Gary T Boggess

19809 Deer Lake Rd.

Lutz Florida 33548
Telephone: 813.377.9259

E-mail: midiandsfx@aol.com
Personal home page: www.boggessmusicandsound.com

Seeking Employment : I am seeking employment in audio, video, film and music

production. I have 35 years experience and have a wide range of skills and experiences to
offer any potential church ministry. I’m now on the Advisory Board for St. Petersburg
College where I will be consulting for the MIRA school, and doing semiars. I’m also a
member and full time volunteer at LifePoint Community Chrurch in Tampa where I mix
audio for the (4) main worship services, produce special video testimony segments, event
bumpers and design graphics. Below is my full resume. It’s long but I seek to fully
explain my diverse experiences and career achievements. I’ve been a Christian since my
teens... and I want to take my knowledge areas and use them to serve Christ.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
· Self employed for over 35 years running my own business and daily office operations.
· Experience in negotiating, price setting, market study, advertising, billing, legal issues,
copyrights and customer relations.
· Experience working with numerous non-profit orgs, corporations, advertising agencies,
academia, and often under deadlines.
· Have designed, developed and maintained my own business web sites and associated
online marketing since 1995
· Have managed my own business and technical facilities with approx. $450K in
computer based electronic equipment.
· An expert computer user with 19 years experience on MAC & PC . I can fully perform
installations & troubleshooting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Customer Skills
· 35 years of experience talking to people of all walks of life and assisting them in plans
and decision making.
· Have worked with hundreds of clients, day after day successfully on projects from start
to finish.
· Well liked and can engage in communication with new and old clients regardless of age
or race.
· A good listener, descerning... and can quickly evaluate people's character and intentions.

Office & Management Skills

· Have maintained my own office and equipment and excel at nearly every type of office
skill, including contracts.
· Have maintained income/expenses via Quicken, managed bank accounts and tax data
and reports.
· Highly skilled communicator via letters, emails, faxes and phone work and one on one.
I'm a detail person.
· A good writer who possesses whit and intelligence. I can reason, articulate and compose
skillful letters that get the job done.

Team Player & Supervisory Skills

· Have worked with all levels of upper & lower management and personnel, and know
how to negotiate issues and remedies.
· Have worked with hundreds of people on hundreds of projects and know how to keep it
professional and encourage teamwork.
· Have managed numerous projects, hired crews, and have worked with all types and
levels of employed talents and trades.
· I can often troubleshoot issues and assist in finding ways to better delegate or expedite
personnel, resources and supplies.

WORK HISTORY
1975 - 2010/current
Owner/President/Freelance Professional Boggess Music & Sound Productions, Lutz, Florida
2010 - 2011 School year
Advisory Committee Member for the MIRA school of recording arts at Saint Petersburg College, where I
also conduct seminars
2007 - 2009 School year
Advisory Board Member for the Tampa International Academy of Design & Technology, where I also
conducted seminars
2001 - current2001 - current
ERA Dennis Realty in Lutz, FL - on call maintanence and support, outside sign marquee
4/1/2004 - 8/1/2004
Counter sales and part time employee for Dunkin’ Donuts on SR-54 in Land O’ Lakes, Florida
9/1/2008 - 6/1/2009
Independent Health Insurance Agent for United Health Underwriters, World Insurance
1/1/1994 - 7/1/2000
General assistance for Cicero’s Market Italian Deli, and Catering in Warren, Ohio2/1/2009 - current
2/1/2009 - current
Volunteer sound mixer, video producer and graphics artist for Lifepoint Church, Tampa Palms

Companies and Corporations

I've Produced Audio and/or video for:
Mediagistics Advertising Co-op
Lifepoint Church
DeVere Films
Gregory Advertising
Xerox Corporation
Cleveland State University
GD Ritzi's (Fast Food Chain)
General Motors Corporation
The United States Central Command Center, Mac Dill AFB, Tampa, Florida
Jerde & Associates Architects
City of Las Vegas "The Fremont Street Experience"
Pepsi
Soundelux
Babcox & Wilcox Industries
National Geographic
BF Goodrich
Disney Theme Park - Orlando
Ohio University's Film School
Mary Kay, Inc.
Classic Video, Inc.
Winner International - The Club
George Lucas' Skywalker South
Heron Pictures
WAVE Ice Cream - Japan
Diamond Shamrock International AG Chem
B12 Productions
Goodyear Tires
American Greetings
The Lincoln Ford Centre in N.Y.C.
Vitarich Labs, Inc.
PPG Industries
Continental Film Group
Electric Melody Studios
EDR/Beachwood Studios
Sound Storm Studios
The Cleveland Playhouse
Spago's Restaurant
Northpark, Southhill, Millcreek and Southland Malls
Rooms To Go
Minesota Twins
Kent State University
Big Bear Grocery Stores
Certified Nutrition
Full Moon Video
HBO Pictures
Regency/20th Century Fox
Met/Hodder Productions
Cabaret Software, Inc.
Kids In Daily Situations, Inc.
AGRU Sure-Grip
Warren Chamber Orchestra
LBC Productions
Wichita State University
Nicolas Johnson Dance Theatre
Eastwood Mall
Cafaro Corporation, Inc.
Sherman Advertising
The Image Producers
Ohio Arts Council
Fine Arts Council Trumbull
Creative Productions

EDUCATION
GED, Warren Western Reserve High School, Warren, Ohio, 1970.
Attended, ATES Technical School, Niles, Ohio, 1971.
1.5 years, Youngstown State University Dana School Of Music, Youngstown, Ohio,
1972.
Creative Skills & Project Management

• Oversee the printing of promotional packages, fliers, photos, CD's, DVD's and
other manufacturing & associated legal concerns.

• Experienced in organizing services, conferences, presentations, entertainment

and corporate media events.

• Music Producer - Manage artists, people, talents and make executive decisions
on various subjective qualities.

• Music Composer - skilled in communicating through music and words, I have

achieved artistic virtuosity in my craft.
Computer Skills and Maintenance

• Expert user of Mac & Windows PC applications, systems and networking.

Knowledgeable of MS Office, Excel, Word, Quicken etc.

• Can run hundreds of software applications and I am a fast study and can learn
NEW programs easily.

• I have a wide variety of creative graphic skills and text skills, including
complete HTML web design and online publishing.

• Full understanding of Audio-Visual and Video editing software’s, for the

complete creation of special AV presentations.
REFERENCES
“Brad Baker - Senior VP of Mediagistic Adverising in Lutz, Florida
813.528.3291, BBaker@mediagistic.com
“Roy Drikow - Instructor at International Academy of Design & Technology in Tampa."
720.338.4744, roydrikow@hotmail.com
"Jack Brizzi - Retired Speech professor at Kent State University Trumbull Campus."
330.240.5622, Jbriz1@aol.com
"Tony Lizardy - Corporate consulting to upper management of numerous fortune 500
corporations."
727.735.2565, lizardy9@yahoo.com
“Lee Wood - Assistant Pastor at Life Point Church
813.731.2479 lwood@lifepoint.tv

ADDENDUM - SUPPORT FOR THE ABOVE RESUME

See: Gary Boggess IMDb RESUME [attached documentation]