I have spent the majority of my professional life focused within Corporate America in various leadership roles that have allowed me to use my voice and linguistic skills internationally for training, presentations as well as performing on tv and radio. In my personal life, I do volunteer work as a Lector on a monthly basis for different groups as a way to serve and give back to others using my voice skills.
As a youth growing up in Miami, Spanish was all that as spoken in my home. I am the son of political refugees from Cuba that spoke little to no English inside or outside our home. Outside of home I spoke both English and Spanish every day. Since my mother also spoke some French, that was the language I studied school. When I got to College I wanted to challenge my linguistic skills with a Slavic based language so my initial major was in German. The program I was in was strictly conversation driven where we spent on average 12 hours a week in class, voice labs and performing skits only speaking in German. When I switched majors to Sociology, I took Italian classes to keep using and challenging my linguistic skills.
Growing up in a musical household, I was trained to actively listen by focusing my hearing in a way that my ear would go to the sound instead of just letting the sound hit the ear. The combination of all of those experiences and my passion for culture, people, languages and behaviors made it easier for me to adapt my accents and languages with/without accents depending on what was needed. This also gave me opportunities to help others working in radio with impersonations. Now I am formally leveraging all of my experiences and education formally and professionally to add value to others in a more creative way.
Обучение
I have spent the majority of 2022 working with Such A Voice coaches to refine and further develop my voice talents to deliver a professional high quality voice over talent/product/service that seeks to deliver excellence and value to clients using my linguistics skills.
Опыт в данной области
My achievements so far are more informal to voice over. I did not make a decision to pursue a professional career in Voice Over work until 2021 and spent 2022 in training with Voiceover professionals from Such A Voice. That being said the information in the Long Description and Specials section speak to what I bring to the table and what you should expect from me about my abilities to deliver results with quality and professionalism. If you want further perspective on that you can also goto my LinkedIn profile, www.linkedin.com/in/iggonzalez, and look at the diversity of recommendations over the last 20+ years. I get people at a very human level and can quickly add value to deliver what is needed efficiently, effectively with quality and professionalism.
Специальные предложения
One of my special skills are tied to my ability to use my hearing to adapt what is needed vocally to connect with audiences culturally and societally. That helps blend my voice and language in a way that can connect to the native language yet fit the accent/tone and inflection.
The other special skill I have is my ability to collaborate and cooperate well with others to create a win-win environment very effectively and the agility to make changes quickly as directed.
Lastly, I have also been practicing as Project Management Professional successfully for over 20 years ,consulting with large corporations. I am a Subject Matter Expert in this area and I have a track record of delivering results quickly, on time, meeting or exceeding expectations. My success comes from my leadership style which is why that tends to land me consulting projects where things have gone wrong ,need to be turned around, need restructuring including designing and implementing processes. My ability to work with executives has allowed me to lead strategic planning efforts for Board of Directors and provide operational leadership starting up a companies.