About Us

Bryan Clark

Operations Manager

Bryan was hired on as a technician in 2007, but soon proved capable of much more. Within four months, Bryan was the first manager of the San Diego location, and helped plan, set up, and grow each of the other stores. A wearer of many hats, Bryan now works on new product development, quality control, and new systems/policies from customer satisfaction to transfer and encoding methodologies. Bryan also has a hand in researching, purchasing, maintaining and updating all of the tech and equipment the company uses, and is the main man when it comes to support in both software and hardware for our employees and customers alike. He drinks a lot of coffee. Who can blame him?

Outside of the office, you’ll likely find Bryan listening to music, playing guitar, or exploring newly available digital media. Legend has it if you trick Bryan into revealing his one weakness, he has to grant you a wish.

Richard Uruchurtu

Director of Training

Richard Uruchurtu’s experience working in post-production for over 10 years makes him a veritable expert in all things multimedia! Richard is a film school graduate from The Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking. He has worked on several independent projects including short films, music videos, TV shows, and feature films. Richard began at DVD Your Memories as a video tape transfer technician and he quickly earned creative license to perform video editing. His ambition and expertise are a powerful resource when helping customers to create exciting and memorable slideshows, film projects, and video presentations.

In 2009, Richard was called upon to pioneer the second store in DVD Your Memories. The Orange County location quickly became a success helping hundreds of families preserve their family media. Also taking on the challenge of DVD Your Memories biggest project! The digitization of the City of Irvine’s meetings from the 70′s till present day. In 2011 Richard was promoted to Director of Training. Where he imparts his passion and expertise to the future employees of DVD Your Memories. In his free time Richard enjoys reading, gaming, and traveling.

Brandi Mitchell

Bookkeeper and Business Development

Brandi Mitchell was a customer of DVD Your Memories when we hired her as our in-house bookkeeper and business assistant. She used her family home videos on DVD as “in-van entertainment” during a long drive the previous summer. As a result of “DVD-ing” her memories, she discovered that her kids love watching videos of themselves as babies (better than Sponge Bob!) and we found an employee who shares our company’s vision! She is committed to documenting her life and family history through the lens of her digital SLR camera. Her family and friends love the updates to her online photo and video gallery and enjoy flipping the pages of her custom photo books at home. She is known around here for assigning office “theme days” (with required snapshots), recounting tales of her two young children’s latest discoveries (“Mom, I know leprechaun’s exist, but, come on, is there really a Solar System?!”), and final score announcements from her weekly women’s league soccer games. Brandi has fifteen years of professional experience in small business management, customer service, and bookkeeping, and is a graduate of French Language and International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Her interests, skills and enthusiasm for capturing the sights and sounds of the present and past make her a fantastic fit for the DVD Your Memories team!

Anthony San Nicolas

Manager - San Diego Store

Anthony is the store manager and digital image expert at DVD Your Memories San Diego location. On a typical day, this San Diego native processes more individual pieces of media than all other departments combined and uses up to 6 scanning devices all at once. Graduating from San Diego Platt College, where he studied graphic design, Anthony is currently doing production work promoting the electronic music culture. In the future he would like to start his own urban wear clothing company. When Anthony is not enhancing family memories he enjoys studying the Japanese language and culture.

Blake Fertig

Manager - Orange County Store

Blake has been writing, editing and shooting short films and events for over ten years. He graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a degree in Film and Visual Culture. Since then, he has worked steadily as an independent filmmaker and a freelance videographer. Blake has worked as both the Film Transfer Technician and the Editor here at DVD Your Memories and in 2011 he became the Orange County Store Manager. Blake enjoys working at DVD Your Memories because of the dynamic atmosphere of working with technology and using his knowledge to enhance family memories.

Brian Elwell

Manager - Los Angeles Store

Brian is our resident audiophile in Los Angeles. Brian fell in love with music at a young age, and was heavily involved in his school’s music program for 7 years. He then further enhanced his audio expertise by spending 4 years in his school’s radio program using industry standard recording equipment. Over the years Brian has spent countless hours recording and mixing audio for the highest sound quality. Brian attended Long Beach State University receiving his bachelors degree in Political Science specializing in international relations. After college Brian spent time working in Ethiopia. In his time overseas he served as the deputy director of IT for a new college, further enhancing his technical skills. With his computer expertise, and extensive audio/video knowledge, Brian is the complete package.

Marissa Mason

Manager - Denver Store

Originally from Arkansas, Marissa majored in studio art with an emphasis in photography at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her personal work consists of abstract, mixed media drawing/painting and staged photography. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring Colorado, experimenting with new artistic techniques, canoeing, and indoor rock climbing.