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MICHAEL ROBERT KALEMBER |
Email Address : michael@busybug.com
Nationality : US
Citizen / Singapore PR
Educational Background Qualification : Bachelor of Music Degree (Music
Production & Engineering)
Institute / University : Berklee College of Music, Boston MA - United States
Courses & Seminars
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1992 SSL ScreenSound Operational Training by Vendor (5 day course)
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1995 Advertising With Soul - Dick Orkins Radio Ranch (1 day seminar)
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1995 Update on Communications Technology - AMIC (2
day seminar)
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1995 Multimedia & Online Publishing Seminar (in
Hong Kong - 3 days)
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1997-1999 Various Management Courses & Seminars
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2001 Presentation Skills - Allan Parker Peak
Performance (3 day Workshop)
Skills & Expertise Summary Digital
Audio & Video / Electronic Music / Multimedia / Graphics / Web Design &
Programming / Business
Management Experience / Strong Administration Skills / Trouble-shooting Ability
/ Customer Service Mentality / Marketing Insight / Sales Experience, and a lot
of Street Smarts.
Employment History FEB 2008
– APR 2010 ¥ Creative Producer, SAFRA Radio
Work
Description: Wrote
and produced over 400 radio-advertisements. Responsible for production of all
Chinese & English spots as Producer, Recording Engineer, Editor, Mix
Engineer and often Voice-Artiste. Responsible for directing voice-actors, choosing music and sound effects,
editing & mixing audio.
JAN 2005
– FEB 2008 ¥ Sole Proprietor, Busybug Creative
Services (S) Pte. Ltd.
Work
Description: Set-up a company for creative work: Website Design
& Development, Multimedia Programming, Graphic Design, Music Production,
Teaching, Voice-over work, and IT-Services.
JAN 2002
– DEC 2004 ¥ Learning and Development Consultant, iLearn Solutions (S) Pte. Ltd.
Work
Description: Developed courseware, set-up computer labs,
hardware, and software, managed and trained a team of Associate Trainers, and
conducted music lessons in Singapore schools (P2 to JC level).
Work
Description: Sales consultant and specialist for Digidesign ProTools TDM systems,
installation & operation. Consult, quote, bid for tenders, purchase,
on-site configuration, installation, support & training,
NOV 2000
– MAR 2001, Creative Director, Adroit Innovations Ltd.
Work Description: Planning, business development, and website
production. Creative Services head leading a team of 8 Designers, 4 Developers,
and 3 information Architects, to revise portfolio. AUG 1991 – OCT 2000 ¥ (Various Positions Held), Media Corp Singapore
1999-2000 Multimedia Specialist /
Systems Engineer, Mediacorp Interactive (MCI):
Prototyped, Installed,
configured, customized, tested and recommended various network tools. Included
chat server, bulletin board, search engine, pop-mail, etc. Developed VB
applications, and coded Active Server Pages. Included a complete revamp of
E-commerce application V-shop. Wrote a 3-tier Job-request data suite,
integrating browser, system tray, & MS Access client.
1995-1999 Multimedia Specialist /
Webmaster, Mediacorp - Radio (RCS)
Served on various committees
including National DAB Committee. Conceptualized and developed the broadband
application ÒRadiowaveÓ with EDB funding. Built and
managed the internet-network infrastructure to support RCS going online. Webmaster for all of RCS web-related services. Develop,
maintain, upgrade and support stations & departments, for Internet. Designed
corporate sites for 93.3FM, Class95 FM, OneFM, Ria, and the DAB information website.
1994-1995 Studio Production
Manager, Mediacorp - Radio Creative Services –
Produced corporate trailers,
jingles and spots, helped to set corporate direction & tone. Design and
manage facilities. Led the production team. Developed project tracking /
studio-booking database. Wrote, produced and engineered radio commercials,
promos, stingers & sweepers. Performed as voice artiste, musician. Composed
music jingles and original music beds. Set-up OMO studio facilities and trained
Radio Producers (Deejays) on Digital Audio Production techniques. Drafted and
implemented a set of best practices.
1991-1994 Senior Soundman, Mediacorp - Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)
Live sound for broadcast &
studio recording, ran multi-track studio sessions & mixing, spearheaded
digital audio production for Radio. NDP Audio Supervisor (Õ92), and Mix
Engineer for Radio (Õ94)
Additional Singapore Work Experience 1991 – Present (BusyBug Creative Services) My Freelance Business
2002 – 2008 ¥ Part-time Guitar Teacher, Greenridge Music School
2005 – 2007 ¥ Freelance Trainer (Music IT), Mastereign Enrichment
2002 – (1sem) ¥ Part Time Lecturer, Nanyang Polytechnic
1991 – (May-August) ¥ Chief Instructor Computer Music – City
Music School
Audio / Video / Music Production Expertise - ProTools Saavy: Usage,
Installation, Configuration, and Support
- Music Production: Logic,
Garage Band, Acid Pro, Cubase, Cakewalk, Digital Performer
- Live broadcast, 2, 4, 8,
24-track analog, Digital Recording & Non-linear Editing
- Music Production, AV
Post-production, Record Production, Music Tracking, Mixing, Mastering
- Signal-flow, Acoustics and
Simple Electronics knowledge
- Video Production: Apple Final
Cut Pro Suite, Adobe Premiere
- Stage lighting, LCD Projectors /
Panels, Video-conferencing Cameras & Software
IT / Networking Expertise - Win/ Mac Networking -
Installation, Configuration, Security, Administration, Troubleshooting,
Maintenance
- Understand TCP/IP & Ethernet
Networking - Routing, DNS, SSL,
Certificates, Firewalls, VPN, Etc.
- General Understanding of
Infrastructure - Servers, Hubs, Routers, Switches
- General PC & Macintosh
Hardware Knowledge - Set-up, Installation, Maintenance, Troubleshooting
- Mail, Chat, Forum / BBS, Search
Tools, Etc., Streaming Media servers, CGI, FTP, Etc.
Design / Development Expertise - Dreamweaver, Joomla,
HTML
- Photoshop, Macromedia Director,
Acrobat
- Illustrator, Freehand,
In-Design, Page-maker
- MS Access: Interface / Application and VB coding
for Database Development.
- Familiar with File Maker
Pro, MSSQL Server, MSExcel, MSVisio,
MSOffice, MSPublisher
- Languages: Visual Basic (VBScript),
SQL, Director Lingo
Music & Talent Expertise - Play & Teach Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano (used to play Saxophone)
- Music Composition, Arranging,
Orchestration, Notation, MIDI Sequencing
- Music Education: Classroom and
Private Tuition
- Voice-over Artiste / Voice-Actor
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