Resume

Profile
I’m a technoholic.  I love working with bleeding edge technology that has the potential to change the world.  I have been a Technology Evangelist all my life but it wasn’t until recently that there was actually a title for this role.  If you have great tech and need someone to pump it up, that’s why I’m here.’

Experience
Director / Producer, TechnologyEvangelist.com, Eden Prairie, MN — 2006-Present
Helped grow the TechnologyEvangelist.com site from nothingness to an A-List blog.  Regular contributer to the blog itself as well as set up a daily audio and video podcast.  Get to play with really cool technology on a daily basis.

Director of New Technology, WhereToLive.com, Eden Prairie, MN — 2005-Present
Set up and maintain server infrastructure for all web sites, SQL servers, mail and file servers.  Rebuilt the entire network from the ground up with two new border routers (7204 VXR), firewalls (ASA-5520), layer 3 switches (3750) and an all new 4Gbps Compellent fiber SAN.

Research and Development, Alpha Video, Edina, MN — 1999-2005
Once I moved out of producing live television I wanted to help create the studios that make it possible.  At Alpha I was responsible for researching new and amazing television products to help streamline the video workflow.  In addition I helped design and create the Digital Services department for live streaming video.  Clients include Mayo Clinic, Carlson Companies, Northwest Airlines, Hormel, Imation and many others.

Director / Technical Director, Conus Communications, Minneapolis, MN — 1998-1999
Live director and technical director for the shows All News Channel, First Business, BMOC and the TNT news updates.

Director / Technical Director, ValueVision/ShopNBC, Minneapolis, MN — 1997-1998
Live director and technical director for the 24 hour national home shopping network.

Education
Hennepin Technical College — Television Production
Eden Prairie High School — Graduated 1996

Skills
I started with a heavy television production background and worked my way in to the technology sector.  I am capable of directing or technical directing national television programs, I have produced large venue events and can design studios at a fraction of the cost of a traditional facility.  On the technology side I’m a bi-lingual Macintosh and Windows expert with a background in Cisco networking, Active Directory and LDAP directory access, e-mail servers such as Exchange, Communigate and Merak, and SAN installation and maintenance with EMC and Compellent.

Projects I am working on
SpaceVidcast.com - A weekly live videocast dedicated to educating the world on why space travel is so important.
NerdTV - A weekly videocast about supernerds who made the technology industry as we know it.
TechCompass - An upcoming site about technology and videocasting.
TechnologyEvangelist.com - Evangelizing the best tech.

Video
This is a fun out takes video that we produced for a Technology Evangelist segment.  Text is a bit cold, but this gives you a good idea of my personality and how the crew likes to have fun.

Contact Information
E-Mail - benjamin@spacevidcast.com
Toll Free - (888) 597-8452
Cell Phone - (612) 325-8234 (please allow the use of CallerID)
Fax - (888) 597-8452
Skype - BenjaminHigginbotham

References
References are available on request