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New York City, NY, US

New York City, NY, US

• Lead quality assurance initiative for Ad Operations Programmatic feature, providing over $1M a day in ad revenue for NBCUniversal.
• Oversaw quality assurance on SkyShowtime project which distributes Paramount & NBCU theatrical and episodic to European markets.

New York City, NY, US

• QA Lead for Ad Confidence Tool team which provides quality control on advertisements prior to distributing to linear & digital viewing methods.
• Team successfully QC'd approximately 2,000 commercials across linear and digital, enabling over $1.25 billion in ad revenue for 2021 Tokyo Olympics without any technical issues.

New York City, NY, US

• Product Owner of QA Automation Team, which creates reusable Java/Java Script automation scripts and workflows to test stability of MAM environment.
• Accustomed to working in complex, project-based environments. Multifaceted experience in QA software testing, software development and user-acceptance testing.
• Provide in depth software testing on programs written for internal operations.
• Gather metrics and produced KPI reports for QA squads.
• Familiar in testing both a local and AWS environments.
• Experience in managing black box and white box testing.

New York, NY, US

• Manage servers, network and long term asset storage to LTO 6.
• Transcode, edit (Avid, Adobe Premiere & Final Cut Pro), create manifest files and deliver clients content to Netflix.
• Delivered thousands of hours of content to Netflix with minimal redelivery rate.
• Create duplications of HD-Cam, Beta-Cam, MPEG IMX, Blu Ray DVD, DVD, and CD’s.
• Digitize and archive content for major media producers.
• Write specialized FFMPEG commands lines to transcode to specs where other encoders failed to.

New York, New York, US

• Provided in-house client services file transfer using Aspera and Filezilla.
• Maintained and managed multiple Elemental & Akamai encoders for live streaming events.
• Coordinated project asset collection as needed, for internal and external assets.
• Edited live footage from MLB games into instant replays for umpires.
• Maintained, updated, and distributed Production schedules and reports.
• Wrote XML metedata scripts for content delivery via Aspera to iTunes, HBO Now, Google Play and Amazon Instant Video.

New York, NY, US

• Operated the computer closed captioning system for file transfers.
• Transcoded raw video format for multiple delivery platforms.
• Provided quality assurance on every file prior to handing over.
• Corrected errors on captions and metadata provided by studios.
• Processed departmental billing purchases and maintained procurement logs.
• Created MPEG-2 files for online streaming, maintaining full compliance with CableLabs specifications.

• Record clean dialogue from multiple actors on set simultaneously.
• Capture sound effects to be used later in post-production.
• Work in closely with all on-set departments.
• Proficient with sound gear used in today’s market.

Agoura Hills, CA, US

• Enhanced knowledge of pre and post-production work environments including: digital media technologies for HD and SD operations, DVD replication, format conversion and media management.
• Performed audio conforms for PAL audio to sync to NTSC video for foreign language clients.
• Transcoded RAW files to multiple delivery platform specifications.
• Prioritized and tracked deliverables ensuring timely deadlines and billing objectives.
• Created watch folders for drag and drop transcoding.
• Communicated daily with clients on schedules through emails, phone and web conferences.

London, GB

• Managed daily progress of the crew in order to stick to a rigorous schedule.
• Made sure set ran within strict union regulations.
• Broke down scripts, prepared daily call sheets, prepared strip boards, and a shooting schedule for the entirety of the shoot.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Film/Video And Photographic Arts

Certificate Of Completion, Cinematography And Film/Video Production

Associate'S Degree, General Studies

High School Diploma