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New York, New York, US

• Recorded and mixed audio for a Republican Voters Against Trump ad
• Mixed and produced an album that received over 2,500 downloads, 200,000 plays, and was a top 25 new folk album on Amazon
• Worked as a freelance audio engineer for live music performances
• Contributed as a musician and producer on multiple projects and albums

New York, NY, US

Los Angeles, California, US

• Hosts a show (The Husker Heisman Huddle) with Heisman Trophy winners Eric Crouch and Johnny "the Jet" Rodgers covering Nebraska college football from fall camp through the end of the season
• Books guests for the show including former NCAA football players
• Writes, records, edits, and mixes the music for each episode
• Creates and edits teaser clips for the show
• Works with the show's producer to develop a format and delivery of content over the course of the season
• Outlines each episode prior to recording consistent with the progression of the show

Seattle, WA, US

• Authored maintenance entry SOP, Tier 1 Mainternace Overlap Escalation SOP, and processed all maintenances on all Prime Video live event infrastructure including Thursday Night Football, Ligue 1/2, UCL, Cricket.
• Developed tooling to automate maintenance window and live event overlap, authored a business case for this new tooling, received alignment for Prime Video stakeholders, and worked with multiple teams to drive the tech.
• Monitored circuit health and direct connect ingress for all Prime Video live event infrastructure
• Triaged all origin fail overs for live events by monitoring circuit health, inspecting Elemental hardware encoder logs, EC2/haproxy alarms, and Elemental Media Package ingress/egress and drove all investigations to.

New York, NY, US

• Worked as part of a small team on the integration of NHL games onto ESPN+ and STAR+
• Worked with infrastructure team on buildout of NHL games on ESPN+
• Utilized BCP Provisioning to bring each NHL game into the ESPN+ and STAR+ environment

New York, NY, US

• Oversaw, engineered, and created technical documentation for live events and linear streams for partners such as ESPN+, NHL, WWE, Eurosport Twitter, PGA, Live Nation and more
• Utilized Evertz MXP to groom PIDs from multiple source streams for NHL archiving and ESPN+ live events
• Developed sound understanding of video codecs and TS/IP transmissions from encoder (Elemental, Cisco) to decoder (Sencore, Cisco) via multicast and unicast
• Troubleshot and responded to transmission issues during multiple live games and events under pressure
• Managed video acquisitions via fiber/IP and route via Evertz/Snell video routers, in addition to processing and handing off that video to traffic/front end operations
• Demonstrated an ability to learn, understand, and apply cutting edge technologies to workflows in a short amount of time with little notice

• Designed and provided audio equipment for all recording captures for the podcast including to remote host in Atlanta, GA
• Troubleshot any and all audio and technical issues both in New York and Atlanta
• Conducted weekly pre show production meetings
• Composed and mixed music for the weekly podcast intro
• Mixed and edited podcast recordings and implemented music for different segments in Pro Tools during post production
• Worked with Harvard Epidemiology to conduct an interview on the state of college football during the pandemic

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Monitored CBS Radio’s seven AM and FM stations from the technical operations center (TOC)
• Routed audio via VistaMax routing system and connected ISDN codecs for sports, morning shows, and other programming
• Assisted operators and talent in studio with automation and playout software, studio switches, EAS tests, and other studio related issues
• Assisted AM news stations with Associated Press (AP) WebFeeds, BNN Wires, and news content downloading
• Demonstrated sound understanding of STL transmission, how to switch audio paths, and switch transmitters during failures

Bronx, NY, US

• Produced live recordings of numerous artists.
• Operated the board for Pete Fornatale’s “Mixed Bag” on Saturdays from 4-8 PM and “Ceol Na Gael” on Sundays from 12-4 PM.
• Mixed live sessions using various pieces of recording equipment: Allen and Heath GL4000 Mixing Console (32 microphone inputs), Yamaha SPX2000 & Lexicon PCM81 effects processors, and 4 Presonus ACP88 8 channel processors.
• Seamlessly switched studios on air, inserted promos, and transitioned shows in accordance with a program log.
• Checked studio equipment before programs went on air
• Automated radio shows in Audio Vault when hosts were absent.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English & Philosophy

Education record