Steve Corey - Resume

117 E 7720 S Midvale, UT 84047   801-352-2398 home   801-842-1569 cell   

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Produced audio for numerous online games and training videos, many DVD-Videos, thousands of interactive educational game titles containing over 300,000 audio assets, and numerous Audio CDs
• 17 years experience as recording engineer, 15 years doing audio for video
• 10 years management experience
• Unique combination of experience in sound recording and production, music composition, management, and computer programming
• Strong leadership skills, proven team builder, excellent motivator

Audio Department Manager, Waterford Institute

• Continued audio production duties: location sound recording, soundstage recording, foley, ADR, music production, music composition, editing, audio mastering
• Kept hundreds of thousands of audio files and associated dialog scripts and documentation organized and under version control for rapid access
• Hired and coordinated musicians, vocalists, and voice-over talent to record songs and dialog for Waterford's early education software
• Developed audio style guide to enable Waterford's products to have a unified sound
• Presented seminars and demos of the Audio Department's role in the collaborative audio/visual production environment
• Interviewed and hired sound designers and audio department interns
• Reviewed employee performance, and critiqued employee work to ensure quality and adherence to style guide
• Coordinated many concurrent recording projects
• Traveled to studios in Mexico, Taiwan, and India to record localized voice-overs
• Coordinated with studios around the world to record localized voice-overs

Sound Designer, Waterford Institute

• Location sound recording, soundstage recording, foley, ADR, music production, music composition, editing, audio mastering
• Designed and implemented hard disk recording environment
• Recorded many thousands of lines of dialog and other sound assets for Waterford's early education software
• Designed and programmed custom asset tracking software for the audio department
• Recorded over 100 early education songs about math and science
• Published paper on the sonification of geologic data

Recording Engineer, University of Utah Music Department

• Recorded live concerts direct to 2 track; recorded, edited, and mastered audio CDs for students and faculty
• Maintained Music Department recording studio, including analog and digital recorders and synthesizers
• Contributed to the design and implemented the transition from tape recording to hard disk recording
• Continued teaching courses in sound recording and electronic music

Research and Teaching assistant

• Assisted Dr. Tracy L. Petersen, Professor of Music at the University of Utah
• Facilitated practical implementations of audible digital signal processing techniques developed by Dr. Petersen and colleagues
• Taught courses in sound recording, electronic music, and synthesis