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).• Trained other team members on how to use various programs as well as other workflow processes. Helped to create SOP's to unify operational procedures.

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)