Commercial & Residential, Property Management, Refurbishment and Evaluation. Hospitality & Leisure Sector Startups, Operations management & consultancy.I don't use Linkedin anymore - mrheap (a) gmail

Providing business consultancy services to early stage Startups, Arts organisations and global TV News companies.Clients Include EVS Broadcast Equipmentbody>data>space - Design Collective - Commercialisation strategy for existing IP, General Business Development, Fund-raising (Commercial and public), Development of CIC/Not for profit arm.Livestation.com - Pivoting business towards - B2B big data analysis, consultancy on newsroom operations, and general consulting services. ITN Consulting (Associate) - OmaniTV & Al Ekhbariya - Archive & Asset Management Renewal.Business consultant and Business AnalysisBusiness Environment AnalysisBusiness Strategy & Model DevelopmentBusiness ManagementBroadcast specialties: Media Management & Archive DevelopmentDigital Asset Management, Media Asset ManagementNewsroom Environment & Integration.Member of the Royal Television Society (MRTS)Unique End to End understanding of broadcast hardware and software, with perspectives on Hardware software development, installation, maintenance and operations.Property management and maintenance in the southwest region.Extensive Middle Eastern & European experience (Qatar, Saudi & Oman, UK, Belgium),

Adhoc pollster & opinion formerYouGovStone is a market research and events agency specialising in working with opinion leaders in the UK and internationally. We conduct surveys and discussions with people of influence, providing our clients with unrivalled insights and opportunities.

Business planning, fundraising, proposal writing, asset management at this East London creative unit designing interactive connections between performance, architecture, virtual worlds and new media.Producing and developing digital R&D projects, exhibitions, conferences, training and websites in the UK, Europe and internationally, body>data>space uses cutting edge performance, installation and interaction techniques to comment on these changes through the creation of innovative forms of education, art and entertainment. Journeys, street events, immersion environments and responsive spaces are all part of our core creation experience. We engage the public in the creative side of the work, in majority, creating equal authorship through the participation of others. Forums, cluster projects, workshops and research groups give us the every evolving input needed to update and add into the debates and events we enable.Projects include E-motional Bodies and Cities (2001-2013), Robots and Avatars (2009– ongoing), MADE (Mobility for Digital Arts in Europe) (2010-2012), me and my shadow (2012 – ongoing), Women Shift Digital (2013 – ongoing)Still a part time collective member.

Analysed product/market opportunities for EVS hardware in the field of News production.Created business and marketing plans that guided subsequent development efforts.Contributed to the elaboration of the company's business plan and P&L reporting.Defined EVS’ USP for the News market segment

Zooid specialises in image and video research, copyright & 3rd party clearance in the publishing industry, and is the worlds most respected authority on such maters, It also works for major national museums and for the corporate sector for imagery and footage clearance. Its operations are supported by an in-house bespoke multi-layered database "Picture Desk".Clients include Major blue chip publishers, International museums, and fortune 500 companies.Duties included:B2B Social Media Policy developmentClient LiaisonClient NegotiationsSupplier NegotiationsStrategic PlanningStaff Management

Management of the Media Management Dept. in combination with below job.

The role involves live analysis and prioritising of all incoming media (traditional wires, internal IP traffic and non traditional media sources) and distribution and priority of this media and its relevance to all parties across the newsroom and operations, effectively giving the newsroom a heads up before traditional newsroom processes start.A diplomatic approach within the newsroom both between journalists and technical staff is constantly required – a balancing act is required to assess the priorities of each group and reacting to each appropriately. Responsibilities include attending & hosting daily and weekly meetings (early morning, journalists, planning and handover meetings within technical operations.) Daily reporting and feedback to channel director level, senior newsroom personnel and senior technical operations groups worldwide (directly within Doha) via a 14 person media management team in the 3 other broadcast centres (Washington DC, London & Kuala Lumpor)In depth knowledge of satellite and optical fibre communication technology and also broadcast standards including. HD 1080i SDI, AES/EBU, MPEG, PAL 625, NTSC 525, DVBS, DVBS2.

I pioneered the stations approach to citizen acquired media, and have developed network policy on acquiring media from citizen journalists world wide. Development of Al Jazeera's Skype platform.On a daily basis I managed a team responsible for petabytes of online High Definition video and over 10,000 hours of offline archive content, in our Qatar Broadcast Centre. I have in addition unparalleled relationships & cross disciplinary skills with a professional interest in digital media content & content delivery systems,Extensive FTP Testing & Knowledge including globe-cast fibre optic delivery mechanisms on our intranet between our 4 broadcast centers, as well as facilitating rushes from stringers in the field via traditional IP based FTP.responsible for beta testing GrassValley HD broadcasting system working closely with Thompson's own engineers to further develop the current systems. Excellent Codec & Transcoding Knowledge & Skills.

www.vjs.net; Public liaison & education officer. NESTA Award Winner (UK National Endowment Trust For Science Technology & Art) .Lectures on the history of contemporary video art given at CCCB Barcelona, Kiasma Helsinki & ICA London

SoxaN 2001–2004Co-founder and Audiovisual director of London’s most popular AV Night (www.soxan.co.uk) Time Out, Guardian Guide and Metro critics choice. A Short History of Vjing.Presented a one hour lecture series at contemporary art institutions including CCCB – Barcelona, Kiasma – Helsinki and ICA – London. Interviewed by Taipei Time and New York Times RAYA – Atmospheric Engineering 1999–2003Presented over 30 nights at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London www.raya.org Stop The War Coalition OngoingAssorted work including custom created content for video wall in Trafalgar Square The 10,000 Day War – A Live Multimedia Performance OngoingA retrospective of the Vietnam War using archive footage and cutting edge VJ techniques to present a cinema performance Commercial Clients OngoingDiesel Fashion, The British Antarctic Survey, Ninja Tune, The Natural History Museum, Universal Records, Jamie Cullum and The British Council to name a few.

Discovery Networks Europe. London April 2006 - PresentIngest Operator/VT operator : Shift & Night workResponsible for timely capture and QC of broadcast & legacy material for UK, Europe, Middle East & African Broadcast regions, in 10 or more Languages, Using Bespoke software & Database systems Daily use of Digibeta, Dat & Minidisk Material, QC of content using Videotek-300g Extensive experience with Artesia –Teams Database & Omnibus Software, and Omeron Track tools to tag metadata associated with language & broadcast details.

Deputy Manager Edit and Authoring Suite Daily management of a specialist team who work primarily on short order DVD clip compilations for major motion picture companies including: 20 th Century Fox, UIP, Warner Brothers & Buena Vista. Responsible for managing a 1700 tape library, used on a daily basis. The role also required me to edit and author DVD's as well as directly communicating the process to the clients. The in time critical environment for deliverable products also requires me to be responsible for: · Co-ordination of the QC of content · Project manage procurement of content from stage one: identifying and locating content – to final stage: delivery to clients via IM's website, (streaming, FTP and on demand downloads), DVD and CD Rom · Investigating new DRM Technologies to protect intellectual property from theft including CSS, Cinea & S-View Disks