Resume / CV

I stepped away from journalism not only to serve my growing family as a Stay-at-Home Dad but also to manage our real estate investments. My children are aging, and I'm free to develop a new career.

My wife and I began investing in real estate in Portland, OR, where we became DIY home-improvement fanatics. We continued in LA, and our journey continues in Oceanside. Furthermore, we own a 700-acre farm in Broken Bow, NE. We have many projects and plans.

H4H ReStore is the retail arm of the famous nonprofit organization. Proceeds are used to build homes and invest in communities. I worked part-time helping to process donations and train volunteers.

HeartYN was a social media community-building experiment that inspired people to care for each other as neighbors through original, uplifting stories. I photographed and interviewed people for “Man on the Street” 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 and special 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 in Sun Microsystems' Technical Publications group in support of a server manufacturing plant.

DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST

• Managed the group's document library

• Managed and developed the group's Intranet presence

• Technical writing

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>