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. We are DIY home-improvement fanatics who flip our home every few years. Furthermore, we own a 700-acre farm in Broken Bow, NE.

I donate annually to Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego Chapter, which fights to protect the oceans, waves, and beaches of San Diego County. I volunteer monthly to clean the beaches of plastic and pollution.

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 or non-daily newspaper website with under one million unique monthly visitors.

TCN was shut down 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 I left for parental leave.

WEB EDITOR

• Redesigned sites; restructured information architectures

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

• Designed and ran training sessions for reporters, photographers, and editors

• 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 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 most of his life. When… <tk>