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Set up equipment and fiber logistics for in stadium set up, strike and travel, including testing equipment, and safety inspections,. Responsible for local day hires, collaborating with stadium personnel as well as security during live sporting events.

Developed studio set-up and established solid production practices to create a digitally based elementary school art program for an online marketplace. Produced and directed video content to elevate production standard, look, and feel.

Glendale, Ca

Deployed web-based scheduling system, Lasso, resulting in company wide cost savings and increased efficiencies and supported the crewing department with the daily hire process.Automated and standardized labor scheduling, collection of hours worked, and the booking and capture of travel information showing cost tracking and savings. Rolled out new platform, documenting issues and user stories, then adjusting policies to improve efficiencies and gain adoption of the system and new business practices..Created a customized training program that increased user engagement, training over 300 employees.

Launched a new asset management system, Dalet, into a live production environment.Implemented standardized workflow models to enhance asset control and production efficiency.Devised rollout strategy and timeline for new MAM implementation.Deployed transition to over 250 production users without interrupting daily production.Created and maintained hands-on training sessions and presentations for users in a classroom setting, making users comfortable and familiar with new implementations, promoting buy-in.

Led Interactive Games Division with the objectives of overhauling the fantasy football product, transforming it into “first-in-class” game, introducing pay to play fantasy games, and growing the audience and revenue for fantasy games. Directed ad sales budget of $2.5 million across all fantasy games, including fantasy football, baseball, auto, and NCAA bracket games. Directed a team of 30, including production staff and engineers, bridging the gap between Los Angeles team and Cincinnati dev shop, to manage existing and new game development.Coordinated sales opportunities with Broadcast and Fantasy Games Divisions, promoting games on air increasing online fantasy game revenues, growing fantasy game exposure and player base. Received U.S. patent for innovations in fantasy games.

Promoted to run post production process, managing and scheduling facilities and personnel to deliver content to deadline and budget, managing a $2.5 million editing budget.Created the content delivery schedule for live pre-game shows, interviews, and incoming feeds. Reduced overtime with improved scheduling and introducing night shifts, which lowered costs and increased team efficiency. Duplicated Emmy award winning studio post process at remote locations delivering content on-site for marquee events such as Super Bowls and World Series.Hired ENG camera crews for interviews and shoots overseeing a $1.6 million ENG budget

Provided television post-production scheduling for FOX Sports, collaborated with producers, improved scheduling and standard operating procedures which increased financial forecasting efficiency and improved sports season budgets.Lowered costs by consolidating home studio feeds and shipments, and streamlined operations by creating set feed windows to schedule media submissions.Broadcast day responsibilities included maintaining commercial inventory for live national broadcasts and managing squeezeback scores to ensure correct delivery of information and commercial inventory

Supervised tape vault, tape stock requests and shipments, storage of footage, and support from vault personnel. Managed operations of Siscom logging system.