An embedded contractor providing a close side-by-side relationship with client managing any and all necessary device hardware error reporting, troubleshooting, expansion, configuration, project planning and all other day to day issues with the Synamedia (Cisco) Broadcast Video Provider suite of products and solutions of the Synamedia (Cisco) Service Provider Catalog. Scope of work platforms and processes includes near and far end IP, ASI and SDI transport with multi-channel audio encoding (HD/SD, MPEG/VOD H.264, stereo, Dolby AC3, etc). Cisco Advanced Services trained in video compression and transport utilizing Cisco’s modular D9036 Advanced Video Encoder platform and Digital Content Manager DCM solutions. Applied experienced with insertion automation, splicing and ancillary data (splicing signalling, CC, DescA, EAS, etc), StatMUX, transcoding, conditional access layers, transport aggregation and multi-site inter-facility IP streaming connectivity (main/backup/Z) in unicast, multicast, anycast network distribution primary hub/spoke and backup site roles. Mobile streaming and VOD/OTT experience administration and troubleshooting of Cisco AnyRes 9400 family mobile streaming encoders. Extensive Cisco provided certified redundancy training of Cisco’s MK-I + II network transport aggregator/StatMUX/PowerVu DCM family and the MK-II (D9902) Hitless Merge concept administration and application.

Providing technical services for professional Domestic and International HD/SD broadcast, over the air, satellite, fiber and IP delivery platforms. Broadcast and IP engineering, security, investigation and legal witnessing. Baseband, digital transport, compression, RF engineering and applications. A Sky Europe, UPC Europe, CCTV China, Panamsat/Intelsat and major Domestic/International DTH consultant and contractor.

Originally hired as a temporary Technical Services Engineer 1 (TS Eng 1) to support all broadcast aspects and equipment at the DIRECTV Latin America facility in Long Beach, CA servicing 1.1 million subscribers. Brought on as a staff employee within 5 months of expected 12 month temp assignment. Within 3 years of service, was cited as being an exceptional employee by the DTVLA ( Latin America) Director of Technical Services and promoted to TS Eng 3, bypassing the mid TS Eng 2 position altogether.In 2009, internally recruited by the Executive VP of Technical Services for DIRECTV (US domestic) at the Los Angeles Broadcast Center (LABC) and promoted to the position of Technical Services Supervisor responsible for an intermediate shift staff of 5 including Senior Supervisory daily technical operation duties of the entire staff of 25. Responsible for TS staff personnel scheduling, performance reviews, salary merit rate and bonus justifications.Daily managing and hands on operational responsibilities included the assignment and direct management of all on-shift Technical Services personnel responsible for support of all HD/SD RF, base-band, compression, automation, M&C, commercial insertion, SD-HD/SDI transports, P2P/Multicast IP contribution/distribution transports of distant location networks (DNS), mobile streaming encoding/MUX and monitoring systems for linear/non-linear and OTT products of the entire DIRECTV LABC facility inclusive of all LABC originated domestic and International products to over 30 million subscribers (estimated 129 million potential viewers) with a broadcast value net worth of $6 billion plus.Sitting member of multiple project teams including heading member of the Broadcast Operations Inter-department Tiger Team and Special Events/Sports Technical Services liaison to other department stakeholders.

Manager of Technical Operations Centers for the FSGS World MediaCenter based at the Bahama Technical Operations World MediaCenter Facility.Primarily responsible for an operations staff of 7 with additional supervisory duties of another 6. Responsibilities and duties performed; submission and management of operational incident report justifications; operation and commercial traffic insertion system administration; complete C and Ku band satellite engineering and operations; fiber POP and infrastructure service scenarios; customer managed services fulfillment including traffic and day to day operation of international ATM based fiber networks and satellite space providers.Heavy satellite, 44 kbps TVGP and ATM fiber transmission services, both analog and digital in single and MCPC platforms with/without compression and/or conditional access overlays. Experienced with both domestic NTSC and PAL video standards and their FCC broadcast parameter standards. Also possess terrestrial microwave and laser link experience. Experienced in Microsoft Windows OS and Linux platforms.Responsible for multiple DVB RF satellite broadcasting platforms including their administration utilizing Scientific/Atlanta PowerVu+, Wegener Unity and Tiernan SCPC systems to the television and Internet data broadcasting markets. Experienced in video/audio encapsulation and broadcast over IP based transports through broadcast industry standard encoders such as Miranda and Thomson.Also responsible for delivering compressed satellite broadcast product to over 4,000,000 viewers 10 channels of upscale digital cable based product inclusive of complete ad insertion on a national level. Experienced in broadcast automation systems including file based linear and non-linear Louth and SeaChange long and short form insertion systems.Other responsibilities include operations of additional MediaCenter facilities at the FSGS Sylmar and Lurline Earth Stations.

Originally hired as a temporary second Technical Director for the Prime Ticket Network. Within 7 months began working in the Video Control Center (VCC) as an operator. Within a year, promoted to Supervisor of VCC in charge of shift staff of 7 operators providing Network Origination Services as well as ad-hoc satellite and fiber origination & destination services. In 1994, promoted to Manager of TOC and Studio Services at the Sunset Studio Facility, CNN Building Hollywood. Primarily responsible for all production and inter-connectivity operations for the facility. This included managing a floor staff of 9 plus a daily hire pool of 8. Initially responsible for yearly operating budget of $1.3 million which was reduced to $670,000/yr, target trimming nearly 49% from operating overhead for the last 2 years of tenure while still maintaining studio production and TOC facilities to sustaining levels.Offered and accepted position as Manager of Network Origination West Coast in 1997. Managed a full time staff of 14 and part time pool of 3 operators and engineers for all Culver City originated network services until September 1999.Also served as a field applicationist and transportable fiber and satellite transmission operator/engineer for Keystone/ GlobeCast North America special project events traveling to various international and domestic events such as Winter and Summer Olympic Games, Hong Kong Handover to China event, various government media tours, NASCAR Races and other high profile media events. Throughout these events I was in charged with the engineering, equipment procurement, building and operating satellite and fiber transmission/production facilities. This included analog as well as digital compressed video & audio transport platforms (DVB, MCPC, T1, ISDN, CDAT, etc) including Videocipher 1B, VCII and Scientific/Atlanta (Cisco) PowerVu Video compression, MUX and encryption administration and engineering.