New Media Consultant
(Summer,
2006-Present)
Offer new media consulting, planning, and
production services through a combination of my:
- Traditional advertising and media planning
experience
- New media knowledge and vendor connections
- Production skills in online, print, radio,
and TV.
In the
end, the client has a fluid and targeted traditional and new media
campaign that builds brand, increases consumer evangelism, and engages
their customer base in an open conversation.
Journalist (1996-Present)
Write and edit tech news stories,
humorous commentary, “how-to” articles, plus software and hardware
reviews for more than twenty five technology magazines:
Wired.com
· Smart Computing · FamilyPC · PC World
· PC Computing
Hemispheres ·
Men's Health ·
GameSTATE
·
State Tech
·
Ed Tech
·
G-Solutions
Yahoo! Internet Life
· Axcess
· .net ·
Streaming Media
·
TECH Edge
PC Upgrade
·
TechTV ·
T3 ·
Edge
· WITI:
FastTrack
· Internet Underground
plus
satellite TV network, NOW (Network of the World)
Highlights
include:
- Wrote cover stories for PC Computing
and Internet Underground.
- Wrote the letter "D" for Smart Computing's Computer
Encyclopedia.
- Wrote monthly technology humor columns in
both .net and Axcess.
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Appeared in a weekly Bay
Area tech report via netcam for NOW.
Publicis Dialog
- San Francisco, CA (Winter,
2003-Summer, 2006)
New Media Director
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Educating, developing, and building new media campaigns for
current and new clients. Focus is on direct and interactive media like
mobile advertising, interactive TV, blogging, and podcasting.
- Host of The Communications Insider, a
weekly podcast sponsored by Sprint covering
the latest trends in telecommunications.
Managing Editor
- Launched
agency’s custom publishing division.
- Managed
a team of writers to rewrite and
relaunch a 1700 page business site
for Sprint.
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Wrote, edited, planned, and managed writers for development of the
Microsoft Business Solutions newsletter.
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Videos:
How To's and Reviews at
PC World.com
Articles:
Digital Asset Management-Off the Shelf or On Your Own (9/03)
Telling Tales
of DVD Piracy - MPAA and RIAA step up anti-piracy efforts with the
use of informants. (5/03)
Top 10 Must See Car Chases
(6/19/03)
Taking the
Open Source Plunge - (PDF) (Summer, 2003)
311 to the Rescue
- When 911 Needs Help, 311 Gets the Call (PDF)
(Summer, 2003)
You Are the Key
- The Many Faces and
Thumbprints of Biometrics (PDF) (Spring, 2003)
Wiring Schools for VoIP
(PDF) (Summer,
2003)
Videophone Gets a Booster Shot
One Man Reporting Band,
Part I and
Part II (free registration required)
Pay
to Play (free registration required)
(These articles are subscription based. Only a portion will appear. If you'd like to see the full
article, email me.)
Get Off The Phone - The Pings & Pops Of
Internet Telephony
It’s More than Just Point and Shoot
- What You Need To Know To Be A Great Cameraperson
Social Engineering - The Quiet Con Game
The Internet
Gap
The Right to Bad TV
Signing Off is Hard to Do
Tonight I'm Gonna Party Like it's 1899
For more samples check out Best of Dave.
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Television
1998-Present
PC World.com
- San Francisco, CA (Spring, 2003 - Present)
Producer
Produce and edit "how to" and review videos for PCWorld.com.
TechTV
(Formerly
ZDTV) - San Francisco, CA (1998-2001)
Content
Manager
Mold content and provide direction for TechTV’s
news programming.
Shows included
TechTV
News,
Silicon Spin (a roundtable talk show); and Cybercrime.
Senior Writer/Editor
Acted as
editorial supervisor for multiple programs including Internet Tonight
(a nightly Internet entertainment report); Computer Shopper (a
consumer tech buying guide); Working the Web (a small business
ecommerce program); and The Screen Savers (a how-to show for
computer experts). Highlights include:
- Edited all scripts for content and technical
accuracy.
- Produced field segments for Internet
Tonight, TechTV News and Working the Web.
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Wrote
weekly tech rumor segment, Spencer the Katt.
- Produced bi-weekly Hot File of the Day
segment for Internet Tonight.
- Wrote multiple articles for TechTV’s
website.
On-Air Talent
Appeared on almost every show on TechTV including Silicon Spin,
Computer Shopper, Working the Web, The Screen Savers and Call for
Help.
- On Computer Shopper,
argued in a weekly debate segment called Tech Face Off.
- On Working the Web, presented weekly
reviews of ecommerce websites in a segment entitled, Clinks and
Clunks.
- Appeared frequently as a panelist on
Silicon Spin.
- Provided how to
demonstrations for The Screen Savers and Call for Help.
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Videos:
How To's and Reviews at
PC World.com
    
