Robert Beyer Email & Phone Number

Responsible for all aspects of engineering staff supervision and technology supporting fulltime on-air satellite broadcasting, domestic, international and on-demand streaming, studio production, post production, and internal website. Staff scheduling, supervising, and mentoring. Evaluation, testing, design, budget, purchase, implementation, operation, repair and maintenance for all systems and equipment. Negotiating contracts and pricing with vendors. Close collaboration with production staff, and business partners to deliver informative programming in a timely manner in the face of an exceptionally challenging market.• Satellite Contract RFI• Satellite Network Operation• Studios & Facilities Design• Optical Content Network Design & Implementation• Final Cut Pro – Designed & Built 10 Systems.• Master Control Construction• Satellite Uplink Construction• Multicast, Unicast, On-Demand Streaming• Multi-Site International Broadcasts• Panel Speaker at SatCon 2008

Prior to joining the Merrill Lynch staff, worked fulltime as a consultant supporting broadcasting, production, and post production. Also supervised major department projects.KALYPSO PRODUCTION CENTER, 2000 – Evaluated, designed, and installed a 4 ME GVG Kalypso Production Center (switcher) system. Transitioned the facility from analog to hybrid analog/digital. As early adopters, this switcher was carefully scrutinized. It continues in service today.TIMES SQUARE LED SCREEN, 1999 – Nine months on project to create a 40’ x 70’ LED projection surface in a prominent Times Square location. A comprehensive system was designed to create and deliver content from a remote location in the World Financial Center using dark fiber. Traveled to Europe to evaluate a major display vendor.

ONLINE EDITOR – Corporate and broadcast clients. American Express, Ortho-McNeil, Videosmith, USA Network, Shooters, Centerlight. U.S. Open tennis tournament from 1991-1995. Tour DuPont bicycle race. CMX, Sony, Grass Valley, Callaway.TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – Corporate communications, professional and college sports; baseball, basketball, hockey, football, soccer, boxing, and kick-boxing.ENGINEER – Multi-camera EFP shoots. Redesigned and rebuilt American Reinsurance and Ortho-McNeil facilities. CHYRON OPERATOR– Alternate operator for WTXF Phillies Baseball 1987 & 1988 seasons. ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN – Mainly statewide and national political campaigns. Candidates included President George H. W. Bush, Senator Robert Dole (R. Kansas), Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R. Missouri), Senator Pete Domenici (R. New Mexico), Governor Pete Wilson (R. California), Governor Christine Whitman (R. New Jersey). Primarily 16mm with occasional 35mm shooting.

Worked as staff Online Editor and Technical Director for on-air promotions, studio productions, and Flyers hockey coverage. Facilities were also rented to external clients.(The station has changed ownership a couple of times and now operates under the call sign WPSG but continues as channel 57. The original call sign is now used by a station in Hampton Roads, VA and is owned by Genisis Media.)

VIDEOTAPE OPERATOR – 1983–1985, Supported post production, studio production and field productions.ONLINE EDITOR – 1985–1986, Edited commercials and corporate programs for various clients from the greater Philadelphia area.

Worked on a wide variety of films for sports, news, documentaries, industrials, and commercials. Trained to proficiency on a variety 35mm and 16mm film cameras including: Arriflex S, M, SR, 16BL, 35BL, 35 II C, 35 III C, 535, Aaton LTR, XTR, Mitchell 35BL, R35, Photosonics Actionmaster 500, Moviecam, Éclair NPR, ACL. In 1981 worked over several months on the NBC Reports documentary “To Be a Doctor” with Tom Brokaw which won several awards.