Alex Kaloostian

40 Middle St, Woburn, MA 01801     |     alex.kaloostian@gmail.com

Skills:

Macintosh and PC:
General hardware & software maintenance, troubleshooting, end user support, TCP networking, Mac OS X and OS X server setup & administration.
Deployment and maintenance with NetBoot, NetRestore and AppleRemote Desktop.
OpenDirectory & ActiveDirectory services integration.
Switched fabric/XSAN setup & administration

Software Specializations:
Acrobat, Aperture, BBEdit, Compressor, Dreamweaver, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Server, iLife, iWork, iCloud, Illustrator, InDesign, Motion, Office, Parallels, Photoshop, Qmaster, Shake, Soundtrack Pro, VMware, Xcode, Xsan

Certifications:

                  

Education:

1996-2000 Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
BFA, Studio for Interrelated Media

1995 Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Advertising Major
Received merit-based scholarship

1991-95 Buckingham, Browne & Nichols (BB&N), Cambridge, MA
Graduated 5/95 with honors.

Production Experience:

Walmart - Motion graphics
Houghton Mifflin - Motion graphics & editing
ESPN Winter X-Games - Motion graphics
Harvard Business Publishing - Motion graphics, chroma keying
In The Land of the Merry Misfits - feature film – Underman/Omegagirl Productions Art department, continuity, design
   Featured in Boston Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, CineVegas
12 Angry Jurors, C’est Levine - Threatre@First, Somerville, MA – Camera, editor, DVD Production
A Monstrous Proposal - feature film – writer, producer, editor
“Count On Sam” - Samuel Adams Beer commercial – Production, camera
Not The One - Feature film – editor
La Grand Abat-Jour - Short film – Writer, producer, director, editor
   Featured in Boston 48-hour Film Project
The Merchandise - short film – producer, director, writer, editor
   Featured in Boston 48-hour Film Project
Que? - short film – co-writer, assistant camera
   Featured in NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness Festival
Humor And You - short film – co-writer, asst. director
   Winner, NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness semifinals, New England bracket.
Featured on Midnight Chimes DVD

Speaking Engagements:

National Association of Broadcasters Las Vegas, 2008-2011
Government Video Expo Washington DC, 2008-2010
Post|Production World New York City, 2006-2009
Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group February 2007, September 2007
Cinemagic Kuwait City, Kuwait, March 2007

Mac IT Consulting:

Suffolk Construction Quark to InDesign migration, Boston, 2010-2011
America’s Test Kitchen Final Cut Server & XSAN integration, Boston, 2010-2011
Bates College Final Cut Server & XSAN installation, Lewiston Maine, 2010

Work Experience:

Future Media Concepts, Cambridge, MA
Instructor, November 2005-Present
Specializing in beginning & advanced Final Cut Pro editing, color correction, titles, graphics & effects for video, beginning & advanced Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, DreamWeaver, Flash, Max OS X and OS X Server integration.

CDIA at Boston University, Waltham, MA
Instructor, September 2005-October 2006
Teaching editing techniques, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro at Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts.

New York Film Academy at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Instructor, Summer 2005
Teaching editing techniques, field production

AppleStore CambrideSide, Cambridge, MA
Trainer & Business Specialist, August 2004-February 2006
Formed & led the small business team, consulting with small business owners and self-employed professionals in the purchase of Apple Macintosh computers and servers for use in their businesses and their homes. Digital video expert, customer training, employee training.

The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA
Publishing Support Specialist, July 2000-August 2004
Supported clients in all phases of production & prepress, particularly Quark Publishing System & Adobe products, on Macs & PCs. Troubleshooting, software & hardware maintenance & repair, set up of new machines, hardware & software, researching new technologies, software & products, and determining their usefulness. Advised purchases. Supported embedded reporters on satellite phone systems & PowerBooks during the Afghanistan/Iraqi wars.

FLIR Systems, Billerica, MA
Graphics Assistant, June 1999 – July 2000
Designed brochures, mailers, and print advertising for FLIR Systems, an infrared camera manufacturer with offices in over 60 countries. Tier-1 tech support. Projects included military, government, industrial, firefighting & broadcast applications.