Videoguys.com is family owned and operated and has proudly served videographers and producers like you for the past 25 years.
Phil and Amy
Phil and Amy started "The Electronic Mailbox" as a husband and wife team out of their home garage just minutes away from where the Videoguys corporate offices live today.
Phil's background in consumer electronics is enormous. A ham radio operator since his teens, you could find him in his hamshack for hours at a clip building, and modifying his gear. He also was a semi-professional audio engineer, rigging and micing the local theatre groups and organizations around town. If you have an audio question, Phil is your guy!!
Phil has been shooting video for almost 30 years, going from the original 2 piece systems that were bulky and awkward, and progressing through all the subsequent formats right up to the latest Hi Def gear. He has a tremendous amount of hands on experience which he is more than happy to share.
Phil and Amy's three grown sons, Gary, Richard, and Dan, have taken over the brunt of the company's operations, but they remain active in many phases of the business.
Gary
You may already know Gary as "The Videoguy." Those of you on the DV Info Net, Avid Community, Matrox RT.X2, Liquid, Creative Cow, and many other industry forums and email lists are probably familiar with his postings. He tries to be informative and honest, while promoting the company and products. It is not an easy line to walk, and he may occasionally cross it. Thank you all for your tolerance and support.
Gary has been interested in consumer electronics and video his entire life. He took television production classes in high school. While attending SUNY Albany he worked part time in a video store renting movies and selling Betamax's. His first real job after college was with Philips CE in Knoxville TN, where he worked as a financial analyst for Magnavox TV Product planning.
He refers to the Videoguys.com as "his first child." He started it back when his wife, Lisa, was pregnant with his first child Max back in 1995. So we've been doing this for almost 15 years! While in real life this is not a very long time, in terms of the web it makes us one of the oldest sites around. With the launch of Videoguys.com new website in March of 2009, he is proud to have watched both his son Max and the website grow-up.
Gary has 3 kids Max, Gabby & Jillian. Max now plays middle school sports so Gary doesn’t coach him anymore. He still coaches Gabby’s travel soccer team (go Crossfire!) and he is the division head for Jillian’s age group. Back in 2006 Gary became very frustrated with the way Math was being taught in his local school district. So he organized a bunch of parents in the community, took on the Board of Ed and got the “Fuzzy Math” program removed. In the process he ended up as a Trustee on the Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education.
How he finds the time to write the articles on our website, manage our DIY projects and work with all our vendors to create our exclusive bundles and promotions is a mystery to everyone!
Rich
Rich is a father of 3 boys and is active in all of their little league activities. He is a Graduate of SUNY Oswego (class of '88) and a former camper/counsellor at Camp Watitoh in Becket Mass (1976-1978, 1982-1987).
Richard is also the national sales manager for our wholesale division Broadfield Distributing Inc. So if you are a store looking to resell our products, he is the guy to call at (516) 676-2378 ext 102.
Please note that Rich observes his birthday every year by attending Opening Day at Shea Stadium to cheer for the NY Mets.
Rich won an award in high school for his TV Production of Rayman, a spoof on the old Batman TV series. It was hilarious and continues to be shown as part of the Glen Cove High School's TV production class. He is a major Batman fan. If you know of any cool Batman sites (the old TV show, not the movies) email him. He is also always looking for new JPEGs to use as screen savers of the caped crusader. rich@videoguys.com
Dan
Hey, I am the youngest brother. I joined the Videoguys in 2001 and the circle was complete. In 2003 I was married to my beautiful wife Nicole & just last December we gave birth to our first child, a son, Charlie.
More than just simply being an Honourary Canadian Citizen, I am also the Commissioner for our office Fantasy baseball league. My proudest moment in life however, by far, was being named the #1 Out of State fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by the Tampa Tribune for the quiz I made my wife take when she was my girlfriend. At stake was me asking her father for permission to marry his daughter. The quiz consisted of 110 questions all about The Bucs, their history, and general football knowledge. It was multiple choice, fill in the blank, even an oral recitation of how I became a fan. And the best part...it's all on video. Click here if you want to see more. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/nov/10/fan-week-bucs-quiz/sports-bucs/. Feel free to take the quiz yourself, it's up there.
Other then that, I spend my time catching up on as much sleep as I can now before my son teaches himself how to walk and all hell breaks loose.
While I'm in the office I am one of the sales people that may answer your call and I am also the resident Academic Sales Specialist at Specialty Video Supply - Our Educational Sales Division. If you're looking for a bid or a quote, or volume licensing deals on any of the software we sell feel free to call 800-323-2325 and ask for me at extension 123 or email dan@specialtyvideosupply.com.
Jim
If you’ve selected to read about me you’re either a friend or family member (HI MOM!) or you’ve just read about all of the other videoguys, so I was the next logical choice. The truth is, however, I am not a videoguy. In fact, when I started working for The Electronic Mailbox, I didn’t know the difference between S-VHS and 8mm! That should stand as a testament to anyone who thinks the technology has left him in the dust. If I can learn about video editing and production, so can you…
If I’m not a videoguy, why am I here? I got here while I was earning my B.S. in Advertising at NY Institute of Technology and I had the opportunity to intern for The Videoguys. I graduated from the school, ended my internship, and went to work in Manhattan for a public relations/advertising agency. Then, on one fateful day, I received a call from Gary… and that’s when the fun began.
So if you are a representative from a magazine that reaches our customers (or at least think you do), or know of any advertising opportunities that will help Videoguys.com grow, then I am the guy you need. Please send a media kit to me at 10-12 Charles Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542, e-mail me at jim@videoguys.com, or fax the information to (516) 671-3092. Please do not call to solicit.
And now… on a personal note (which is what my friends and family are really waiting for)… I have a beautiful wife named Liz and we're the proud parents of two boys, Tyler and Darren. I am a Yodan (4th Degree) Black Belt in American Jiu-Jitsu and have been training for over 25 years. In that time I have had the opportunity to meet many great people in the arts, and learn from some of the most prestigious practitioners.
Jon
I have been with Videoguys.com (my Uncle's business) for more than 10 years and my top qualification is that I spend a lot of time on computers. I have always had a genuine interest in building my own PCs and I always have to have the latest and greatest gadgets. Now I am building the Videoguys DIY machines that we use to edit videos and demo the latest new products and we're happy to share those specs with you as a guideline. We don't actually sell the computers and I have a lovely wife and son at home so I'm not available to "do it on the side" but feel free to email me at jon@videoguys.com with any tech questions you may have.