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• Collaborate with network General Manager to drive the creation of content strategy and lead the team to execute across NBC Sports Bay Area & California’s multiple platforms• Create, maintain and manage schedules and programming plans for NBC broadcast partnerships with the San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warriors, Oakland A’s, Sacramento Kings, San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, and San Jose Earthquakes• Develop, execute, and align multi-platform content strategies based upon… Show more • Collaborate with network General Manager to drive the creation of content strategy and lead the team to execute across NBC Sports Bay Area & California’s multiple platforms• Create, maintain and manage schedules and programming plans for NBC broadcast partnerships with the San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warriors, Oakland A’s, Sacramento Kings, San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, and San Jose Earthquakes• Develop, execute, and align multi-platform content strategies based upon current and emerging trends in the linear and digital programming space• Communicate a unified vision, clear direction, and shared goals across all content-producing groups• Analyze content profitability and help to align with viewer engagement• Develop and maintain close relationships with professional sports teams as well as distribution affiliates• Collaborate with senior leadership to facilitate and negotiate corporate partnerships with both professional sports teams and advertisers• Develop process to facilitate cross-departmental formulation and communication of company’s largest tentpole initiatives• Initiate and organized a cross-departmental post-season audit for each of our MLB, NBA, NHL teams and present findings internally• Implement and lead a preseason content plan presentation with outside team partners such as the San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warriors, Oakland A’s, Sacramento Kings, San Jose Sharks, and San Francisco 49ers• Created and helped develop software to centralize information reporting, both in terms of specific content publishing and in terms of employee communication of responsibilities• Designed and executed new content distribution method as NBC Sports transferred from satellite to terrestrial delivery• Coordinate scheduling, production, and execution in over 700 live events per year, including roughly 70 per month every April• Redesigned internal break structure of programming to increase postgame audience retention 10-15% Show less

• Developed and executed new programming line-up to respond to shifting viewer habits• Created and adapted previously existing Compass programming and organizing software to fit the processes required for NBC Regional Networks to allow for effective reporting and data organization• Evolved and refined systems in conjunction with New Jersey based master control facility to prepare them for becoming the NBC Sports hub• Established multiple schedules to inform internal employees of… Show more • Developed and executed new programming line-up to respond to shifting viewer habits• Created and adapted previously existing Compass programming and organizing software to fit the processes required for NBC Regional Networks to allow for effective reporting and data organization• Evolved and refined systems in conjunction with New Jersey based master control facility to prepare them for becoming the NBC Sports hub• Established multiple schedules to inform internal employees of resource allocation in regards to studios, fiber transmission• Worked with outside producers and with professional sports teams to ensure all programming met network standards for content quality• Involved in negotiations with professional sports teams to create programming contracts• Maintained corporate programming schedules for use across the NBC Sports Regional Networks• Awarded NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California “Employee of the Year” Show less

• Responsible for programming department budget covering paid programming, infomercials, closed captioning, and live events• Oversaw transition from NBC Sports California operating as a separate entity to having that network fold into NBC Sports Bay Area• Streamlined department structure to run more efficiently• Guided technical affiliate responsibilities through multiple affiliate coordinators and two master control organizations and delivery structures• Created and designed… Show more • Responsible for programming department budget covering paid programming, infomercials, closed captioning, and live events• Oversaw transition from NBC Sports California operating as a separate entity to having that network fold into NBC Sports Bay Area• Streamlined department structure to run more efficiently• Guided technical affiliate responsibilities through multiple affiliate coordinators and two master control organizations and delivery structures• Created and designed processes for Regional Sports Networks within a new, NBC-owned, master control facility; processes that were eventually adopted by four additional sports networks• Awarded NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California “Employee of the Year” Show less

• Grew the position from a coordinator for CSN/FSN Bay Area to Programming Manager for CSN/FSN Bay Area and California• Saw an increase in live events from 400 per year to 600 per year over two networks and two additional overflow stations.• Oversaw initial planning and organizing growth from a live event network with a corporate programming backbone to an almost exclusively in-house production network• Built processes to adjust from a 30 person workforce creating 3-6 hours a day of… Show more • Grew the position from a coordinator for CSN/FSN Bay Area to Programming Manager for CSN/FSN Bay Area and California• Saw an increase in live events from 400 per year to 600 per year over two networks and two additional overflow stations.• Oversaw initial planning and organizing growth from a live event network with a corporate programming backbone to an almost exclusively in-house production network• Built processes to adjust from a 30 person workforce creating 3-6 hours a day of live programming to 200 person workforce creating 11 hours a day of live programming• Maintained detailed Nielsen rating database covering all internal programming and established reports to update upper management • Established relationships with outside affiliates and helped troubleshoot issues• Produced schedule notifications and changes to various entities regarding closed captioning, video on demand, broadcast schedules• Created and adapted live event communication and contingency information for over 600 events per year with detailed instructions for master control facilities as to how to execute each event• Organized summary of all contracts with major sports teams• Audited sporting event ticket usage and developed new system to track tickets going forward Show less