PROFILE OF EXPERIENCE
Over 20 years of experience in Emmy award-winning television production. Over 15 years of
experience in international award-winning field reporting and production for television news and new
media. Highly developed skills in marketing and business development. Strong leadership,
organizational and production skills within tight deadlines and strict budgets. International work
and residence.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AlphaNet, Inc., President 1993 – Present
Through multiple-media production skills, the innovative integration of satellite communications technologies and wireless video technologies, provided Solo Journalist field reporting and production for expeditions to Mount Everest, the North Pole, Antarctica, the Titanic, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Siberia, Greenland, Africa, South and Central America. For use in space and using cruise missile target-tracking methodologies, designed and built a specialized tracking system to steer a satellite antenna with an accuracy of 1 degree over 22,500 miles. Developed and Trademarked GeoNavigator Interactive interface-template for use with emerging natural history media.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· NBC News/MSNBC, New York: Operation Iraqi Freedom, Embedded Journalist with the United States Marine Corps- 3rd Marine Air Wing/365th Squadron and 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Infantry. Transmitted live programming for 2 hours during firefight for Al Khoot and during amphibious invasion of Baghdad. Reported daily from within Baghdad with stories ranging from human interest to the search for weapons of mass destruction. Video available.
· NBC News, New York: Special Projects Manager. As a pioneer (since 1993) of Videophone over Satellite applications from remote locations, responsible for review, acquisition, research and design of new portable telecommunications technologies for news-related media, especially regarding breaking news events.
· Yale University School of Medicine: Lecturer to the Section of Anatomy and Experimental Surgery, with an emphasis on Telemedical Applications.
· Mt. Everest ’01, ‘00, ’99 & '98: For ABC, NBC and CBS, field produced and hosted live video transmissions and news stories from Mount Everest using custom-configured portable satellite terminals and proprietary video compression.
· Persian Gulf '98: For CNN International, transmitted live video from the USS Independence with prototype of proprietary tracking system. Solved all RADAR/EMF associated problems for interference-free live video transmissions.
· Mt. Everest ‘97: Team Leader for Telekom Malaysia’s technical team. Designed wireless video system to successfully transmit live video from summit of Everest to Base Camp by bouncing the signal off of intermediary mountains in the Himalayan range. Uplinked video to Malaysian television via satellite and streamed the live video into the Internet for a worldwide audience.
Des Bartlett Productions, Producer 1990 – 1996
Production for natural history documentaries. Filmed, recorded sound, developed storylines and sequences and handled logistics. On-camera and post-production experience. Negotiated corporate sponsorship of computer and satellite technologies, as well as expedition clothing. Lived abroad in England and Namibia.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· EMMY award from the National Academy of Arts & Sciences for National Geographic Television’s Survivors of the Skeleton Coast.
· Designed applications for using Global Positioning Systems to survey and map areas containing endangered species. Applications included sites in Namibia and Antarctica.
· Designed Skeleton Coast Camera Jacket for the oldest outfitting company in the United States- Willis & Geiger, Outfitters. They outfitted Teddy Roosevelt, Roald Amundsen, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Sir Edmund Hillary, the Flying Tigers and other legends of the 20th Century.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, Bachelor of Arts
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Yale University School of Medicine, Lecturer
Explorers Club, Resident Fellow
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association, Private Pilot
Experimental Aircraft Association, Member
Divers Alert Network, NAUI-certified Diver
Harley Owners Group, Owner/Rider
HONORS & AWARDS
Ahli Mangku Negara (Order of Chivalry for Supreme Gallantry), from the King of Malaysia
(Mount Everest expedition).
Emmy, from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (National Geographic Television).
Site of the Year, from Yahoo!, for Discovery Channel Online (Titanic expedition).
RECENT REVIEWS
Streaming Media
Streaming Media - 2001
Wired Magazine
New York Times
VIDEO
NBC News: Missionaries of Charity & Babylon
C|Net TV: The New Edge
GeoNavigator: New Media Natural History Concept
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