More About Kathryn
Kathryn Velvel Jones is the founder and producer of Synchronis.tv. Together with her husband Guiesseppe, Synchronis.tv produced the first ever scripted web drama to stream live on the Internet in September of 2007. Utilizing 3 cameras, mixed in real time and streamed live, Synchronis.tv presented 10 consecutive episodes of the live web drama, 35, covered by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Mashable, featured in iTunes and numerous blogs.
Kathryn and Guiesseppe also conceived of, produced and hosted The Crabbo and Jabbo Show, a live internet talk show about technology and the arts.
In addition, Kathryn conceived of and produced, with her partner Charlie Oliver, the first ever live 8 hour Webathon, Women Respond to Palin, which received over 17,000 unique views over an 8 hour broadcast period despite a total production and marketing budget of $1000.
She was the producer, host and editor ifnotnow.net’s video podcast Question of the Week, has spoken at online video and social media conferences throughout the United States, and spent much of the past year as VP of Branded and Sponsored Entertainment at For Your Imagination.
Kathryn has produced theater both in the United States and at the Edinborough International Fringe Festival. She received her acting training at Northwestern University, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and The Shakespeare Lab at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. She has worked in theaters around the United states and has shot numerous shorts and independent films.
