Experience

Zesty, Inc.

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Catering Captain, Catering Captain Council

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  Zesty empowers companies to be healthier and more productive. Our team creates tailored, world-class food programs for offices with 20 to 1000+ employees. We work with hundreds of clients serving balanced and delicious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, happy hours and special events.Curated by in-house dietitians, Zesty works with hundreds of the best Bay Area restaurants, including Souvla, Delfina, Oren's Hummus, and Nopalito — providing nutrition facts on every dish. Every meal is delivered and served by Zesty's own Catering Captains, offering the reliability and hospitality of an in-house caterer combined with the variety of dozens of cuisines. Zesty is backed by top tier investors including Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures and Y Combinator (W14 batch). Show less

• Catering Captain

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2014



Pixar Animation Studios

• Animation and Post-production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Mastering Operator

  • 2000 - Jan 2014

  Production Mastering Operator with 13 years of experience at Pixar Animation Studios. Responsible for safeguarding high-value and highly confidential works in progress throughout the studio. Tapped for special projects, including the digitizing of Pixar’s most valued and at-risk media assets. Built strong internal relationships to facilitate efficient management of projects on tight deadlines and budgets. Collaborated closely with other key members of our team including Colorists, Video Engineers, Software Engineers and Managers. Expertise with DVS Clipster workstation, Dolby Digital Cinema Player, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro,T-VIPS, Aspera Faspex and Point-to-Point delivery software. Other experience includes almost all digital and analog video and audio tape formats including but not limited to cassette, DAT, DA-88, Nagra, Nagra-D, ¼”, ½”, 2”, 8mm, Hi8, VHS, Umatic, MiniDV, DVcam, Beta, BetaSP, DigiBeta, HDcam, HDcamSR, and D1. • Collaborated with three other Operators in close quarters utilizing DVS Clipster workstations and the proprietary Pixar pipeline to package digital deliveries of final color-graded picture and audio content for Pixar’s vendors. • Worked with Pixar and Disney Marketing to create Keynote Presentations of works in progress. • Created DCPs on DVS Clipster workstations for internal use and promotional purposes. • Created Quicktimes and other digital media in various codecs for web-based and internal distribution. • Provided digital media support for Marketing and other departments including DVD/Promo, Creative Services, Editorial, Sound and Development. • Worked with DVD/Promo to create Bonus Content for Feature DVDs and Blurays. • Worked with Creative Services to create Content for the ongoing Pixar Symphony project. Show less



Saul Zaentz Film Center

• Berkeley, CA

• Machine Room Op./Recordist/Transfer Room Supervisor

  • 1988 - 2000



Skywalker Sound/Sprockets Systems

• Transfer Operator

  • 1987 - 1988