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New York, New York, United States

Senior level executive, C-level strategic advisor, architect and Consulting service provider. Expertise within technology portfolio program/project management, software application development, product management, broadcast, production and engineering services as well as corporate support within information technology services, cybersecurity, HRIS/Financial systems as well as organizational assessments and labor relations/contract negotiations.

Greater New York City Area

Senior executive overseeing global technology team comprised of software developers, program, project and workflow managers based in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, London and Buenos Aires. The team architect, develop and sustain innovative technology solutions, applications and automated workflows optimized for ‘time to market’ delivery, capable of managing and distributing high volume premium quality content and metadata to domestic and international consumer facing platforms (HBO Max, HBO GO, HBO NOW, HBO, Linear, On Demand Set top box, TV Everywhere, Electronics Sell Through, Home Entertainment, Licensee, 3rd party partners) to distribute a set of well-known global brands and franchises (CNN, HBO, TBS, TNT, truTV, HLN, Cinemax, Turner Sports, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Turner Classic Movies).Oversaw a department of 300+ (175+ FTE, 150+ consultants) with 4 SVP/VP direct reports and a ~$200M annual budget, leveraging a combination of process improvement, new talent acquisition, and mentoring to support corporate financial goals while fostering a positive culture of client-focused, forward thinking subject matter experts.

Greater New York City Area

Rapidly transitioned HBO through multiple key roles to oversee ~$400M budget and 500+ personnel for $5B entertainment firm distributing original and theatrical content across multiple traditional and modern direct to consumer platforms. Lead 9 VP level direct reports across media operations, distribution and corporate network engineering, business software, HRIS and data engineering services. Orchestrated rapid transition of corporate systems/applications as well as media supply chain to IP and cloud-based infrastructure, developed and executed multi-year strategic plans, optimized operational processes for content acquisition through distribution, and managed software development projects using modern agile development methods.

Arlington, Va

Oversaw 50+ personnel within operations, engineering software development and technical maintenance teams. Sustained intra-organizational relations within the PBS member stations across the nation, collaborated with business & technology executives, upgraded and tested corporate business continuity (BCP) and disaster recovery (DR) plans. Maintained technology teams’ performance and compliance against monitored reliability and availability SLA metrics.PBS is America’s largest public media enterprise. Founded in 1969, the nonprofit corporation operates 350 member stations that broadcast cultural, entertainment, and educational content nationwide.

New York, Ny

I work to modernize the content creation process and improve reliability in media acquisition, remote productions, ingest, network origination, and satellite distribution. This required leveraging creative and strategic vision, technical expertise, mentoring and team building to develop and implement new technologies and workflows and establish teams capable of and motivated to support these processes with increasing self-sufficiency.I managed the operating and capital budgets annually, and a 24x7 team of managers and technicians supporting a 50+ channel network operations center. I’m proud of my ability to combine technological roles--like managing MTVN’s broadcast fiber connectivity and worldwide satellite transponder portfolio--with relationship building, like collaborating with department managers to define new projects, budgets, and ROI’s.Key Achievements• Technological Development: I analyzed current media platforms and emerging technologies to determine how to streamline operations, improving quality while reducing costs. I established strategies to ensure on air performance of 99.994% or higher each month, maintained high reliability of playback operations, and oversaw troubleshooting for hardware, software, equipment, satellite uplink encoders and antennas, etc.• Team Development: I recruited new talent, mentored tenured personnel, set long-range and daily objectives for front line, supervisor, and managerial staff, and educated all levels of technical and non-technical managers on industry trends and new technology. I created MTV Networks’ Broadcast Training Department to train new and existing staff via hands-on and Computer Based Training applications.

New York, Ny

Disney/ABC Television Group comprises The Walt Disney Company’s global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations group, and radio business, including ABC Studios, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, and the ABC Television Network, which provides entertainment and news programming to viewers via 200+ affiliated stations across the U.S.As Technical Manager for Studio & Field Operations for ABC News and ABC Sports, I gained exposure to a wide range of content and personalities, with each production having its unique technological requirements and challenges. I served as Technical Manager for studio productions including 20/20, Good Morning America, Monday Night Football Half-time Show, Prime Time Live, Turning Point, and World News Tonight, ensuring consistent and reliable delivery of content to viewers nationwide.This position also gave me the opportunity to travel, underscoring the global nature and scope of digital media today. I worked as Technical Manager in the field for the Republican Convention and Democratic Caucus (1996), the G8 Summit in France (1996), Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve in Times Square, NYC (1997, 1998), ABC Sports College Football “A Crew” (1994, 1995), the Rose Bowl (1994, 1995), the World Gymnastic Championship in Japan (1995), the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes (1995, 1996), and the OJ Simpson Trial (1995).Moving into the role of Manager for Electronic News Gathering & Post Production, I oversaw day-to-day technical operations, engineering, and maintenance of 50+ edit rooms and multiple feed in-take facilities used by ABC Network News and News Magazine operations in NY, and managed 4 NABET union maintenance shops with 40+ engineers.Key Achievements• Technical Management of 15+ field and studio productions.• Design & Project Management for installation of 20+ new digital non-linear editing rooms as well as a rebuild of our domestic news bureaus in Chicago, Atlanta, and Denver.

New York, Ny

Nippon Television (NTV) is Japan’s leading broadcasting network, distributing content including dramas, animations, entertainment, documentaries, news, and feature films through its 30 affiliate stations in Japan and 10 overseas news bureaus. As Chief Engineer of the New York News Bureau, I managed the bureau’s transmission, studio, editing and ENG technical operations. I hired and scheduled technical staff and freelance personnel, and served as Engineer-in-Charge of all multi-camera studio and field live and taped events, including hands-on maintenance, to the component level, of a wide range of broadcast equipment.Key Accomplishments• I project managed the rebuild of the New York, Washington and Los Angeles news bureaus.

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Technology