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Mr. John Risk, CSG's President,
serves as project administrator and personally supervises all phases of
the work performed. Mr. John Risk is the founder and President of
Communications Support Group, Incorporated. Mr. Risk is a graduate of the
University of Michigan and a long time member of the National Association
of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). He has dedicated
innumerable types of service to NATOA over the past 20 years, which
include five-years as a Board member. He is also a member of the Alliance
for Community Media (formerly National Federation of Local Cable
Programmers or NFLCP).
Since 1979, Mr. Risk has held a variety of private and public sector management positions involving cable television franchise administration, policy, programming, production and technology. Mr. Risk has performed compliance audits, franchise fee audits and utility user tax audits for numerous California franchising authorities. Additionally, Mr. Risk has held jobs within the cable industry with Falcon Cable and Group W Cable and has been employed full time by the City of Santa Ana as their cable administrator. Mr. Risk has also consulted with the Counties of Alameda, Mendocino, Monterey, Orange, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz, and has worked as an “on-site” contract cable television consultant to the City of Beverly Hills, City of Santa Ana, City of Irvine, and the County of San Bernardino. Mr. Risk's broad range of experience and expertise strengthens CSG's ability to respond to the ever-changing needs of municipalities and public agencies. Mr. Risk has worked with a number of school districts and recognizes the importance of telecommunications and Internet access in the classroom. Mr. Risk has been nationally recognized for his contributions in the field of cable television franchise administration and municipal cable programming. His work has earned him and his City Governments the following honors: 6 "ACE" awards; 6 "Hometown" awards; 8 NATOA awards; finalist honors in the League of California Cities' "Helen Putnam" award; and finalist honors in the Los Angeles Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' "Emmy" competitions. In his capacity as contract Cable Television Manager for the cities of Beverly Hills and Santa Ana, Mr. Risk's compliance, auditing and programming concepts have served as models for other communities seeking to create cable television offices. |
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Ms. Anne Risk is CSG’s
Vice-President and General Counsel. She handles business and policy
strategy, research and drafting. Ms. Risk has a substantial and varied legal background with over
ten years experience in both non-profit law, and as owner of her own law
practice. She received her J.D. from Golden Gate
University School of Law and was admitted to the California Bar in 1985.
She has extensive experience with statutory and administrative analysis
and has supported numerous CSG audits and franchise
negotiations. |
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CSG Associates |
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| Mr. Darren Doerschel is an
experience video engineer. He is currently employed at the City of Santa
Monica, but also free-lances in integration and system design projects
throughout southern California. Mr. Doerschel has performed
multimedia/video/audio projects for Cerritos, Long Beach, Culver City and
Walnut. He is well studied in digital playback and automation systems and
non-linear editing, and system integration. Mr. Doerschel and Mr. Risk are
currently performing significant research related to cable television
production and programming in a digital media center environment for the
cities of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Stanton, and Westminster. |
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| Mr. Bill Kohutanycz is a nationally
recognized cable television and communications engineer with broad
practical as well as comprehensive theoretical experience. Holding his
degree in Radio Communications, Mr. Kohutanycz serves as the Operations
Division Head of the Naval Media Center in Washington D.C. He has served
in a variety of technical management and field technical roles in the
fields of cable television, broadband communications, telephony, and radio
communications. He is a member of the National Association of
Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. In 1989, Mr. Kohutanycz served
on NATOA's national Technology and Applications Committee and assisted in
the negotiation of proposed national technical standards with the National
Cable Television Association and the Community Antenna Television
Association. Mr. Kohutanycz's expertise includes all phases of technical
operations including satellite, microwave, local origination, headend and
system construction and maintenance, franchise compliance, telephony,
audio design, digital design, and radio communications. |
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| Mr. Bill Morgan is Diehl, Evans’ cable
television consultant and lead CPA. Mr. Morgan has been with Diehl, Evans
& Company, LLP, since 1972 with extensive experience in accounting,
auditing, consulting, financial reporting, taxation and cable television
issues related to California governmental agencies. Diehl, Evans &
Company, LLP, has extensive experience in governmental accounting,
auditing and consulting. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of the University of
Southern California and is an associate member of the Southern California
and Nevada Chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications
Officers and Advisors (SCAN/NATOA). Mr. Morgan has partnered with CSG on a
number of engagements related to franchise fee auditing. |
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| Greg Robinson, Ph.D. is the Director of the Social Science Research Center (SSRC). Dr. Robinson's expertise includes applied research and evaluation design, survey research methods, and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis. He has successfully conducted over fifty applied research and evaluation projects with foci in education, health care, and criminal justice. Prior to joining the SSRC, Dr. Robinson was a Research Associate at the Public Policy Research Institute at UC Irvine. He holds a Ph.D. in social ecology from the University of California at Irvine and an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. | |
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