Editing since the mid 90s, he has worked on numerous corporate/industrial projects, regional and national commercials, music videos and supervising editor on a 35mm independent feature length films His work has been in festivals, on DVD and on television. Editing and instruction clients include all three major networks, Letterman, Conan O'Brien, ESPN, all four branches of the military and many Fortune 500 clients.

Teaching both nationally and internationally for Future Media Concepts, he specializes in post production, focusing on subject such as: Editing, High Definition, Standard Definition, DV, DVD Production, Workflow, Color Correction, Compression and Graphic Compositing.

Some of the solutions he's certified to teach include products from Apple, Avid, Adobe and Autodesk.

Jeff is a entertaining and energetic seminar instructor, speaking on average over fifty sessions a year at various shows. For the past four years he has taught and chaired technical Tracks at NAB's Post Production World, Post Production World New York, the Avid Government Training Symposium, and the Consumer Electronics Show. Additionally, he is the Program Manger for the Editor's Retreat, a yearly exotic getaway, focusing on editing (both aethetics and technology.)

Jeff does some technical writing, having contributed to a number of books and magazines. He has Tutorial DVDs on Avid, Marquee and Color, available from Vasst.com

Feel free to drop him a line with any questions to:JeffG@FMCtraining.com

Ben Kozuch is President and Co-Founder of Future Media Concepts, Inc. He formed the company in 1994 with the goal to create a top-notch training organization combining emerging technology and creativity. Since then, Future Media Concepts has grown to be the nation's premier digital media training organization for editors and graphic designers with branches in NY, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Miami and Orlando. FMC is also a leading producer of industry conferences like the NAB Post|Production World Conference, Avid World East, The NY DV Show, the LA DV Show and The Digital Media DC.

Prior to FMC, Ben Kozuch was President and Founder of MultiMedia Inc., a production company that specialized in producing video and audio training materials for universities and colleges.

Mr. Kozuch had served in the Israeli Air Force for seven years as fighter pilot and was discharged with honors at the rank of Captain.

Mr. Kozuch holds a BA in Engineering from Tel Aviv University, he is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and he holds an MBA in International Business from the European School of Management in Paris.

David Helfand started his editing career cutting promo reels, commercials, music videos and documentaries for a small production company in Los Angeles. His experience as an instructor for the early Montage tape-based non-linear editing system led him to further opportunities as an editor and assistant in episodic television. His first full-fledged editing break came on the acclaimed HBO series "Dream On," for which he earned one CableAce Award and three nominations during its five year run. His next editing job was on the comedy series "Friends,” which he also produced. In the intervening years, he has cut a variety of projects including independent films, children's programming and documentaries. In 1998 he received editing and writing Emmys for a news feature chronicling his father's return to Poland 50 years after leaving Auschwitz. Maintaining an interest in editing technology, he consulted in the development of the Montage digital-storage editor as well as the Lightworks "Heavyworks" multi-camera system. The majority of his projects have been comedy series, including "That 70s Show," for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2004, and more recently "Weeds," for which he was Emmy nominated in 2006 and 2007.

Sally Menke is an award-winning film editor and the long-time collaborator of director Quentin Tarantino. She began working with Tarantino on his first movie, Reservoir Dogs, in 1992 and the partnership has continued over eight more films – Pulp Fiction, which earned her Academy, BAFTA, and ACE award nominations, Four Rooms, Jackie Brown, KillBill Vol. 1, KillBill Vol 2, Death Proof/Grindhouse, and the upcoming Inglorious Bastards. A graduate of New York University Film School, she began her career editing documentaries for CBS Reports, PBS, Bill Moyers, and Ken Burns. She moved to Los Angeles to edit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, followed by Lily Tomlin’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Oliver Stone’s Heaven and Earth, Lee Tamahori’s Mullholland Falls, Ole Bornedal’s Nightwatch, and Billy Bob Thornton’s Daddy and Them and All the Pretty Horses. Sally lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Director Dean Parisot, and their two children.

Yossy Tessone has a BFA degree in Film & Television from Tel-Aviv University. He is an Apple certified instructor for Final Cut Pro, an Avid Certified Instructor, and an Adobe Certified Expert for Premiere. He is an Instructor at Future Media Concepts in NY.

A certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, Rich is a practiced expert in motion graphic design and digital video. His producing skills were also recognized by AV Multimedia Producer Magazine who named him as one of the Top Producers of 2004.

Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, and a popular speaker on the digital video circuit. He is also an instructor at the American University in Washington, D.C. As both an on-camera trainer, and a writer for major magazines such as DV, Photoshop User, and Layers, Rich is on the forefront of the digital video revolution.

Rich is an internationally published author. His book, Photoshop for Video, was the first of its kind to focus on Photoshop’s application in the world of video. He is also a contributing author for Final Cut Pro On the Spot, After Effects On the Spot, Broadcast Graphics On the Spot, After Effects at Work, and Understanding Adobe Photoshop.

A Masters Degree in Project Management fills out Rich’s broad spectrum of experience.

A specialist in high definition editiorial, David also acts as a Post Supervisor for daring new projects. In 2005, he designed and supervised the unique HD-to-FIlm workflow of "The Legend of Lucy Keyes", eventually sold to the Lifetime Movie Network and praised by Apple Computer for it's innovative use of it's post production tools.

David's credits include editing the first HD season of PBS' America's Test Kitchen, Cooks Country. He's produced and edited live concert video backgrounds for Elton John, Van Halen and Velvet Revolver. Currently he's putting the finishing touches on Juan Mandelbaum's HD feature film, The Dissapeared, a dramatic reliving of losing loved ones to the brutal dictatorship of the Argentine Junta.

Bob Donlon, Senior Marketing Manager for Adobe Digital Video and Audio, oversees all marketing activities for Adobe® Production Production Premium audio and video post-production software. Prior to joining Adobe, Donlon was a Contributing Editor for Studio Monthly Magazine. He also founded Bleecker Street Productions, a multimedia production company that handled motion design and editing projects for several broadcast, agency and corporate clients. During this time, he became very involved in DVD design and authoring, completing several feature films, TV series, and music videos.

Donlon has served as product evangelist at two companies: Media Mixer, an internet multimedia content creation software company, and Anystream, a spin-off from ICE (Integrated Computing Engines), a visual effects software/hardware company.

Earlier in his career, Donlon was Art Director of Smith Barney’s financial news TV channel, NextGen TV. It was at Smith Barney that he became an expert user of numerous graphics and editing systems, such as Adobe After Effects.

His musical career includes performing with his bands Dasher, Freedy Johnston (the opening act for Sheryl Crow’s U.S. tour), the Fifth Dimension, and Rake’s Progress, which released two albums on the Geffen Records label and toured the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Donlon attended the School of Performing Arts, New York City (the "Fame" school) as a Music Major. He received a BFA in Music Performance with a Minor in Graphic Design from the State University of New York at Purchase. His education includes Multimedia Design and Advanced Color Theory studies at the post-graduate level at the Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design.

Donlon is an accomplished speaker, having presented at numerous conferences including NAB, IBC, InterBEE, MILIA, and Streaming Media East.

Steve Bayes is the Product Manager of Final Cut Pro at Apple Computers. He is also a consultant, writer and instructor specializing in Apple products for video, film and HD. For 8 years he was the Principal Product Designer for other video editing technology. Steve specified the design of those products based on his years of editing, instructing and interviewing editors. He is the author of many books and has held the title of Senior Instructor for other educational services, teaching students and instructors in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Previously, Steve was Senior Editor at several production companies in Boston, Massachusetts and edited in the New England market for ten years.