Jamie Heu­ton — Part­ner / Video Engi­neer / Dig­i­tal Imag­ing Technician

Fol­low­ing a dream to cre­ate a com­pany that fos­ters cre­ativ­ity and growth, Jamie helped form HDMG into some­thing unique. Well-versed behind cam­era and in stu­dio, Jamie is an invalu­able resource for video tech­ni­cal wiz­ardry. This knowl­edge comes from great pas­sion; Jamie is con­stantly research­ing and apply­ing the newest devel­op­ments in the indus­try. For Medtronic he has tech­ni­cally directed projects rang­ing from surg­eries to large com­pany events. When he’s not busy shoot­ing, edit­ing or build­ing stuff, you might see Jamie burn­ing up the vol­ley­ball court or scuba div­ing (not at the same time).

 

Michael Gun­cheon — Part­ner / Edi­tor / Compositor

Michael is a com­pos­i­tor in the most abstract sense — he com­bines images, peo­ple, equip­ment and ideas to cre­ate some­thing new and inter­est­ing. The man behind our ren­der farm, his unend­ing quest to improve him­self led HDMG into new direc­tions rang­ing from new equip­ment to new ways of work­ing. This pur­suit extends into the vorac­ity with which Michael attacks our daily Super-Quiz (his knowl­edge on var­ied top­ics rivals Asi­mov himself). For over a decade Michael has played an impor­tant role in Regis Corporation’s Edu­ca­tional Net­work. Edit­ing hun­dreds of hours of instruc­tional and pro­mo­tional video, he main­tained a con­sis­tent brand mes­sage and high qual­ity stan­dards for these award-winning pro­grams. Addi­tion­ally, Michael has worked with Gen­eral Mills cre­at­ing con­tent for live events and the web. Michael’s role in the world of high def­i­n­i­tion spans the coun­try. He is the tech­ni­cal edi­tor and a colum­nist for HDVideo­Pro mag­a­zine–the pre­miere mag­a­zine for high def­i­n­i­tion media.

 

Greg Mat­tern — Part­ner / Edi­tor / Compositor

Com­bin­ing cre­ative thought and tech­ni­cal know-how, Greg is the embod­i­ment of the true “Renais­sance Man”. His vora­cious inter­est in the lat­est techie-nerd gad­getry con­tributes greatly to the tech­no­log­i­cal and cre­ative growth at HDMG. From racecar-driving horses to explod­ing port-a-potties, Greg’s mas­ter com­posit­ing and effects skills are appar­ent in a diverse body of work rang­ing from com­mer­cials to inde­pen­dent film. Greg has worked exten­sively with Best Buy, includ­ing edit­ing and com­posit­ing for their inter­nal video newslet­ter, TAGtv. With one eye on main­tain­ing our com­puter net­works and the other on cook­ing his mirac­u­lous black­ened chicken, Greg has just enough time to edit 80 hours a week.

 

John Gleim — Part­ner / DVD / Blu-ray / Compressionist

Mas­ter of all things DVD, John pushes the medium to its lim­its; whether it be multi-lingual, inter­na­tional for­mats, sur­round sound or inter­ac­tive quizzes. Lit­er­ally mil­lions of DVDs have been repli­cated from HDMG mas­ters. For Regis Cor­po­ra­tion, John led the tran­si­tion of their mas­sive video edu­ca­tion library from VHS to DVD. Other DVD projects include Prince: Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas, Bet­ter Life Media’s 11-disc self-help series, and exten­sive work for Best Buy and Medtronic. With a “golden eye” for com­pres­sion, John has sup­plied HD con­tent for Best Buy’s in-store dis­plays. Addi­tion­ally John is the go-to guy for deliv­er­ing video for web, HD media servers and numer­ous portable devices. Although John would pre­fer to have an iPod sur­gi­cally implanted into his ner­vous sys­tem, he has set­tled for the one in his suite, from which eclec­tic and some­times annoy­ing tunes can be heard. His cud­dly cats keep him com­pany out­side the office.

 

Shari Brochhausen — Direc­tor / Editor

Shari has years of direct­ing and edit­ing expe­ri­ence work­ing on com­mer­cials, inde­pen­dent films, doc­u­men­taries and cor­po­rate video. Her ded­i­ca­tion to the craft has brought about achieve­ments such as cut­ting 20 spots in three days and oper­at­ing a non-stop 48 hour edit session. As a Direc­tor her phi­los­o­phy is “I want to give pro­duc­ers, more than they ask for. It’s my job to take their idea and bring it to life.” She pro­duced spe­cial projects and part­ner shows for the ShopNBC Net­work. Shari also has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in direct response tele­vi­sion. Cur­rently Shari is engrossed in direct­ing and edit­ing for the national broad­cast com­mer­cial cam­paign for Big Lots. Any spare time she can eke out is spent with her kids or on the golf course (although she’s had a lit­tle more suc­cess on the kid front). Some­times she squeezes in a lit­tle sleepy-time too.

