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Career Objective
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To receive a position that can be used to showcase skills, to grow and progress with this to achieve a high rank in work based on successes, previous experience and ability to perform.
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Education
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08 - Present
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University of Michigan-Flint
Senior
Flint, MI
» Expected completion: Winter 2013
Major: Communications
On the Dean's List for academic excellence during the 2009-10 year. Maintaining a 3.2 grade point average.
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Work Experience
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June 12 - Present
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BuzzerBlog
Writer
» Helping cover the daily ins and outs at BuzzerBlog, the internet's most popular destination for game show news, reviews, and opinions. Informing readers about the game show world as it happens, including writing about breaking news, upcoming programs and reviewing past programs.
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Feb. 11 - Present
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Substitute Special Education Aide
Kearsley Community Schools
Flint, MI
» Substitute for the regular "special education" aides that cannot make it for whatever reason. Duties including assisting children with assignments and schoolwork who may have learning disabilities, special needs, behavior issues, are "inclusion" students or who simply may be at-risk.
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July 10 - Present
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Live Host/Producer: "Game Shows in the Parks"
Genesee County Parks & Recreation
Flint, MI
» Host and produce a live event series every year called Game Shows in the Parks for the Genesee County Parks and Recreation These are multiple hour-long shows at three of Genesee's best parks, with shows based on Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid, Password and Double Dare. Each year has seen a larger turnout than the previous.
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Dec. 04 - Present
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Middle School Quiz Bowl Coach
Kearsley Community Schools
Flint, MI
» From November to April, co-coach of the middle school Quiz Bowl team in the Kearsley district. Success is commonplace, having one team finish second in the league during the 10-11 season. Each season, two 75-minute practices a week are run, along with moderating twenty matches between schools at various meets.
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Nov. 11 - Jan. 12
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Live Host/Producer: "College Family Feud"
University of Michigan-Flint Campus Activities Board
Flint, MI
» Hired to host and produce a special event under UM-Flint CAB based on the TV show Family Feud. These events had fantastic turnouts from the college student body and showed the ability to carry an entertaining live production for nearly two hours.
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Oct. 09 - June 11
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Game Shows Blogger
About.com
» Wrote a weekly blog for GameShows.About.com. With editor Carrie Grosvenor articles were prepared on things from tips on how to get onto a game show to realistic views on the landscape of game shows to ways to succeed on call-in programs to even fun anecdotes and stories from my experiences in games. Nearly 80 articles were published during this time.
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Aug. 10 - Aug. 10
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Live Host - Regional Rotten Sneaker Contest
Odor-Eaters
Flint, MI
» Under the sponsorship of the Genesee County Parks & Recreation Department, hosted for the 36th annual regional Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest. Kept order as the judges smelled each shoe from each child and announced who won the $200 cash prize to go to the national competitions in Vermont.
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Aug. 08 - Dec. 08
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Host
PlayCafe
Flint, MI
» Hosted two-hour shows on PlayCafe.com, the first online game show network. Presented remotely in the Flint studio via a streaming video broadcast. Hosted over 35 hours of live internet games, performing these tasks on a web camera in a studio set up in my home, receiving favorable feedback from the viewers each time.
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Oct. 07 - Dec. 08
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Operations Manager/Writer/Production Assistant
PlayCafe
Redwood City, CA
» Worked as a trivia writer, a question-triggering production assistant and an operations manager at PlayCafe.com, the first online game show network. Wrote over 1,200 trivia questions for this position, along with distributing prizes, updating live leaderboards online and providing live support in the chat rooms. Learned very much about the game show industry, the video producing industry and the internet/technical aspects through this job.
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Oct. 08 - Nov. 08
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Writer & Assistant
van Straaten Entertainment, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
» Prepared trivia questions for game show host and comedian J. Keith van Straaten's game show pilot presentation, "The Waiting Game". Also wrote material and assisted in design of visuals for his live game show concept "Word 1", which had a three-day test run live in Los Angeles.
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Extracurricular Activities
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Sept. 11 - Sept. 11
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
» Passed multiple tests and won $43,550 on the syndicated game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. This also showcases my intellectual skills in a public forum and an incredibly fun experience.
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July 09 - July 09
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Game Show Network
» As part of their GSN Live "Road Trip", the Game Show Network traveled to the homes of some of the bigger winners on the show. Was the only one on the trip to host a segment - Played a game where a home viewer who called in won an awesome prize. Impressed by my performance, on-air host Heidi Bohay remarked, "Chad should come down here and be on GSN Live."
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Mar. 09 - Mar. 09
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Game Show Network
» Semi-finalist in GSN's "Play Every Day" game show host competition in Detroit. Hosted a live game in front of an audience with real contenders to audition for a guest spot on the "GSN Live" program.
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Dec. 08 - Dec. 08
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Million Dollar Password
» Passed multiple tests and auditions to appear on the CBS game show "Million Dollar Password", hosted by Regis Philbin. Won $25,000 on the program. This showcases my intellectual skills and ability to convey the English language in a public forum.
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Sept. 06 - May 08
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High School Broadcasting
» Member of Kearsley High School's television program, K-NEWS. The highlight of my time there includes the two very successful and popular pieces produced, edited and hosted by me based on the television program "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
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Dec. 05 - May 08
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Foreign Language Club
» Participated in events in the Foreign Language Club during High School. Helped to get a wide range of views and experiences from the rest of the world.
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Nov. 01 - May 08
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Quiz Bowl
» Was in quiz bowl for the final seven years of my academic career. As captain of my team, we achieved first place in tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade. This was a fun activity that showcased my intellectual skills in a public forum successfully.
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May 05 - Jan. 07
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Music
» Created a parody music CD and distributed it in May 2005 along with another one in April 2006. It was a parody of pop albums, because I cannot sing. This helped me get some local exposure and helped me start some sort of entertaining persona because people surprisingly enjoyed the music for comedy.
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Sept. 04 - June 05
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Drama
» Participated in high school theater classes. Acting skills are a good skill to have in the profession chosen to work in.
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Jan. 03 - Jan. 03
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Jeopardy!
» Passed multiple tests and won second place on a special week of the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!" Like Quiz Bowl, this showcases my intellectual skills in a public forum.
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