Joseph M. Cocozza Jr.

“DIVE WORK EXPERIENCE”
OCEAN EXPLORERS
Lafayette Ave Edison NJ
Scuba Instructor, CPR-First Aid Instructor
Instruct scuba divers in all levels of diving. Specialize in rescue diving, search and recovery, underwater videography, nitrox, deep diving, shipwrecks and rebreathers. Supervise technical diving operations. Retail store operations. Sales and marketing.

DEEP EXPLORERS
The Dive Vessel SEEKER Brielle, NJ
Boat Crew Member, Divemaster
Supervise technical diving operations. Deep diving operations.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCUBA
Werblin Rec Center, Busch Campus Piscataway NJ
Scuba Instructor , Rescue Diving Instructor , Divemaster
-Instruct scuba divers in all levels of diving. Specialize in rescue diving, search and recovery, underwater videography, nitrox, deep diving, shipwrecks and rebreathers. Supervise diving operations.

DOSILS SKI & SCUBA CENTER
Rt 36, Middletown NJ
Scuba Instructor, Rescue Diving Instructor, Divemaster
-Instruct scuba divers in all levels of diving. Specialize in rescue diving, search and recovery, underwater videography, nitrox, deep diving, shipwrecks and rebreathers. Supervise diving operations.

North Atlantic Technical Diving
The Dive Vessel SEA LION Brielle, NJ
Divemaster, Boat Crew Member
Supervise technical diving operations. Deep diving operations. Underwater salvage and recovery. Assist Instructor in scuba class.


CERTIFICATIONS
National Speleological Society CDS & NACD Full Cave Diver 2004.
TDI Instructor: Advanced Nitrox/Deco Procedures 2002.
PADI Instructor: Medic First Aid & EFR 2001.
National Speleological Society CDS Cavern Diver 2001
Technical Diving International Advanced Trimix & Mixed Gas 2001
PADI Specialty Instructor: Draeger Rebreather 1999
PADI Instructor: Master Scuba Diver1998
PADI Specialty Instructor: Wreck Diving1998
PADI Specialty Instructor: Deep Diving1998
PADI Specialty Instructor: EANx Nitrox1998
PADI Specialty Instructor: UW Video1998
PADI Specialty Instructor: Equipment1998
PADI Open Water Instructor1998
Technical Diving InternationalAdvanced Nitrox/Deco Procedures1997
Technical Diving International Extended Range1997
PADI Divemaster1996
IANTD Nitrox Diver1995
NAUI Wreck Diver1989 NAUI Rescue Diver1988 NAUI Open Water 2 (Advanced)1987
NASDS Junior Open Water Diver1976

MAGAZINE ARTICLES PUBLISHED
Diveworld The wreck of the RMS Republic 1997
Scuba Times,Dive America: Point Pleasant NJ 1998
Immersed Magazine, The Naval Experimental Dive Unit1 998
Mergulio (Brazil), The Naval Experimental Dive Unit 1999
DIVE InternationalSocorro Island Diary 1999
Discover Diving, 24 hours below a Rainbow Sea (Maldives)1999
Discover Diving, Midway Islands: Diving a War Zone 1999
DIVE International, Midway Islands 1999
Mergulio (Brazil), Midway Islands 2000
Skin Diver Fernando de Noronha Brazil 2000
Skin Diver NAUI Tek Diving Conference 2001
Skin Diver US ARMY Combat Diver School 2001
Scuba Source, Human Dolphin Interaction 2001
DIVE International, NYPD Dive Team 2002
Mergulio (Brazil), NYPD Dive Team 2002
OCEAN PLANET, Diving in British Columbia 2003
OCEAN PLANET, Marine Mammal Stranding Center 2003
OCEAN PLANET, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary 2004
DIVE International, Thunder Bay in the Great Lakes 2004



“VIDEO & MEDIA WORK EXPERIENCE”

CNN NY
Broadcast Systems Engineer, DSNG Field Engineer and Underwater Videographer.

The IMAGE GROUP 401 Fifth Ave. New York, NY
Maintenance and operational support of multi-camera television studio, remote videography units and video edit suites. Set up computer graphic workstations. Technical Director of studio productions. Supervised of production personnel. Wrote scripts, treatments and reports for client’s TV productions.Managed satellite press tours. Edited pilot video. Assisted client to determine their technical needs and provide solutions for various projects. In launching new VOD service.


ASA FILMS Producer/Director/Camera1989-2001 Los Angles, CA
Produced and directed corporate training videos, documentaries and public service announcements. Set up lighting, audio and camera. Wrote scripts and edited programs. Field and studio camera

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-07 Manasquan Coast Guard Station, PT. Pleasant NJ
 Communication Staff Officer & PAO
Assist “Team Coast Guard” in radio communications, public affairs, community relations and boating safety education.

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Office of TV & Radio New Brunswick, NJ
Chief Engineer of Multimedia & Broadcasting
The Office of TV and Radio supported both the academic and administrative units of the University. Responsibilities of the position included: Systems integration, setting up VTRs, cameras, audio, video editing, video duplication, web broadcasting & streaming, researching technologies, attending new media seminars and preparing technical reports. Communication with University Executive staff and assisted them in the use of media technologies. Set up of distance learning and videoconferencing seminars. Operation campus wide closed circuit-CATV TV system. Additionally, I produced, wrote and edited A/V programs.
TV GLOBO Brazil: North American News Bureau 909 3rd Ave, New York, NY
GLOBO is Brazil's premier TV network and the world’s 4th largest TV network, responsible for supplying news programming and content for the news division. I played a key role in assisting reporters both technically and helping them with show ideas. Duties included: video news wire services, supervise studio productions, electronic newsgathering, supervise editing, GFX operations, researched technologies, prepared technical reports, supervised technical operations of remote crew, satellite broadcast transmission, electronic repair and video engineering. Produced & Directed News Segments.

