100+ Years Experience
A team of nerds, visionaries, and pragmatics put together to serve our greater Unity community.
Current Team Members
Rev. Jean-Marie Schweizer
TEAM CHAIR, GOOGLE SUITE, CHMS, & LIVE STREAMING
Jean-Marie has worked with technology for over 40 years, learning how to program computers as a young child and soon developing his first commercial applications. Over the years, Jean-Marie worked in software development, built computers and multimedia systems, and consulted on how to run organizations efficiently using technology. He has owned and run several business in various countries around the world, and he continues to promote the use of technology to make our lives easier.
Owen Howson
LIVE STREAMING & MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Owen began his video career by producing training videos for teachers while a student at Stanford. He went on to work for IBM, initially as a Customer Engineer, and then as a producer of award-winning videos to train 20,000 service engineers. Later he produced promotional videos for nonprofits, including a PBS video for Mother Teresa’s Center For Aids Services in Oakland, CA. As Media Director at Unity Church of Hawaii for six years, he livestreamed two services a week and produced a local television program. He also rebuilt their sound and video systems. He is currently livestreaming services at Unity of New Braunfels as Media Director there.
Sean Sweet
LIVE STREAMING & CHMS
Sean grew up attending a Unitarian church in his hometown, in Ottawa, Canada. As a member of Unity Church of Hawaii for 9 years, he started off as a camera operator volunteer and eventually took over as the Media Director role from Owen Howson, who is also on this team. Sean has been in operations management for most of his career, and he has an ongoing interest in all types of technology. To him, It is a pure joy to work with his church ohana (family), the outstanding crew of volunteer camera operators, and the excellent equipment they are blessed to have, which allows them to produce and share high-quality Livestreams and videos of their inspiring messages to reach a broader worldwide audience.
Randy Fillmore
LIVE STREAMING, CHMS, & MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Randy has worked in commercial radio, industrial video, American Forces Radio & Television Service, and narrates audio books. Randy spent 40 years with the Air Force as a broadcaster and software project lead and Program Manager, and as the Branch Chief for information exchange for a federal agency. As a Licensed Unity Teacher, Randy heads Unity Serving Military Overseas, a UWM-affiliated Alternative Ministry streaming Unity worship services to US service members and their families stationed and living throughout the Indo-Pacific and EUCOM theaters. As Director of Operations at Unity of Melbourne, FL, he now produces (and generally hosts or platforms) the worship services for multi-platform streaming after rebuilding the streaming service from a single cellphone to a multi-camera operation.
Eldon Berry
LIVE STREAMING & MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Eldon started out in electronics at an early age. In his early teens he opened a TV repair business and kept many televisions operating in his small rural town. Eldon began his career working for Xerox at the Dallas Electronic Typing facility. He started out on the assembly line and quickly advanced to the engineering group where he built production line test equipment. He later moved to the Electromagnetic Compatibility testing (EMC) department. After leaving Xerox he worked for International Compliance Corporation (eventually acquired by Nemko), where he worked as an EMC Technician, Product Safety Engineer, and CB report verificator. Now retired, his interests have shifted to helping Unity Fort Worth develop its in-house AV and live streaming capabilities. He and his wife, Adrianne, have been members there since 1994.
Lane Smith
LIVE STREAMING, GOOGLE SUITE, CHMS, & MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Lane's lifelong special interest in technology began with repairing household electronics as a child, and led to her pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. She spent 8 years at Lockheed Martin developing and testing cockpit displays, interfacing with subcontractors, and building leadership skills. After leaving her career to become a full-time mom, her special interest shifted into self-directed study of website development and coding, and experimentation with a variety of online applications used for design, marketing, planning, and organization. She now uses her knowledge, experience, and curious spirit to create and implement technology in support of her community at Unity Fort Worth and beyond.
Former Valued Team Members
Rev. Pat Veenema
VIRTUAL CONNECTION
Rev. Pat is a 2012 graduate of Unity Institute, and has been teaching Unity classes online since 2015, first through the Electa Live platform, then through Zoom. She also teaches at UWSI, using the Collaborate platform.
Pat offers tips on how to use the software and how to make the online classroom engaging, interactive and personal.
Pat brings many years of teaching experience, having taught young people in public schools in her previous career. Her understanding of technology is from a “user” point of view. She can help you navigate the platform so you can do what you really want to do: share the message and engage spiritual awakening.
