comedian, nerd
Greater Nashville Area
- Current
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- Founding Father at ComedyNews.Org
- Executive Producer at NashvilleStandUp.com
- stand-up comedian (Self-employed)
- Freelance Web Developer / Graphic Artist / Video Editor-Producer at Aquent
- freelance creative & technical genius at chad.riden.org (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Freelance Web Developer at Tyler Creative
- Software Developer at Vanderbilt University
- Webmaster, Graphic Artist, Production Assistant at Gray Television, Inc.
- Commercial Producer, Editor, Videographer at ACME Television, LLC
- Production Assistant at Phipps Broadcasting
- Education
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- University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- Hiwassee College
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Chad Riden’s Summary
I work full time as a stand-up comedian and do freelance video production, web design / development and programming jobs as my schedule permits. If you have some work you need done, feel free to contact me.
* Overview:
o Web Development: Hard-coding HTML since 1995, solid PHP/MySQL, XHTML, JavaScript, & CSS experience.
o Multimedia Production: Over 14 years professional experience producing & editing broadcast video, graphics, and audio.
o Graphic Design: Expert-level Photoshop proficiency. Used daily since 1995. Member, National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Chad Riden’s Specialties:
video production and editing, web development, photoshop, live entertainment
Chad Riden’s Experience
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Founding Father
ComedyNews.Org
(Online Media industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
CN.O is a socially-powered comedy news site featuring interviews, reviews and news stories from around the world. It's not "funny things found on the internet," it's like digg for comedy news from the back of the room.
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Executive Producer
NashvilleStandUp.com
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
September 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)
Produce / book live shows. Produce / host, “NashvilleStandUp Radio Show.” Produce / edit dvd’s & cd’s of live shows. Provide Web Development & Hosting services. Serve as media liason and public relations director. Coordinate fund raising and charity events.
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stand-up comedian
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Performing Arts industry)
November 2000 — Present (9 years 1 month)
When he goes on stage, Chad Riden takes the crowd's energy and simmers it, adding a variety of herbs, sauces and slander.. bringing it to a boil and scorching everybody in the house with his blistering hot funny.
"One of Nashville's staunchest promoters of comedy, Riden is also a pretty funny guy in his own right. His aggressive, angry-young-man stance of a few years ago has been leavened somewhat, since Riden more recently entered the world of marriage and fatherhood. His observations on the domestic sphere teeter amiably on the edge, but when he wants to, Riden can still zing pop culture, the media and American life in general with incisive wit." - Martin Brady, Nashville Scene -
Freelance Web Developer / Graphic Artist / Video Editor-Producer
Aquent
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Design industry)
June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)
Freelance Web Designer / Developer, Graphic Artist, Video Editor-Producer
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freelance creative & technical genius
chad.riden.org (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1975 — Present (34 years 8 months)
I frequently do freelance video production, web design / development and programming jobs.
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Freelance Web Developer
Tyler Creative
(Media Production industry)
February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)
Built sites from the ground up using the Joomla! CMS. Coded xhtml / css based templates; built customized modules in php; integrated Joomla! with other systems and apps. Enjoyed free pizza every Thursday from Pizzereal in East Nashville.
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Software Developer
Vanderbilt University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2001 — July 2007 (5 years 10 months)
Software Developer. Create and maintain all ITS websites and develop new web applications using php/MySQL, XHTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
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Webmaster, Graphic Artist, Production Assistant
Gray Television, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GTN; Broadcast Media industry)
October 1996 — June 2000 (3 years 9 months)
Graphic Artist, Chyron Operator, Webmaster. Created all on-air graphics and ran Chyron Character Generator for 5 newscasts a day, plus various commercials and promotions. Coded and updated all content for the station website daily. Supervised and delegated work to others.
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Commercial Producer, Editor, Videographer
ACME Television, LLC
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ACME; Broadcast Media industry)
December 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Produced commercials and promotional spots for broadcast. Contacted clients, wrote scripts, set up shoots, shot the video, outsourced voice overs, created graphics, and edited the final spots.
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Production Assistant
Phipps Broadcasting
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
February 1996 — October 1996 (9 months)
Started out as a TelePrompTer operator, and quickly learned every job in the Production Department moving from camera to floor director, to audio, to graphics.
Chad Riden’s Education
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University of Tennessee-Knoxville
1995 — 1998
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Hiwassee College
AA , Liberal Arts , 1993 — 1995
Additional Information
Chad Riden’s Websites:
Chad Riden’s Interests:
Comedy, free drinks, all-you-can-eat buffets, vinyl, cheese, the Nerdly Arts, Groo, MAD Magazine, Cadillacs, Jeeps, Apple computers, salted roasted peanuts in the shell, homebrewing beer, homebrewing biodiesel, the Ultima games, Iceberg Slim books.
Chad Riden’s Groups:
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The University of Tennessee Alumni Group -
Aquent Alumni
Chad Riden’s Honors:
Commonly known as "America's Favorite Comedian Of All Time."
Chad Riden’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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