Founder / CEO, AlterMedia, Inc.® 02/1997 – Present
- Founded AlterMedia to develop and launch the flagship software product
Studio Suite, and to offer support, installation, training, and customization services based on Studio Suite. - Expanded the company into custom software development and consulting for high profile companies.
- After developing a customer-base in 55+ countries on 6 continents, I sold Studio Suite in April 2019.
Responsibilities included developing / executing / delivering / training others on:
| Market Research | Business Plan | Startup Funding |
| Corp. Structure | Shareholder Agreements | Trademark Registration |
| Product Design | Programming | Graphics / Packaging |
| Create User’s Guide | Website | Online Shopping Cart |
| Public Relations | Ad Campaigns | Advertising Design/Copy |
| Branding | Marketing | Sales |
| Product Fulfillment | Customer Support | Consulting |
| Training Seminars | Internation Expansion | IT needs |
| Budgeting | Accounting | Staffing |
| Bus. Development | Project Management | Trade Show Plans |
| Booth Design/Build | Legal | Taxes |
| Human Resources | Cash Flow |
Developer / Designer / Programmer: Studio Suite®
- Studio Suite is a studio and production management software package, used by leading audio / video tv / film / game production facilities. Demo and video available at studiosuite.com.
- Studio Suite’s business management system encompasses all aspects of running a modern media production facility, including:
| Contact Management | Budgets/Rates/Billing/Invoicing | Media Asset Management |
| Project Management | Communications | Scheduling |
| Notifications | Equipment Inventory | Publishing / Copyrights |
| Technical Specifications | Barcoding | Equipment Inventory |
Studio Suite includes / included API integrations with:
| Google Calendar | Outlook Calendar | iCal |
| Google Drive | Box | DropBox |
| QuickBooks | Xero | Aspera |
| Slack | Twillio |
Partial list of Studio Suite users and consulting clients over the years:
Large Corporate Customers
| ABC | DDB | IMAX | Microsoft | RE/MAX | Texas Instruments |
| Amazon | Delta Airlines | Intel | MotorTrend | Roche | The Enthusiast Network |
| AT&T | DirecTV | JC Penny | National Geographic | SAP | Tyler Perry Studios |
| Bell Helicopter | Fox | JWT | NASA | Smithsonian Channel | Universal |
| Cisco | Fremantle | Kaiser Permanente | NFL | Sony | US Air Force |
| Comcast | Goodby Silverstein & Prtnr | Lucasfilm | Norfolk Southern | Southern Company | US Army |
| Conde Nast | Lucas Oil | Oakley | Sprint | US Department of Justice (DoJ) | |
| ConocoPhillips | Herbalife | Magilla | Ogilvy | Sun Microsystems | US Food and Drug Admin (FDA) |
| Country Music TV | HSN | Mattel | Oracle | Sundance Channel | Verizon |
| DCTV | Hurwitz Creative | Mayo Clinic | Revolt | TBN | Warner Brothers |
Smaller Studios & Rental Houses
| AlphaDogs | Chalice | HD Rentals | Mass Appeal | Oven Studios | Studios 301 |
| AMP Studios | CreativeLive | Hero Post | Metromotion | Post Asylum | Tilt |
| Audio Projects | Cutting Room | Jupiter Ent. | Nightbird | Post Modern | Switch Post |
| Big Shoulder Digital | Digital One | Keystone | No Other Way | Ray Charles Foundtn. | Realworld |
| Blacklist Digital | Esprit | King Soundworks | Noisefloor | Side Street Post | Redlab |
| Bonnemaison | Exhile Productions | KPG Creative | NRG | Shine Australia | Urban Post |
| Canoe | Friendshop | Larson Studios | Nylon | Sonic Union | Wildfire |
| Capitol Studios | Gulf Alliance Media | Local Hero | Oceanway | SongZu | Westwind |
| Click3X | HangLoose Media | Lucky Cat Post | OffHollywood | SneakyBig | Ventana |
| Conway | Heard City | Lucky Post | Outpost Digital | Sphere Studios | Village |
Audio & Interface Design Consultant – VirtuosoWorks (now part of ProSonus) 10/15/04 – 03/30/05
- VirtuosoWorks was the initial developer of Notion, a software product for creating music notation with instant audio playback of samples of the London Symphony Orchestra.
- Designed some of the software structure and interface for audio mixing, and implemented significant improvements to the sonic realism and quality by manipulating the original orchestral sound samples and refining their playback algorithms. https://www.presonus.com/products/Notion
Recording Engineer / Mixer: (Multi-Platinum, Golden Reel Awards) 1986 – 2006 (partial):
| Michael Jackson | Sony | MCA | Coke |
| Barbra Streisand | CBS | Geffen | Pepsi |
| Fishbone | HBO | Warner Bros | Budweiser |
| Warrant | UPN | Atlantic | McDonalds |
| Roberta Flack | Disney | Columbia | Chevrolet |
| Keiko Matsui | Paramount | Virgin | AT&T |
| Beach Boys | PBS | Polygram | NFL |
Skills:
| Startup, Management, and Sale of a software company (23 years) | SSL/Neve | Pro Tools |
| FileMaker Pro, database / workflow logic & interface design | Word | Logic |
| Engineer / Mixing / Production in over 100 studios | Excel | InDesign |
| Project & Client Management | Powerpoint | Photoshop |
| Organizations & Design Abilities | Keynote | Camtasia |
| Writing / Technical Writing | QuickBooks | Furniture Design |
| Graphic Interface Design | Mac & Windows | Basic Electronics |
Interests / Memberships / Activities:
– Consultant: Society of Industry Leaders, Vista Research, a division of Standard & Poors.
– Vice-President ’97 National Academy or Recording Arts & Sciences (Atlanta Chapter)
– Board of Governors ’98-’02, National Academy or Recording Arts & Sciences (Atlanta Chapter)
– B.A. in Music Production & Engineering, Berklee College of Music. ’86 Cum Laude. Minor in Arranging.
– Supervisor of Electronic Maintenance, ’85, Berklee College of Music – Recording Studios.
– Published magazine interviews, technical reviews, original articles.
– Guest Lecturer, Panelist – colleges and seminars on topics related to music and technology.
– Composer, arranger, musician. Flute, sax, bass, guitar, keyboards, drums.
– Performances around Los Angeles with various other jazz bands, as well as my own.
– Voiceovers
– Carpentry, electronics, cooking, hiking, boating, brainstorming.
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