site with video and biographies

Hi,
I posted this on the drupal.org site but would really love it if someone local could respond.

I have a community site that will do upload of videos and have biographies. The Book project may be a good fit for the biographies because multiple people will contribute. Theme will probably need to be customized. This site could get very large so need someone familiar with optimization and performance best practices.

The other part is standard stuff: blogs, forums, etc. Need that stuff asap.

The site exists on a custom windows asp system now. Its current membership and biographies will need to be transferred to the new drupal based site.

This is paid work! Contact Stephanie if you are interested.