Fredrick S. Edelkamp

Alexandria, VA

Chief, Audiovisual Services Branch, U. S. Department of State
December 2000 - Present

Plan, develop, manage and coordinate audiovisual services that support the mission of the Department of State, as well as for the support of the President of the United States when he travels throughout the world.
Investigate, evaluate and determine the need and feasibility of furnishing additional and/or expanded services to meet emergency and special requirements in the Department and its annexes.
Ensure that all requests from other Federal agencies, Congress and the White House can be fulfilled without undue hardship on current resources, and contracting extra personnel and equipment when the need arises.
Maintain a comprehensive, intensive, and practical knowledge of the audio-visual information profession and skills and can apply this knowledge to the development of new methods, approaches, or procedures.
Have a full working knowledge of business management, financial management, budgeting, fiscal operations, contract administration, and procurement that is necessary in order to manage a service organization.

Producer, Audiovisual Services Branch, U. S. Department of State
August 1998 - December 2000

Plan, develop, manage, and coordinate to provide simultaneous interpreting equipment and support for Presidential, Vice Presidential and Secretary of State trips, speeches and meetings that require it when they travel throughout the world.
Provide audio tape recordings, video projection, microphones, podiums and simultaneous interpreting equipment for meetings and international conferences at the Department of State, the White House, Capitol Hill and other agencies.
Travel to remote sites to provide live media feeds from distant locations to the Department of State to fulfill requests from the Press Office and the news media for high quality sound feeds of the Secretary of State's official speaking engagements.
Operate and maintain an in-house cable television system feeding over seven hundred TVs with forty-eight channels of local programming and domestic and foreign information and news services, down linked from satellites from around the world.

Producer, Video Services & Maintenance Department, Defense Systems Management College
January 1996 - July 1997

Provided advice and assistance on techniques and media for achieving program requirements while coordinating with senior executives to resolve conflicts and recommend solutions.
Developed and executed division budgets of over $700,000 to provide the school with the latest in broadcast education including training, travel, production and maintenance.
Communicated department video capabilities and tailored them to provide complete video and multimedia support to four other divisions, thirty departments and over 5000 students.
Developed and procured a master scheduling process that allowed a complete undertaking to better align expenditures with classes and the many DOD agencies that used our services.

Director, Video Services and Production, Defense Systems Management College
August 1992 - January 1996

Planned and supervised recording of seminars, class activities, conferences, and lectures by analyzing workloads, establishing priorities and finalizing production and technical decisions.
Orchestrated a $250,000 upgrade of college video support, aligning it closer to the mission of providing unsurpassed graduate level education with decreasing budgets and staffing.
Directed over 300 live multi-camera video recordings of high-level government officials and distinguished guest lecturers, which have become essential to the Total Quality process.
Conceived and implemented distance learning capabilities using video teleconferencing to increase availability of classes and instruction throughout the acquisition community.

Editor, Defense Systems Management College
July 1989 - August 1992

Developed and refined the "DSMC WELCOMES INDUSTRY" promotional video, that increased government contractor?s extensive use of the Program Managers Course.
College's key player in the successful completion of the "ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS" video, which was instrumental in building the corps into an important force in acquisition.
Consulted with faculty and students to develop scripts and storyboards, and produced video and multimedia programs that increased the effectiveness of education in the courses taught.
Conceived and initiated an extensive training plan, which cross-trained production and maintenance personnel to integrate disciplines and better manage an understaffed facility.

Director, Motion Media, Det. 7, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC
May 1985 - July 1989

Lead 19 motion media specialists comprising the largest documentation unit in the Air Force.
Editor and assistant producer for the "INAUGURATION OF GEORGE BUSH" video.
Planned and videotaped the opening of "THE BOB HOPE SHOW" broadcast by NBC.
Coordinated between the FBI, DOD and FAA, while directing a twelve-hour, four-camera shoot of an anti-hijacking exercise. The video was used for seminars throughout the DOD.
Worked extensively on special operations programs that provided unique video products for training and briefings to individuals in the highest levels of the United States Government.
Computerized the post-production system, to provide on-line and off-line editing abilities, which provided us with video-editing faculties both for studio production and field locations.
Published an extensive handbook for camera crewmembers that provided them with the information required for remote video production and helped to improve their camera skills.

Aerial Photographer, HQ Aerospace Audiovisual Service, Norton AFB, CA
August 1980 - May 1985

Provided the primary view of "OPERATION URGENT FURY", as one of the first camera operators into Grenada, released almost 70 minutes of video, broadcast by the networks.
Produced a series of promotional video spots featuring the cast of "CALL TO GLORY", the band Autograph, and actor Charlton Heston, these were used to improve moral and welfare.
Documented "ROTC DRILL MEET", using a defective camera, overcame the problem and produced footage that provided over 90 percent of the video used in the final product.
Chief editor, in support of the Aerospace Audiovisual Service Commander's Conference, providing personnel from around the world a memorable review of accomplishments.

Basic Public Affairs Broadcasting, Defense Information School, Ft. Benjamin-Harris, ID, 640 classroom hours
A.A.S. Business Management, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL, 36 credit hours
Undergraduate Leadership and Management Training, McDill Air Force Base, NJ, 8 credit hours
Solid State Integrated Circuit Devices, Kadina AFB, Okinawa, Japan, 80 classroom hours