Brian Konkowski Email & Phone Number

Toms River, NJ, US

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

• Technical Manager/Sports Operations Supervisor (Current Position)
• Oversee and execute the needs of multiple networks each night including both Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) and National networks such as NBCSN and Golf Channel.
• Coordinate the efforts of the employees in the Network Origination Center (NOC) to make sure that all networks maintain 99.999% reliability always.
• Act as a liaison between the networks and the people executing their events to make sure everything appears on air as the client wishes.
• Troubleshoot all issues that occur both on air and with other systems and resolve problems as quickly as possible to maintain air.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

• Master Control Operator
• Communicate with Producer and/or Director of live sport events and studio shows to successfully navigate in and out of commercial breaks
• Check commercial spots and other in show/game enhancements to ensure all advertisements air correctly
• Accurately time out networks and shows to ensure everything airs on time
• Compile, organize, create and distribute important documents essential to major operations in master control room (e.g. feed sheet and dish scheduling sheet).
• Participate in meetings and conference calls to help organize workflow for various events (e.g. Dish scheduling meeting, LEC conference calls).

• Production Assistant May 2011 - May 2012
• Assist in television production including: Cutting VO’s and sound for use on-air, teleprompting shows and assisting show producer with all aspects of sports highlights
• Produce highlights for Sportscenter and other specialty shows. Sports included:(NHL, NFL, College Football, MLB)
• Create and feed highlights to ABC affiliates for use on local sports shows
• Generate insightful and creative story ideas for use on-air
• Produce various graphics for use during live games. (Ex: Full-screens, topic bars, scoreboards)