Resume of
Ronald E. Keyser, Jr.
2660 Thompson Drive
Marriottsville, MD. 21104
410-442-1030
Email: mailto:recording@comcast.net

EXPERIENCE May 1996 to Present: Interface Media Group.  My responsibilities include:

Broadcast & Non-Broadcast Video Duplication. (including DVD & CD duplication)

· Standard Conversions using an Alchemist Universal Standard Converter and a Snell & Wilcox Merlin ME-888 Television Standard Converter.

· Digital Generation Systems (DGS) - digital encoding and distributing of spots.

· VYVX Feeds (incoming or outgoing)

Close Caption/Subtitle Encoding

Sigma Encoding

Video Compression (Quicktime, Windows Media Files, Real Player)

· Equipment utilized daily:

VHS Decks- Panasonic AG6850H & AG6810's
BetacamSP Sony BVW-70
3/4" Sony BVU-950 U-Matic SP
Digital Betacam DVW-A500
Sigma Encoding
Closed Caption Encoding
Direct Dial Digital Audio (DDD2)
VYVX Feeds
D1 Machines- BTS DCR300
 BTS DCR500
 BTS DCR100
Panasonic DVC Pro
1" Ampex VPR3 & VPR 80
1" Sony BVH 1100

· Studio Work:

Camera Operator for In-House TV Studio using a Sony Digital 1000;

Microphone placement for the talent and IFB usage.

· Engineering Assistant:

Assisted in disassembling two Avid, one Telecine and two Audio Suites during a merge of two facilities.

Reassembled the Suites at the new location of Interface Media Group. 

Assisted in installing two digital composting bays, Fire and Smoke; and

Assist in day-to-day engineering projects.

Oct. 1988 to April 1996: The Dub Centre, Owings Mills, MD: Video Tape Operator and manager of day shift operations and employees. Approximately a ten-year-old video duplicator, concentrating on large orders with impossible deadlines.

The Dub Centre was a large Video Duplicator with over 1,000 real time recorders, 20 U-matic recorders and 4 - 1" slaves for broadcast recordings. The head end had three switchers, three 1" Master Play Machines, two U-matic Decks, one Super VHS Pro Machine, a Patch Bay, and 1 Beta-Cam SP Machine.

Daily duties included:

· Insert Editing & Assemble Editing

· Using:

Ampex 1" VPR 80
Sony 1" BVH 1100
Panasonic VHS AG 7300
Sony U-matic VO 5800
Panasonic Switchers WJ-4600C
Panasonic Recorders:
 (300) AG-6800
 (800) AG-2200
Sony Betacam SP - PBC 2600
Sony Recordable Beta Cam
Xenon, by Tape Automation
Master Evaluation’s
Microsoft Imager
Laser Pro for Windows
PM5
Adobe Photoshop 3.0
Word Perfect 5.1

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES

• Master recorded the audio book on tape "When Pride Still Mattered" by David Maraniss in Interface Media Groups Audio II Suite.
• Recorded Mr. Downchild in 1996 at The Western Maryland Blues Festival for a Live CD released in January, 1998. The recording was made using an AMS ST-250 Microphone into a modified Sony D10 Pro II recorder.
• Recorded Merl Saunders And The Rainforest Band for a Live CD released in October, 1991, on Sumer Tone Records. The recording was made in April 1990 using AKG 451's with CK1 Capsules (Some mixed with soundboard feed) into a Sony D10 Pro DAT recorder.
• Own and freelance with Sound Devices 744T, an AMS ST-250 Soundfield Stereo Microphone and a pair of B&K 4021's. Live stereophonic recordings and microphone placements. 4 Channel mixdowns available in Post.
• Operated a video camera at the Baltimore Arena for the Baltimore Skipjacks.
• Setting up stage, using a multi channel mixer and soundboard.
• Worked 1995-1996 Canadian Football Season in Baltimore for the Baltimore Stallions as a Field Communications Technician.

EDUCATION

• College: 1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Mass Communications), Towson State University, Towson, Maryland.
• Jr. College: Hagerstown Junior College from 1982-1983.
• High School: Graduated in 1981 from St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown, Maryland.

INTERNSHIP

June 1986 to July 1986: An internship at The National Aquarium in Baltimore's Audio Video Department provided experience in video taping and editing a promotional tape for a private company. Daily conferences were also recorded for documentation.

REFERENCES

References are furnished upon request.