Professional Experience:
2009 TV Production and Filmmaking. Palm Coast, FL.
2008 Scriptwriting and Networking.
Ocala, FL.
2007 Technical Customer Service Representative
/ Trainer. DirecTV. Missoula, MT.
2004-06 Independent TV Producer. Asheville, NC. TV commercials, promotional DVDs, and documentaries. Helped
set up public access TV studio. See urtvweb.com.
2000-04 A-V Technician. Holly
Library, A-B Technical Community College, Asheville, NC. 3-camera TV productions,
Director / Writer / Camera in the studio and in the field. Made educational videos for broadcast.
Evaluated and purchased equipment. Taught video production. Installed, operated, maintained and supervised
A-V equipment use.
2004 Casting, writing, extra. Asheville, NC.
Worked with Andie MacDowell and Bo Bobak in TV pilot, Jo.
2000-06 Satellite TV and Home Theater Design
and Installation. Asheville, NC.
1997-99 Library Media Specialist.
Rishel Middle School, Denver, CO. School librarian. Taught two computer classes. Built TV studio. TV shows.
1992-97 Reserve Librarian
/ Teacher. Boulder Valley School District, Boulder, CO. Much experience
with school libraries and computer labs.
Made educational videos for the district and schools.
1991-92 A-V Media Technician. Library Media Center, Centaurus High School, Louisville, CO. Also taught a class in video production / operated
satellite downlink and CCTV system.
1989-90 Best Boy. Boulder, CO. Worked on film project with Gilbert Kaye, a well-known Hollywood director.
1989-99 Producer / Engineer / Director / Camera
for weekly cable TV show about Boulder, CO. See jannscottlive.com
boulderchannel1.com and jannscott.com.
Helped set up public access TV in Boulder. See commtv.org.
Applied for low power (1000 watts) educational TV broadcast station license in Boulder on Channel 13.
1989-90 Library Media Specialist. Cotton
Creek Elementary, Westminster, CO. School librarian. Also produced educational videos for school district and community college.
1988-89 Library Media
Specialist. Cheney Elementary, Orlando, FL. School librarian. Made independent video productions.
1986-87 Microcomputer Trainer. Polk
Community College, Winter Haven, FL. Taught business applications: word processing, spreadsheet, and database.
1985-86
Instructor. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Taught a graduate level class: Interactive Video
(theory and production). Consulted with a videodisc design project.
1983-85 Systems Analyst.
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Computer consultant to the faculty. Recommended equipment purchased
by the University with a budget of over $1 million. Organized PC Users' groups, taught seminars, developed programs.
Campus-wide planning. Edited newsletter about microcomputers. Published. Worked with Academic Media Services department in
educational TV production projects.
1980-83 Trainer / TV Producer / Systems Analyst. Bell Laboratories,
Denver, CO. Produced AT&T video training tapes, computer based instruction, and other training materials. Liaison
between training group and art dept. Taught introductory classes in the UNIX Operating System. Edited and published
technical manuscripts. Designed interactive video systems.
1979-80 Educational TV Producer. University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Education:
1982-87 Ph.D. program in Educational Technology. Minor in Satellite
Telecommunications. University of Colorado, Boulder CO.
1984 Doctor of Divinity (honorary).
Universal Life Church. Modesto, CA.
1981 M.Ed. Educational Media and Instructional Design. University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
1978 B.S. English Education (with honors). Literature, grammar,
and composition. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
1975 Studied Music (history, notation,
theory, and harmony). Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL.
1974-75 Studied Fashion Design (drafting,
draping, and construction) for theater. Wardrobe, hair, and make-up skills. City College, Oakland, CA.
1974 Broadcast Engineering Certificate. Studio
equipment, operations, and television broadcasting. Merritt College, Oakland, CA. PBS experience.
1969-72
Philosophy major. Literature and Science minor. University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Licenses:
FCC General Radiotelephone Operator and Advanced Amateur Radio Operator.
Member: Florida Motion
Picture and Television Association. Society of Educational Television Professionals, Kappa Delta Pi, an honor society
in education.
Published article: Communication in Space (about transportation, communication, and astronomy)
in the University of Colorado Journal of Telecommunications. January 1987. See https://tronix108.tripod.com/movies
Published article: Interactive Video with Apple SuperPILOT
in Educational Technology. March 1985, pp. 30-32.
Additional skills: Electricity and electronics
(grip), videography, photography and graphics, musician (electric bass and composition), dance,
broadcast television equipment and computer consulting.
See my pictures:
https://tronix108.tripod.com/my_photo_album