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New York City Metropolitan Area

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States

• Led and managed a global technology team responsible for IT infrastructure, help desk, and audio-visual for a SaaS startup with 800+ employees, leading to a (pending) $1.9B acquisition by Salesforce.• Spearheaded the technology transition for a comprehensive corporate rebrand/name change project including launching a new domain.• Designed and built 6 new offices across 4 continents in under 8 months amid company's rapid expansion.• Architected and physically constructed a 4K broadcast control room, media production/podcast suite, and events space enabling internal and external events, global town hall broadcasts, and customer-facing webinar production.• Implemented passwordless, biometric authentication via Okta Fastpass for enhanced security.• Acted as Solution Architect, Technology Advisor, and Project Manager, overseeing planning, scoping, budgeting, and execution of all IT, AV, and technology projects.• Architected automated employee on/off-boarding through Okta Workflows and AWS Lambda, eliminating hundreds of hours of manual IT provisioning work.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Served as the primary authority on internet-based video-over-IP streaming technology for Altice USA, News12 Networks, and i24 News, leading initiatives and providing strategic guidance on all related projects.• Implemented IP video transport capabilities, including Zixi and SRT, into Altice USA’s national cable headends, enabling the ingestion of live events such as the French Open in 4K UHD to cable subscribers.• Managed the continuous 24/7 distribution and maintenance of linear feeds for sister companies News12 and i24 News across multiple OTT and FAST services, ensuring high availability and quality.• Designed and launched the 'News12 New York' linear channel in one month, distributing it to multiple FAST and OTT services.• Directed the design and integration of new ad insertion workflows, creating customized linear feeds catered to specific distributors, enhancing targeted advertising capabilities and revenue streams.• Led the integration of IT and network systems for Cheddar and Altice USA, significantly enhancing operations and technology coordination.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Led and managed a team of 35 people, including broadcast engineers, video editors, and control roomtechnicians, who supported 12+ hours of live news production every weekday and continuous channel playout.• Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, migrated all broadcast and company operations to be executed remotely while maintaining 10 hours of daily live news programming (since March 24, 2020) for over 100 employees. • Designed and implemented at-home production equipment and broadcast workflows to allow talent, producers, control room techs, video editors, and master control to operate from home.• Oversaw a multi-million dollar yearly budget for IT, networking, and broadcast equipment.• Integrated the 3-year-old startup into Altice USA following its May 2019 acquisition for $200 million.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Designed and implemented geo-diverse video encoding and distribution stack (on-premise and cloud) that delivered reliable 24/7 linear streams to more than 45 OTT platforms, FAST services, and MVPDs, primarily using Zixi and HLS.• Architected a nationwide fiber network to transmit redundant multicast MPEG-TS linear feeds to traditional MVPDs, such as Charter and AT&T DIRECTV.• Wrote custom Python and Shell automation scripts, applications, websites and software control panels to streamline production operations, including master control, SCTE-35 ad insertion, media asset management, and lighting/studio equipment control.• Designed REMI production and remote contribution solutions utilizing SRT, LTN, JPEG2000, and SMPTE 2022-6, connecting multi-camera studios across the country to centralized NYC control rooms.• Architected and implemented all network infrastructure, including Cisco core switching and routing, multi-site VPN and fiber rings, multicast video networks, corporate WiFi, and client and desktop engineering.• Managed on-premise data center, including servers, HVAC, and emergency power systems to ensure 24/7/365 broadcast playout and operations.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Hired by Cheddar’s founder and CEO as fourth employee of the pioneering streaming media startup. • Architected and implemented 100% of the broadcast technology and transmission infrastructure to launch multiple 24/7 linear streaming news networks from the ground up.• Launched on-premise and cloud-based channel playout solutions with limited capital.• Designed and physically constructed four broadcast control rooms and four TV studios in landmark buildings across the country, handling all aspects including pulling/terminating cable, eliminating outside integrators and significantly reducing costs.

New York, New York

Operated broadcast equipment, including wireless handheld, robotic and jib cameras; and stage managed CNBC's NYSE and Nasdaq studios.

Toms River, Nj

Full service corporate and event video production company serving clients across the U.S.