To be part of a fast pace cutting edge entertainment company with opportunity for growth and a chance to work with a strong and motivated team.

2007- Present                         Sand Solider Inc.   Spokane, WA&Winchester Bay, OR
Owner/Operator
An off-road apparel company
Duties Include: Founded and built a complete clothing outlet and online store geared toward the off-road and sand dunes lifestyle. Graphic design of all products in house through the use of computers and design software.  Running of the day to day operation of the company, supervision of 3 employees, performance of all duties including marketing, sales, purchasing, finance, training, administrative services, financial operations, and customer relations.  Management and performance of all duties in the onsite screening facility for product creation. 

2003-2007                             Mobility Oil Service LLC.                        Spokane, WA
Owner/Operator
A complete mobile lube and tune service at your location.
Duties Include: Founded mobile lube and tune up company.  Ran day to day operations including management of   up to 4 employees, payroll, marketing, scheduling of technicians, all financial operations, including both treasury and accounting functions.   Also performed all duties regarding training, administrative services, and customer relations.The business was sold in 2007 for a profit.

1999-2003                             ABC / Disney                                          Westwood, CA
Sound FX Editor/Sound Designer
Duties include: Designing and editing all backgrounds, hard FX, and surrounds for 30 and 60 minute animated and live action series, also including live action feature films, and network and affiliate promotional  packages. Editing systems used include Avid Audio Vision, Pro Tools 4.0, Emulator E-MU, Korg synthesizers, and various sound idea libraries. Responsibilities also include Designing and building sound FX for video games on the Fox Kids web-site.

1998-1999                             Fox Family Channel                              Northridge, CA
Live Sound FX Editor
Duties include: Designing and editing live sound FX into bumpers, wraparound, and shorts.  Editing was performed in real time on sound stage using Emulator E-MU samplers, and Korg synthesizers.

1993-1998                             Saban Entertainment                                 Burbank, CA
Second Engineer
Duties include: Setting up, assisting, and coordinating all aspects of 2 re-recording 5.1 THX mix stages. Stages used to dub 30 and 60-minute animated and live action series, as well as full-length feature films. Equipment used includes Euphonix automated consoles, Lynx synchronizers, Sony Digi-Betas, D-2, and 3/4” video machines, Tascam DA-88s, Otari 2” as-well-as a verity of outboard effects gear.

1993-2003                             Ultimate Post Productions                          Burbank, CA
Foley Recordist / Engineer
Duties include: Recording, engineering, and tracking foley for 30 minute animated series. Equipment includes Yamaha Pro 01v digital mixing console, Lynx synchronizers, Tascam DA-88s, 3/4” video, Sennheiser 318 shotgun mics.

1999-2003                             Studio “E” Productions                North Hollywood, CA
ADR Recordist
Duties include:  Recording and engineering of ADR and original session dialogue. Equipment includes Yamaha O2R digital mixing console, Lynx synchronizers, DA-88 and DAT recorders, Neve pre-amps and compressors, 3/4” and DAWN digital V-1 video playback, Neumann 486 and Sennheiser mics.

1988-1992                             Canyon High School                        Canyon Country, CA

1993-1995                             College Of The Canyons                              Valencia, CA
Classes include: Audio production, video production, writing for radio and television, introduction to computers, typing.

• Computer literate both Mac and PC formats.
• Proficient in Graphic Design (Photoshop & Illustrator)
• Proficient in film and video post-production  (After Effects & Premiere Pro)
• Strong soldering and wiring skills

In my free time I enjoy boating, wakeboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, cars, and computers. I also own my own Avid Audiovision sound FX editing system that I enjoy cutting various side projects with.

Susan Himes                     Eastern Washington University                       509-359-6223
Jackie Dewey                    Gonzaga University                                        509-499-9201
Jeretta Kiser                      EDMO Distributors                                      509-995-9578