 

Angella Kas­sube - Designer / Art Director

Angella blends together color, cre­ativ­ity, and a lit­tle Dusty Spring­field, and the result is some mighty neat work. Cre­at­ing in both the worlds of graphic design and fine art, Angella draws inspi­ra­tion from the nearby pond to YouTube. She has the uncanny abil­ity to take a seed of an idea and grow it into a visual feast. Recently Angella worked with the State of Min­nesota to cre­ate a funky, dynamic pro­gram to draw peo­ple and busi­nesses to our state. Her expe­ri­ence in print design also shines in work on var­i­ous DVD pack­ag­ing, posters and t-shirts. Addi­tion­ally, Angella is the co-creator of motionpoems.com, a site focused on com­bin­ing ani­ma­tion with poetry. As cura­tor of our HDMG Gallery, Angella has brought in exhibits rang­ing from pho­tog­ra­phy to clocks to crop art to Star Wars fig­ures. She once told Wyn­ton Marsalis she loved him.

 

Kyle Franke - Motion Designer

Kyle is pas­sion incar­nate. He makes things move, he makes them pretty, and he tells a story. Whether he is doing motion design or on set as a visual effects super­vi­sor or art direc­tor, Kyle knows how to cross that bar­rier from pro­duc­tion to post­pro­duc­tion to get the best results out of each shot. He throws him­self at things with every atom of his body, look­ing for new ways to solve prob­lems through visual effects and motion media. Then after all of that problem-solving and throw­ing him­self around, Kyle picks him­self up, hops on his bike and spends time pho­tograph­ing the Twin Cities in all its splendor.

 

Carly Zuck­weiler — Audio Design / Mix

Warn­ing: The liner notes for The Sting Orig­i­nal Motion Pic­ture Sound­track may cause an irre­sistible desire to become an audio engi­neer. Well, at least that’s what hap­pened to Carly before jour­ney­ing into the world of drugged-out hip­pies and whiny rock star divas that is the music record­ing indus­try. Carly’s quest to smote “that sound that is out of tune” con­tin­ues at HDMG as she steps closer and closer to aural nir­vana.  Record­ing mul­ti­ple lan­guages for the Regis Edu­ca­tion Net­work, mix­ing for numer­ous doc­u­men­taries, and music selec­tion, edit and mix for Best Buy projects, only begin to detail her skills. For sev­eral years, Carly has been record­ing, mix­ing and mas­ter­ing for Best Buy Radio, the music pro­gram fea­tured in all retail stores. When not doing the aural nir­vana thing, Carly engages all senses in the near­est lake on her sum­mer wake­board­ing excursions.

 

Marci Mey­ocks — Scheduling/General Questions

After work­ing for a num­ber of record­ing stu­dios, includ­ing Pais­ley Park as Stu­dio Oper­a­tions Man­ager, Marci decided to try out audio and video at HDMG. Her incred­i­ble atten­tion to detail and orga­ni­za­tion is vital in a world of absent-minded oper­a­tors, which is why we entrust with her our sched­ul­ing and tape library. Marci’s our com­pass, pad­dle and para­chute; with­out her we’d be lost, float­ing down­stream, and hurtling toward the ground at ter­mi­nal velocity.

 

Mona Cifaldi — Accounts

She may not look it, but Mona’s our dealer. There’s no back alley, and she lacks a gold tooth, but her Thin Mints are to die for. Yep, she’s our Girl Scout Cookie dealer, and it’s a great lever­age when we hear, “Send in your billing or no cook­ies for you!” Mona main­tains the inner work­ings of HDMG and keeps us in line with a smile. Her dream to be Carol Mer­rill in Let’s Make a Deal dashed to bits, Mona worked in the insur­ance indus­try before find­ing her way here. She’s a con­verted Cheese Head Packer fan, but she’s ok.

 

Tobias Miller — First Contact

When Tobias calls for “Elliot,” he’s not finely tun­ing his mono­logue from E.T. Rather you will likely hear the pitter-patter of lit­tle dog­gie feet, as Tobias’ Boston Ter­rier pal comes run­ning. Although Elliot is man’s best friend, Tobias will be your best friend as he facil­i­tates com­plex ship­ping arrange­ments for your project or orders that favorite dish of yours for lunch. Tobias is also the mas­ter­mind of our fancy espresso machine, which keeps us suit­ably buzzed through­out the work day and into the wee hours.