Resume / CV

I left journalism in 2014 not only to serve my growing family as a Stay-at-Home Dad but also to manage our real estate investments.

I’m learning to manage my family’s 700-acre farm in Broken Bow, NE.

I donate and volunteer to Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego Chapter, which fights to protect the ocean and its deteriorating beaches.

H4H ReStore is the retail arm of the famous nonprofit organization. I processed donations and trained volunteers.

HeartYN was a social media community-building experiment. I photographed everyday folks on the sidewalks of Los Angeles for social media vignettes.

I helped a New York City-based sport and performance psychologist create a new digital strategy. I developed her social media channels, wrote marketing materials, and developed a website: gts-nyc.com.

ApparelNews.net reports on the fashion industry. As the interim Web Production Manager, I produced weekly publications and ran email marketing campaigns.

TCN was a group of seven suburban newspapers owned by the Los Angeles Times: Burbank Leader, Glendale News Press, La Canada Valley Sun, Pasadena Sun, Daily Pilot, Coastline Pilot, and Huntington Beach Independent.

After I redesigned the websites in 2012, the Pasadena Sun won the EPPY Award for the best weekly newspaper website with under one million monthly visitors.

TCN was closed in 2020 and the sites were stripped of their individual styles. Furthermore, I spent several months helping the Opinion team of the flagship, LATimes.com, before retiring from journalism.

WEB EDITOR

• Redesigned sites; restructured information architectures

• Edited sites for style, grammar, web writing, and linking

• SEO: Implemented Search Engine Optimization methodology

• SEO: Built special sections designed for digital audiences

• Manage: Hired, trained, and managed web editors

An Advance Internet company, and partner to The Oregonian newspaper, OregonLive.com is the leader of news and information in Oregon.

MANAGING PRODUCER

• Gatekeeper: Managed content flow from The Oregonian, community bloggers, and OregonLive.com staff

• Manager: Provided leadership to producers who dominate the Oregon marketplace with news and information about high school sports, Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, and other topics of interest

• SEO: Implemented and maintained a Search Engine Optimization methodology to more than 150 sections of the site

• Followed Google Trends and responded to real-time search engine activity

• Led qualitative and quantitative editorial content reviews

The group included its Sarasota Herald-Tribune newspaper, HeraldTribune.com, a 24-hour cable news station, and magazines.

ONLINE EDITOR

• Coordinated and posted breaking news from six bureaus

• Posted TV news

• Maintained photography presence

• Produced blogs

• Maintained special projects and created cross-media project strategies

Served as the Dockmaster at the famous Chicago Yacht Club while attending Northwestern University’s Medill School for Journalism as a graduate student. 

Served as a Document Specialist in a Sun Microsystems' technical publications group in support of a server manufacturing plant.

DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST

• Managed the group's document library to remain ISO 2000 compliant

• Control the flow of documentation between databases, engineers, and technical writers

• Technical wrtier: work with engineers and manufacturers to update documents

• Use HTML to develop the group’s Intranet presence

Systems Analyst: I helped the consulting firm serve AMDAHL Corporation to modernize their legacy systems in preparation for Y2K.

Sole Proprietor: My father worked for IBM. He taught me how to use my developing skills to help business people with their technical documentation.