Nila Sagadevan

Radio & Television personality, Broadcast-caliber Interviewer on a smorgasbord of topics. Available year-round for assignments worldwide.

EXPERIENCE: • National TV commercials (SAG-AFTRA) - TraveLodge, NASDAQ, Sav-On • Training video - American Airlines • Reader- The American Braille Institute (Los Angeles, CA) • Spokesperson and Air Show Pilot for Int’l Red Cross centennial event (1987) • Produced and hosted The Open Mind, a syndicated radio program that discussed declassified government documents on unexplained aerial phenomena reported by US Air Force pilots and NASA astronauts (1993 - 1994) • Featured guest in a television documentary on extraterrestrial intelligence (1994) • Conducted numerous corporate training and motivation seminars for a variety of clients in several Western and Asian countries __________________ STUDIO Dedicated 250sq-ft Home Studio, Professionally treated by GiK Acoustics Voice Booth: WhisperRoom Power: Dedicated, noise-suppressed 20Amp electrical supply EQUIPMENT Microphones: Sennheiser MKH416, MKH50 Preamps: John Hardy Jensen Twin Servo, TC Electronic Gold Channel Compressor: Universal Audio 1176LN D/A Converter: Lavry 4496 Recorders: Tascam DA-3000, Tascam SS-CDR200 DAW: Steinberg MR816X/Cubase Finalizing: TC Electronic Finalizer 96K Mastering: Vestman Mastering, Orange County CA ___________________ WRITING SKILLS Published Author - Warpaint Of The Gods (Truepenny Press, 2003). • Distinguished recognition: Invited by the Humanities faculty of the University of London to speak at a United Nations conference in Prague • Winner (1st Prize), Drexel National Essay Competition - Melanin Won’t Melt - A reflection on racism in America (2002) • Wrote a singularly successful award-winning print advertising campaign for a California-based courier company that raised name recognition, increased market share, and boosted sales by over 300% in the campaign's first year (1988) [Writing samples: http://www.voiceandquill.com/writing.html] ____________________ EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL COURSES / TRAINING • Narration & Voice-overs – Tom Clay Voice Lab, Hollywood, CA (1990) • Broadcast Journalism – Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA (1992) • Professional TV & Radio Announcing – Media Training Center, Phoenix, AZ (1990) • Acting (Stage & Screen) – Dave Kagan Workshops, Burbank, CA (1992) • Public Speaking & Rhetoric – Dale Carnegie Institute, London, UK (1978) • Sales, Communications – Stephen Covey, J.M. Perry, et al – Seminars/Workshops • Motivation, Leadership – Edward DeBono, Jim Kouzes, et al - Seminars/Workshops • Negotiation – Chester Karrass, Alan Schoonmaker, et al - Seminars/Workshops • BSc Aeronautical Engineering – University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1972) • Commercial Pilot’s License – Air Services Training, Perth, Scotland (1972) • Graduate, Bob Bondurant School of Motor Racing, Sonoma, California (1978) ___________________ TRAVEL & ADVENTURE • Visited over forty countries; successfully conducted business in over a dozen • Drove (solo) from Tijuana, Mexico, to Fairbanks, Alaska (1973) • Upon first arriving in the US, hitchhiked (solo) from New York City to Los Angeles (1972)