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Professional Experience Resumé
Experienced in TV, film and video production, extensive IT experience along with organisational and training skills.
2004 - Date Freelance
Film and video production, Steadicam services, web video, I.T. services and support.
1998 - 2004 Senior Analyst, CIX/Pipex.
Second line technical support and technical trainer. Freelance web designer.
1996 - 1998 Freelance
Working on a number of projects for CIX Internet, Chanterelle Publishing Ltd and DSD Systems.
These include Internet publishing, database design, video production, technical support and some UNIX
administration.
Oct 1995 - Oct 1996 AMF UK
European Technical Manager, Automatic Scoring Division
Set up and managed a technical support centre covering Europe.
Developed a service contract programme for telephone support and four hour on site hardware support.
International restructuring and downsizing resulted in redundancy.
1977 - 1995 Bass Leisure Entertainments
Technical Manager/Trainer
Joined Bass Charrington from school as junior technician. Played a key role in Bass Leisure's expansion into tenpin bowling, providing technical expertise and training, implementing automatic scoring systems and providing support for such systems countrywide.
1987 – Date APN Tele-Video
APN Tele-Video is my video production company, it ran alongside my employment at Bass Leisure with the companies backing. APN Tele-Video was initially set-up to televise major tenpin bowling tournament events on Screensport, ITV and Sky Sports. I have also produced many industry training films and corporate videos. I continue to trade as APN Tele-Video for all my freelance work and now have full digital HD video production facilities.
Academic and Professional Attainment
Physics, Maths, English, Stage Lighting, Metalwork, Building Studies
City and Guilds Radio Amateurs Examination
Courses Attended
2013 Safe Management of Productions, BBC Academy. 2012 Show me the Light, Lighting Workshop, BBC Academy. 2012 Self-shooting interviews, Canon XF305, BBC Academy. 2012 Work on a Live TV programme, (Director), BBC Academy. 2011 Steadicam Gold Workshop, Tiffen, with inventor Garrett Brown. 2011 Editorial Ethics Masterclass, Channel 4. 2011 Multi Camera Directing (Music), BBC Academy. 2011 Colour Correction Masterclass, VET Training, BBC Academy. 2011 Shooting HD on Location, Skills2Film, BBC Academy. 2011 Observational Shooting Skills, Skills2Film, BBC Academy. 2011 Location Sound Recording, Skills2Film, BBC Academy. 2011 Advanced Screen Writing Workshop, Brighton Filmmakers Coalition. 2011 Cirrolite Lighting Workshop, BVE. 2010 Arri Lighting Workshop, BVE. 2009 Steadicam Silver Workshop, BBC Training Centre, Wood Norton. 2009 Steadicam Operators Workshop, Tiffen, September. 
2009 Screen Writing Workshop, Brighton Filmmakers Coalition. 2009 Steadicam Operators Workshop, Tiffen, April. 2005 Film Directors' Course in Motion Picture Production, Brighton Film School. 2001 CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate. 1999 UNIX Workstation Administration, Learning Tree International. 1999 UNIX Server Administration, Learning Tree International. 1999 UNIX System Security, Learning Tree International. 1998 Digital Imaging, Photoshop, North East Surrey College of Technology. Cambridge Certification. 1998 Hands on UNIX, Learning Tree International. 1992 AMF automatic scoring systems, Xenix O/S AMF Bowling Inc., Richmond, VA, USA. 1991 MS Windows 3.11/Excel, Interskill. 1987 TV and video production. Sutton College of Liberal Arts/Thames TV, Teddington 1986 Using the Commodore Amiga for video production. Triangle Television.
Trainer Training
1992 Group Trainer Award
1988 Craft Trainer Award
Computing Experience
Since building my first computer in 1981 I have gained experience in the following areas:
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