➤ Directly overseeing and managing Field Engineering and Programming teams for a SCN Top 5 Systems Integration company.➤ Effectively designing and managing various projects as a key player of the leadership team, including evaluating existing procedures and making proactive adjustments to meet changing demands.➤ Reviewing metrics to ensure required SLAs were accomplished.➤ Providing hands-on coaching and placing the team as a top propriety, building trust and confidence within the organization, while developing training programs to promote continued professional growth.➤ Strategically scheduling and assigning Engineers and Programmers to projects that suit or challenge their respective talents, as well as extending ongoing remote and on-site technical/supervisory support to the teams.➤ Owning the Field Engineering Department's performance, direction, leadership, and personnel needs, while working in collaboration with management, including the recruitment and hiring of new employees.➤ Refining Field Engineering procedures, practices, and standards that align with the branch business objectives, as well as supporting company growth by building and maintaining a strong professional network.➤ Maintaining staff accountability and conducting regular employee reviews, while developing new training agendas and learning curriculum for skills improvement and to create a motivating work environment.➤ Proactively ensuring Sub-Contractors comply with contract administration policies and procedures and that their work meets company quality standards, as well as ensuring staff maintain a minimum monthly average billable rate of 85%.➤ Ensuring staff maintain required licenses, certifications, and follow OSHA safety requirements and comply with AV/IT industry best practices, along with company policies.

➤ Successfully managed the concept, design, and engineering of video systems for live and broadcast events, while serving as Video Department Manager, defining operational and maintenance procedures.➤ Worked closely with the Director to oversee completion of projects and ensure that all technical needs were catered to, seeing video projects through from development to post-production and delivery.➤ Created signal flow diagrams and pixel map document packages for large productions, while ensuring all media was archived appropriately and could be readily obtained.➤ Established the project scope by estimating workload and resource requirements, and implemented and adapted to requests for changes, in addition to handling issue resolution whenever necessary.➤ Proactively researched and led the acquisition of new technologies to keep the company on the cutting edge of the Entertainment industry, as well as organized and taught internal/external training courses.➤ Effectively served as Video Lead, stepping into various roles during tenure to deliver flawless productions, including coordinating labor and hiring contracts to fill various high-value positions.➤ Strategically managed day-to-day Departmental operations, including identifying best practices and evolving processes as needed to drive productivity and efficiency improvements.➤ Informed the team on the planned versus actual advancement of the deliverables, and addressed gaps, as well as provided top-down project directions and informed supervisors of relevant bottom-up team information.➤ Directly oversaw pre-production planning and on-site activities to ensure a high-quality product was delivered on time and within budget, while anticipating and responding to needs and requests from clients.

➤ Effectively consulted with clients and worked with key stakeholders in the event planning relationship, providing guidance and solutions for event technology to ensure efficient, visually stimulating events.➤ Developed best practices and SOP documents, as well as enforced guidelines for equipment usage and safe working practices, both for full-time employees and ad-hoc Production staff.➤ Implemented and proved utility-interruption and disaster-recovery procedures.➤ Served as point of contact for technical setups and operations, ensuring technical soundness for these live, corporate, and broadcast events,➤ Owned large-scale video systems design and engineering, including installing, configuring, routing, and switching of various video graphics systems, in addition to editing and producing videos.➤ Designed, created, and operated graphics and content for visual displays, while also producing wildlife photography and photojournalism projects.➤ Successfully led the Technical crew during events, and served as an example of how team members should communicate and interact with clients as well as other colleagues.➤ Efficiently maintained inventories and procured necessary equipment, while negotiating and contracting with various vendors, production companies, and corporations.

➤ Freelance Graphic Designer, Graphics Operator, Video Editor, Video Engineer & LED Technician – Riverview Systems Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA; New Orleans, LA; San Diego, CA & Las Vegas, NV➤ Freelance Graphic Designer & Graphics Operator – Digital Blue Global (DBG), Las Vegas, NV – 2009 to 2015➤ Freelance Video Engineer, LED Programmer & Technician – Roca Video, Inc. & Univision, Miami, FL – 2012 to 2013➤ Stage Carpenter, Door Operator & Camera Operator, Price is Right Live – FremantleMedia, Ballys Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV – 2009 to 2012➤ Freelance Projectionist & Video Editor – Chaos Visual Productions & Warner Bros. – 2011 to 2012➤ Lead Video Technician – Encore Productions, Inc. Ballys Hotel & Casino – 1999 to 2003