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Parker, Co, Us

New York City, Ny, Us

New York City, Ny, Us

Leading teams to design, build, and maintain architecture and infrastructure associated with video origination and distribution environments.Including:• Channel origination for broadcast, cable and OTT• Video distribution over satellite and terrestrial networks• Network engineering and operations for enterprise backbones, distribution networks for video, administrative networks, and cloud-based networking

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Integrated engineering and operations organizations to create Comcast’s Video Acquisition and Compression Technology organization, responsible for video acquisition, compression and distribution for Comcast, its affiliates and wholesale partners.Acquisition, compression and distribution end-to-end ownership – Tier 1 through R&D, including custom hardware, software, common compute and network infrastructure– for 100% of Comcast’s video distribution platform.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Worked with executive leadership to define strategy for new IP Video technology• Defined operational strategy to support new IP Video technology• Worked with other organizations to create new methods of securing advertising revenue• Developed technical strategy to sustain down-trending satellite video business• Defined new method to support centrally distributed blackout-based content – saving opex, capex, and bandwidth

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Created new engineering team to support video compression, satellite distribution, IP networking, and video distribution over IP networks• Established cradle-to-grave infrastructure to allow seamless technology upgrades – currently supporting ~ 80 Gbps of video traffic• Responsible for $30M+ annual capital budget.• Developed new architecture to centralize video distribution for Comcast including remotely monitoring and managing redundant East Coast facility to work in conjunction with Denver-based facility.• Engineered industry leading High Definition compression platforms to maintain competitive edge, balancing quality and reliability with quantity.• Developed operational support platform to allow operation’s organization to grow from a 250 video channel support organization to a 3000+ video channel support organization while maintaining neutral headcount.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Supported and extended engineering responsibility into additional satellite operations organization• Supported broadcast origination environment by providing new methods of acquiring linear sports content from around the globe and distributing to network origination environment• Successfully created new multi-million dollar environment to increase live event acquisition by 75%• Expanded engineering responsibility to include operational support systems• Successfully transitioned operations and engineering teams from satellite-only distribution to satellite and IP distribution platforms

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Managed a 24x7 operations team supporting over 60 satellite uplinks including video, data, and other complex signals.• Transitioned team from “analog” era of technology to digital distribution methods.• Lead the expansion of Titan Earth Station from a “stand alone” facility to a fully integrated facility with Comcast globally.• Managed earth station with strict adherence to SLAs supporting many commercial customers including safety-of-life applications.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Monroe, La, Us