Anthony J. Packes


Summary of Qualifications:

- Audio, video and web technologies
- Multimedia production from concept to delivery
- Online content management, quality assurance testing and group management
- Product development, problem solving, technical support and constructive analysis
__________________________________________________________________________________________


Experience:

Jan/2005 - Oct/2007 | Total Training Inc. | Valley Cottage, NY

Online Content Manager/Quality Assurance Manager

- Quality Assurance supervisor for CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and web products
- Managed a team dedicated to hands-on quality assurance testing, asset creation, product finalization, and product delivery
- Responsible for managing, uploading, organizing, tagging and publishing online video content, and product specific marketing data to content management system
- Created and managed product specific online web statistics for marketing team
- Created production assets such as tutorials, databases, quality assurance documents, user ReadMe’s, end-user specific tutorials and product instructions
- Overseer of the final stages of production and delivery for all video-based products
- URL: www.totaltraining.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Jan/2006-Present | Tasty Golf Tees LLC | Norwalk, CT

Partner/Director of Sales

- Online sales and customer service
- Product development
- URL: www.tastygolftees.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Nov/2004-May/2005 | Trial Solutions Inc. | Wappingers, NY

Audio/Video Consultant

- Setup of live audio/video equipment for practice research trials
- Consulting services with regards to multimedia production, computer hardware, computer software, and audio/video equipment
- Troubleshooting on-site audio/video and computer issues
- URL: www.trialsolutions.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Feb/2004-Aug/2004 | Osprey Communications | Greenwich, CT

Production Assistant/Editor/Compression/QA

- Asset creation, concept design, on-location recording, audio/video editing, audio/video compression, quality assurance testing, and product delivery
- Audio, video and graphics for pharmaceutical companies including Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth, Astrazeneca and Johnson & Johnson
- Beta SP creation, duplication, distribution and organization of media library
- Quality assurance testing of CD-ROM’s and DVD-ROM’s before client delivery
- URL: www.osprey.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Feb/2001-Present | Mostly Liquid Productions | Hawthorne, NY

Partner

- Audio design, video editing, web production
- Video and audio production including editing, mixing, audio sync, and final production for both screen, DVD and online delivery
- Musical score, audio soundscapes, and video post-production for independent and professional films; finalist in numerous film competitions
- Direct client interaction including sales, cost estimates, project scope determinations, and management of outside resources
- URL: www.mostlyliquid.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Education:

1999-2003 | Adelphi University | Garden City, NY

- B.S., Physical Education and Health
- URL: www.adelphi.edu
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Recognitions:

- Music Supervisor for the 2006 film: The Emerald Diamond - www.irishbaseballmovie.com
- Produced the Glenn Tilbrook “Peak Performance” web video for 107.1FM The Peak – www.1071thepeak.com
- Producer of the “KFEST Eleven” streaming web videos for K104.7 FM - www.k104online.com
- 48 Hour Film Festival, 2003: Film score/soundtrack for Scarfeet, winner of two awards
- Westchester Film Festival, 2002: Film score for Gorilla Gram; semi-finalist – www.imdb.com
- 48 Hour Film Festival, 2002: Score/soundtrack/audio post-production for Over the River, semi-finalist
- 2003 Golden Web Award, Mostly Liquid Productions web site - www.mostlyliquid.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Computer Skills:

- Operating Systems: Windows and Macintosh

- General Applications: Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, File Maker Pro, Terminal, File buddy

- Multimedia Production: Vegas Video, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, DVD Architect,
ACID Pro, DVD Decrypter, Sound Studio, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Exact Audio Copy, QuickTime Pro,
Adobe GoLive, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Sound Forge, Wave Lab, Cubase, Steinberg Master Unit,
Sorenson Squeeze, Cleaner, SAM Broadcaster, Camtasia Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro

- Video/Audio Compression: Sorenson, MPEG, Shockwave Video, Flash Video, Photo JPEG, QuickTime, AVI,
Windows Media Video, H.264, PSP, PodCast, Adobe Flash Encoder

- Web Production: HTML, JavaScript, CSS
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Miscellaneous:

- Lead guitarist for band ‘Moonspank’ - www.moonspank.
- Audio composer with works registered with U.S. Library of Congress