Resume

EDUCATION

M.L.I.S., Library & Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

M.F.A., School of Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

B.A., English, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Data Librarian, Walt Disney Company, Enterprise Metadata Services, Burbank, CA

June 2018 – present

  • Supporting the EMS Organization with integrations of master data with and for systems across the enterprise; providing user support of governed data in downstream systems

  • Project Management; directing teams, responding and mediating client requests

  • Taxonomy scoping and creation for new master and metadata; assisting in designing taxonomies and data profiles

  • Rule and guideline creation support including engaging with stakeholders

  • Engaging in data governance (matching/merging titles, creating new records, exceptions handling, as required)

  • Working frequently and closely with business and technology teams across the company to support data-driven decisioning for master data, related to use tags for in-house systems

Internships supporting M.L.I.S. degree, media archiving emphasis:

UCLA Film and Television Archive, Valencia, CA : April 2018 – June 2018

  • Film inspection and collection processing

Fox Archives, Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles, CA : September 2017 – April 2018

  • Supporting processing and cataloging of physical assets in the photography, media graphics and prop collections

  • Applying conservation techniques for preservation, access and long-term storage

Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive, USC, Los Angeles, CA : January 2018 – March 2018

  • Handling, inspection and inventory of archival film elements

  • Preparation of film material for image scanning

Walt Disney Studios, Studio Technology, Burbank, CA : June – September 2017

  • Participating in regular departmental activities contributing to implementing a studio-wide DAM

  • Contributed to building a data dictionary for the model; shared in governance meetings with business units

Image Services Manager, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

August 2008 – June 2017

  • Processing digital repositories for the Library’s collections for access and preservation.

  • Managing video digitization project including care and upkeep of legacy technology.

  • DSLR photography, flatbed scanning and image correction and transcoding.

  • Oversee all databases as well as overseeing metadata collection.

  • Built and upkeep of PBCore FileMaker Pro databases.

  • Manage relationships with outside researchers regarding archival requests.

  • Technical consultant for oral history project.

Adjunct Instructor

Pitzer College, Claremont, CA: Fall Semester 2002, Fall 2007 – Spring Semester 2008

Chapman College, Orange, CA: Fall 2007 – Spring Semester 2008

  • Taught Advanced Editing and Introductory Video Production.

Post-Production Editor, Chops Editorial + Design, Venice, CA

June 2004 – August 2008

  • Co-managed Final Cut Pro studio supporting visual effects editorial; freelance projects

Manager of Production, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

November 1999 – June 2004

  • Developed, expanded and managed the production facility shared by the Claremont Colleges. working with faculty and administration to meet the needs of the Media Studies Program

  • Taught workshops on equipment and facility use and resources.

  • Supervised maintenance of all equipment service needs, both analogue and digital decks and audio-visual equipment

  • Worked with the IT Department maintaining all digital editing systems

  • Shared in creation a new floor plan that expanded the floor space

  • Budgetary responsibilities including restructuring inherited budget

  • Supervised staff including hiring decisions

Technical Faculty, Art History and the Visual Arts, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

August 1997 - November 1999

  • Managed the equipment cage, including maintenance and scheduling

  • Serviced editorial equipment including editing flatbeds and video decks

  • Taught workshops and provided in-class demonstrations for 16mm, Super8 and video

SKILLS

Metadata • PBCore • DACS • FileMaker Pro • Excel (MS Office Suite) • Media Archiving • media handling, repair and inspection • compression utilities, calibration and color management • LTFS / LTO storage • DSLR photography • Final Cut Pro • Resolve • Photoshop (Adobe Creative Suite) • SilverFast (image scanning) • analog tape (VTR) machine maintenance

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Association of Moving Image Archivists • Visual Resource Association • Society of America Archivists•

AWARDS

Avant-Garde Masters Grant, National Film Preservation Foundation:

Solidad Interrupedia (1974) dir., Ed Emshwiller (partnered with the CalArts Library)