Michael Italiano Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Coordinate with News, Audio Engineering, IT, Ops and other managers to plan appropriate production support for daily news and programming priorities, as well as certain station broadcast needs.
• Lead and coach the Ops Desk team of producers to cover a near 24/7 operation, and execute on daily and special broadcast operation needs.
• Address daily production issues and concerns with the appropriate parties. Work with others to respond to station inquiries about broadcast discrepancies, and assist with disaster recovery planning and resolution.
• Contribute to the 24/7 on-call manager rotation to respond to, communicate about, and resolve production and program delivery emergencies.
• Oversee studio management and booking process including administrating the studio scheduling system and outside client business.
• Help maintain a system to track the deployment and return of production equipment used for all reporting and producing staff.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Planned & coordinated 5 hours of live news coverage daily across multiple television platforms
• Identified breaking news & devised logistical response by region, enabling reporters to broadcast live from all over the world
• Led all remote special event operations, managing budgets, logistics, transmission & personnel
• Supervised all live segments in daily programs
• Produced day-of & feature news stories on assignment
• Recruited, trained & managed 6 staff and up to 15 freelancers

Washington, DC

• Select achievements:
• Produced & coordinated CGTN America’s first ever self-produced remote multi-camera broadcast (The Heat live from the 70th United Nations General Assembly 2015)
• Planned & produced coverage of the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba as well as the Cuban Embassy reopening in Washington, D.C., managing a team of 6 on the ground in Havana & delivering all live & story.
• Coordinated all coverage of the inaugural CELAC Summit 2014 in Havana, Cuba, a gathering of heads of state from 33 nations across Latin America; managed all editorial & live television components for the duration of.
• Delivered an exclusive interview with Uruguay President José Mujica
• Executed all live global remote coverage with 100% success during high-impact breaking news stories such as the San Bernardino Massacre | Paris Attacks | E.U.-Middle East Migrant Crisis | Nelson Mandela’s Passing |.

Washington, DC | Baltimore, MD

• Deployed, managed, maintained & troubleshot all Coach to Coach, Coach to Player, Microsoft Surface, Instant Replay + Injury Review technology in live game scenarios on the Baltimore Ravens & Washington Commanders.
• Operated as frontline responder in event of failure, delivering alerts to Football Operations & coordinating across multiple teams to drive rapid resolution
• Communicated in live game scenarios across Football Operations, Game Day Officials, NFL Technology & Football Club personnel, implementing equity rules if necessary
• Maintained & tested fiber optic network backbone & all sideline technology components week to week, capturing & reporting diagnostics to league officials
• Provided transparent real time updates & comprehensive post mortem reports to Football Operations to support game events & enhance standard operating procedures

The Americas

• Led editorial broadcast coverage & logistical planning of large-scale media events & breaking news for hundreds of domestic & international TV networks
• Drafted & issued news bulletins + advisories across a client base of hundreds of television networks in conjunction with the international news cycle
• Coordinated satellite logistics, conducted interviews, wrote scripts & supervised / produced multi-camera shoots & edits
• Managed dozens of vendor relationships in multiple countriesSelect achievements:
• Established remote infrastructure & orchestrated global television coverage on multiple live transmission paths + digital platforms while managing a full-time & freelance staff of up to 30 personnel
• Consistently produced & delivered top-tier live coverage of international news events, including the Boston Marathon Bombing | Sandy Hook + Aurora Massacres | U.S. Presidential Elections 2012 | Hurricane Sandy |.

Boston, MA

Recorded & mixed mutli-channel sound sources both in studio + in the field

United States

• Select achievements:
• Engineered & recorded wireless game & interview sound for 1 year feature length documentary, Bill Belichick: A Football Life, the most-watched program in the history of NFL Network with 657,000 viewers
• Engineered & recorded real-time documentary wireless game sound for Super Bowl XLIV, Pro Bowl, NFL Full Contact | Inaugural Game at Cowboys Stadium, NFL Kickoff, Hey Rookie! & the NFL Draft

Greater Boston Area

• Led five teams each consisting of five professionals, driving domestic & international press coverage for a diverse group of clients, including Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon & BAE Systems
• Planned & executed dozens of media campaigns around product launches & breaking news
• Managed monthly budgets across all accountsSelect achievements:
• Consistently delivered top media coverage in legacy & new media, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Boston Globe + key trade magazines & television outlets
• Devised & executed successful quota-based promotional strategies for each account on a quarterly basis, detailing budgets, activities & results

Greater Boston Area

Directed schedules & logistics + executed regional New England field coverage with full-time & freelance staff. Conducted interviews, wrote scripts & supervised edits of daily news items to meet strict deadline requirements

New York City | NE United States | Canada

• Spearheaded logistics of national news coverage for over 200 domestic & international affiliates
• Drove coverage of large-scale media events & breaking news, consisting of dozens of domestic & international affiliate news bulletins across multiple live television transmission paths
• Trained, scheduled, & managed 4 full-time employees & up to 30 freelancers
• Pitched news stories daily to Executive Producer Sharon Houston to determine editorial direction
• Coordinated joint projects & tie-ins with Today Show, NBC Nightly News, & DatelineSelect achievements:
• Enhanced operations through introduction of new systems, including hosting international study groups on emerging technologies at NBC, CNBC & MSNBC HQ

New York City | NE United States | Canada

• Directed schedules & logistics for execution of regional field coverage, overseeing 30 full-time staff & freelancers
• Conducted interviews, wrote scripts & supervised edits of daily news items under strict deadlineSelect achievements:
• Delivered top quality coverage of major events such as the Staten Island Ferry Crash | Martha Stewart Trial | Republican National Convention 2004 | 57th, 58th & 59th United Nations General Assemblies 2002-2004 |.

New York, New York, United States

Midriff Records is an independent record label, founded in 2001 by The Beatings to release our own albums & music from other artists we like

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Recorded & mixed mutli-channel sound sources both in studio & in the field. Clients included: U.S. Federal Government | MTV History Channel | WGBH | NOVA | This Old House | ABC | NBC | CBS | ESPN NBA TV | Discovery | Animal Planet | Turner | Reuters | Fidelity | Proctor & Gamble | Harvard University

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cinematography And Film/Video Production, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Member, Frames Per Second Film Society; DJ, WECB FM

Film/Cinema/Video Studies, 3.3

Letters And Sciences, Letters & Sciences, 3.2

Activities and Societies: Member, Honors Society; DJ, WMUC 88.1 FM

Music Theory And Composition, 3.8