Rance Costa

Experience

• Principal1998-Present

  Razor Business Productions Inc.

  Internet and new media services including contracts for web design, internet video production, field production, master of ceremonies, talent work on camera and on radio. Latest projects include content management services for VC funded Youtube Premier Partner channels DanceOn and StyleHaul.

• Sales and Support Engineer2007-Present

  ArcoStream LLC

  Consulting new clients in the best practices for integrating their web applications with CDN clouds and various web APIs to achieve lower operation costs.

• Photographer2009-2011

  FitOrbit

  Freelance photographer illustrating various exercise and yoga tutorials by top fitness trainers and presented to subscribers via the FitOrbit website.

• Content Director2007-2009

  WebRidesTV LLC

  Direct an 8-man street team to mine auto industry news that is breaking yet not widely covered by other outlets. Capture data for in-house produced video, design advertising schemes on the main property, and find ways to lower costs by optimizing file size of various multimedia items served from a CDN.

• Segment Producer / Live Director / CoHost2006-2007

  Global Gaming League

  Original live director of the daily 2-hour video game vodcast titled, "Epileptic Gaming." Technical Director, Audio Technician, Camera Op, Host, Editor and Writer on over 300 hours of video content served on multiple properties under the GGL brand. Produced live internet video streams from 8 US states and four distant countries spanning 3 continents utilizing bleeding edge unproven technology.

• Caster, Host2004-2006

  Inside the Game

  One of the original gaming related Shoutcast Radio stations in the world. DJ personality, host, live audio technician at events, and much more as the property was purchased by the Global Gaming League in 2006.

• ShoutCaster, Host 2002-2003

  Gaming Broadcast Company

  On Air host, on location audio technician for one of the first gaming broadcast companies. Utilized Shoutcast technology to bring radio broadcasts of computer LAN gaming tournaments available to the general public via the internet.

• Webmaster2000-2002

  Winter Guard International

  Designed, maintained, updated and created the website utilizing bleeding edge web technology. Implemented the first ever live time score update system via the website, bringing in over 250,000 hits per day to the WGI website during the annual championships week. Circulated administrative data for all 13 regions of the WGI footprint with no precedent set for how to achieve it. First ever integration with the percussion championships online alongside the color guard coverage. First sanctioned public forum for community discussion was implemented in 2001. It was well ahead of it's time and removed by the corporate board after only 6 months in production. The community grew incredibly large on public newsgroups and other non-official forums.

Causes

• Crossmen World Class Drum Corps2011-Present

  San Antonio, TX

  In addition to the summer brass staff duties, I am providing new media consultation to the organization. I created their YouTube presence and am consulting them on best practices, integration, and of course content creation.

• Dubuque Colts Drum and Bugle Corps2006-2010

  Dubuque, IA

  Instruct college age musicians in brass pedagogy during a 30-stop full US tour during the summer.

• Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps2004-2005

  Casper, WY

  Instruct college age musicians in brass pedagogy during a 30-stop full US tour during the summer.

Education

• University of Northern ColoradoClass of 2003

  Greeley, CO

  Studied Music Education and Computer Information Systems. Participated in club rugby as well as the Pride of the Rockies Marching Band.

• Northglenn High SchoolClass of 1997

  Northglenn, CO

  Participated in many clubs including Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band and Theater.