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Douglas Drenkow
5760 Main Street
South Gate, CA 90280
Home/Office: 562-531-6643
Cell: 310-570-8930
Summary
A critical, creative thinker and an accomplished leader in educational, business, and progressive political research and communications — in print, on disc, online, in video, and in radio and cable TV. Educated in the sciences. Proficient with mathematics, Web site design, and wide range of computer software. As field representative, demographic researcher, etc., worked successfully with wide diversity of people in political campaigns. Experienced in project management: initiated, developed, produced, monitored, and closed entrepreneurial as well as team projects, optimizing results within limitations of time, cost, and scope.
Experience
DOUGLAS DRENKOW RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS
South Gate, CA, 2006 – present
Arcadia, CA, 1999 – 2006
CLIENTS ET AL.
- Barry Gordon (talk show host, former president of Screen Actors Guild and candidate for Congress)
- California Speaks (statewide health care symposium, from AmericaSpeaks.org)
- Core Media Group (weeklies with more readers in Pasadena, Calif., area than for Los Angeles Times)
- Éclat Entertainment (music management company)
- HCL Clean Tech Inc. (a globally resourced biofuels company)
- Ilene Proctor International Public Relations (top West Coast progressive publicist)
- Kelly Hayes-Raitt (candidate for Assembly, community organizer, Los Angeles “Woman of the Year”)
- Leadership Pasadena (organization of civic leaders)
- Mira Starling Productions (independent filmmaker)
- OpEdNews.com (now with over a million unique visitors a month; validated press credential)
- Open Directory Project (source of online directory listings for Google, AOL, etc.)
- Pasadena Community Access Corporation (public access television station)
- Peter Stekel (nationally acclaimed author)
- Steven Kutcher (film industry “insect wrangler,” active environmentalist, and acclaimed artist)
- Win-Win Workplace Solutions (successful business consultants)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- As Producer
- As Writer and Editor
- As Webmaster, Web Editor, Web Site Designer, and Web Producer
- As Researcher and Analyst
As Producer
- Produced Southern California progressive talk radio show:
- Brainstormed story ideas with host / executive producer; researched background material.
- Booked nationally known guests: senator, congressmen, bestselling authors, entertainers, et al.
- Conducted marketing research and promoted “new brand” of host.
- Created e-mail sent to thousands nationwide.
- Co-authored syndication proposal; spoke with small 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 co-produced special episodes of cable-access TV call-in talk show.
- Interviewed Hurricane Katrina victims et al. live on air.
- Produced — wrote, shot, directed, and/or edited — videos of political leaders, messages, and events (including town hall meeting); posted clips at YouTube and in original site, with over 15,000 views.
- Directed, shot, and edited video introductions to Web sites, as for music management company.
- Served as line producer and art director for pre-production of independent film:
- Made schedules, inventoried props, and estimated budgets by “breaking down” scripts.
- Auditioned cast, interviewed crew, screened music, arranged locations, designed sets, created art.
- Obtained copyright and other clearances, and boilerplated contracts for legal review.
- Learned new digital and film technologies; negotiated effectively with FotoKem, other film labs.
- Produced serious and humorous “ripomatic” (mock) Flash “brand vision” commercials.
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As Writer and Editor
- Wrote hundreds of commentaries on contemporary issues, published in print, delivered on radio and TV, posted online, e-mailed and quoted widely — as by UPI, BBC News, and The Guardian (UK).
- Wrote articles and served as News and Opinion Editor for Web site then read by over 300,000 unique visitors a month (also designed new logo, favored five-to-one over old in readers’ poll).
- Conducted investigative journalism and wrote articles with national implications — telecom mergers, ID theft, Red Cross scandals, etc. — for newspapers with more readers in area than Los Angeles Times.
- Interviewed Gen. Wesley Clark in person and attorneys in multimillion-dollar litigation on phone.
- Edited and reviewed critically acclaimed novels and short stories.
- Wrote reviews of hundreds of Web sites for Internet directories serving millions on AOL, Google, etc.
- Reviewed artwork and wrote about painting techniques etc. for general and fine arts readership.
- Wrote ad copy (and created artwork) for banner ads, display advertising in magazines and newspapers, brochures, tabletop displays for national conventions, eBay and iTunes listings, etc.
- Wrote copy for earned media and public relations — including e-mail blasts, Wikipedia updates, Facebook postings and group creations, and Twitter tweets.
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As Webmaster, Web Editor, Web Site Designer, and Web Producer
- Designed original Web sites — including DouglasDrenkow.com and my award-winning portraiture site, as well as sites for talk shows, music management company, public relations firm, leading environmental educators, world-renowned scientist and artist, nationally acclaimed author, et al.
- Photographed and videotaped individuals, objects, and events.
- Created Flash video archives for TV show; learned standards-compliant means of embedding videos.
- Created streaming (m3u) and downloadable (mp3) audio archives for talk radio show.
- Created test blog with and attended webinars about Drupal “content management system.”
