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Hollywood, Ca

In this position, I am applying my industry knowledge and technical expertise to help grow the company by expanding the distribution and technical capabilities of the company. Working directly with the Sales team to help find and secure new business opportunities, translate business requirements into operational and software development requirements, and define and develop new products and services.Overview:• Identify, acquire, and gather requirements for servicing new Content Providers that feed the Digital Media Pipeline• Identify, acquire, gather requirements from, on-board, and manage the partner relationship for new distribution partners including OVPs, MVPDs, vMVPD, DTC solution providers, etc.• Research and advise on new technologies and trends focusing on the development of new services that will provide a strategic advantage and/or an increase in revenue• Financial analysis and modeling of new opportunities, collaborate with Business Development and Sales to make go/no go decisions, and provide a project plan upon approval• Represent the company in various industry standards workgroups• Trusted Partner Network (TPN) readiness

Burbank, Ca

In this executive position, I not only acted in a customer facing role but managed the administrative aspects of product development from start to finish. I reviewed requests for proposals, made go/No-go decisions, met with clients to gather requirements and align to their business needs, mapped out the project schedule, resources, costs, and manage change requests. I represented the company at conferences, trade shows, and industry events.I’ve led development and implementation of many technical improvements in the telecommunications/cable television industry. I was active in building new business and maintaining relationships with key customers: Viacom, Discovery, Fox, Turner, NBC and others, and 30+ multi-platform video service providers covering the OTT, IPTV, Cable and Satellite industry, including AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, DirecTV and others.Selected Contributions:• Led the development of a go-to-market plan for a Premium VOD OTT implementing an advanced form of forensic watermarking to protect studio content providing a clear and efficient new service development effort.• Led the growth of the content monetization and ad insertion business including the successful launch of a first of its kind Live-to-VOD automated workflow using a SCTE-224 scheduling XML allowing Turner Networks to significantly reduce their C3/C7 networks distribution costs. • Setup procedures and workflows for processing and distributing digital VOD assets that helped Vubiquity grow from managing 50 hours a month of content to over 20,000 hours of content a month.Specialties:• New Technology Research• Technology Evangelism• Standards Development• Product Development• Sales Engineering• Content Licensing• Content Security

In this position, I directed the engineering, technical operations, and services of a start-up cable-satellite network establishing and verifying signal origination, transmission, reception, and re-distribution throughout the network. I developed and managed the engineering department budget and trained and supervised technical support services staff of five (5).Selected Contributions:• Designed and implemented procedures to utilize four individual satellite feeds to add new affiliates, effectively increasing network subscribership from 10 million to over 45 million • Developed a relational database system to track 3000+ equipment items and 700+ headend profiles, to source new equipment orders, and to generate affiliate financial data.

Overview:• Directed the construction of electronic systems for video production, post-production, and television broadcast facilities from engineering and design to installation, testing, and training • Work closely with clients to develop and monitor project workscope, budgets, equipment purchasing, and schedules• Managed a team of engineers to design and document new projects• Provide technical and space-planning guidance to architectural and building staff• Monitored contract compliance Major Projects:• Completed construction of Fox KTTV television station production studios, including 2 video control rooms, 2 audio control rooms, 11 edit bays, 1 satellite and microwave link room, 2 recording studios, a graphics studio, a audio production studio, an automated master control. Completed system consisting of 78-channel headend, 110 channel internal RF distribution system, 25,000 cables, 2,000,000 ft. of wire, 270 equipment racks, and 500 drawings.• Completed construction of Walt Disney Company feature animation facility (Burbank, CA), including 900 video, audio and control trunk infrastructure, 78-channel internal RF distribution system with 800 drops, 30 equipment racks.• Completed construction of Foxtape Inc. NFL production and postproduction facility, (Hollywood, CA), including a TV production studio, video and audio control room, graphics suite, highlight record room drops, and 50 equipment racks.

Presided over day-to-day operations of the production and postproduction systems design and installations division of the company including payroll, human resources, accounting, strategic planning, and cash flow analysis. Projected and monitored cash flow. Marketed services through telephone contact and personal presentations. Oversaw work scope and accounts receivable. Proposed and managed projects, supervised installations, testing, and training. Managed contracts and equipment purchasing.

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Broadcast Engineering