Ricky Montalvo

Current

• Video Producer at Yahoo!

Past

• Geek & Digital Video Mogul at Blog001
• Freelance Video Prodcer, Editor, Director at DisposableFilm - Ricky Montalvo
• Consultant at VideoEgg Inc

• Tradeshow Marketing - Marketing Manager at Yahoo!
• Ad Operations Training Manager at Yahoo! Inc.

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Education

• BAVC
• Santa Barbara City College

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Connections

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Industry

Media Production

Ricky Montalvo’s Summary

Ricky has over 7 years in online media and is currently a video producer for Yahoo! Studios, based in San Francisco. Ricky is one of the few "one man shows" within the Yahoo! Studios group, where he shoots, edits and often produces content that runs throughout Yahoo!'s online network. Ricky had a prior career in online advertising and media operations but it was his passion for digital filmmaking that he liked the most. So in 2005 he quit his job and pursued digital video aggressively with his own personal projects.

Currently Ricky is working on Yahoo!'s first documentary on the "hack culture" and is also doing digital photography projects on his own.

Ricky Montalvo’s Specialties:

Online media consulting.
Video production, including directing, producing, camera and editing.

Multimedia journalism, photography

Ricky Montalvo’s Experience

• Video Producer

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  Currently working for Yahoo! Studios as a video producer, editor and director for online video content for business units such as Y! Developer Network. I'm also working on Yahoo!'s first short film documentary on hacker culture.

• Geek & Digital Video Mogul

  Blog001

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 9 months)

  One of the very early "influentials" of 2004, Ricky coined the term "technosexual" that became synonymous with geek chic. Ricky began his first blog as a place to catalog those things he saw where "fashioning technology" was important. His belief was that a gadget's looks was just as important as how it performed. Ricky began writing daily about things he liked, reviewing products, ideas, people or places that inspired him. Blog001.net is now his personal site where people Ricky shares his thoughts on wide range of topics from photography, gadgets, digital film and culture.

• Freelance Video Prodcer, Editor, Director

  DisposableFilm - Ricky Montalvo

  (Online Media industry)

  January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)

  Produced, directed and edited various online video content for brands in publishing, luxury, and online media.

• Consultant

  VideoEgg Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

  Working as an industry expert in online advertising operations, I was tasked with implementing a formal advertising operations workflow for VideoEgg's video operations.

• Tradeshow Marketing - Marketing Manager

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years )

• Ad Operations Training Manager

  Yahoo! Inc.

  (Public Company; Media Production industry)

  1998 — 2005 (7 years )

Ricky Montalvo’s Education

• BAVC

  Digitap Photography & Film 2007 — 2008

  Attended various courses in digital film & photography.

• Santa Barbara City College

  A.A. , Liberal Studies , 1989 — 1991

Additional Information

Ricky Montalvo’s Interests:

Video Production Digital photography Social Media & Web 2.0

Ricky Montalvo’s Honors:

Time Person of the Year 2006

Ricky Montalvo’s Contact Settings

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