Jim Jarvis

I'm fluent in German, capable in french, and have spent in excess of 100 weeks in Europe, managing EU business, in local language. That said, I prefer not to perform in either language, while in the US. It simply takes too long to get my ears tuned away from the local language, just as it takes an hour or two to tune-in to french or german, when in-country.

Have been doing voice work since high school, where I covered HS football. 7 years as drive time radio newsman and news director. Presently subbing as news anchor in NYC. Narrations include an Astronomy videodisk and Biology episodes for the education market, various industrial product training videos, radio commercials, and guided imagery in an arts-education, relaxation program. BS, MBA. Have run fortune 100 business elements in science and technology, global sales forces, and major global accounts including IBM and Intel, throughout Europe and Asia. In my early career, I did news and jazz shows, and produced hundreds of commercials. I was an award winning radio news director, running a 10 person department. I presently coach businesses on Effective Communications and Strategic Decision Making. I serve on the adjunct faculty at Rutgers Center for Management Development. Extensive recording, audio engineering and voice work, as well as radio news. Present equipt. includes Behringer, Shure and Heil mics, small mixer, multitrack recording and editing in Audacity, in a macbookPRO, and other computers. Have designed, specified, and installed three recording studios, and consulted on multiple broadcast facilities. Post-production editing available. Sales Training, Group Facilitation, Team Building, all centered on effective communications. I provide a warm, welcoming, authoritative sounding product in the news or training genre. I'm a subject matter expert in optical imaging devices, and RF communications, and have led seminars on imaging and spectroscopy in the US, Europe, and Asia. Can handle complex expressions in the physical and biological sciences with believable ease.