My name is Greg O’Hara. I am a Digital Video Pro with A-to-Z video expertise. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, I have lived in Switzerland since the last century (1999). Following a varied career in the Finance and Telecoms businesses, as Analyst Programmer / Project Manager, I finally achieved my goal to cross-train to the Digital Video area around 12 years ago. I have been a Multimedia Content Producer since then.
Experienced in all aspects of the film-making and photography processes, I have worked a lot in post-production recently. Along with the Apple Final Cut Pro X package which includes Motion and Compressor, I also use Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop). Technically savvy, I can quickly find solutions for all kinds of editing challenges.
I am an Apple Certified Professional for Final Cut Pro 10.4.
Career to date
1988 – 1999 Financial services in Ireland and the Isle of Man, working as trainee actuary, analyst-programmer, team lead of Sales & Marketing systems.
1999 – 2007 Sunrise, Zurich. Mobile telecommunications software engineer and project manager working on provisioning of services on the GSM network.
2008 – 2009 World Television, Glattbrugg, Switzerland. First role in A/V industry as webcast manager.
2009 – 2019 MediaRent AG. Multimedia producer plus event photographer for main client Credit Suisse, producing a diverse range of content from event highlights to tutorial videos, interviews, animations, etc.
2020 – Present Freelance Multimedia producer plus photographer (especially in the 3D / Virtual Tours area). See: Tour3D.ch
I take a lot of photos not just professionally but for fun too. And as for equipment, I have become a FujiFilm X freak in recent years. I recently successfully completed the very extensive Professional Photography Course through the New York Institute of Photography.
In my free time I am crazy about all things cycling. If more people rode bicycles, we could go a whole way towards improving the quality of life on this planet. It doesn’t matter if it’s just with your legs and lungs or indeed with a little electric assistance. A bike is a bike. I am very excited about the innovations in the biking industry and encourage everyone to take up this activity in any of its many forms. At present I go out fairly often on my road bike, but also ride on gravel or with the mountain bike.
Check out and follow my cycling alter ego:
http://www.instagram.com/bike_influencer
Bike Influencer website.