About Us

Chuck Temple

Co-Founder

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 Clark has been working with computers for 19 years. He’s worked as a network administrator in Poway for both an international printing company and a major building framing company; troubleshooting Operating Systems in Japanese, fixing computer guided power saws, and generally “nerding out” are all second nature to him.

He also does discounted work as a technical consultant at Mount Miguel Covenant Village, a retirement center in Spring Valley. He has gone to school for both audio and video editing, and is very passionate about music. Bryan does a lot of DVD Your Memories’ general tech support and research, in addition to planning and opening our new locations. It is said he is more awesome than the best qualities of the Highlander, Uncle Jesse from Full House, and Clint Eastwood combined.

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!

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.

Derek Chinn

Audio/Video Technician – Orange County Store

Derek has been using editing and animating programs for over five years. He has directed and edited short animations as well as won several awards for his work. He is a Computer Programming student at Fullerton College. In his extra time, he games, writes, reads and enjoys the outdoors. He has been playing the violin for over 10 years with numerous orchestras and ensembles. Derek joined DVD Your Memories’ Irvine location to bring together his skill in multimedia and computing for the benefit of the customers he serves.

Rustyn Sa

Image Scanning Technician – Orange County Store

Rustyn’s background in professional photography, both as a student and in her work as a portrait photographer, reflects her commitment to capturing, preserving and restoring memories. She started her career at a photo print shop, developing negatives and slides into prints. As an image scanning and restoration specialist at the Irvine location of DVD Your Memories, Rustyn provides a keen technical eye partnered with a natural talent for composition, scale, color balance, contrast and lighting.

Andrew Ng

Film Transfer Technician – Orange County Store

Andrew Ng graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Studio Art and Film & Media studies. Outside of DVD Your Memories, Andrew is a Director of Photography for narrative and commercial film working with various productions throughout Orange County and Hollywood. He is also an active member of the UC Irvine film community working with fellow colleagues on an annual film festival as well as a production club. With his appreciation for film and visual communications Andrew joined DVD Your Memories’ Irvine location as a Film Transfer Technician. He is proud to be restoring and digitizing your memories.

Best Memory: Family trip to Sedona, Arizona about seven years ago. Dad figured it would be a great idea to take the rental car on a designated off-road trail. Turns out it was meant for cars that could really go off-road. There is a home video somewhere with myself “praying” that we make it down the big drop. The rest of my family was totally calm. Now if only I could find this video, I would definitely DVD this memory.