About me
Brief History
My name is Alden Stidom, I am 21 years old, and I graduated in 2018 from Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelors Degree in Broadcasting and Electronic Media with a concentration in Film Techniques and a final GPA of 3.8+. I also have 2 Associates degrees I earned in 2016 from Jefferson Community and Technical College before I received my high school diploma from Bullitt East High School.
I currently work for a trucking company as an IT Technician and produce media on the side. I like to build fully custom computers, maintain a small server/cloud storage farm, and travel the world shooting b-roll and photos wherever I go.
I currently work for a trucking company as an IT Technician and produce media on the side. I like to build fully custom computers, maintain a small server/cloud storage farm, and travel the world shooting b-roll and photos wherever I go.
Educational Background
My High School Career was spent in a programs called BAMS (Bullitt Advanced Math and Science) in which I finished high school in 2 years (2014 I was finished but did not receive diploma until 2016 due to school system limits). I then moved on to JCTC (Jefferson Community and Technical College) where I graduated with an Associates in Arts and another Associates in Science (graduating in 2016 and receiving these before my diploma). From here I transferred to Eastern Kentucky University, where I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Broadcasting and Electronic Media with a concentration in Film Techniques and Technology. I graduated with a 3.8+ GPA and honors from my program as well as the university.
I am self taught in Information Technology and general computer engineering and consider myself highly skilled in the maintenance, customization, and utilization of computer parts and systems from a hardware perspective and adept in software related tasks including but not limited to consumer windows and mac operating systems and windows server/enterprise environments.
I am self taught in Information Technology and general computer engineering and consider myself highly skilled in the maintenance, customization, and utilization of computer parts and systems from a hardware perspective and adept in software related tasks including but not limited to consumer windows and mac operating systems and windows server/enterprise environments.
Current work
Currently I work out of Indiana for a Trucking Company in their IT department. We are have recently moved to cloud based systems and are working to migrate our entire environment to the cloud as well. I do intend to keep searching for a job in the film industry but for the foreseeable future it will take the back seat while I work with the company I am currently at.
Past work Experience
Through the years I have worked in a few different jobs. I have a few full years of full time IT work experience and I have worked summers for an online sales company as their IT technician in their temporary store and main/secondary production facilities. I was an RA (Resident Adviser) at EKU during my senior year and was a Lab and Technology Assistant while at EKU. I participated in a 6 month co-op with EKU Sports as a photographer/videographer during my senior year as well. I most recently worked for 6 months at a local movie theater as a supervisor in order to experience the "back end" of the movie distribution industry which I hope to be on the other side of someday.