BETELGEUSE PRODUCTIONS Video Engineer Post Production
I worked on various programs for ABC Sports, NBC Sports and MTV Networks. I assisted producer of Inside the Actors Studio for The Bravo Channel. Betelgeuse won Emmys for best sports long format news segment and best sports open. Duties include: Engineering support of On-line Video editing, engineering support of special FX, graphics & animation, engineering support of videotape duplication production support and systems installation.

UNITEL VIDEO 512 W57New York, NY

JOHNSON & JOHNSON. Video Engineer

BELLCORE Video Engineer)Livingston, NJ

TAPEPOWER Video Engineer 1987 New York, NY

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRAMS PRODUCED
“X-DIVE”: A Promotion for a Scuba Diving TV seriesProducer/Editor/Camera“Shipwrecks of New Jersey”Producer/Writer/Narrator“U-Boat War Against New York City”Producer/Underwater Camera“Beneath The Sea is…” Video News ReleaseProducer/Writer/Camera/Editor

ADDITIONAL FREELANCE VIDEO WORK
Video engineering projects that included system integration, studio operations, satellite media tours, remote production and special effects
 ABC-TV: NetworkNew York, NY,
AT&T LABS Middletown, NJ,
AT&T: Centennial Studios Basking Ridge NJ,
BIG PICTURE EDITORIAL New York, NY,
HBO STUDIO PRODUCTIONS New York, NY,
LEE HUNT ASSOCIATES New York, NY,
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Holmdel, NJ,
MTV NETWORKS New York, NY,
NIPPON TELEVISION New York, NY,
STAR TREK 5 (Feature Film): VISUAL FX Unit Hoboken, NJ,
Magno Sound & VideoNew York, NY,
VIDEOSMITH Philadelphia, PA,
WWOR-TV UPN 9: New York Secaucus, NJ

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PROJECTS
Designed and installed, edit suites, TV studios, audio suites for the following facilities and organizations. Design included preparing schematic drawings, budgets, supplies, performing wiring and connections.

TV GLOBO
New York, NYCurrently designing new facility. Moving current operation to downtown location. Designed with full digital upgrade path in mind. However, the new facility will be able to integrate older legacy equipments.
Sep-Dec 2002

Image Group
New York, NYSupervised and managed installation of crew on 5 AVID symphony suites. Coordinated installation with AVID rep and client. Made sure room was on schedule and final de-bug.

AT&T LABS
Middletown, NJDesigned and installed multi-format AVID symphony suite, dub center, GFX suite and Pro Tools room. Used multi-level router.

LEE HUNT ASSOCIATES
New York, NYUpgrades and modifications to Media 100 edit suite. Videotape dub center, graphics suite and audio production suite.

Ortho McNeil Pharm.
Bridgewater, NJDesigned, wired, built, budgeted and supervisor crew, Rebuilt corporate TV facility studio and edit suites.

 Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, NJDesigned, wired, built, budgeted and supervisor crew, Rebuilt corporate TV facility studio and edit suites. Designed remote op packages and A/V installations.

 BIG PICTURE EDITORIAL
New York, NY Supervised crew and managed installation of: 3 non-linear suites, 2 off line suites and 1 on-line suite. Handled budgeting, planning, prep and final de-bug.April-June 1991

STATION ONE EDITORIAL New York, NY
Re-Design, upgrade and complete re-wire of on-line post-production facility.Sep 1990

STAR TREK 5: VISUAL FX Unit
Hoboken, NJ Set up video feed on IMC special effects film camera. Feed was used to record single frame images onto laser disk then transferred to 3/4. Then an A/B-C edit system with keying switcher was used to test image composites. April 1986


EDUCATION

EDISON STATE COLLEGE: Trenton, NJ: Bachelor of Arts

PADI: Rancho San Margarita, CA: Instructor Development Course

CENTER FOR THE MEDIA ARTS: New York NY,: TV Production & Editing

USN ELECTRONIC TECH SCHOOL: Great Lakes NTC, IL: Electronic Technician

TECHNICAL TRAINING
GVG Trinix router
IKEGAMI:HK-388 Camera maintenance and repair.
FINAL CUT PRO: MASTERS CLASS Non Linear Editing and graphics.
COMPRESSION LABS Codec maintenance and operation.
DATA TEK T1-T3 Digital data transmissions
GVG 200-2 Switcher maintenance and repair.
KLOSS: NOVA BEAM Video projector maintenance and repair.
IKEGAMI: HK-355 Camera maintenance and repair.
SONY: Digital Video Concepts & MPEG
SONY BVP-3A Camera maintenance and repair.
SONY VO-5850 Umatic 3/4” VCR maintenance.

COMPUTER SKILL SET
 SOFTWARE EXPERTISE:- MS OFFICE: WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT & FRONT PAGE
- ADOBE PHOTOSHOP & ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS
- FINAL CUT PRO
- MEDIA CLEANER PRO
- AUTOCAD
HARDWARE EXPERTISE:- APPLE MACINTOSH, OS 8 thru OS X
- MS WINDOWS: 98, ME, 2000, XP
ADVANCED USER KNOWLEDGE OF:- TCP/IP
- FIREWIRE (iLINK)
- APPLE TALK & ETHERNET
- MPEG ENCODING & VIDEO COMPRESSION
- Filemaker Pro

AWARDS:
 Peabody for Katrina Coverage 'CNN'
DuPont Columbia for Tsunami Coverage 'CNN'