 2003 • Graphic Designer
Schwartz Ctr. for the Performing Arts Ithaca, NY • 2001-03 • Graphic Designer
Alley Theatre Houston, TX • Summer 2002 • Design Intern
BRSG Advertising Inc. Houston, TX • Summer 2000 • Design Intern
IMAGING & NEW MEDIA
Virtual Cab Ride : Installation Nice, France • Jan-June 2006 • 3D Modeler & Designer

Assisted Jean-Marc Gauthier (NYU) with texturing and modeling for this interactive installation. Utilizing video sensors, laser scanning, AI, and two-story high screens—viewers take a ‘virtual cab ride’ along 42nd street between Lexington and 7th Ave.
In A Painting : Short Film 12 min, HD 720 • Jan 2006

Directed, edited, scored, and color-corrected this short film as my thesis project.
Madame Hollywood : Installation NY, NY • Dec 2005 • ITP Winter Show

Interactive 3D game with photographic texturing, character animation, and particle effects displayed on three eight-foot projections.
Press : Short Film 7 min • Spring 2003 • Prod. Ast. & Co-writer
Finalist in Experimental Short Film at the Ivy League Film Festival 2003.
Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Ithaca, NY • 1999-03 • Video & Installation

With University funding, created several digital video art series, sculptural video & light installations, and multi-media performance art pieces.
Exhibition: Stella’s Bar and Restaurant Ithaca, NY • Spring 2003 • Mixed Media Paintings
Glassell School of Art Houston, TX • Summer 2001 • Museum of Fine Arts Houston
NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX • Summer 1999 • McKay Mars Meteorite Research Team

Using a Phillips Scanning Electron Microscope, imaged subsurface biological samples from possible Martian analogues. Presented images and findings at the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s 2000 Astro-Biology Conference.
SOFTWARE SKILLS : MAC & PC
Editing Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, familiarity with Avid
FX & 3D Combustion, Adobe After Effects CS3, Shake, Motion, Maya 8.5, Virtools Dev
Sound ProTools, Apple Soundtrack, MaxMSP & Jitter
DVD DVD Studio Pro, Toast
Design & Web CSS & HTML & Actionscript, Quark, InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator CS3, Painter IX, Flash CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks, Director
Social Media Coordination Web Apps HooteSuite, Tweetdeck, NetVibes, Twine, knowledge base of various network bundling apps & widgets
Other MPEG Streamclip, Compressor, Quicktime VR, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel
LANGUAGES
Spanish Fluent
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