JEFF DUGAN

OVERVIEW

~ Creative producer with over 15 years experience
~ Brings visionary concepts to communication
~ Manages budgets for maximum impact

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

~ Concept development toward successful communication
~ Staff training, motivation and team building
~ Extensive location production skills in all phases of TV production

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

~ Created original series "Narrow Escapes," Discovery Channel's million dollar prime-time foray into real escape footage. Sensitive to critical scrutiny, the network's brand image was on the line. The series needed to keep the drama in these real rescues without seeming exploitative. We featured the science behind the rescues while keeping the drama intact. Oprah Winfrey, one of the nation's foremost opinion leaders, praised the series as quality television, dedicating an entire episode of her program to "Narrow Escapes."

~ Pioneered Discovery Communication's internal original production unit. Created the company's first self-produced program with the 2002 two-hour special "Best Place To Watch A Volcano" for The Travel Channel. Saved the company over $40,000 and set the precedent to save millions by replicating the model.

~ Redefined management of all Discovery Channel reversioning. Identified problems with programming, put together teams to accomplish the changes, set the budgets, tracked progress, obtained approvals and got formerly troubled programs successfully on the air.

~ Wrote and produced original script for Travel Channel's "Best Place To Brave The Wild Sea." The program set a Nielson ratings record for the network that stood for over two years.

~ Represented TLC in Amsterdam as Executive Producer for the aviation series "SkyBound." Reworked the series for an American audience, brought the series back under budget and managed the workload so the Dutch production company could complete an on-time delivery.

~ Rewrote the script and produced the narration for TLC's breakthrough series "Survival In The Sky," helping the network garner it's highest rated prime-time series to date.

~ Recipient of Wildscreen Panda Award as Supervising Producer for Discovery Channel's "Polar Bear: Shadows On The Ice." Referred to as 'The Green Oscars,' Wildscreen's Panda Awards are recognized worldwide as the highest accolade in natural history programming.

~ Developed, wrote and produced a comprehensive video training program seen by all incoming employees to The White House when The National Security Agency needed a way to communicate new security concerns to While House staffers.

~ Principle videographer on Episode One of Emmy winning "What If I'm Pregnant?" series.
 

WORK HISTORY

1995 - 2004 Senior Supervising Producer; Manager, Discovery Channel Reversioning
Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, MD

1987 - 1995 Senior Producer, TSSI Security Clearance
National Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD

1984 - 1987 Freelance Producer and Videographer
Clients included PBS, ABC, HBO Sports, CBS Evening News

EDUCATION

B.S. Mass Communications
Towson University, Towson, MD