SKYSTORM, INC.
LAKE MARY, FLORIDA

Karen has experience in a wide array of industries. Her passion for teamwork ultimately led her to join forces with her husband, John, and they to gave birth to their video production company, Skystorm Productions. Karen loves spending time with her three kids, living the equestrian life, and hanging out at the lake (but avoiding alligators). She enjoys vacationing up north, volunteering at their kids’ school, and cheese curds. Successful entrepreneur, John Haslam, founded Skystorm Productions in 1998 with one vision – to create compelling, inspirational media while communicating with global audiences. John realized that the right people, coupled with technology, create successful products, so he formed a strong team with diverse talents and world-class experience. As Senior Producer, he has guided that team through hundreds of high-quality video productions, from TV Shows, commercials, and infomercials, to corporate training programs, and large-scale live productions. Skystorm’s clients appreciate his creativity, integrity, and work ethic—just a few of the many reasons they keep coming back. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Amazon Jungle with indigenous tribes in Venezuela; John speaks fluent Spanish and can communicate in various tribal languages. He’s an active Assistant Boy Scout Master, Sunday School Teacher, proud father of three children, and the loving husband of a beautiful wife. Alex worked in Los Angeles as a freelance Line Producer before coming to Skystorm. He’s delivered national advertising campaigns for big brands, including Microsoft, Bridgestone, Chanel, BMW, ESPN, AT&T, HP, and Cisco Systems. He has worked with several ad industry leaders, including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, McCann, BBDO, DDB, and Publicis. Alex enjoys traveling with his beautiful daughters and wife, as he looks for new areas of inspiration. Rob Micai has produced, written and directed compelling stories for industry leaders: Disney, Nickelodeon, Chris-Craft, Subway, Marriott and more. Rob served as Co-Producer on the Universal/Vivendi feature release, “Letters to God” and as Production Supervisor on the dramatic feature, “To Write Love on Her Arms.” Rob’s style is contemporary and imaginative. He has traveled the globe fulfilling his passion for storytelling on projects big and small. He brings productions in on budget and on target without limiting artistic or creative integrity. Robert has worked in the production industry for more than 20 years and joined the Skystorm team in 2001. He manages mobile production and large events for Skystorm and plays a vital role in the efficiency of our production team. He says he’s just a country boy at heart and can come up with a joke in less than 3 seconds. Robert has a beautiful wife and two amazing children. David relocated from Jacksonville to join the Skystorm team. His strong sports production and sound engineering experience have been a great asset to the production truck division. Outside of work he does it all – has been playing cello for over 16 years, is a competitive sailor, and a computer gamer. At one point he majored in music education and is also US sailing certified to teach sailing. Maybe he can finally teach everyone in the office how to reconnect a bluetooth keyboard. Warren has more than 20 years experience in Music and Media Production, working with clients such as Warner Brothers, Disney, Swarovski, Trinity Broadcasting Network, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Air Force, Tupperware, and Microsoft. He is an award-winning Editor and Post Production Supervisor who possesses a strong passion for the creative process and team management. In addition, he is a professional musician, arranger, and an aspiring, amateur BBQ pit smoker. Abby, cake lover and connoisseur, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation from Full Sail University and is skilled in 2D and 3D animation, video editing, graphic design and more. Jack of all trades, she is also a great organizer and planner which makes her a perfect fit for our Post Production department. Jessica Karshner has a proven track record of managing large productions for some of the industry’s leading networks including A&E, History Channel, and Discovery. She cares deeply about empowering women and tries to encourage and mentor young women that want to work in the entertainment industry. She loves finding new ways to organize and streamline her life both personally and professionally. In her spare time, she enjoys playing her ukulele and spending time with her two chihuahua’s Oscar and Madison. Jackie always wanted to join the circus and actually went to clown school along with her husband and two kids. This comes in handy at Skystorm as she juggles her many, varied responsibilities, i.e. accounts payable, production coordinating, and crewing for the mobile truck division. “I’m like Skystorm spackle…I fill in the gaps!” Nancy has served as our business owner/manager for more than 15 years. Outside of managing Skystorm’s business affairs, she enjoys photography, especially in black and white. She prefers being behind the camera instead of in front of it. Her favorite place to vacation is the beach … any beach! She’s the mom of two teenage boys, stepmom to two more boys, and wife of a Chef (at least her dog is a girl). Kim is the first person you will talk to on the phone and the first face you will meet at Skystorm. She loves the beach, antique shopping, and Chardonnay. She has two wonderful boys, Shane and Kyle, and is married to her husband Wayne of almost 24 years. Manikin Skywalker was born on January 29th, 2016 – the same day she started her modeling career at Skystorm. Her main focus is keeping her skin tone just right to allow us to check scopes and adjust lighting to make her look beautiful. Her favorite hobby is hiding in people’s offices just to see their reactions upon finding her, which usually results in screams of horror.