Staff

Siji is a storyteller at heart. His work places strong emphasis on capturing compelling stories that not only engage and inform but also welcome us into lesser known worlds and challenge the way we view the world around us.

His previous experience includes extensive video production and post-production for multi platform use on numerous projects including an international feature length documentary film. His previous clients have included; The Skoll Foundation, MTV, BBC, CCCADI and the Brooklyn Arts Council among many others. Siji is also an accomplished musician and world a globe trekker.

Msc Engineering Product Design (London Southbank University)

Bsc Mechanical Engineering (University of Westminster, London)

Mr. Cormier has a diverse background in photography, graphics, as well as standards compliant coding and web design – adding a skilled technical ability to the web development services offered to Downstate Medical Center. Customer service has always been a part of his day-to-day routine, so sitting with clients interested in making a web site offers him an opportunity to perfect the editorial process and aid in content creation and refinement. In other words, he enjoys making a great web site that gets the point across.

Keystone College, AA
Pratt Institute, BFA

New Media Service's Administrative Manager. Please call Ms. Jones (718-270-7550 if you would like information about our departments services and pricing.

A skilled photographer both the studio and on location. Mr. Lainez takes on any job that allows him to interact with people.

Ann Li is a Brooklyn-based Graphic Designer and Illustrator. She graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in Global Liberal Studies. Most recently, Ann worked at the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and currently also works on freelance projects. In her spare time, she enjoys crochet.

Mr. Ustinov Luke has been doing in video production since 1992 where, at Practicing Law Institute, he first worked as freelance Audio/Video Technician. In that capacity, Mr. Luke's job entailed mixing audio levels in the production control room, and doing off-line editing.

In 1996 Mr. Luke joined the SUNY Biomedical Communications team, where he has and continues to work in a variety of projects which require an equally varied array of technical expertise. At SUNY he has worked on promotional and training videos, and in a health cable program for which he is both camera operator and editor.

BFA, Communication Arts
Specializing in Television Production
New York Institute of Technology

Sean studied Graphic Arts Production Management and Web Design at New York City College of Technology. His work experience includes web design, application development, print production, and desktop publishing. In addition, Sean has worked for Downstate as an Administrative Assistant and Medical Records Assistant while he attended college.

Sean is currently the New Media Specialist & Web Designer in the Department of New Media Services, where he has worked since the fall of 2017.

Bachelors of Technology
Graphic Arts Production Management
New York City College of Technology

A native Long Islander, Don Stankalis was born in Rockville Centre and moved to Brooklyn in 2007.

Don spent almost a quarter of a century honing his skills in personal computers, multimedia, and web page creation at the New York Institute of Technology and then a member of the staff of the Academic Computer Laboratory in the Dorothy Schure Old Westbury Campus. Don was also an instructor at the Horizon weekend and Summer program also at the Old Westbury Campus. He transferred to the Technology Based Learning Systems department at the Central Islip Campus in 1990 and worked until the year 2000, when he started at SUNY Downstate.

It's not often that someone gets a front ticket to a revolution, but Don was front and center for four revolutionary events during his tenure at NYIT: The dawn of the personal computer which gave everyone the power of simple and complex computations, Desktop Publishing which gave everyone the ability to create professional-looking documents, Multimedia which gave everyone the ability to edit and create videotapes as well as computer-based presentations, and The Internet which gave everyone the ability to access unlimited information.

Don's love of computers and model rocketry have taken him to many interesting places, including being an instructor at the New York Hall of Science, and a lecturer at MIT's last annual Model Rocket Convention. He is a long-time adult leader in the Boy Scouts of America, and was presented the Silver Beaver Award in 2004.

BS, Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, 1991

MS, Instructional Technology, New York Institute of Technology, 1995

Graphic Designer