About Us

Steve Hoemke

Manager - Denver Store

Steve was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and was raised in several different cities in Southern California. Joining the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 18 Steve first became involved in the photography and audio visual fields. Responsible for all types of audio visual equipment, the use and repairs of the equipment and being a combat photographer Steve was hooked. Upon leaving the Marine Corps after 10 years of service Steve ran his own business in electronic repair and continued his association with various types of AV equipment, computers and media. Steve graduated with his Masters in Business Administration and is striving to earn his Doctorate in Business as well. Hired as the manager for the Denver location of DVD Your Memories Steve will be working closely with all of our Denver customers to help insure that they receive the best possible service and support with all of their media transfer needs.

Marissa Mason

Image Scanning Technician - 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.

Nora Morgan

Film Technician and Slideshow Editor - Denver Store

A transplant from Canada, Nora has lived in nine different states in the U.S. and currently resides in Colorado. She began her entertainment career in New York City as the assistant to the Vice President of Corporate Television Group. After taking a break to fly around the world as a flight attendant, she attended Regis University/Colorado Film School and graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Video and Film Production. Nora has has edited and color corrected numerous short films, worked as script supervisor and on-set editor for writer/director Michael C. Martin (Brooklyn’s Finest), and is currently working as the colorist on the feature film, Pearman.

Chuck Temple

President & CEO

Chuck Temple has been experimenting with technology ever since he was a child trying to play a 3 ½” floppy on a record player! He and his good friend, Benjamin, started DVD-Photo-Memories.com, which was later re-named DVD Your Memories, during a project transferring DVD’s for a local film festival. He realized the need for a local image scanning and video conversion service and discovered that his skill set was uniquely tailored to such a business.

Chuck’s experience with technology ranges from C++ programming to PBX telephone systems, and from web design and internet marketing to mathematical modeling. His wide-angle and macro thinking provides a tremendously successful perspective to running a media transfer company and achieving measurable business development goals. As a cum laude graduate of San Diego State University in Psychology with a minor in religious studies, Chuck is attuned to the human value of preserving family memories and to the importance of providing respectful, thorough, and genuine customer service.

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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!

Chris Papciak

Search Marketing

Chris Papciak is in charge of handling the company’s online marketing efforts as well as help out around the stores. He was born and raised with a family that was heavily involved with photography throughout San Diego County, which has fueled a passion for the industry. He has attended SDSU as well as vocational training for computer repair and networking certifications. In addition to previously managing a high-volume retail store, he has over 10 years experience troubleshooting and repairing computer hardware and peripherals.