Resume:

Expertise: Digital and Live Production, Breaking News, Talk, Comedy, Food & Nerd Culture

Appearances: KTLA, Hot Wheels, Fullscreen, AT&T, All Systems Go, Inside Gaming, ETC, Syfy, Ford, DweebCast, Larry King Now, Nerdist News, The Young Turks, The Point with Ana Kasparian, Nerd Alert, The Rubin Report, 4337Lounge Live & more.

Experience:

Sr Producer/Host, 5 Live (KTLA) 2018-Current

Responsible for production and hosting of KTLA's daily live news / talk show, 5 Live. Duties include team development, on-air presenting, news gathering and segment producing for a total of two hours of daily live content, each weekday. I also aid in creative development of the show, originating signature segments, establishing a visual identity and capturing and cutting video for air.

Showrunner/Director, Hot Wheels / Mattel (YouTube) 2017-2019

Responsible for concept and execution of original programming for Hot Wheels YouTube channel, produced by Fullscreen. Creative direction and on-set producing of over 40 videos throughout the year with wildly different budgets. Writing treatments, scripts and devising production workflow and visual style for videos in unscripted, narrative and product categories. Work with in-house creative and production departments and Mattel’s brand team to successfully deliver concepts with aggressive timeline and and limited resources. To date, have delivered more than 25M+ YouTube views. In addition, acted as on-camera creator and appeared in numerous videos for the channel.

Head of Video, Daily Social Publishing (Fullscreen) 2017-2018

Showrunner, writer and actor for video efforts for Fullscreen social channels, launched with the direction of the CEO. Oversaw strategy, development and execution of new formats in news, talk and comedy that resulted in 140M views in six month period including viral hits such as “Your Friend Who Just Got Back From Europe,” “When You’re Parents are Cooler than You,” and “What Does The ACLU Actually Do?” Led team of 30+ in the creation of comedy, short form documentary and other video optimized for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Showrunner, @Fullscreen (Fullscreen App) 2016-2017

Developed daily news, lifestyle & comedy video programming for Fullscreen SVOD featuring social media talent. Responsible for all daily video content for Fullscreen app. Hire, manage and lead 20+ member team through brainstorm, scheduling, and execution of content on limited budget and extremely short deadlines. Aid in the development, hosting and production of Fullscreen's DirecTV show "Snack on Fullscreen." Frequently contribute to off-platform advertising including national campaign for Fullscreen's AT&T partnership, "thx2att.

Showrunner, Machinima (SVOD Platform) 2015-2016

Coordinated and launched hour-long, daily multi-show (All Systems Go, Spacebar, Sandbox with JeromeASF, ASG: Gameplay, ASG: Sketches) platform for Machinima’s premium SVOD service. With a tight budget, went from conception to air in less than a month. Duties include development and execution of shows in talk, comedy, news and gaming showcasing talent from the MCN, other digital networks and traditional media. Hired and manage 25+ member team across all aspects of production. Responsible for quality control from writing to look and feel to talent to distribution. As host of daily talk show All Systems Go, provide consistent anchor where needed to showcase Machinima talent.

Showrunner, William Shatner’s Brown Bag Wine Tasting, S1&2 (OraTV) 2014-2015

Oversaw daily operations of wine tasting talk show hosted by William Shatner. Led 30 episode season from pre-production of creative development and guest selection, to concept execution, to delivery. Arranged and interfaced with talent, crew and shooting locations for fast-paced schedule; directed/story produced on set. Established and maintained a cohesive visual identity, format and workflow.

Host & Executive Producer, DweebCast (OraTV) May 2013 - October 2014

Developed and sold daily nerd-news variety show DweebCast to OraTV for the 18-35 male demo. Host, write and oversee execution of daily operations including exclusive celebrity interviews, in-depth feature pieces and variety segments.

Producer, Newsbreaker (OraTV) August 2012 - May 2013

Duties included assisting in the development and daily production of online national news show. Producing, writing, and graphic solutions for air.

Host & News Editor, The Santa Monica Corsair. January 2012 - August 2012

Duties included reporting and anchoring segments about news, culture and politics in Santa Monica, in addition to directing news operations for local newspaper and website.

Media Producer, CMG Worldwide & CMG Brands. December 2007 – January 2012

Created visual & audio content for a large roster of music clients. Duties ranged anywhere from video development & hosting to graphic design & audio production.

Host, WJEL 89.3-FM - Indianapolis. August 2005 - May 2007

Created and hosted award-winning two hour weekly talk show while in high school.

Internships:
KTLA-TV Assignment Desk, Los Angeles, CA. Summer 2012.

Duties included aiding in information gathering and verification for breaking news, assisting reporters in the field, script duty and story organization.

Skills: Hosting, writing, shooting & editing for web and short-form TV. Knowledge in entertainment news, local and national politics, urban geography, music, aviation & architecture. Design For video, print, web & mobile.

Computer Suite Knowledge:  Adobe Creative Suite CC (Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects) OPUS, Final Cut Pro, Avid, ProTools, XHTML, CSS. MS Office Etc.