About Mark Prigoff . . .

Mark Prigoff
Email: drmidi@optonline.net

Professional Profile and Skills:

Computer consultant with PC Windows-based platforms including system design, web authoring, office utilities and various levels of support and client instruction. Designed, built and configured over 50 custom computer systems for corporations and individual end users, including upgrades, data restoration, device and IRQ conflicts, virus detection and removal.

Art Director and Graphic Designer for major corporations in New York including: Bache, Klemtner Advertising, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Bantam Books, CUNY Graduate Center and many other firms for over six years. In-house responsibilities included exceptional support of over 157 corporate branches, in-house newsletters, marketing and internal communications with the following proficiency:

• Corporate ID Implementation and Forms Design
• Client Presentations (including PowerPoint, Genigraphics, and interactive video)
• Advertising Display, Marketing and Merchandising
• Graphic Design/Graphic Arts Production and Unique Typographic treatments
• Photography Direction (including live models and still-photo sessions)
• Magazine Layout and Production

Music production and various forms of digital music and multimedia. Complete knowledge of MIDI composition and recording techniques for advertising, media events, various stage productions and broadcasts.

• Developed unique interactive, computerized kiosk program for consumer displays.
• Composed and produced music for advertising and film scores.
• Composed original music for theatrical productions in New York City and Long Island.
• Concert Artist and Clinician for various music manufacturers including: Yamaha, Roland, Technics and Kurzweil.
• Developed unique method of "pop music" keyboard instruction to enable both children and adults to play popular music quickly and professionally. Several students joined the instructor in qualifying and performing in the Yamaha National Electone Keyboard Festival as finalists through this effective method of instruction.

Professional Experience:

Webmaster/Computer Consultant, 1985 to present
Digital Jazz Productions, Huntington, New York 11743
Specializing in multimedia projects.

Computer consulting and development of web-based and promotional print media for a variety of corporations and individual clients.

Accounts include:

• AFLAC New York Regional Sales Office - Bohemia, New York
• AFLAC New York L.I. State Sales Office - Melville, New York
• AIL Systems
• Ava Star Media Group
• BIT Computers
• Brian E. Sweeney Memorial Fund
• Carol Marino & Associates
• CatSpa.net
• CK Tile Designs
• Continued Care of Long Island
• Father, Sons & Daughters Floor Covering
• Frank & Camilles Keyboard Centers
• Gloria Danti & Associates
• HealthyHairByDean.com
• May Davis Group Investment Bankers
• MJ Food Sales
• Morton Business Systems
• NassauGolf.com
• Northeast Products Corporation
• Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
• Ohayo Mountain Development Corp.
• PaintingsToGo.com
• ProjectNIKE.org
• RainbowVision Properties Santa Fe
• TerrisGolf.com
• TheProjekt.com
• Vitamin Power

Website Designer/Account Manager/Network Administrator, 2001 to 2003

Website Development (start to finish) for a variety of clients and corporations. Functions include client management, database and e-commerce development, digital photography, scanning, photo-editing and web preparation. Creation of PowerPoint presentations for website proposals, sales aids and instructional use. Desktop client support for Microsoft Windows, MS Office, dial-up and LAN connectivity and other PC-based applications and issues.

Computer Consultant, 1997 to 2001

Desktop support of Microsoft applications including Windows 95/98/2000, Office 97/2000, and a variety of business applications and utilities. Helped end-users to create and format documents, manage databases, and produce specific results by assisting in easy-to-understand terms.

Also responsible for computer system design, integration, upgrades, configuration and technical support at various levels. Installed and supported Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP, Microsoft Office 95/97/2000 Professional, Microsoft FrontPage 2000, 3com Palm Desktop, as well as a variety of business and desktop publishing applications. Designed websites and customized PowerPoint Presentations for clients. Provided digital photo editing and scanning for print and Internet use. Installed and resolved LAN cable modem and dial-up connectivity issues. Supported companies include: AFLAC New York, AIL Systems, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Frank & Camille's Keyboard Centers, Half Hollow Hills High School and many other end-users.

Technical Support Analyst, 1997-1998
IBM Global Network Delivery Systems
Price Waterhouse Account, Melville, NY 11747

Supported end-users for Price Waterhouse with hardware and software issues that included technical support for OS-2 and Windows 95/98 environments. Supported hardware on IBM, Compaq, and Dell laptops and desktops; various local and network printers and peripherals. Provided troubleshooting support on software applications such as Windows 95/98//NT, Microsoft Office 95/97, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Lotus Notes 3.3/4.5, anti-virus utilities, compression software, DOS and a variety of PW applications and databases. Performed desktop and laptop configurations, database design and replication, assisted with email, file management, document formatting and design, and all aspects of networking and connectivity.

Instructor, Consultant, Clinician and MIDI Specialist, 1987 - 2001
Frank & Camille's Keyboard Centers, Melville, NY 11747
Music Education & Sales Division

Complete knowledge of the MIDI Specification, implementation and digital recording techniques. In-store instructor of Piano, Organ, Digital Keyboards, MIDI and composition from 11/87 to present.

Yamaha National Electone Keyboard Festival Finalist, Senior Division, 1988.
Student Finalists in 1989, 1990 and 1992. Various arrangements, recordings and live performances on CD and other media. Composed scores for the film: "The Face" by Jeffrey Cooper and other commercial applications. Concert Artist and Clinician for Yamaha, Technics and Roland. Conducted MIDI Seminars for Sam Ash Music in NYC.

Education:

Chubb Institute for Computer Technology
Parsippany, NJ, Programming
Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design
Brooklyn, NY, Graphic Design and Typography
Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse, NY, Photojournalism and Advertising Design
Tenafly High School
Tenafly, NJ, Computer Science, Math, Science and Music

Affiliations:

BMI, American Federation of Musicians (Local 802), SuffolkNet Users Group.
Listed in The Metropolitan and Cambridge Who's Who Registries for outstanding achievement and professional excellence.