Executive Statement

Tenacious broadcasting student learning the techniques of audio and video production, web publishing and content management.  Willing to learn any aspects to grow and build on new skills and share practices learned.  Practicing the creation of commercials of various styles and purposes.  Learning to create and edit audio files, mixing down multitrack sessions into audio files, using various effects to create the desired outcome for different projects.

Understanding of the basic communication model.  Aware of barriers and interference that can affect the interpretation of a message conveyed.  Able to diagnose communication problems as a gateway toward possible solutions.

Seeking a working environment that allows for recording innovation limited only by the imagination.  Utilizing the latest technology to record, edit, produce and finalize spots that can be useful for traditional broadcast media and web content.  Hoping to develop skills that can be used to promote beneficial causes, helpful products and services, communicate encouraging and inspirational messages and stories, draw attention to significant concerns of the times, and give hope to a world where hope seems almost nonexistent.

Biography

Hiram is a contact representative with the federal government.  In addition to work as a patient services assistant at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, his career as a government employee has gone for over 20 years.  While working as a patient services assistant, he has enrolled many veterans in the VA Healthcare System, taught co-workers about means testing, assisted in training new clerks, coached the use of Microsoft Office applications for individual projects, used the same applications to report Enrollment Office activity as needed, and provided coverage for the Emergency Department, including the Psychiatric Emergency Room.

As a student, Hiram has learned about audio recording, starting with CoolEdit, then Adobe Audition, and eventually worked with GarageBand and Audacity.  He also learned video production with Final Cut Pro, creating infographics using easel.ly, and occasionally posts in WordPress.   He has created this web page to showcase his best projects and market his skills and experience.