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Summary of Qualifications

  • Proficient in Outlook, Excel, Database Programs such as Filemaker Pro, Informix, Word, Powerpoint and QuickBooks

  • Twenty years experience that includes:

    1. Cinema in Italy in props, wardrobe, production, dubbing, continuity, lights, as in stand in for blocking and as an extra;
    2. Concert Promotion and talent booking in the music industry;
    3. Writing copy as a Features Editor for a free alternative weekly and author of a published trade paperback;
    4. Coordinating research.

  • Other qualifications include facility with foreign languages with fluency in Italian and English as well as reading knowledge of both Spanish and French with the capability of living and working in the European Union as a dual national.

  • Organizational ability has been well applied to events and shows, which include two Breast Cancer Fund Benefits at Nashville's Caffe Milano, as well as performances at other small venues, such as The Sutler, Third & Lindsley, and Austin's Saxon Pub

  • Volunteer work at GLAAD's New York office, assisting in the organizing of the GLAAD Media Awards

Professional Experience

Jailhouse Productions, New York, NY
Background Actor 		May - July, 2002

  • Worked as an extra on HBO’s OZ for Levinson/Fontana.

Xanadu Productions, New York, NY
Production Assistant 		May, 2002

  • Provided assistance to Brian Sloan, Director and Rob Ahrens, Producer for the film Bumping Heads shooting on location.

VNU, Inc./BPI Communications, New York, NY
Research Manager 		January, 2001 – June, 2002

  • Provided coordination and supervision for the preparation and completion of various directories published by the following:
    ADWEEK, EDITOR & PUBLISHER, BRANDWEEK, INTERACTIVE QUARTERLY, MEDIA WEEK, and PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS. This includes directing the research flow with data entry employees, refreshing information published in the abovementioned directories and coordinating same with the appropriate editor, as well as ad trafficking.

BPI Communications (VNU, Inc.) Nashville, TN
Research Assistant 		January 1999 - January 2001

  • Provided key support in the Directory Central Department, in the completion of critical data, preparing copy for publication in many of the directories published by BPI, including The International Talent and Touring Directory. Foremost among BPI's publications are BILLBOARD MAGAZINE and AMUSEMENT BUSINESS MAGAZINE.

Seismic Sound et al., Nashville, TN
Office Manager/Production Assistant 		August 1997-December 1998

  • Worked with the various companies that co-existed in the same location. Concurrently, also served as personal manager, booking agent and operations manager for an independent production company for unsigned artists

Organizzeta, Srl, Rome, Italy
Promoter's Representative 		July 1982-July 1984

  • Much of this experience involved coordinating public relations and correspondence during contract negotiation, as well as assisting in the organization of the Italian tours of foreign artists, serving as liaison with the English speaking production teams and counterpart to the artist's tour manager. This position involved extensive contact with the European music community, as well as coordinating local work teams.

  • The work with this company contributed to the promotion and production of the following artists on tour: The Rolling Stones, Jackson Browne, Genesis, Neil Young, Angelo Branduardi, The Cure, Elton John, Santana, Pino Daniele, and Bob Dylan. In addition, also served as interpreter for Bob Dylan's and Carlos Santana's press conference in Verona, Italy on May 29, 1984.

George Winston PBS Special, Nashville, TN
Production Assistant
Time Coder 		September 1996-September 1996

  • The first of three television specials produced at the Ryman Theatre, the original Grand Ole Opry.

    CCMA Live Telecast, Nashville, TN - November, 1996
    Bill Monroe Tribute, Nashville, TN - April, 1997

Moment of Truth Tour (Whitney Houston/Nippy, Inc/Marshall Arts)
Various locations, Italy
Operations Assistant 		June - July, 1988

  • Provided key support to the Tour Manager, Production Manager, and Tour Accountant, and Tour Promoters, during the Italian leg of the artist's European Tour.

Glass Spider Tour, Florence, Italy
Production Representative 		June 1987

  • Briefly assuming responsibility protecting artist's interests

Live Aid, Philadelphia, PA
Production Assistant 		June-July, 1988

  • Responsibilities included Backstage Requirements, Artist Credentials, and Transportation.

Prior Cinema Experience, Rome, Italy
Experience ranging from various levels of production to walk-ons 		1981 - 1984

  • Winds of War - Dan Curtis (1981)
  • Tempest - Paul Mazursky (1981)
  • Cuore - Luigi Comencini (1983)
  • Grand Hotel Excelsior - Carlo Verdone (1983)
  • King David - Bruce Beresford (1984)

Volunteer Work

GLAAD -- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

  • Co-Chair of the Silent Auction Committee for the Media Awards

Education

Saint Francis College & Seminary, Burlington, WI, United States
University of Wisconsin, Parkside/Madison, WI, United States

References

Mitch Tebo - Adweek (646-654-5215)
Daniel Bale - VNU, Inc (615-321-4273)
Tom Fontana - Levinson, Fontana