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I am an innovative and award-winning Photo Editor, Photographer, and Visual Communications Specialist with extensive experience across editorial, corporate, portrait, food, commercial, schools, sports, and NGO work. My career has taken me across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, delivering creative and impactful imagery while leading teams and managing complex productions. Beyond imaging, I have led operations, logistics, and management for teams across multiple regions, building scalable processes and teams, and I’ve collaborated with public health officials, educators, corporate partners, and NGO stakeholders. I am a native English speaker with basic Russian and Mandarin, and I thrive in multicultural environments requiring clear communication and creative problem solving.…I am an innovative and award-winning Photo Editor, Photographer, and Visual Communications Specialist with extensive experience across editorial, corporate, portrait, food, commercial, schools, sports, and NGO work. My career has taken me across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, delivering creative and impactful imagery while leading teams and managing complex productions. Beyond imaging, I have led operations, logistics, and management for teams across multiple regions, building scalable processes and teams, and I’ve collaborated with public health officials, educators, corporate partners, and NGO stakeholders. I am a native English speaker with basic Russian and Mandarin, and I thrive in multicultural environments requiring clear communication and creative problem solving.

David G. McIntyre

Photographer, Director of Photography, Video Editor, +1

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I am an innovative and award-winning Photo Editor, Photographer, and Visual Communications Specialist with extensive experience across editorial, corporate, portrait, food, commercial, schools, sports, and NGO work. My career has taken me across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, delivering creative and impactful imagery while leading teams and managing complex productions. Beyond imaging, I have led operations, logistics, and management for teams across multiple regions, building scalable processes and teams, and I’ve collaborated with public health officials, educators, corporate partners, and NGO stakeholders. I am a native English speaker with basic Russian and Mandarin, and I thrive in multicultural environments requiring clear communication and creative problem solving.…I am an innovative and award-winning Photo Editor, Photographer, and Visual Communications Specialist with extensive experience across editorial, corporate, portrait, food, commercial, schools, sports, and NGO work. My career has taken me across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, delivering creative and impactful imagery while leading teams and managing complex productions. Beyond imaging, I have led operations, logistics, and management for teams across multiple regions, building scalable processes and teams, and I’ve collaborated with public health officials, educators, corporate partners, and NGO stakeholders. I am a native English speaker with basic Russian and Mandarin, and I thrive in multicultural environments requiring clear communication and creative problem solving.

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I am an innovative and award-winning Photo Editor, Photographer, and Visual Communications Specialist with extensive experience across editorial, corporate, portrait, food, commercial, schools, sports, and NGO work. My career has taken me across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, delivering creative and impactful imagery while leading teams and managing complex productions.

Beyond imaging, I have led operations, logistics, and management for teams across multiple regions, building scalable processes and teams, and I’ve collaborated with public health officials, educators, corporate partners, and NGO stakeholders. I am a native English speaker with basic Russian and Mandarin, and I thrive in multicultural environments requiring clear communication and creative problem solving.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Russian

Beginner

Chinese

Beginner

Work Experience

Photo Editor at Ripples Foundation USA

October 1, 2022 - Present

Ripples USA equips and empowers African women and youth with the tools, training, and resources needed for them to take control of their future, better support their families, and strengthen their communities.

Commercial Photographer at OCUS

January 1, 2020 - Present

Food and real estate/architectural photography and production for agency clients specializing in mobile app food ordering & delivery, and commercial residential properties. Primary coverage area in the San Francisco Bay Area and California Central Valley.

Photo Editor, Photographer & Multimedia Producer at Asia Business Council

January 1, 2011 - Present

The Asia Business Council is the first pan-Asian CEO organization whose primary goal is to understand and work toward the continued economic growth and competitiveness of Asia as a region.

Photographer at Genesis Photo Agency

January 1, 2005 - Present

Providing coverage of news, corporate, and sports assignments for agency clients. Edit, tone, caption, and upload photographs for news publications. Assignments have included coverage of 8 Olympic Games for agency clients.

Photo Editor & Photographer at DGM Photography

January 1, 1995 - Present

Photography and video services specializing in corporate, editorial, product, food, marketing, portraits, aviation, NGO, and sports. Plan, organize, and maintain teams for conferences and large events.

Photographer at ZUMA Press

January 1, 2012 - Present

Providing coverage of news, corporate, and sports assignments for agency clients. Edit, tone, caption, and upload photographs for news publications.

Regional Director of Operations at Team Life, Inc.

September 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022

Operational oversight of project management for covid testing and telehealth in schools and community testing sites for the Western United States. Hired and managed multiple regional teams of full-time employees and contract workers across the region. Averaged 50,000+ Telehealth appointments monthly. Created and implemented on-site coordinator positions to handle customer service across the company. Collaborated with Public Health Officials, Community Leaders, School/University Administrators, Families, and Clients. Was responsible for over $22 million in revenue across the region. Devised, deployed, and monitored processes to boost long-term business success. Secured and negotiated new payer contracts.

Bureau Chief & Photographer at Black Star

January 1, 1995 - January 1, 2020

Provided photography coverage of corporate, news, and sports assignments for agency clients. Coverage of the Asia-Pacific region, with emphasis on Greater China. Established and oversaw agency bureau in Beijing, China, from 2003-2010. Planned and prepared for all on-location and studio shoots with appropriate props, backgrounds, and lighting.

Chief Operating Officer at School Photo Asia

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2018

School portraits provider, which provided students and families with annual school portrait photos. Initiated new and innovative concepts to the traditional style class photos, along with a modern ordering and delivery system. Drove implementation of business plan and achieved growth with operations in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Singapore, Cambodia, and Bahrain. Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends. Stayed current with market trends to determine optimal pricing of goods and services and to capitalize on emerging opportunities.

Visual Communications Specialist (Photo-editor & Photographer) at Cathay Pacific

January 1, 1995 - January 1, 2012

Oversaw photography and video of company news and corporate related events and employees for Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair Airways. Worked with the Corporate Communications Department and other stakeholders in the airlines’ global network. Initiated and managed preservation of company photo and video archives. Involved in production of monthly internal newspaper, daily company news and social media needs.

Photographer at EPA Images

January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2008

Coverage of news, business, sports, features, and stories in Greater China for global wire service.

Photographer at Asiaweek Magazine

January 1, 1995 - January 1, 2002

Photographer for a regional weekly news magazine.

Staff Photographer at The Phoenix Gazette and Arizona Republic

January 1, 1990 - December 1, 1994

Staff photographer.