Brad Lawrence Email & Phone Number

International

Earth

In 2001, designed, engineer, organize and manage a state of the art High Definition Television (HDTV) R&D operation for over 34,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) in support of the SIGGRAPH 2001 graphic's conference. Selected from applications worldwide to chair the SIGGRAPH TV program. Successfully managed a budget to transport, house, feed and manage sixteen handpicked professional volunteers from companies including Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Picture Image Works plus also an additional twenty-three student volunteers. Successfully put in place and produced on site HDTV content of the conference activities and streamed it throughout the LACC internal network to 42" plasma screens. Managed over $4.5M worth of hardware and software donations that was shipped in, set up, torn down and shipped out within a ten-day period. Presently I am serving as the Treasurer of the Professional Chapters sub-committee by assisting various professional chapters around the world.

International

Define strategic direction in all motion media activities, responsible for EC Media sub committee's activities, produces annual budget submissions to EC Chair, maintains annual motion media budget, maintains ACM SIGGRAPH Motion Media SOP, responsible in providing all requested media to ACM Digital Library representative, interfaces with customers, contractors and organizational members in the production, delivery and storage of ACM SIGGRAPH motion media assets.

Orlando, Fl

Chapter Chair from 2002-2006Chapter Treasurer from 2006-2015

Kennedy Space Center

Merritt Island, Fl

Maintain and operate a successful full service video production company. Specializing in Commercials, Documentaries, Training Programs, Legal Animations, Business Promotionals, Imaging Systems and Consulting Services.Awarded 1991 Brevard's Best Video Production Company

Kennedy Space Center

Part of a great team designing the next Operational Imagery System to support the Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center. Responsibilities include Imagery Engineering Lead of seven Engineers that provide development, end-user support, project management, systems engineering, and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) KSC communications systems, including their supporting environments and platforms. Responsible for operating, maintaining, configuring, de-configuring, integrating, de-integrating, modifying, refurbishing, decommissioning, and disposing of obsolete system hardware and software. Provide documentation supporting the above activities. Subsystems include but not limited to:Operational Television (OTV): Imagery acquisition, processing, distribution, recording, and retention.Photo Optical Control System (POCS): Transport data for control/monitor of cameras.Broadband Cable Distribution System (BCDS): O&M of BCDS including encoders, multiplexers, satellite receivers, transcoders, quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) equipment, fiber transmitters, fiber nodes, power supplies, taps, splitters etc. In addition, head end alignment checks and calibration.Timing and Countdown (T&CD): Range Timing transmission using IEEE 1588 and Countdown using IRIG over Ethernet transmission systems.Presently design lead over the OTV recording and high speed camera subsystems that will be utilized on the Mobile Launch platform, Launch Pad perimeter, and optical tracking systems. Assisted in defining end user requirements, performed market research, inspection/demonstration/test evaluations, Subsystem Requirement documentation, System Design, Procurement specifications, Acceptance test procedures and installation work packages. Utilizing modeling and simulation programs to convert Engineering ProE files to visualization environments verifying camera placement and camera configuration.

Kennedy Space Center

Part of a great team designing the next Operational Imagery System to support the Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center. Responsibilities include Imagery Engineering Lead of fifteen Engineers that provide development, end-user support, project management, systems engineering, and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) KSC communications systems, including their supporting environments and platforms. Responsible for operating, maintaining, configuring, de-configuring, integrating, de-integrating, modifying, refurbishing, decommissioning, and disposing of obsolete system hardware and software. Provide documentation supporting the above activities. Subsystems include but not limited to:Operational Television (OTV): Imagery acquisition, processing, distribution, recording, and retention.Photo Optical Control System (POCS): Transport data for control/monitor of cameras.Broadband Cable Distribution System (BCDS): O&M of BCDS including encoders, multiplexers, satellite receivers, transcoders, quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) equipment, fiber transmitters, fiber nodes, power supplies, taps, splitters etc. In addition, head end alignment checks and calibration.Timing and Countdown (T&CD): Range Timing transmission using IEEE 1588 and Countdown using IRIG over Ethernet transmission systems.Presently design lead over the OTV recording and high speed camera subsystems that will be utilized on the Mobile Launch platform, Launch Pad perimeter, and optical tracking systems. Assisted in defining end user requirements, performed market research, inspection/demonstration/test evaluations, Subsystem Requirement documentation, System Design, Procurement specifications, Acceptance test procedures and installation work packages. Utilizing modeling and simulation programs to convert Engineering ProE files to visualization environments verifying camera placement and camera configuration.

Kennedy Space Center

Responsible for the logistics, scheduling, quality control, safety, cross training and operations of the "KSC Advanced Visualization Environments" lab, “Human Factors Motion Capture” lab and the "NASA Digital Image Analysis Facility" at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida supporting the U.S. Space Shuttle Program. Other job titles include: Systems Design Engineer, Project Lead, Production Manager, Graphic Artist, Digital Imaging Specialist, UNIX System Administrator, Multimedia Producer, Modeler and Animator. Manage an eight-person operation to create interactive computer based programs delivered to all KSC employees. Provide support to NASA's Processing Engineers by digitizing high-speed film, providing image enhancement & analysis, and video encoding of Space Shuttle flight systems' imagery. Support various government and law enforcement agencies with audio and image enhancements. Oversee million dollar contracts concerning Shuttle upgrades and Industrial Engineering for Safety efforts. IT Representative and Property Custodian for department.

Kennedy Space Center

Assigned to all areas of the KSC NASA Select Television Studio. Proficient in all areas of Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. Produced numerous News Reels, Training and Documentation programs in support of NASA operations. In 1991 was promoted to Computer Science Lead of the Video/Audio Mastering Studio which was renamed KAVE in 1996.

Cocoa, Fl

Owned and operated a successful Video Productions company in CentralFlorida. Managing up to (3) employees and (3) stock holders. Specializing in Small Business Promotional, Legal taping, Film to Tape Transfers, Music Videos, Mass Duplications, Video Documentaries and Training Programs. Member of the Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, and the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association.Awarded 1989 & 1990 Brevard's Best in Video Productions & (7) Crystal Reel Awards

Dallas, Tx

Duties included alignment, calibration, integration, burn-in and acceptance testing of the USN F-18 and Chaparral Infrared Image Processing & Tracking Systems. Worked directly with engineers in a production atmosphere, troubleshooting from system level by analyzing system software, to component level in compliance with reliability and Government representatives.

Dallas, Tx

Perform installation, customization and customer training on ITT digital computer systems and their peripherals. Maintained a total of 30 different computer systems and peripherals within the Dallas metropolis for numerous businesses including the City of Dallas.Awarded Field Service Engineer of the Month Nov.93

Cryptologic Technician at a digital communication facility: perform Preventive and Corrective Maintenance by applying digital and analog theory to diagnose, isolate and repair down to component level, digital computer systems and their peripherals. Supervised and trained two junior technicians on teletype, microprocessors, tape drives and other various communications equipment.