- Board member and marketing strategist for Friends of Downtown Island Airport advocacy group.
- Producer and Host of several podcasts including American POTUS, which consistently ranks in the top 15-20% of all podcasts nationwide.
- Strategic planning and management responsibility of $2 Million-dollar annual budget, for several different national network brands.
- Led the property development and marketing campaign for DIY Network’s annual home giveaway promotion.
- Spearheaded the creation, direction and supervision of HGTV’s multi-million dollar national television campaign “Restore America.” Working with The National Trust for Historic Preservation, HGTV increased brand awareness on-air, online and within the Washington D.C. political community.
- Developed extensive promotion campaigns to enhance audience flow to all of the networks’ online companion websites and social outlets.
- Produced and supervised several high-profile projects with substantial budgets, using out of house production companies all across the nation. Projects included state-of-the-art digital still & motion photography, custom graphics animation packages and original music composition.
- Led an in-house production team, to produce 500+ digital video content assets for both internal and external digital viewing outlets.
- Strategically collaborated with advertisers to create convergent initiatives that attracted customers across multiple platforms.
- Live Event Producer responsible for breaking news events and non-news programming events.
- QNBC team leader for the National Broadcasting Corporation. Implemented station wide measures to ensure quality and elimination of 90% staff errors for the NBC Owned and Operated stations.
- Extensive knowledge of aerial photography in both producer and photographer roles.
American History Studios - President/Executive Producer
- I use my nation-wide contact list of shooters, editors and graphic artists to create world class media content for less.
Discovery, Inc. - Vice President of Programming, Alternative Platforms
- To keep network shows and on-air talent relevant in the expanding world of new viewing options, I was charged with the development and execution of new digital content marketing opportunities for the company's traditional TV networks. I developed executable marketing strategies that pushed the boundaries, but still remained sensitive to the delicate TV network relationships. I also used my strong relationships with all the digital stakeholders that represent both internal and external Discovery properties, ensuring front-and-center distribution of the content.
Scripps Networks - Director of Broadband Programming
- Responsible for the strategic creation of digital video content for our networks, I formulated and executed the marketing plan to re-use our extensive media library as a resource. With this initiative, we not only exposed our national network talent and shows to the online and social platforms, we also saved significant dollars by repurposing existing content.
HGTV - Senior Promotion Producer
- Concepting, writing, shooting, editing, producing, even acting - I did it all! I was privileged to win a bunch of awards for this work, but the true payoff was the positive ratings that followed.
Other Marketing & Communications Experience
- WBAL-TV (Baltimore, MD) – NBC News
- WCMH-TV (Columbus, OH) – NBC Owned Station Group
- Remote Sports Production (USA)
- WOWK-TV (Charleston/Huntington) – CBS Affiliate
- WMUL-FM (Huntington, WV) – Promotion Manager/DJ
Marshall University – Bachelor of Arts
15-time National Award Winner - Digital Media Content
National Hardware Show
- The worlds top inventors show up to this trade show every year to submit new revolutionary products for the home. I was privileged to be the lone judge of these important products, awarding and presenting to the convention show in Las Vegas.
Community Service
- Friends of Downtown Island Airport - Board of Directors
- American POTUS - President of the Board of Directors
- First Tee of Greater Knoxville – President of the Board of Directors & Marketing Committee Chairman
- Knoxville Entrepreneur Center – Advisor
- Honor Air – Flight Guardian