- As webmaster, updated and partially redesigned Web sites for business consultants and civic leaders.
- Edited and contributed to e-mail newsletters — as about teamwork, leadership, and strategic management — sent by consulting firm to executives in business, nonprofits, and government.
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As Researcher and Analyst
- Researched technical databases online to rediscover World War II operational data of great value to new biofuels technology developed by top Israeli scientists and backed by U.S. venture capitalists.
- As one of 24 in a “theme team,” analyzed data in real-time from thousands participating in a statewide health care symposium, attended by the mass media, governor, and state legislative leaders.
- Compiled and analyzed franchise agreements for successful community access TV station negotiations.
- Researched and publicized — via cable TV, Web article, and mass e-mail — impacts of bills in Congress.
- Conducted mathematical and other research into political polling, federal and state budgets, and education reform as well as marketing research for progressive radio and cable TV talk shows.
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DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Pasadena, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica, CA, 1998 – 2006
Opposition & Demographic Researcher, Field Representative, & Administrative Assistant
I have also contributed time, effort, and money to the campaigns of others — from Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — on my own or through the talk shows I produced.
CANDIDATES
- Vice President Al Gore, for President
- Lt. Gov. Gray Davis, for Governor of California
- State Senator Adam Schiff, for Congress (Pasadena/Glendale/Burbank, Calif.)
- Former Screen Actors Guild President Barry Gordon, for Congress and State Assembly (Pasadena)
- Assemblyman Jack Scott, for Assembly and State Senate (Pasadena)
- Mayor (of La Cañada – Flintridge) Carol Liu, for Assembly (Pasadena)
- Community Organizer Kelly Hayes-Raitt, for Assembly (Santa Monica, Calif.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Conducted demographic and opposition research for state Assembly campaign.
- Served as a top volunteer in historically successful, nationally acclaimed gubernatorial campaign.
- Earned positions of trust, handling sensitive correspondence and large sums of money.
- Performed various administrative and promotional duties, as a lead volunteer, in office and field.
- Videotaped campaign events, with public figures, and a message that won key endorsement.
- Dealt professionally with business leaders, celebrities, and a president of the United States.
DRENKOW MEDIA
Arcadia, CA, 1990 – 2000
Educational Software and Book Researcher, Writer, Programmer, Designer, and Publisher
- Corporations: Boise Cascade Corp., Dow Chemical, SC Johnson & Son, etc.
- Government Agencies: Agriculture Canada Research Stations, New York State Education Dept., etc.
- Museums etc.: American Museum of Natural History, Field Museum, National Research Council, etc.
- Universities: Cornell University, National Taiwan University, University of British Columbia, University of California at Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, Yale University, etc.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Created & published groundbreaking educational databases in biological, physical, & social sciences, and handbooks derived from these works: A Computerized Dictionary of Entomology, Food Webs of Insects and Their Kin, Computerized Biological Control, Computerized Vegetable Gardening, Discovering Insects, The Animal Kingdom, The Plant Kingdom, The Tree of Life, Fermentation and Respiration, The Periodic Table of the Elements, Qualitative Chemical Analysis, 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 with hundreds of relational database tables, and made reportable on almost all DOS platforms via original BASIC programming.
- Unearthed and organized hundreds of copyright-free illustrations.
- Received “excellent” reviews from CHOICE, 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 via distributors and resellers in the United States and Europe.
Certificates, Training, and Skills
- American Marketing Assn.: “Facebook Marketing: Leveraging the ... Most Popular Social Network”
- Acquia Drupal Webinars: “The Open Government Directive and Open Source Social Publishing,” “Tips and Tricks for Drupal Theming,” “Reduce the Cost of Each New Website With ... Multi-Site”
- Adobe / Mogo Media Seminar: “Getting Started with Dreamweaver and CSS”
- Lynda.com Online Tutorials: “Final Cut Studio Overview” (certified)
- W3Schools Online etc.: (X)HTML, CSS, some JavaScript, some PHP, some Flash, RSS, UTF-8, etc.
- Adobe Creative Suite: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, PageMaker (InDesign), some Flash (and ActionScript).
- Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, some Access, FrontPage, Publisher, etc.
- Digital & 35 mm photography, Super 8 & 16 mm cinematography, film & Flash animation, VHS & mini-DV videography, Windows Movie Maker, WavePad digital audio editing, WGA scriptwriting.
- Concepts of artistic design (learned as critically acclaimed professional portrait painter).
- Associated Press Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style; laws of copyright, privacy, and publicity.
- Principles of Project Management and Strategic Management.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
Bachelor of Science with Highest Honors in a Life Science
- Also excelled in physical sciences, mathematics (including calculus and advanced statistics), economics, anthropology, history, rhetoric, and philosophy.
- Awarded Regents Scholarship, other merit-based scholarships, and a special citation from Chancellor.
- Scored in the 99th percentile on the nationwide Graduate Record Examination in Biology.
- Received offer of Graduate Fellowship from National Science Foundation.
- Admitted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi; still a member in good standing.
