Creativity Artistry Mastery

      Cyndi Schmidt brings a deep professional experience with more than 35 years as an educator in performing arts and an entrepreneurial spirit, having seeded and grown several successful businesses throughout her career. Expanding into research and science, she earned a Master of Science in Human Factors and Systems from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Her work with independence assessment tools for senior adults earned her a guest speakership for the university. 

Cyndi started CAM Productions after moving to Raleigh in 2014. At CAM’s core is a commitment to producing education and information television.    A certified grant writer, she assists non-profits associated with STEM/STEAM seeking funds for educational productions. Her philanthropic spirit is evident through her years of community service. While president of her local Civitan club in 2010, the club earned numerous awards and she earned the state Governor’s Club President of the Year. 

Cyndi became a North Carolinian when her daughter joined the faculty of Duke Hospital as a cardio-thoracic anesthesiologist. Home is where her family is and she wants to make a positive impact on the state in which her grandbabies grow up and are educated.

Mike Ousley brings with him over thirty years experience of award winning television production. His first project started as a series of local music television shows for teenagers and developed into adult country music shows airing all over the US. With a reputation of delivering a professional product on time and on budget, Mike Ousley is responsible for the production of TV programs in some of the top fifty markets in America. 

As the only TV producer to have won Billboard Magazine’s “Music Video Show of the Year” multiple times, Ousley has worked with many very talented artists including Bill Cosby, Michael Bolton, Bart Starr, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Hootie & the Blowfish as well as corporate clients like, Clear Channel Radio, Entercom Radio, Cumulus Radio, Universal Records, Sony BMG Music, Warner Bros, Atlantic Records, Meredith Communications, Hearst Corporation and Raycom Media. In addition, Mike Ousley has strong philanthropic values which is evident through service in his community. He has served as board member of the Owens House (a child abuse counseling center) and the Cornerstone Schools of Alabama (provides a high quality Christian education to inner city children.