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Preserving the Past™ - Overview Glendale, California
1997-Present Archivist/Preservation Specialist/Designer

President and founder of company since it's inception in 1997. Organize and preserve personal and business photograph and memorabilia collections. Photographs are generally preserved in beautifully and elegantly designed photo memory albums to provide a sound environment for preservation purposes but also to make accessible for enjoyment. Other services offered are homemovie transfers, videotaped & written oral histories, digital restoration, digital archiving, website asset organization.

Eastman Kodak - Overview Hollywood, California
1995-1997 Senior Film Inspection Technician

Responsible for very detailed physical and photographic inspection of archival film elements (16mm, 35mm Negative & Positive). Writing detailed reports of defects on a frame-to-frame basis, making recommenda-tions for preservation methods to clients.

Producers Library Service - Overview Hollywood, California
1991-1995 Head Film Librarian

Responsible for researching and viewing film and tape elements to meet the clients’ requests. Preparation
of 16mm and 35mm color negative for film transfers. Supervision of film-to-tape transfers, directing the colorist in color and contrast corrections. Supervision of master tape dubs offering logistical direction of clips/footage.

Entertainment Design International - Overview
subsidiary of Mitsubishi Glendale, California
1989-1991 Production Assistant

Assisted the production department of Theme Park Design Company. Assisted in all aspects of theme park design from concept and design to creative writing of ride descriptions.

 

  • Computer literate on Mac & PC
  • Graphic design using PhotoShop®, Illustrator, & Quark
  • Word, PowerPoint, Quicken
  • Extremely detail oriented, organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and independent
    self-starter, follow-through, prioritizing and problem solving
  • Excellent Internet and traditional research skills
  • Writer: Marketing & Promotional materials, Fiction, Technical
  • Proofreader
  • QA Translator and Software Tester for localization and globalization (in English and Swedish)
    in various environments such as Unix, Oracle & SQL, Win2000, Winnt/4.0
  • Familiar with, HTML, Perl and Basic Code, FileMaker Pro, Excel, AS/400, and GoldMine
  • Languages: English, Swedish & Partial Japanese

 



  • Master of Arts Ryerson University/George Eastman House
    Toronto, Canada/Rochester, NY
  • Continuing Education UCLA/Glendale Community College Los Angeles, CA/Glendale, CA
  • Certified Teaching Credential California Basic Educational SkillsTest (C-BEST)
    Glendale, CA
  • Certificate “Final Cut Pro” Glendale, CA
  • Certificate "Intro to Cinematography" Eastman Kodak, Hollywood, CA
  • Certificate “Preserving Photographs in a Digital World” George Eastman House,
    Rochester Institute of Technology and the Image Permanence Institute Rochester, NY
  • Bachelor of Arts Child Psychology (Minor-Theatre Arts)
    California State University at San Bernardino
  • Language Diploma Swedish I, II & III, Universitet av Upsala Uppsala, Sweden

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Affiliations

Visit Association of Personal Historians

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Personal Historians
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Visit Alex Film Society Alex Film Society
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