Derrick Freeman

Derrick Freeman earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communication from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He started his career at WHIO TV as an Editor and Technical Director for the cable news operation. Derrick has 12 years of experience in video production, 10 years of videography experience and 9 years of experience as a non-linear editor. He has been compressing video for 8 years and has spent the last 7 years researching streaming media. Derrick was an instructor in the Design Department at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio for 5 years. He taught Computer Basics for Mac, Digital Video and a Interactive Digital Theory.

In addition, he managed the website for the City of Dayton Television Network's Video Streaming Channels for 4 years. Their streaming channels were featured in Sorenson Media's on-line video showcase at www.sorensonmedia.com. Currently, Derrick manages the Streaming and Compression Division where he provides training and consulting services for Video Streaming and Compression. He also manages the Video Streaming and Compression blog for GeniusDV. He has been a speaker for the WEVA Expo discussing video streaming and compression and has written product reviews and tutorials for "Studio Monthly" magazine. Derrick has been co-host for the DV Show on the topic of Streaming Media. He works with video compression and streaming tools such as: Episode, Sorenson Squeeze Compression Suite, Flip4Mac, Wirecast, QuickTime Pro, Dreamweaver, QuickTime Streaming Server, Wowza Server Pro, Windows Media Streaming Server, MPEG Streamclip, and Sawmill Professional. He is a Certified Sawmill Trainer. Derrick is also a beta tester for Sorenson Media and for Telestream's Flip4Mac compression tools.