What’s he done?
Education
University of Michigan School of Information, May 2009
Master of Science in Information, Specialization in Preservation of Information
- Digital audio and video preservation
- Records Management
- Digital Asset Management
- Web Archiving
- Digital Preservation Standards: PREMIS, METS, MODS, MPEG-21, EAD
- Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Information Flows and Processing
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, May 2005
Bachelor of Arts in History, High Honors and Highest Distinction (GPA 3.97)
Experience
Filemaker
Bento Trainer (Sept. 2008–Present)
- Instruct Apple staff in the use of Bento database software
University of Michigan Digital Library
Workflow Manager (Oct. 2006–Present)
- Oversee the intake, QA, and placement online of thousands of digital text and images
- Manage relationships with vendors in the USA, India, and Philippines
- Supervise the work of temporary student employees
Markup Reviewer (May 2006–Oct. 2006)
- Proofread and performed Quality Assurance on SGML texts
Apple, Inc.
Technical Writer (Intern) (May 2008–Aug. 2008)
- Researched, wrote, and edited technical documents on video for Apple website
- Translated engineers’ technical knowledge of H.264 video compression and HTML 5 to end users
- Worked daily with Final Cut Pro and Compressor
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Assistant System Administrator (May 2006–Sept. 2007)
- Helped to manage a network of 50+ Macs spread over 3 locations
- Acquired excellent customer service skills
- Learned Mac OS X Server, UNIX, shell scripting, and basic Perl
Frame 27 Productions
Owner (June 2001–Present)
- Shoot, edit, and distribute videos for clients on DVD and the web
Skills
- Final Cut Suite
- Adobe CS
- FileMaker Pro
- MS Office
- SGML
- XML
- HTML
- Perl
Publications
“Getting Your Video Ready for Compression for Playback on iPhone, iPod, and the Web,” Apple Developer Connection Reference Library, September 16, 2008. http://developer.apple.com/mac/articles/quicktime/videocompressionoptimization.html
“Constitutionalism and the Cloister: Matthew Paris and the Crisis of Royal Monastic Patronage in Thirteenth Century England,” Michigan Journal of History 5 (2005).
For references, contact me.