Gordon Gurley
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650.725.0697
Director of Stanford Video

Gordon heads Stanford Video. As a true working manager, he also edits and produces programs, including the Stanford Executive Briefing series for the Graduate School of Business. Gordon received a BA in Television from SJSU, where he studied fine art and graphic design before settling into television and film. Gordon owns a successful audio recording studio and has over 18 years experience in the video industry.

Catherine O’Brien
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650.725.0687
Director of Business Development and Client Relations

Catherine has developed video programs for Stanford for the past eighteen years. As the former Director of Stanford Video she oversaw the studio’s move to the current location and the conversion to full high definition production. Catherine works with faculty to identify Stanford content and delivery platforms for video programs. Over the course of her career in video and television production she has worked extensively on both sides of the camera. She has received numerous awards for productions including Stockdale Triumphs: A Return to Vietnam, a program following Adm. James Stockdale back to Wah Lo prison in Hanoi. As director of her own video production company in New Hampshire she was honored with the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for a documentary on the first amendment. She created the "Stanford Video" series of business and health programs that are distributed internationally and produced the PBS program, Forgive for Good with Dr. Fred Luskin.


Ryan Roberts
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650.725.4872
Director of Operations

Ryan supervises all phases of Stanford Video’s production and post-production, schedules and supervises production crew and oversees all equipment. Additionally, when Stanford faculty and fellows comment on the news, chances are they are speaking from our on-campus studio with Ryan coordinating the feed. Ryan manages all the network satellite and fiber optic radio and television feeds for clients including CBS, CNN, BBC, NBC, and many others around the country. Serving Stanford for over a decade, Ryan also runs camera and audio for studio and field productions as well as setting the lighting and editing the final program.

Karen Sutton
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650.723.8452
Executive Producer/Director

Karen produces and directs a variety of programs including documentaries, PBS television series and live interactive webcasts. She also directs and produces keynote speaker engagements and live special events for high-level state, national, and international visitors including the Dali Lama, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bill Gates. Karen manages the award winning series Uncommon Knowledge and the Stanford Roundtable, both of which have been distributed to over 100 PBS affiliates nationwide and recipient of multiple Telly Awards. As part of the department upgrade, Karen was responsible for spearheading the relocation and redeployment of Stanford University’s multi-camera production studio and editing facilities. Additionally, she supervised all visual, technical and integration aspects to design a hybrid facility accommodating analog and digital capabilities for Stanford Video. Karen began her career in sales and marketing and has spent the last 15 years in the video industry from traditional broadcast production to software based new media systems. She holds a BA in Broadcast Communications from State University College at Buffalo, NY.

 

Cameron Bill
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650.736.8047
Post-Production Supervisor

As Post-Production Supervisor, Cameron supervises various productions and handles all of the encodings, captures, and conversions for all of the various digital formats Stanford Video offers. Need a video converted for iTunes or onto a DVD? Cameron will handle it. And in keeping with Stanford Video tradition, he also shoots, produces, and edits. After graduating from Northwestern University's Radio/TV/Film program, Cameron has worked on features, television shows, and documentaries from Tinsel-town to Timbuktu... literally.

 

Don Davis
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650.725.3013
TV/IT Engineer

Born, raised, and educated in the Bay Area, Don now plies his skills as Stanford Video’s TV/IT Engineer.  After graduating with a degree in Broadcasting from San Francisco State University, he worked several tours of duty around San Francisco's television market including KRON, KTVU, and KQED and transitioned into IT as a Systems Administrator for TechTV.  Settling in at Stanford, Don takes care of matters both Engineering and IT.

 

Rob Huffman
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650.723.4251
Administrative & Production Associate
Audio/Video Specialist

When you arrive at Stanford Video, Rob will be the one to greet you. Being front and center in the organization, he handles administrative and office management duties such as billing and procurement. Additionally, he engineers live television and radio feeds (e.g., CNN, NPR), one-camera shoots in the studio, field audio recordings (namely lectures), voice-over recordings, podcasts and video teleconferences. Rob holds an MA in English and a BA in Film. Before coming to Stanford Video, he worked in the publishing field as well as for the Scottish government. He is also a DJ at KZSU, Stanford.

Tim Neff
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650.724.0862
Producer | Editor

You can find Tim producing, editing, shooting or creating motion graphics on any given day. Tim has worked on a variety of productions from live televised events, corporate videos, sports, documentaries and broadcast television. His clients include Microsoft, Chevron, Seattle's Best Coffee, HBO, Miramax, A&E, Discovery Channel, History Channel, HGTV, and Fine Living Networks.

 

 

In addition to a dedicated staff, Stanford Video contracts with a proven pool of talented free-lance television professionals.