I make complex
things clear.
On camera · since 1996
Thousands of corporate videos for hundreds of clients, including AT&T, Nokia, Chase and the NFL, each one turning complicated products into stories people get.
In your business · now
An engineer with six patents helping small and mid-size businesses put AI to work: practical, plain-English, and no hype.
of videos
and business
production
experience
patents
feature films
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Not two careers. One edit.
Look at my career like an editing timeline and the tracks overlap. A side business in college in 1983. An engineering career from 1989. A video side gig from 1996, making videos for my own employers with my manager's blessing. Decades spent explaining technology on camera. Now both tracks play at once.
Swipe the timeline sideways to see it all.
Where the tracks cross
Most people do one or the other. These three things only happen because I do both.
Roll out AI, and the training video
I help you choose and set up the AI tools, then produce the onboarding video that gets your team to actually use them. Strategy and change management from the same person.
Explainers for complex tech
Cybersecurity for Masergy. Broadband for Nokia. Apple Pay for Chase. An engineer understands the product, so your explainer is accurate the first time.
AI in the edit bay, done honestly
AI handles transcription, captioning, audio cleanup and first drafts. It never changes what a real person said or who they are. You approve any AI visuals, and people make every creative decision.
ROLL CREDITS
Thirty years of
end credits.
From single-camera interviews for local businesses to multi-day shoots for global brands and IPO roadshows. Working inside Fortune 500 companies taught me how big clients operate: approval chains, brand standards, compliance review and budget pressure.
“It is first rate quality. Top Pup Media seeks to understand the business imperatives of an organization and then provide a product that aligns with that strategy.”
Masergy · Encore Live
MasterCard · Progressive
Mattress Firm · the NFL
Team Rubicon · Texas Wesleyan
Parish Episcopal School
Let's slate your project.
Need a video, an AI plan, or both? Tell me what you're working on. Every good production starts with a conversation.