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HEADQUARTERS:

 

Joseph A. Szokody

FACETS Productions, Inc.

3438 Greggs Road

Gainesville, GA 30507

 

telephone:    678.971.7005

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:

 

Joseph A. Szokody

President/Executive Producer

 

Founded FACETS Advertising Services in July 1990

changed to FACETS Communication Services

incorporated FACETS Productions, Inc.  January 1, 1999

several awards in Graphic Design

proficient in 3D animations, vector graphics, bitmap manipulation

creator of WayFinder information system

computer design and assembly courses

creator of audio and video productions

composer / songwriter

recording engineer

multimedia software developer

 

University of Wisconsin - Associate of Science

University of Wisconsin - BBA

Beloit Corporation, Beloit, WI: 
Winder engineering-design and drafting
Instructor at Winding Seminars
Presenter of Winding Technology at TAPPI Conferences
Winder Inside Sales
Winder Sales Engineer
Production Administrator

TVW (Tampella, Valmet Wartsila), Atlanta, GA 
Southeast US Sales Manager for Winders
Product Manager-Supercalender, Coater and Roll Wrapper product lines. 
Became part of Valmet, associated with Wartsilla and Appleton Machine Company.

Kone Wood, Atlanta, GA
North American Manager of Roll Handling
Purchased Sunds Defibrator technology products from Finland. 
TAPPI Finishing Division, Shipping & Warehousing Vice Chairman
Presenter TAPPI Finishing Division, CPPA Finishing Section 
Stretch Roll Wrapping, Wood Handling Marketing Manager (Valmet-Kone Wood product line) 
Training Director, Woodyard instructor for Stone Container, Panama City, FL.

RESOURCES:

 

We use freelancers for our production needs. 

David Van Landingham;

Sales and Marketing

Professional Engineer

 

 

David Leff

 

Sales and Marketing

Luigi Bagnato 

His Bio is available here:  http://www.paperindustryweb.com/twinbios.htm An expert in Paper Mill and Paper Machine Finishing and Winder Operations

Founder of the Finishing Net and Paper Industry Web............... www.paperindustryweb.com

 

Carol Kokesh

Education and Training Advisor

Masters of Education

Masters of Marketing

former Director of Graduate Studies, Piedmont College, GA

 

Julia Szokody

University of Georgia - Broadcasting Journalism

A.B.J.  Degree from

The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

·         Broadcast News Major; Speech Communication Minor

 

Broadcast production:  Camera, Floor Director, Chyron Graphics, Audio, Director

ESPN, PBS, Media ONE, FOX Sports Network, Outdoor Life Network, Media One television, Midtown Atlanta, AT&T television, COMCAST

FoxSportsNet South  Atlanta, GA

Chyron Operator

 

Live Sporting Events                                                        

Chyron Operator 

·         MLB Braves, NY Mets

·         NFL Football (WXIA)

·         Arena Football (FSN)

·         NHL Hockey (FSN)

·         Boxing (ESPN)

·         College Football, Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics (CSS, ESPN)

·         High School Football, Basketball, Baseball, Wrestling, Soccer

      (CSS, GPTV/GPB)

 

-  WSB-Radio Television Simulcast                                  

-  Sports Unlimited        (MediaOne, TV33)                                                   

Director / Technical Director, Chyron Operator, Camera Operator

-  SportsTalk “790 The Zone” Television Simulcast

-  Atlanta Business Chronicle Report   (MediaOne, TV33, CSS)                                           

Chyron Operator, Camera Operator

 Atlanta Music Midtown: 3-4 Stages (Bexel)                                  

Chyron Operator

Fluent on iNFiNiT!, MAX! and Maxine!

