David Dunlap Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, US

Lead a team responsible for providing technical, operational and project management support to deliver A+E programming to all consumer platforms. Deliver technical solutions to acquire, produce, distribute and store media assets across A+E’s content supply chain.

Provided technical and project management support to NBC Universal’s Ad Sales, Marketing and Information Technology teams.

New York, NY, US

• Led a team that orchestrated the acquisition, creation and delivery of digital programming assets for domestic and international monetization. Responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Supervised the delivery of HBO content to online digital services including iTunes, Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Launched new EST (Electronic Sell-Through) services in domestic and international territories including.
• Collaborated with internal business teams (Ad Sales, Marketing, HBO Home Entertainment) to assess the feasibility of product/service launches based on technical, operational and financial requirements.
• Vetted technical/operational solutions to produce, store, distribute and protect digital programming assets used for new product/service launches.
• Onboarded and integrated third party vendors into HBO's end-to-end supply chain to globally distribute content to consumer platforms. Measure performance via metrics and root cause analysis while maintaining.
• Coordinated with internal and external technology partners to identify and implement asset management solutions to produce, track, and store HBO content based on platform delivery requirements. Performed User.

New York City, NY, US

• Led a technical team responsible for the acquisition, distribution and support of NBC Universal content across consumer platforms including web (NBC.com, Hulu), mobile (AT&T, Verizon) and Electronic Sell-Through.
• Provided oversight of DMD’s portfolio of products/services to ingest, transcode, package and transport NBCU content to internal and external business partners. Promoted a collaborative environment with customers to.
• Provided 24x7 logistical and operational support for all customized solutions to prep, package and deliver digital content across the enterprise. Provided Level 1–Level 3 support for all applications and systems.
• Formalized Standard Operating Procedures for end-user and infrastructure support to improve consistency of service delivery. Standardized monitoring and metrics-gathering methods to optimize service delivery for.
• Provided customized file-based solutions to fulfill remote newsgathering requirements for MSNBC, The Today Show and Nightly News. Offered distribution services to deliver content from locations where traditional.
• Provided Windows Media and Flash streaming services across the enterprise for corporate webcasts and special events.

New York City, NY, US

• Managed NBC Universal’s Media Technology portfolio of products and assisted in the design, implementation and management of the following applications:
• NBCOlympics.com - Led a technical team responsible for the build-out of technical infrastructure hosting NBCOlympics.com. Deployed 250 HP/Sun servers and 120TB of Isilon/NetApp storage across 4 data centers, 3 Active.
• AVAST - Application suite used to quantify and track piracy activity of NBCU's vast library of assets in an effort to mitigate revenue loss through content protection.
• OpenTV - Interactive TV product used to power live, web-based services including one-screen, two-screen and real-time polling results for on-air graphics integration & mobile distribution of prime-time events.
• MICAH - Application developed to ingest, transcode & publish NBC-owned content for delivery to 3rd-party distributors. Also used to publish content for Hulu, SciFi & NBC.com.

New York City, NY, US

• Led a team responsible for deploying technical infrastructure and end-user support for NBC News remote broadcasts. Responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Led efforts in the development/deployment of solutions used by NBC News field personnel to upload time-sensitive content over high latency data connections. Formalized the procedure for capturing, rough-cutting.
• Part of the "first-response" team deployed to the Gulf Coast to support editorial personnel covering Hurricane Katrina. Helped build IT/broadcast infrastructure and provided end-user support at the New Orleans News.
• Traveled to Rome to build IT/broadcast infrastructure and provide end-user support for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Supported 130 users from the Today Show, Nightly News, MSNBC, Telemundo, NewsChannel and TVSD..
• Successfully supported the News division during its coverage of the Torino Olympic Winter Games. Led an onsite technical team in all phases of the IT/broadcast infrastructure build-out (WAN/satellite uplinking, wiring.

New York City, NY, US

• Part of a technical team responsible for the planning, implementation and management of infrastructure/support services for NBC Universal’s broadcasts of the Olympic Games in Athens, Salt Lake City and Sydney..
• Staged, deployed, managed and decommissioned production-critical systems at the International Broadcast Center (IBC) and Field Shop during each Olympic Games.
• Supervised onsite technical personnel including Avid iNews professionals and Help Desk staff.
• Worked with Cisco professionals to establish connectivity at Tech Logistics warehouses, the International Broadcast (IBC) and all Olympic venues.
• Managed all IT infrastructure and end-user support at NBC Universal’s satellite office in Stamford, CT.
• Supervised the deployment of a computer Newsroom system (Avid iNews) to support teleprompter, scripts, run-downs and wire services for all Sports and Olympic broadcasts.