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- Interactive Media development and management
- Broad background in fine arts, education, entertainment, and corporate communications
- Over 25 industry awards
Work Experience:
- 09/04 -
present. AmeriCares,
Stamford, CT.
Manager, Web-based communications. - 01/02 - 09/04. John
Mucci Communications, Wilton, CT.
Independent writer/producer/director. Major clients include:- MasterCard International (Marketing Communications)
- LCI Communications (Direct Mail for Raritan)
- Drury Design Dynamics (Pharmaceutical Sales Training)
- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Ortho-McNeil
- 2/01 - 01/02. Source Media (now Insight Interactive), Dallas, TX/New York, NY. Vice President, Local Products. Responsible for the development of Local Source, a walled garden experience for digital cable customers, and other emerging interactive TV products. Responsible for content alliances, overall strategy, UI development, and process management.
- 5/00 - 2/01. Design Trust, Inc. Wilton, CT. Senior Consultant in a company providing strategic business communications, e-Business solutions and branding. Major clients include ConAgra Foods, Inc. (Dynamic database-driven Web presence ), Lucent Technologies Emerging Wireless, (New entity naming, Web presence), and Transcentive (Branding).
- 1998 - 5/00. Penultimate
Productions, LLC. Wilton, CT. General Partner, New Media communications.
Communications consulting, working as Creative Director and Producer. Major clients included:
- Caribiner International (now Jack Morton)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers - Digital Storytelling
- ACG Communications (now Euro RSCG Magnet)
- Palace Digital/Praxis Media, Inc.
- RealCall.com (now Adeptra)
- Xerox Corporation
- 1998. VSI Communications Group (now
Mentor).
South Norwalk, CT.
Communications strategist, writing/producing and directing inter/intranet
content as well as multimedia, print, and video productions for Fortune 100
clients.
- IBM Worldwide Fulfillment
- Triple Point Technology
- 1989-1998. GTE Corporation (now
Verizon). Stamford, CT
Director, VisNet East. Managed a
23-person division in five locations (Boston, Stamford, Durham, Atlanta, Tampa),
providing complete turnkey multimedia communications to GTE Corporation and
external clients including IBM, Xerox, AT&T, and U.S.
Surgical Corp. Division's annual budget $2.1M; VisNet 1994 billing—$12.1M; 1995—$16.5M.
- acquired and developed content & repackaged business programs for satellite broadcasts
- developed international business and strategic alliances in Caribbean
- supervised Web site for VisNet Video Programming Services and aftermarket sales
- team leader designing GTE's corporate strategy for an interactive business education network
- supervised network management, curriculum design, corporate alliances
- directed the development of interactive multimedia applications
- devised promotional strategies for subscription ad-hoc satellite business programming
- directed facility sales and service to non-GTE clients, billing $1.2M yearly
- developed programming with GTE's Education and Training department for GTE's 386-location satellite downlink network
- edited the VisNet News, a monthly publication distributed to 300 GTE clients and 800 employees nationwide
- 1986-1987. Cuisinart Video
Productions. Greenwich, CT
Executive Producer.
- Reported directly to the president, and responsible for all phases of teleproduction for training and point-of-purchase videotapes.
- managed visual communications department
- directed award-winning productions
- developed external business in food preparation video services.
- 1981—1982. Sacred Heart University (Bridgeport, CT). Associate Professor. Taught courses in business video development including electronic journalism.
- 1984,-85,-86, 1991. Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT). Instructor. Taught screenplay writing and English for the Graduate School of Education. Wrote, compiled and printed course text.
- 9/79-9/81
Connecticut Public TV, WEDW Writer/Director of five weekly live
television programs. Also included were musical scores written for
Windcrossing
(Emmy nomination), Purdy's Station, broadcast on CPTV (Emmy nomination).
Education:- MA, Educational Media. Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.
- BA, English. Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Languages: French, Italian.
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Professional Associations:
- American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
- International Television Association (ITVA) (now Media Communications Association International); guest speaker at both annual and quarterly meetings; author of several articles on media and technology (since 1983)
- International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI); Fairchester chapter. Hosted and spoke at several seminars on instructional technology (since 1986)
- HTML
Writer's Guild (since 1995)
- International TeleConferencing Association (ITCA)
- American Music Center, New York (AMC)
- American Management Association (AMA)
- American Marketing Association (AMaA)
- Connecticut Composers
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Board Memberships:
- Teatro Grattacielo, New York City, NY (since 2006)
- Pro Arte Singers, Stamford, CT (since 1992)
- Crystal Opera, Norwalk, CT (since 1994)
- Il Piccolo Teatro dell'Opera, Brooklyn, NY (1994-97)
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