M I C R O S O F T  C O R P O R A T I O N                             December 2001 - Present
  Manager, SMSGR World Wide Creative Solutions                          

Manager of an international multimedia production team, producer of multimedia training, executive communications and marketing content for Microsoft's Sales, Marketing and Services Group. With studios across the US and in Shanghai and Bangalore, my team is on the job around the clock producing high quality content to meet critical business objectives.

Recent Highlight (11/06) Produced and delivered the Microsoft Vista Partner Demo DVD featuring demo highlights of Microsoft Partners using their products in unique applications. The first 200 DVDs were given to press, business analysts and potential customers at the Vista Business Value Launch in New York on November 30th. Eighty-thousand DVDs are being distributed world wide to the field to use at their launch events, run on kiosks, to use in keynotes and to give to regional press, analysts and customers. The Microsoft Vista Partner Demos are also available on the Microsoft Partner Web site.

H O N K W O R M  I N T E R N A T I O N A L                       May – July 2000
  Creative Director

Developed and produced original short form live action and animated entertainment for the Web; managed writers, character designers and animators; responsible for creative, budget, project management and delivery. (This position was short - the company ran out of money - but sweet. In three months I brought a portfolio of six projects into production, worked with animators and writers in L.A and Vancouver, and established a partnership with a 3D motion capture facility)

KCTS  T E L E V I S I O N                                                             1992 - May 2000
  Producer                                                                                        

Responsible for development and production, project management, budgets, and delivery of short form, half-hour, and hour long television.

• Henry Mark’s City – 24 x 3 min, producer. Host Henry Mark explores Seattle’s most interesting people, places and things.
• Neil Gaiman: Notes from the Underground – 1 hour, producer, host. An exclusive interview with Neil Gaiman, author of the award-winning comic book Sandman and screenwriter of the feature film Mirrormask.
• Doris Chase: Circle at the Center – 30 min, associate producer. The life and work of video artist, painter and sculptor Doris Chase.
   

Promotions Producer/AVID Editor
       Producer, writer and video editor of on-air branding elements, promotion spots
       and station IDs.

W R I T E R

• Position papers, press releases, promotions copy, teasers

• National promotion spots – Discovery Health, National Geographic

• Nationally produced and published playwright – Texarkana Waltz

E d u c a t i o n

Webster University  St. Louis, MO, BFA, Theatre

Writing samples                                References/reel available upon request

Copywriting   Creative