Experience
Sundance Channel L.L.C. April 2003 - Present
Senior Director, Acquisitions
April 2005 - present
Director, Contract Administration April 2003 ý April 2005
Negotiate, draft and manage all subsequent steps through mutual execution of all acquisition agreements for all acquired content (250 titles annually) and for feature length documentaries and original television series for original programming department
Liaise with studios, sales agents, filmmakers and attorneys each stage of each deal
Attend film festivals, including annual attendance at Sundance Film Festival meet industry contacts and develop relationships with content providers
Review acquisition submissions and provide recommendations for programming slate
Excellent ýgrace under fireý skills in managing a multi-task position

Sundance Channel L.L.C. & Showtime Networks Inc.
Director, Rights & Clearances
March 2000 ý April 2003
Hired as Manager in 2000, promoted to Senior Manager in 2001 and promoted to Director in 2002
Created a strategy and implemented policies for rights & clearance processes at each network
Supervised and negotiated all clearances for third party materials for Sundanceýs original programming, including Sundance Film Festival coverage and for interstitial elements including long form pieces, on-air promos, off-channel promos and radio spots for Sundance and Showtime
Directly reported to Sundance Channelýs General Counsel

NBC Olympic Unit
Manager, Olympic Archives May '98ýMarch 2000
Supervised and prepared NBCýs Olympic Archives for coverage from the 2000 Summer Olympics Games including purchase of $1m in videotape stock for all venues in Australia
Researched and licensed all archival materials for 135 athlete profiles for broadcast during the Summer Games as well as for broadcast on CNBCýs weekly half-hour show ýThe Olympic Showý

ABC Sports
ýA Passion to Playý November 1996 ý April 1997
Researched and licensed third party materials for three original one-hour sports documentaries

NBC Olympics
1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games
Manager, New York videotape library May 1996 ý September 1996
Supervised 24/7 videotape library hired, trained and supervised library staff
Managed daily needs for 200 person facility trained all New York videotape loggers
1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games
Assistant videotape director for the late night show Summer 1992

Greenwich Workshop June '94 ý November '95
ýThe Men Who Brought the Dawný
Researched and licensed all archival elements for the Smithsonianýs National Air and Space Museumýs video installation featured in the Enola Gay exhibit

NBC October 1988 ý May 1994
ýLaterý.with Bob Costasý
Hired as Researcher in 1988, promoted to Director, Rights & Clearances and promoted to Producer in 1994
Produced half-hour episodes for late-night talk show pre-interviewed guests wrote host research packets supervised show edits
Located and licensed third party materials for 1,000 shows provided biographical materials and research packets to producers for each guest

Freelance roles:
American Museum of Natural History 1998
Inside the Actors Studio 1995 ý1997
David Grubin Productions 1995
A & E Networks 1994
MTV Networks 1992
Lancit Media 1987

Education
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University, B.S. in Broadcast Journalism, cum laude degree

Professional Information
Board Member, Black Maria Film Festival
Member of IDA, AIVF