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SELECTED EXPERIENCE Digital Imaging Technician-
May 2002 - Present
Copier & Digital Imaging Services, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
  • Processed the digital imaging needs of university faculty, staff and off-campus cliental.
  • Required familiarity with a variety of graphic programs for the production of large format prints, processing digital slides and scanning images.
  • Advise clients in preparing their projects.
Digital Imaging Technician-
Jan 2001 - May 2002
Photographic & Electronic Imaging, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
  • Processed the digital imaging needs of university faculty, staff and off-campus cliental.
  • Required familiarity with a variety of graphic programs for the production of large format prints, processing digital slides and scanning images.
  • Advise clients in preparing their projects.
  • Maintained & updated digital imaging website.

Events Lead - July 1998 - Jan 2001
Conferences & Events, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

  • Produced and executed various events for faculty, staff and off-campus clients. Set up and operated stage & sound equipment at multiple sites of varying degrees of electronic sophistication on and off campus.  Events include:  the Life on Wheels Conference, the Methodist Annual Conference, & the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.
  • Responsible for the operation of the football stadium's video equipment, cameras & big screen displays.
  • Supervised crews comprised of staff, workstudy, volunteers and inmates.
  • Facilitated all events at the University Auditorium ranging from variety shows, music concerts, weddings, and commencement ceremonies.
  • Handled scheduling, security, equipment rental and billing for Auditorium events.

Work for Events was fast paced, with an eye for detail and more often than not working on several different events at once.

Our team received a Circle of Excellence Team award in 2000 from University President Hoover for our work on Campaign for Idaho.

Production Director --
Spring 1993 & Spring 2001
Moscow, Idaho.

  • Organized, wrote, and directed Patchwork, a benefit show for the Palouse AIDS Network, which toured local high school and churches.
  • Took over the organization and staging of Theatre Outside the Bell Jar, a reader’s theatre. Schedule space and performers, designed programs, and arranged for stage equipment.
SKILLS Graphic Design Create posters, pamphlets, WebPages, and other educational and promotional tools by using a variety of contemporary computer programs. Extensive experience with digitizing and enhancing images for computer based work, and small press publication.

Technical Theater Twelve years working at various theatres setting up and striking sets, staging, lights, and audio equipment.  Set construction, light design and sound engineering, including repair and maintenance of gear, fork lift operation, driving 15’ vans, rigging, and follow-spot operation. Worked as sound engineer, stage & house manager and master electrician, including 2 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Stage Operations.  Also experienced with radio production and broadcasting.

Writer Have written several plays, which have gone on to see successful productions. Patchwork won a prize and production from the Northwest Playwright's Guild, 1993. Tiny Lives took judge’s choice in costumes at the regional American College Theatre Festival, 1999.   A Stick In The Spoke was a finalist in the Northwest Drama Conference's playwrighting competition, 1991. Edited a script for the Biomedical Communications Unit at Washington State University.

SOFTWARE Graphic Design & Web Authoring PhotoShop, PageMaker, Freehand, FrontPage, Corel Draw, Image Composer, Illustrator.  Some experience with Freehand, Harvard Graphics, PowerPoint., Poster Shop.
Operating Systems
Windows 98,  Windows NT 4.0, MAC OS 9
EDUCATION B.F.A. in Technical Theatre: Spring 1991. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

Animation Internship University of Idaho Media Center.
9/89 -12/89.
Worked on PSAs for College of Agriculture and trained in computer animation and slide film developing. Exposed to the following software: Harvard Graphics, Picturemaker, Rio, Splash Paint, Topas, Pictureit/ Video Show and Photo Show and MacDirector/VideoShow II.
Cel animation

REFERENCES Available upon request.
 
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Created:  October 10, 1998
Last Modified:  December 27, 2004