PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Videographer Lynchburg, Virginia August 2008 - Present
Videographer Thomas Terrace Baptist Church and Truelife.org
• Responsible for recording and providing the live feed for the Sunday Morning Service at Thomas Terrace Baptist Church
• Responsible for the research, gathering, coordinating, advising, recording, editing, and rendering of church materials used by Thomas Terrace Baptist Church and local media outlets
• Worked exclusively with Thomas Terrace Baptist Church on the coordination, advising, advertising, recording, editing, and distribution for Gov. Mike Huckabee and Stephen Baldwin’s visit, promotional commercial, and broadcast
• Responsible for the editing, converting, and rendering of various DVDs, HDV, AVCHD, WMV, and YouTube media formats, and learning videos for use at Thomas Terrace Baptist Church
• Editing/conversion of video using Sony Vegas Pro 9 and Sony Sound Forge 9 NLE suites.
• Camera Operator, media advisor, editor, and researcher for Truelife.org

Team Advancia Fort Lee, Virginia October 2006- August 2008
Videographer
• Secret Security Clearance(Current from 2006-2016)
• Responsible for the research, gathering, coordinating, rendering, and editing of Army materials used by the U.S. Army and Life Long Learning/SCoE.
• Worked exclusively with Life Long Learning/SCoE to coordinate the 2007 Commanders Conference webcast
• Responsible for the editing, conversion, and Flash rendering for Lesson Learned Interviews.
• Edited and rendered various DVDs, HDV/AVCHD/WMV media formats, and learning videos for use in the SCOE Lifelong Learning Portal
• Editing of code used in a Flash Video Player.
• Editing/conversion of video using Sony Vegas and Sony Sound Forge NLE suite.
• Responsible for the recording and archiving webinars and other video items using Techsmith’s Camtasia On-screen video recorder and Adobe Professional Connect software.

CNN National Desk Atlanta, Georgia July 2000- July 2004
News Assignment Editor
• Responsible for the assignment, research, gathering, coordinating, and feeding of news materials used by CNN and their affiliate networks
• Worked exclusively with Canadian affiliates CBC, CTV, and Global TV on Canadian breaking news as well
• Liaison and salesman for affiliates on CNN coverage plans and services available to them (setting up guests, use of CNN Talent, and Newsource video from other affiliates) and stories they were covering and use of their facilities (local talent, setting up guests, and local video/studios
• Emmy Award- CNN Coverage for 9/11 September 2002
• Award for exemplary team work in the assignment, research, gathering, coordinating, and feeding of news materials used for CNN and their affiliate networks during the events of 9/11

• First to break nationally first pictures of the Space Shuttle Columbia breaking up over the sky,
• University of Colorado Sexual Assaults, The Kobe Bryant Sexual Assault Case, St. Blues Hockey Player Hitman story, unhappy soldier wives over the long stay of their husbands in Iraq, and the Canadian Pig Farm Bodies

CNN Financial News Atlanta, Georgia November 1998 - July 2000
Line Coordinator/Tapes Production Assistant
• Managed lines for live and tape feeds going up to CNNFN for air and edited of video to be fed for the Lou Dobbs Show and CNNFN
• Alerted CNNFN/Dobbs Show on new developments with a breaking story covered by CNN
• Handled the greeting and positioning of guests for CNNFN and the Dobbs Shows
• Assisted in the research, gathering, editing, line coordinating, and feeding of news materials used for air on the Lou Dobbs Show and CNNFN
• Edited of video to be fed for the Lou Dobbs Show and CNNFN and handled the greeting and positioning of guests for CNNFN and the Dobbs Shows
• Alerted CNNFN/Dobbs Show on new developments with a breaking story covered by CNN

CNN News Production Atlanta, Georgia August 1998- November 1998
Video Production Coordinator
• Assisted in the recording and logging of incoming video from various CNN bureaus and affiliates used for CNN air

CNN Southeast Bureau Atlanta, Georgia November 1997- July 2004
Freelance Field Producer
• Assisted in the producing of stories, features, and the production of breaking news and space stories for CNN’s National Correspondent John Holliman and CNN National Bureau
• Integral part of coverage CNN’s coverage of the space station MIR and John Glenn’s return to space
• Producer of CNN National Correspondent Brian Cabell’s stories on professional wrestling and Super Bowl XXXIV
• Interviewed noted political figures such as Coretta Scott King, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Newt Gingrich, among others

SYSTEM SKILLS / GEAR LIST
Sony HVR-HD1000 CMOS Pro HDV Camcorder, Sony HDV MRC1 Compact Flash Recorder, Various Camera filters and lens, Sennheiser EW100ENGG2 Wireless Set, JTL 931511 TL-1500 Everlight Kit, Sony 1000 Robotic Cameras, Tektronix WVR500 waveform/vector scopes, Internet uses/searches, Windows 2000/XP/2007 Office Professional Suite, Avid, Beta, Digital Beta, Beta SX, DVC Pro, ¾”, VHS, VHS-C, Reel to reel, Sony Vegas 6- Pro 9, Sony DVD Architect 3 -5, Sony Sound Forge 7-9, Data Video TBC 1000, Outlook Express, I-News, Lotus Notes, Audio Board(Host Broadcast Training/Atlanta Olympic Games 1996 and Cornerstone Baptist Church), Adobe Professional Connect, Techsmith Camtasia, Adobe Flash Player, XML Updating, HDV,AVCHD, QuickTime editing, video conversion of multiple formats, DVD/Bluray creation and ripping, simple to intermediate computer repair, and Avstar

EDUCATION

Masters of Divinity Lynchburg, Virginia September 2008 - May 2014
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary & Graduate School

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and Media Management, Honor Graduate 1996
Morris Brown College Atlanta, Georgia