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Houston, Tx, Us

Carlsbad, Ca

Trident Media Group, Inc. provides a broad range of television production and broadcast systems and services for the telecommunications, broadcast, cable, and pari-mutuel wagering industries.Responsible for directing day to day operations, personnel training and development, budgeting and planning, equipment acquisition and integration, production coordination, marketing of services, preparing service proposals, contract negotiation, and client relations.∙ Produced thousands of hours of live television broadcasts including network sporting and entertainment events (both domestic and international) each year including 8 consecutive Kentucky Derbys. Led major expansion of Off-Track Betting (OTB) facility growth in KY and Indiana as television service provider for Churchill Downs (CHD) and other major racing facilities in US. Designed, installed and staffed operations. . Managed commercial post production services for cable advertising division. . Worked directly with major manufacturers such as Ikegami on the development of new broadcast technologies such as Hi-Def TV.

Evanston, Wy

Company operated thoroughbred horse racing and entertainment facilities in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, including restaurant, bar, meeting facilities and off track betting facilities. Responsible for managing company operations, strategic planning, major equipment acquisition. personnel recruitment, training, development and scheduling, led teams of personnel at multiple facilities which included maintenance, upgrades and construction.Took over an underperforming facility and brought it back to market viability, the result of enhancement of track, hotel and other facilities.Led team responsible for maintaining hotel, restaurant, OTB, racetrack facilities, grandstand, racing and training surface and 800 stall stable area. Implemented upgrades and refurbishments at Hotel, Restaurant/Bar and OTB facilities resulting in increased hotel occupancy rates and increases in handle (total monies wagered) across all OTB operations.

Oceanside, Ca

Company provided systems and services to clients in the telecommunications, broadcast and cable television fields which included domestic and international satellite transmission, encryption systems, and satellite space segment acquisition, sales and marketing. Company was an FCC licensed carrier. Obtained specialized DoD encryption permit. Company pioneered satellite transmission of racing for off-track wagering purposes. Company merged into Trident Media Group in 2001. Responsible for managing company operations, contract administration, budgeting and planning, marketing of services, scheduling personnel, equipment and satellite transponder time, equipment acquisition, contract negotiation, and client relations.Negotiated and administered multi-year contracts with AT&T (Loral Skynet) and Hughes Space & Communications for full time leases of multiple satellite transponder space segments on Telstar and Galaxy satellites.Orchestrated equipment and personnel nationwide on a 24/7 basis, broadcasting thousands of hours of live television production events yearly. Directed satellite transponder time space segment sales division resulting in major increase in sales revenue year over year of excess internal inventory Led encryption division of over 1000 US and international locations. Introduced many new technologies, which included digital compression, high-definition, and other digital technologies.Personally met with clients, developed business proposals, cultivated client relationships, contract negotiation, contract administration, equipment acquisition, construction, upgrades and integration of broadcast electronics.Headed company expansion into live television production, OTB design, installation and operation. Integral in firm’s growth and success which was achieved in a very competitive market environment.