Experience

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  • Staff Photographer
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  Stroll Magazine

  • Staff Photographer

    • Jan 2021 - Present
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  SteveGarfield.com

  • Writer

    • Jan 1997 - Present

  • Investor

    • Jun 2009 - Feb 2022

    Current Investments include:Lord Hobo Brewing Company, Red5Pro, and Visual.Exits:Makerbot Industries, qik, Seesmic, Mercedes Benz of Burlington, Fashion Project, Little Bird.

  • Social Media Traveler: Share Destinations and Events via Social Media

    • Sep 2014 - Oct 2020

    Companies, brands, and destinations send my wife and I on trips where we publicly share our experiences via social media. Recent examples include the opening festivities for the Hermitage Club and traveling with GMC to the Super Bowl. (Go Pats!)We are available for more branded experience trips.

  • Independent Consultant

    • Jan 1999 - Sep 2014

    Live Streaming #TVnext for Hill Holliday 2/27Hosting Telestream LIVE at NAB Show 4/16 - 4/17Evaluating the current state and future of live streaming solutions.Created a video knowlegde base for Third Sector New England.Video production for refine+focus. Video and blog production for Boston City Councillor John Tobin.Steve was brought in to talk about new media with CBS and Turner Broadcasting. He's also consulted with ABC News and WGBH Radio.Speaking Experience:Recent speaking engagements have included the totally awesome MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum 2014 and BarCamp Boston 2014.* Streaming Media East, West* New Media Expo* PodCamp Boston* Video on the Net - Boston, San Jose* NH Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival* Podcast Academy Boston* MIT Enterprise Forum - Brave New Web* New England News Forum - The New(s) England Revolution* New England Newspaper Association - Rebooting Your Newsroom

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  Lord Hobo Brewing Company

  • Woburn, MA

  • Investor

    • Oct 2013 - Present
    • Woburn, MA

    I'm excited to be an investor in this brewery in Woburn, MA. I met the owner, Danial Lanigan when I saw a write-up in the Boston Globe about his desire to start a new brewery. We met and hit it off. I invested. Now we are distributing beer to all the New England states, New York and Colorado....

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  Boston Media Makers

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Founder

    • Jan 2006 - Present
    • Greater Boston Area

    Boston Media Makers was a monthly meet-up for media enthusiasts in the Greater Boston Area until our venue closed and the pandemic hit. We are social media enthusiasts, filmmakers, journalists, web geeks, technologists, designers, artists, entrepreneurs, and people just wanting to learn more abou...

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  Mercedes-Benz Burlington

  • Burlington, Massachusetts

  • Investor

    • Jan 2015 - Apr 2018
    • Burlington, Massachusetts

    Financial interest in Mercedes-Benz of Burlington.I met Bernie Moreno, owner of Mercedes-Benz of Burlington, when I was looking to test drive a new CLA and had a hard time finding one. He saw a tweet from me and reached out, from Ohio, with, "How can I help?" I got a CLA test drive 2 da...

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  The Pulse Network

  • Host of SteveGarfield.tv

    • Aug 2010 - 2011

    Steve Garfield, the original video blogger and author of Get Seen, Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business hosted SteveGarfield.tv on The Pulse Network. Each week Steve presented tools, tips and insights to enhance viewers online community participation and presence. Streamed live every Th...

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  Boston University's College of Communicatio...

  • Teacher

    • Jul 2008 - May 2009

    Teacher at Boston University's College of Communication, Journalism Department.Three classes converged in my weekly sessions. Garfield covered, blogging, reporting from a cell phone, audio and audio podcasting, audio production, community and conversation, video and viedoblogging, political r...

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  WGBH

  • United States
  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • On Air Personality

    • 1995 - 2007

    Auctioned items on-air on the Multiples table and Quickie board. Managed and trained new volunteers. Controlled inventory.

  • Producer

    • May 2002 - Jun 2002

    Worked with the Auction’s executive producer and senior producer to produce the Specials and Travel video segments for this years auction. Wrote over 100 scripts.

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  Phoenix Media and Communications Group Boston

  • Senior Web Developer

    • Jun 1999 - Sep 2001

    Designed front end web pages to hook into backend systems. Designed and managed on-site banner advertising.

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  WFNX FM Lynn/Boston

  • Writer, Editor, Web Developer

    • Jan 1999 - Apr 2000

    Morning show writer and web developer

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  Eagle 93.7

  • Radio Producer

    • Jan 1997 - Apr 1999

    On air talent, ran the board, produced bumpers, sweepers and audio segments. Wrote news segments and pre-interviewed guests. Maintained and created all the content for Karlson and McKenzie web site.

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  Western Micro Technology (changed name to Savio...

  • Framingham MA

  • Product Marketing Manager

    • 1996 - 1998
    • Framingham MA

    Provided support to the sales force for IBM Netfinity configurations. Developed web page content. Managed Data General Product line. Developed marketing programs including national advertising and direct mail programs. Helped increase Open Systems sales from $0 to $1 million per month over six mo...

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  Cablevision

  • Peabody, MA

  • Producer

    • 1988 - 1998
    • Peabody, MA

    Produced and directed a live weekly call-in show, Steve's Show.

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  Ergo Computing

  • Computer Sales Associate

    • 1995 - 1996

    This was a quick stop in my career, handling inbound phone sales for a crazy high end laptop.

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  Avnet

  • Peabody, MA

  • Sales Support Manager

    • 1993 - 1995
    • Peabody, MA

    Managed Open Systems and Networking and Communications product lines. WAs the main interface between vendors and the sales force. Procured extra order margin between $500 and $43,000 per order using vendor programs. Worked on closing major opportunities for multiple PCs and UNIX systems.

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  CompUSA

  • Woburn, MA

  • Corporate Sales Executive

    • 1992 - 1993
    • Woburn, MA

    Opened the Boston territory for corporate sales and developed it to over $2 million in sales per year, maintaining 13 % order margin. Developed relationships based on trust, which lead to increased sales. Sold printer cables at cost. ;-)

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  Monitor Television

  • Boston, MA

  • Broadcast Systems Analyst

    • 1991 - 1992
    • Boston, MA

    Customized news feeds for reporters and supported TelePrompTer operations during live broadcasts. Sat in the news control room every night and got a lot smarter about world events. ;-)

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  Unisys

  • Senior Consultant, Customer Demonstrations Center Manager, Senior Marketing S...

    • 1986 - 1991

    I wore multiple hats. Not literally.

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  The Boston Computer Society

  • Boston, MA

  • Meeting Coordinator

    • 1984 - 1986
    • Boston, MA

    Coordinated Macintosh User group meetings, contact speakers, presented on stage.

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  Northeast Computer Stores

  • Boston, MA

  • Systems Analyst and Direct Sales

    • 1983 - 1986
    • Boston, MA

    Top Macintosh Salesperson

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  Burroughs, Inc.

  • Lexington MA

  • Systems Representative

    • 1980 - 1983
    • Lexington MA

    Designed and coded systems, taught classes, Programmed banking teller terminals. Languages: LINC, COBOL, DPL