Steve Barnes Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Working for Peak Signal on a contract basis on a ground-breaking interactive theatrical experience delivered to a home audience. The project was an exploration into the future of live performance working with a number of production and technology companys along with the Royal Shakespeare Company – combining theatre, music, virtual environments, the latest streaming technology and audience-interactivity.Helped Peak Signal in the design, build and operation of an accessible, event-based streaming platform, with low latency streaming. Involved in the integration of a remote live closed-captioning workflow and provide quality assurance of a custom, interactive OTT platform.Worked with Peak Signal team members to captured the customers requirements, played a leading role in implementing, QA’ing and operating the platform that distributed ground-breaking interactive performances to a global audience.

Uk

Working alongside the Products Team to develop new playout and future TV products. Deep technical knowledge of broadcast technologies covering, broadcast playout, IP playout, Video IP streaming, video servers, media workflows, Virtualisation technologies,Develop product concepts, business and commercialisation plans for new technologies in Product Design within Media Services focusing on IP and Virtualisation technology, in addition to identifying and driving improvements in current and future new products. Manage the day-to-day process of translating product roadmaps into launched products, collaborating closely with engineers, QA, Senior Product Managers, contractors and design/development agencies.Research and analyse market and technology trends to determine where broadcast technology can be moved into Cloud architecture.Provide critical input on the datacenter roadmap to other departments; identify IP network, virtualisation and Media storage requirements for the present and in the future.Work with the enterprise sales team to drive launch of products to ensure consistent quality customer experience and sales force training.Provide 3rd Line support escalation for Media Services support teams.

Holborn, London

Provided cross-departmental support for a new cutting edge IP playout, distribution, contribution and media asset management service based on Cloud architecture.Worked across the Broadcast and IT/Network infrastructure departments to bridge the design, project and support departments; identified knowledge gaps in each team and adjusted processes and training to remedy.Partnered with support and operational teams to resolve current issues and incidents on the service platforms.Helped the Design team with bringing broadcast technology into the cloud architecture by working closely with both internal IT/IP and broadcast teams and vendors support and development teamsDemonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills while assisting systems broadcast automation and transcode vendors with moving their products to a virtual fabric.

Uk

Responsible for architecting the technology roadmap of existing and new products in the Media Services and Playout areas of Arqiva Media and Satellite, delivering all final determinations on time and in line with corporate vision. Showed well-developed leadership qualities while overseeing multiple internal design teams and user groups as well as contractors and third-party suppliers.Technical specialist for Arqiva Satellite and Media with specific focus on Playout and MAM systems and associated product lines.Working directly with clients understanding their issues and requirements, demonstrating Arqiva's products and overall capabilities. Presenting to audiences of technical and non-technical people and be heavily involved in producing systems designs for proposals and bid responses alongside the pre-sales and product teams. Providing strategic guidance to the organisation with regard to technology, IT and IP infrastructures and the enablement of business processes through enhancements of existing technology and introduction of new technologies.

Responsible for development of new and existing products in the broadcast/playout area of Arqiva Media and Satellite Initial Concept and design of systems based upon the company’s business needs. Project managing design teams and user groups both internal and 3rd party suppliers.Design lead and Technical authority for development stage of product/service leading into implementationDevelopment of various broadcast enhancements to the existing Playout and Media platforms.Development of Workflow and Asset management systems.

Responsible for the network architecture of the company’s electronic trading systems and core business networks worldwide, supporting a mix of networking equipment from switches, routers and firewalls to more specialised servers and telecom equipment spread over a wide geographical area.Directly involved in multi-department project work for the expanding infrastructure, responsible for Windows 2003 multiple domain design, capacity and replication planning. Including clustered Exchange servers, domain controllers and SQL Database servers at multiple sites.Deputised for Operations Manager, leading a team of seven or more technical and support staff within the business.Directed all efforts surrounding the design and implementation of a Disaster Recovery Site, ensuring business continuity planning.Counselled with Senior Management on overall direction of the company’s network infrastructure and exploration of new trading platforms.

Responsible for providing broadcast and IT Support for the automated transmission infrastructureEnsuring workload prioritisation to ensure operational procedures and timescales are metAdministering over 250 users on a Windows 2000/NT domainCoordinating network security and integrity Responsible for the maintenance and back up plan implementation for all relational databases running on different platformsPlaying an active role in the identification and installation of new technology