On
Air Compilation Reel 2:00 RealVideo DSL
(225 kbps)
    
Produced Segment-Wireless Fashion
Show 3:49 RealVideo DSL (225 kbps)
    
Produced Segment-Daily Show's
Indecision 2000 3:51 RealVideo DSL (225 kbps)
Articles:
Product
Demos Go Gong Show
Digital
Hollywood: Not All Glamour
Streaming
from the top of the World
Online
PIMs
Spring Internet World 2000's Top 10 Other Stories
For more samples check out Best
of Dave.
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Television |
In-Vision
- Walnut Creek, CA
(Summer, 2003 - Present)
Writer
Write proposals for corporate events.
Live Marketing
- Chicago, IL (Summer,
1995 – Spring, 1998)
Writer/Presenter
Wrote and appeared in live presentations at trade shows. Clients
included
IBM, Digital, CompuServe, Fujitsu, Motorola, Claris, Bandai, Panasonic,
and Tektronix.
Second City -
Chicago, IL (Fall,
1996 – Spring, 1998)
Comedy Writer
Wrote comedy sketches for business conferences and industrial films.
Clients included Arthur Anderson, Kronos, XEROX, Ameritech, and
OSHA.
Click
here for details on Corporate Entertainment |
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Scripts
(MS Word documents):
The Corporate Dating Game -
Arthur Anderson
Hi-Tech Airlines - Arthur Anderson
I Dream of
Magellan - Melita
Sales Presentation (parody) - XEROX
For more samples check out Best of Dave.
Click here for
details on Corporate Entertainment |
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Advertising
1989 - 1996
Euro RSCG/Tatham
Chicago, IL (Summer,
1993 – Winter, 1996)
Media Systems
Supervisor
Provided software, hardware & network support for the ad agency’s media
department. Trained employees on how to use media systems like Simmons and
MRI. Wrote custom Visual Basic applications for the buying & planning
departments. Main client was Procter & Gamble.
Mediasmith - San
Francisco, CA (1991)
Media Planner
Handled media planning, consulting and research
for DHL, InSight, Charles Schwab and Spectrum Holobyte.
Davis, Ball, & Colombatto - San
Francisco, CA (Summer,
1990 - Winter, 1991)
Media Planner
Produced competitive analysis between
McDonald's and other fast food restaurants.
Media Solutions - St.
Louis, MO
(1989)
Media Planner
Wrote software programs to determine the
diminishing rates of returns of advertising effectiveness.
Clients included Ralston Purina and Roundup.
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here for details on Advertising
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Comedy
1990 - Present
Comedy Writer
- Wrote song and
commercial parodies for the following syndicated comedy radio networks:
American Comedy Network (1992), Olympia Broadcasting (Fall,
1989, Spring, 1993) and Premiere Radio
Networks (1993).
- Wrote humor column, “Second
Opinion,” a weekly analysis of advice columns for Surf Metro
(Fall, 2001).
Stand up Comedian
- Appeared at clubs and colleges including the Punchline
in San
Francisco, Improv in Chicago, Funny Firm
in Chicago,
Zanies in Chicago,
Yuk Yuk’s in Toronto,
Funny Bone in St. Louis,
UC Berkeley and Stanford
University.
(partial list)
- Wrote, produced and starred in “The
Professor of Comedy” – a mock university slide show lecture about stand
up comedy. Show run - December, 1997 at
Second City’s Skybox in Chicago, IL.
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Winner of St. Louis
College Comedy Competition 1990.
TV Credits:
“Laughs Unlimited: Almost Live,” “Comedy Closet,” PlayTV, The Learning
Channel
- Radio Credits: KDBK, KWUR, KMEL, WLUW, CFYI
and produced weekly “Baywatch Report” on WLUP,
Chicago’s Loop.
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Stand Up:
    
I Suck at Improv :58 RealVideo (DSL
225 kbps or Dial-Up 56 kbps)
    
The Sims 1:18
RealVideo (DSL 225 kbps or
Dial-Up 56 kbps)
Radio
Scripts:
Headbanger
Infections
My
Phone Company
Silly
Condom
Articles:
Improv Confessions of a Standup or Why Won't Improv in Chicago
Die?
For more samples
check out Best of Dave.
Click here for
details on Comedy
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Internet 1996 - 2001
Web Designer
Built websites for the Woody Allen Film “Mighty Aphrodite” and Foot!
Walking Tours. Did random design work fro Miramax Films, McKinley
Internet Directory, and IBM.
Click here for details on
Internet
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Washington
University - St. Louis
Bachelor’s
in Business Administration, Minor in Mathematics |
