Michel Polizzi
4 rue Lauriston
91350 Grigny
France
Cell: (33) 6 70 03 15 85
email: mpol1@free.fr
Bilingual French/English (US)
Dual citizenship France & United States.
Professional experience

Recent clients include/have included Tanit Forma, CERAN/Terres Neuves, FITEC/Mon Tuteur,  Solution Cours, ORT, Transaxion, Exeline, J3S Formations, Lomedis, Cap Formation, Transfer,… and through them:  Meetic, l’Oréal, Plastic Omnium, Emeraude, SFR, Orange, Eurosport, Mitsubishi, Laboratoire Centrale de la Préfecture de Police, Cognizant, Brita-France, Société Générale, Altizem,  …and many private students.

AUDIO VISUAL TECHNICIAN-OPERATIONS MANAGER in hotels and conference centers.
Manager of audio visual services at Sofitel/Pullman Paris la Défense.                              2005-2010         
Manager and technician (freelance) at CNIT, Palais des Congrès…                                   1994-2005
Manager of Audio-visual services at Novotel Paris-Tour Eiffel.                                           2002-2003
Audio-visual technician in Philadelphia, « Bauer Audio Visual », « Projection, Inc. » : Audio, video, projections,....
Conventions and seminars (business and medical, mostly) in conference/convention centers and luxury hotels **** and ***** in Philadelphia : The Rittenhouse Hotel, Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Franklyn Plaza, Bellevue Stratford, Adam’s Marke, Sheraton Society Hill,….                                                1980-1994           


· INTERNET / COMPUTERS
Online since January 1996
1. -Training courses at IESA in Paris, France.
Web site design and production. HTML, JavaScript, Dreamweaver,…

April-May 1998.

2. -Photoshop training course (100 hours) at CFDAA in Paris, France

June-July 1999.

3. Webmaster course (300 hours) at l’Ecole Multimédia in Paris, France
4. Microsoft Office

June-July
2000-2013

· RADIO: Producer, programmer, and announcer/host.
 1. RADIO LIBERTAIRE, Paris
 Weekly musical program, “Le Mélange”                                                                                               Ongoing


2. DIVERGENCE-FM, Montpellier.
Weekly musical program, "Divergent Mix", produced in Philadelphia the first year, then in Paris.

1993-2003

3. WXPN-FM, Philadelphia.
-Musical programs: Pop/rock, Classical, Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Hip-hop, Interviews,…
-Classical programming coordinator -Volunteer staff coordinator
-On-air staff training coordinator

1978-1994

 

4. RADIO JEDNA, Prague.
Weekly musical program of American underground music, "Radio One In New York", produced at WNYU-FM, New York, and WXPN-FM, Philadelphia.

 

1991-1993

5. BBC INFOS, London.
US correspondent of "Pêle Mêle", a musical program produced in London by French journalist Lydie Barbarian, and broadcast in France over 30 or so stations.

1993

6. FRANCE INTER, Paris. Bernard Lenoir.
-Live phone chronicles from Philadelphia of the opening concerts of the Rolling Stones’ US tours of 1981 and 1989.
-Live bilingual interview, from the ‘France Inter’ Paris studios, of Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist, on the twentieth anniversary of Jimi's death on September 20th 1990.

1981-1990

 

7. RADIO BRETAGNE OUEST, Quimper.
Pulsions, with Thierry Lomel.
-Live phone chronicles from Philadelphia of the Jacksons' 1984 US tour, Madonna's 1985 US tour, and Prince's 1986 US tour.

1984-1986

· MUSIC JOURNALIST / PRINT MEDIA


1. CARBON 14, Philadelphia.
US publication published four times a year and distributed internationally.
-Chronicles of European musical and cultural events, record and concert reviews.
-Photography.

1994-2002

2. LUMPEN, Chicago.
-Long article on French Hip hop.

1998

3. FLUX, Vancouver.
-Published one of my photographs.

1998

4. MAGNET & PHILLY ROCK GUIDE, Philadelphia.
Twin publications out of Philadelphia, the one national, the other regional.
-Concert and record reviews and interviews.

1992-1994

5. PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, Philadelphia.
Weekly regional paper.
-Record reviews and compilation of US and international radio and club playlists.

1992-1993

· VARIOUS
QUASAR LIGHTSHOW.
-60's style psychedelic light show, with Red Noise / Patrick Vian, Hot Tuna, Sun Ra, Daevid Allen's Gong, Jorma Kaukonen, Blue Cheer, John Cippolina, Kingfish, Bob Weir & Joe McDonald, Iron Butterfly & Chambers Brothers... , at the Orpheum/Aquarius Theatre (Boston), the Spectrum (Philadelphia), The Saint/Fillmore East (NY), The Ritz (NY), Capital Theatre (Passaic, NJ), Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, NY),...

 

PHOTOGRAPHER.
-Published in Carbon 14 (Phila.), Flux (Vancouver).
-Exhibits in Philadelphia, Montpellier (France).
-Tushita Verlag, Duisburg, Germany, published a postcard.

 

TRIPS TO INDIA.
Eight trips to India at different times of the year and all over the sub-continent