Jason Salas

600 Harmon Loop Road

Dededo, Guam 96912

Voice: 671-888-2482
E-mail: jason@kuam.com
Web: www.jasonsalas.com/resume/

Experience

 

KUAM - Dededo, Guam

2/00 – present

 

Web Manager / News Anchor

·       Develop services/applications suite under the "KUAM Interactive" umbrella brand: KUAM.com, KUAM Broadband, KUAM Wireless, KUAM Alerts, KUAM Web Tools, KUAM Desktop.

·       Build/maintain dynamic apps, including web-based CMS, WAP content, search tools, RSS feeds, podcasts, photo galleries, streaming media, RIAs, membership systems, web services, notification framework, blogs, election applications, sports applications, Mozilla applications, shell scripts.

·       Co-anchor flagship 6pm newscast.

·       Writer & producer for special TV productions.

·       Online news editor, write compelling leads to news stories, titles to online articles, ensure technical accuracy and grammatical coherence for online and broadcast stories.

·       Play-by-play announcer for live sports broadcasts (football, basketball, soccer, volleyball).

·       Write, produce & co-host "JockTalk", a call-in radio/TV sportstalk program (canceled 2006).

 

IT&E - Tamuning, Guam

2/97-2/00

 

Marketing & Business Development, Internet Services Division

·       Developed ISP-centric business plans and sales & marketing strategies.

·       Focused on new product development and business consulting for Internet services.

·       Created/maintained company web sites, internal apps, and external sites for clients.

 

ComputerLand - Maite, Guam

5/96-2/97

 

Account Manager

·       Responsible for sales of computer hardware, software, and peripherals to assigned business, government and military clients.

·       Provided on-site setup/troubleshooting for Macintosh and Windows operating systems, hardware and software.


 

TECHNICAL Proficiency

 

Web Frameworks

ASP, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, Django

Web Servers

IIS, Apache

Operating Systems

Windows, Mac OS, GNU/Linux

Languages / Technologies

XML/XSLT, C#, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, AJAX, SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite, streaming media, podcasting, wireless applications development, RIAs, web services, PhotoShop, Adobe AIR, Mozilla development

Broadcasting

Copy editing for broadcast/print/web, news anchoring, research, producing newscasts, producing/hosting radio programs, reporting, writing, voicing and presenting packages, non-linear video editing, audio production

Education

 

Master's in Business Administration in Technology Management

University of Phoenix

2001

 

Bachelor's of Business Administration in Marketing

University of Guam

 
High School Diploma

Simon Sanchez High School

1996

 


1992

AWARDS

 

GU Magazine

"Guam's Favorite TV Reporter" (People's Choice Award)


Radio & Television News Directors Association - National Edward R. Murrow Award
"Most Outstanding News Web Site (Small Markets)" - KUAM.com

2006

 


2006

 


Radio & Television News Directors Association - Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
"Most Outstanding News Web Site (Small Markets)" - KUAM.com


2005, 2006, 2007

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 


Writing samples, video clips, source code, UIs & downloadable resume tape available at www.jasonsalas.com/resume/

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST