Presently I am an instructor in the Computer Studies department at Santa Rosa Junior College near San Francisco. I have worn several hats: TV news reporter/anchor, video producer, writer focusing on PC technology, high school math/science teacher, radio station disk jockey, and music publisher marketing director. As a news reporter I won a regional Emmy and two Society of Professional Journalists first-place awards. I'm an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor on Photoshop and Premiere and wrote Adobe’s Higher Education, Digital Video Curriculum Guide. I've written 300 articles and nine books, including Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Classroom in a Book, Adobe Encore DVD 2.0 Classroom in a Book, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself Digital Video and DVD Authoring--All In One.

 

 

Interview by Stephen Ibaraki -- Stephen Ibaraki is an is an award winning college educator, writer, speaker, and IT professional who regularly conducts technology-oriented interviews for the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and the Network Professional Association (NPA). I enjoyed doing the interview and got to touch on what motivates me.

National Association of Broadcasters Conventions — I have worked for Adobe at two NAB national conventions in Las Vegas. Most recently I had the special privilege of demonstrating a brand-new, high-definition, video editing workstation from HP that uses a Matrox Axio card and break-out box.

Choir -- I sing bass with the Occidental Community Choir. This is a wonderful group that performs original works composed by choir members. We have two concert seasons -- Winter and Spring -- and perform about 12 concerts. That we do original works is no small thing. I know of no other choir in California that does that and I'm guessing there is only a handful in the world lucky enough to sing their own tunes. I feel very fortunate to be part of this eclectic and immensely talented bunch of folks.