Gary Pritchard Email & Phone Number

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Train and manage team of 6 Automated Captioning Specialists.Interact and communicate with each specialist daily.Schedule, assign and monitor automated captioning for various television groups, networks, and online platforms.Interact throughout shift checking in and running quick caption tests with various clients. Work directly with clients to instruct and demonstrate how to use NCI products through videos, manuals and direct online meetings.Manage data servers for live captioning. Making quick decisive decisions including switching to different server instances and troubleshooting in real time as needed.Interpreting server and captioning log data.Able to use various lines of data connection to transmit closed-captioning data including modem, ip, EEG ICap, and NCIStream proprietary appliances.Mange a speech context word listPost Production includes creating videos, pulling and prepping audio and transcript files from the servers as well as testing as needed for research and development projects.Create monthly job schedules for the teamAttend and participate in team and departmental meetingsCreate and update documentation, videos, and other media for training purposes.

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Schedule, assign and monitor automated captioning for various television groups, networks, and online platforms.Interact throughout shift checking in and running quick caption tests with various clients. Manage data servers for live captioning. Making quick decisive decisions including switching to different server instances and troubleshooting in real time as needed.Interpreting server and captioning log data.Able to use various lines of data connection to transmit closed-captioning data including modem, ip, EEG ICap, and NCIStream proprietary appliances.Mange a speech context word listPost Production includes creating videos, pulling and prepping audio and transcript files from the servers as well as testing as needed for research and development projects.

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Record audio voiceover. Create a description audio track, mix with program audio using Final Cut Pro.Post completed DVI mix and or description voiceover track to a post house for final layback.Archive DVI to local and remote servers.Video Conversions of various codecs and formats.Description, caption, or subtitle insertion to various video formats and codecs.

Vienna, Virginia, United States/Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Route caption data from live captioner to client caption encoder using modem and IP connection through NCI Tech Center or remotely.Manage audio Telcos and T1 line modem and promodem banks.Route audio and video into live caption studios, route caption data from studios to client modem.Manage Satellite feedsManage TED playback pre-recorded captioning systemClient services skills contacting and performing caption tests prior to program start and troubleshootingCreate caption submaster tapes by encoding captioning data adhering to broadcast specsUsing audio, video, and data patch panels.Basic maintenance of tech center, view wiring, audio, video, data drawings to diagnose and troubleshoot.Basic wiring skills. Satellite dish maintenanceTape deck maintenanceUpdating and maintaining engineering documents, drawings, etcNewer NCI technology now using system for captioner to auto connect without being routed through NCI tech center.Client captioner liason in audio/video connections for various TV Networks, programs, online platforms, etc.Troubleshooting captioner's software, computer, connections when neededReading and interpreting log data for troubleshooting measures.Routing caption data to streaming platformsFilling out reports.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

Main responsibilities included logging in of client tapes. Duplication of client video tapes while setting appropriate audio and video levels by using vector scope and tone generator and vu for audio settings. Also did some satellite feed downlinks using Vyvx line. Tapes were duplicated by priority per the Offline Editing Schedule.Pull repeat segments for Sesame Street from floppy disks to pass along to editors.Traffic duties including speaking directly with clients on phone regarding completed captioning jobs and arranging the datalink of captions to client or vendor FTP sites. Shipping duties included arranging pickups by Fed-ex or other vendors to box up and send closed-captioned encoded master tapes, scripts, etc at the end of the job schedule.Maintained a database of NCI offline clients, schedules, etc.Scheduled in house caption encodings to be done by the NCI Engineering department.

Bailey'S Crossroads, Virginia, United States

Main responsibilities included duplication of client video tapes and creating an audio copy.Create an audio transcription to be sent to the caption editors.Pull and copy paper repeat segments from Sesame Street files for Sesame Street programs.Data entry of captions onto a floppy disk as prep for caption editors.Final check of captions on floppy disk using Zilog unit.Archiving captions.

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

Received a daily schedule of various news items to go out with a news reporter, and shoot video, come back to station edit and create news packages with reporter vo for the the stories to be aired on live newscast.Had to be able to set up quickly and carry around about 50 lbs of equipment daily including tripod, camera, deck, and lighting equipment as well.Work well under deadline pressureSome reporting on weekend stories

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

Wrote commercial copy to create on air radio commercialsCreated and managed a production schedule for on air staff.Managed an automated satellite system for AM station side.Worked closely with sales staff and clients on commercial copy