Some Experience and Ongoing Training on Lyric for Duet

JJ Szokody 

CBS The Masters Golf, NFL Football, Ultimate Fighting Championship, G-Net television, Media One television, AT&T television, COMCAST, WB Network, MidTown Atlanta, ESPN, PBS, Media ONE, FOX Sports Network, Outdoor Life Network,  JumboTRON, CBS, Turner Sports, NBC, WB, CSS

 

CAPABILITIES:

                        * Program Directing – Live Sports / News Shows / Talk Shows

                        * Technical Directing –

Switchers: Grass Valley Series including Kalypso, Sony Series, Snell-Wilcox HD

                                    DVEs:   Deveous, A-53/51, Sony 3000/7000 DMEs, Kalypso Transforms

                                    Fast Forward:   Lance Controller, DNF Controller

                        * Production Manager / Crew Chief

                        * Sports Tape Operator         

                        * Linear Video Editing

                                    Axial 2010, Sony BVE-910, Sony BVE-2000

                        * ENG Camera Operator      

            EXPERIENCE:

                         * Director

 

WEC World Extreme Cagefighting (part of UFC)

FOX Sports Net – The Southern Sports Report

                                                                  Countdown to Signing Day (National Show)

CSS/ISP – Many sports events.  Football / Basketball / Baseball

CSS – Director/Production Manager of SportsNite

                        * Technical Director – more than 200 sports events since January 2003.

                                    Ultimate Fighting Championship, CBS NFL

ESPN National, FOX Sports Net, Turner Sports (Braves Baseball),

HD Pay-Per-View Boxing, CSS, Lyon Productions, Melinda Mazo Productions, Nicky Nichols Productions, Broadcast Video Associates, TV-33,

The Tennis Channel, CSET, The Football Network

                        * Tape Operator

ESPN Peach Bowl 2004, ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Blue Collar TV (WB) NBC (NFL), Turner Sports (NBA and NHL), The Football Network, MBC,

FOX Sports Net

                        * Editor

                                    FOX Sports Net, Larrison Sports Productions, WAGA, TV33,

Atlanta Business Chronicle, PBS

                        * ENG Camera

                                    Super Bowl 2000, ESPN, Speedvision, FOX Sports Net,

Larrison Sports Productions, Chet Burkes Productions, PRO-TV,

                                    MVP Productions

            MERITS:

                         2003 Emmy Nominated Technical Director –

The Southern Sports Report, Countdown to Signing Day

                        2002 Emmy Nominated Director – Countdown to Signing Day Hoops Edition

                        1998 Cable Ace Awards Nominee, MediaOne Cub Reporter

Charles Veal

Georgia Institute of Technology - Electrical Engineering

Water Treatment expert and founder of Micrometrix

He holds several patents for particle measurement and streaming current instrumentation and has developed many applications for these technologies. 

 

 

Local talent: Music Arrangers, Musicians, Singers, Graphic Designers, Software Programmers, 3d Animators, Website Designers, Printers, CD Replicators, Video operators,  Editors, Developers, Subject Matter Experts in industrial processes

FACETS Productions, Inc. has available the assistance of Dr. Stephen J. Lupker and Dr. Natalie J. Allen and Dr. Mary Waller in our CBT Learning Capabilities:

Stephen Lupker, Phd is a Cognitive Psychologist specializing in mental operations like reading, thinking, memory, etc. He has done consulting for Bell-Northern and for the Canadian government, the Department of Communications and conducted studies evaluating how long people will wait after dialing for ringing to start and on how people evaluate the quality of TV pictures and has been a part of the first major survey on peoples' reactions to HDTV.  Department of Psychology  University of Western Ontario

Natalie J. Allen, Phd is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist. She's quite well known in the area for her work on organizational commitment. She developed a model of commitment that really is the standard in the literature today, which is published and a book is available. She is on an academic board at Walker Information, an international company, headquartered in Indianapolis and does training for the RCMP, Ontario Police College and a few other places. She specializes on personnel issues. Department of Psychology University of Western Ontario

 

Mary Bellis Waller Phd is an Urban Education Psychologist specializing in Education Psychology.  She is a Psychotherapist and Director of Outreach Programs in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.  Her expertise evolves Program Development and Evaluation of School District Programs and has been an Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin.