OBJECTIVE
To
earn an opportunity to serve people by using my gifts, skills
and talents in an environment where personal growth and success
are fostered through excellence in leadership.
EXPERIENCE
1998-2004
WESTBY MULTIMEDIA -
Nashville, TN
President / Owner
•
DJ / emcee / host for weddings, proms, greek events, office
parties, high school reunions and dances
•
Freelance broadcast engineer - sports and entertainment;
audiovisual production for radio and television
• Sound engineering / mixing for local bars / clubs
• Consult, develop and deploy website technology for
music and entertainment business clients
• Videography, camera-operator, digital video editing
and post-production, audio recordist
02/03-11/03
MERCY
MINISTRIES OF AMERICA
- Nashville, TN
Computer Management Assistant
•
Managed www.mercyministries.com including web store, BackOffice
and redesign project
•
Assisted in donor management, communication and follow-up
• Maintained client PC's including software and hardware
installations and maintenance
• Maintained Exchange, Fundraiser / MAS90 and internet
servers
• Streamlined office communication
08/99-11/02
REUNION
RECORDS
- Provident
Music Group (Zomba/JIVE)
- Franklin, TN
New Media Coordinator / Marketing Team
• Distributed
graphic elements to in-house and external business partners
such as Billboard and R&R
• Maintained and updated label and artist websites, including
total site concept and redesign
• Created HTML email promotions and news updates for the
artists
• Assisted various departments (retail, radio, publicity,
A&R) with multimedia needs
• Managed video duplication and show / network promotion
Marketing
Team Accomplishments:
• Multi-GRAMMY award-winning artist Michael W. Smith's
- Worship
CD/DVD goes platinum (08/2002)
• Michael
W. Smith and Third Day headlined sold-out
fall arena tour sponsored by Chevrolet (11/2002)
• NewSong
- 'The Christmas Shoes' single goes #1 nationwide on Adult Contemporary
radio (01/2002)
– Song later developed into a New
York Times best-seller and CBS
special (aired Dec. 1, 2002)
01/98-08/99
THE
HALSEY COMPANY
- Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN
New Media Manager / Road and Tour Management
In The
Office:
• Created and maintained transportation & logistics
support
• Coordinated artist and executive itineraries
• Maintained email lists, created and maintained websites
• Tracked budgets for travel and tour expenses
On The
Road:
• Provided tour & road management, bus driving, stage
management
• Engineered and mixed front-of-house sound (stadium and
festival tours)
• Coordinated and shot behind-the-scenes and live concert
footage
Tours
& Shows:
• Millenium Blast December 31st, 1999 Nashville,
TN with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
• Tim McGraw: Everywhere (1998), Place In
The Sun (1999)
• George Strait Festival Tour (1999)
• Oak Ridge Boys: Live From Las Vegas - Taped
for TNN (01/1998)
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1993-1995
104.5 FM
KJLY
- Blue Earth, MN
On-Air
Weekend Staff / Part-Time
• Operated
the full-time 50kw Class C2 FM studio in 12-hour solo weekend
shifts
• Provided board operation and music programming involving
satellite monitoring and recording
• Produced promotional spots with voiceovers
• Created news and weather reports, communicating them
on-air to listeners
EDUCATION
1995-1998
Oklahoma
City University - Oklahoma City, OK
Mass
Communications: Broadcasting
Emphasis / elective studies in music business and entertainment
2001-2003
Victory
Leadership Institute - Brentwood, TN
Survey courses on ethics, communication, counseling,
personal development, history, leadership and world view
SKILLS
/ INTERESTS
Proficient
with MacOS 8-OSX, Windows 9x/XP/2000, Microsoft Office suite -
Word, ExCel, Outlook, PowerPoint; Competent with Adobe, Apple
and Macromedia: most graphics and video titles. Comfortable working
with video and multimedia peripherals. Accomplished as a live
mix engineer with strong comprehension of personnel relationships.
Adept in digital video environments as well as touring and live
event video production. Strong writing, organizational and multi-tasking
skills. Strong preference for work in a fast paced environment.
Possess great communication skills (both verbal and written) with
a broad knowledge of the entertainment industry. Used email before
most people knew what the internet was. Courteous and professional
on the phone. Overtime is no problem.
REFERENCES
-
Eric Falkner, Editor / Engineer, Destiny Video Media - Nashville,
TN - (615) 390-9807
- Scott Primm, Broadcast Engineer - MTV Networks - Nashville,
TN (615) 477-8815
- Lloyd Walker, Dir. of Computer Management - Mercy Ministries
- Nashville, TN (615) 831-6987
- Dean Diehl, Sr. VP/GM Reunion Records - Franklin, TN (615) 261-6350
- Jaquelyn Marushka-Smith, Sr. Dir. of Public Relations, Provident
Music Group - Franklin, TN (615) 261-6439
- Jim
Halsey, Manager - The Oak Ridge Boys, Director - Billboard Song
Contest - Tulsa, OK (918) 624-2100
- Sherman Halsey, Manager / Music Video Producer/Director - Los
Angeles (323) 931-9080
- JD Larson, Attorney, Larson and Associates - Los Angeles (323)
782-1144
- Daniel White, Special Events Coordinator, Gospel Music Association
- Nashville (615) 242-0303
- Chris Nichols, Owner / Manager, Direction Management - Franklin,
TN (615) 545-4551
- Troy Bailey, Agent Assistant, William Morris Agency - Beverly
Hills (310) 786-4131
- Tammy Nichols, Agent Assistant, William Morris Agency - Nashville
(615) 963-3328
- Mark Nicolosi, Video Editor - Nashville (615) 417-2363
- Doug Roberts, Southeast Sales, Apple Computer, Inc. - Nashville
- (615) 969-2240
- Paul Leach, Big Red Brick, Inc. - Nashville - (615) 473-6699
- Matt Dorfner, Executive Director - KJLY - Blue Earth, MN - (507)
526-3233
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