DOUGLAS DRENKOW www.DouglasDrenkow.com Doug@DouglasDrenkow.com 5760 Main Street South Gate, CA 90280 Home: 562-531-6643 Work: 562-531-6643 Cell: 310-570-8930 Objective Position as Editor, Writer, Analyst, or Producer in Marketing, Media, or Corporate Communications Summary - An accomplished leader in communications - in print, on disc, online, and in broadcast media. - Booked nationally known guests as producer of talk radio show and marketed talent as new brand of host. - Produced episodes of cable TV talk show; supervised pre-production of independent film. - Edited and reviewed novels, news articles, and Web sites. - Conducted investigative journalism for newspapers, Web sites, and broadcast reports on tight deadlines. - Designed Web sites, served as Web editor and webmaster, and created promotional e-mail newsletters. - Performed complex analysis of data, contracts, and legislation to create reports and publicity campaigns. - Conducted marketing research for radio show and demographic research for political campaign. - Educated in the sciences; skilled in mathematics, including advanced statistics and calculus. - Created and published innovative educational databases, marketed worldwide. - Experienced in project management: initiated, developed, produced, monitored, and closed both entrepreneurial and collaborative endeavors, optimizing results within constraints of time, cost, and scope. Experience DOUGLAS DRENKOW COMMUNICATIONS, Arcadia, CA, 1991-2006; South Gate, CA, 2006- Editor, Writer, and Analyst; Webmaster and Designer; Radio and Cable TV Talk Show Producer CLIENTS - Barry Gordon (longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild and candidate for Congress) - California Speaks (AmericaSpeaks.org) - Coast-to-Coast Community Campaigns - Naturalists at Large (leading outdoor educators) - Steven Kutcher (world-renowned entomologist, "The Bug Man of Hollywood") - Peter Stekel (nationally acclaimed author) - Open Directory Project (source of online directory listings for Google, AOL, etc.) - OpEdNews.com (with a million visitors/month) - Core Media Group newspapers (Southern California weeklies) - Leadership Pasadena - Pasadena Community Access Corporation - Win-Win Workplace Solutions ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Produced talk radio show: booked guests - as through publishers and publicists - including senators, congressmen, bestselling authors, and entertainment figures; conducted marketing research; wrote and sent e-mail news releases to thousands of activists nationwide; developed business concept proposal for syndication with executive producer; met with small groups and spoke to large groups of potential backers. - Researched complex news stories on tight deadlines, made extensive blog postings, appeared on-air as guest expert and guest host, and produced special episodes of cable-access TV call-in talk show. - Interviewed Hurricane Katrina victims et al. on-air and General Wesley Clark et al. in person and on phone. - Investigated and wrote local newspaper articles with national implications: telecom mergers, ID theft, etc. - Analyzed data in real-time during statewide health care symposium for California governor and legislators. - Compiled and analyzed franchise agreement contracts for community access television station. - Researched and publicized, as with e-mail campaign, congressional legislation impacting cable television. - Wrote, edited, formatted, and distributed e-mail newsletters sent to thousands of business executives et al. - Wrote hundreds of commentaries on contemporary issues, published in print, delivered on television and radio, posted online, and quoted widely - as by UPI and BBC News Worldwide. - Wrote and served as News and Opinion Editor for Web site then read by 300,000+ visitors a month. - Edited and reviewed novels, short stories, and articles for nationally acclaimed authors. - Reviewed hundreds of Web sites for Internet directories serving millions of visitors. - Designed original Web sites, including DouglasDrenkow.com and award-winning portraiture site, and sites for public relations firm, leading environmental educators, acclaimed author, and world-renowned scientist. - As webmaster, updated and partially redesigned Web sites for talk radio show and various consultants. - Redesigned logo for popular Web site; design favored over the old by a five-to-one margin among visitors. - Created Flash "brand vision" commercials; wrote ad copy and designed black-and-white, ink-jet, and process color booklets and display advertising, tabletop displays for national conventions, and eBay listings. - Photographed individuals, objects, and events; applied concepts of artistic design learned as portrait painter. - Learned and applied intricacies of copyright law and laws of privacy and publicity. - Familiarized self with The Associated Press Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style. - Taught self Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher), Adobe PageMaker and Creative Suite (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash), HTML, CSS, etc. DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, Pasadena, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica, CA, 1998-2006 Opposition and Demographic Researcher, Field Representative, and Administrative Assistant CANDIDATES - Lt. Gov. / Gov.-Elect Gray Davis - Rep. Adam Schiff - Congressional Candidate Barry Gordon - State Senator Jack Scott - Assemblywoman Carol Liu - Assembly Candidate Kelly Hayes-Raitt ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Compiled demographic reports and conducted opposition research for state assembly campaign. - Served as a top volunteer in historically successful California gubernatorial campaign. - Earned positions of trust, handling sensitive correspondence and large sums of money. - Performed a great variety of administrative and promotional duties, as a lead volunteer, in office and field. - Videotaped campaign message and events, as with public figures. - Dealt professionally with business leaders, Hollywood celebrities, and a president of the United States. D.E.D. SOFTWARE PUBLISHING, Arcadia, CA, 1990-2000 Educational Database / Handbook Researcher, Writer, Editor, Programmer, Designer, and Publisher PURCHASERS - Boise Cascade Corp. - Dow Chemical - SC Johnson & Son - Agriculture Canada Research Stations - New York State Education Department - U.S. Army Medical Department Activity - The Field Museum - National Research Council - American Museum of Natural History - Cornell University - National Taiwan University - University of British Columbia - University of California at Berkeley - University of Notre Dame - Yale University - Hundreds of scientists et al. worldwide ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Created and published numerous groundbreaking educational databases in the biological, physical, and social sciences, and handbooks derived from these works: "The Plant Kingdom," "The Animal Kingdom," "Discovering Insects," "A Computerized Dictionary of Entomology," "Computerized Biological Control," "Computerized Vegetable Gardening," "Food Webs of Insects and Their Kin," "Fermentation and Respiration," "The Periodic Table of the Elements," "Conversion Factors," "Dynamics In The Economy," "The Constitution of the United States," and "Comparative Religions." - Researched tens of thousands of pieces of data, cross-referenced them with hundreds of relational database tables, and made them reportable on almost all DOS platforms via original BASIC programming. - Unearthed and organized hundreds of copyright-free illustrations to supplement text. - Received "excellent" reviews from a publication of the American Library Association. - Penetrated market worldwide, as through some of the first software listings in the book catalog of the Entomological Society of America and through distributors and resellers in the United States and Europe. MIRA STARLING PRODUCTIONS, Altadena, CA, 1999 Line Producer and Art Director for Pre-Production of Independent Film ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Made schedules, inventoried props, and estimated budgets by breaking-down scripts. - Auditioned cast, interviewed crew, screened music, arranged locations, designed sets, and created artwork. - Obtained copyright and other clearances and boilerplated contracts for legal review. - Learned new digital and film technologies and negotiated effectively with FotoKem and other film labs. Education UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS Bachelor of Science with Highest Honors in a Life Science - Also excelled in physical sciences, mathematics (including advanced statistics and calculus), economics, anthropology, history, rhetoric, and philosophy. - Awarded Regents Scholarship, other merit-based scholarships, and a special citation from the chancellor. - Scored in the 99th percentile on the nationwide Graduate Record Examination. - Received National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship offer. - Admitted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi; still a member in good standing.