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Sardinal District, Cr

Greater New York City Area

Secaucus Nj

Freelance Tech Manager overseeing studio and control room tech needs. MLB and NHL networks each provide the fan a 24/7 resource to satisfy their baseball and hockey sport-fix.

New York Ny

MCS is the home to Al Jazeera America's HQ. I serve as the Tech Manager for AJ's Morning and midday shift, overseeing the control room, studio and Operations team. Additionally I am in the control room readying the remote reporter and guest feeds for the daytime shows.I joined in the months before launch and helped bring the network to air. AJ America is a 24/7 news channel with global resources. It debuted in Aug 2013 at the end of an ambitious and successful short timeline to pull together the necessary resources, staff, and technology to launch this world-class news operation.

Greater New York City Area

Independent broadcast consultant.

Oversight, leadership and departmental management of CNN’s studio, control room, QC, video shading, robotic camera control staff. Demonstrated leadership of 40+ person, multi-disciplined, production team in CNN’s premier newsgathering bureau. Experience with building broadcast facilities, including a state-of-the-art news control rooms and studios designed in 2011 and launched in 2012. The control room and studio are CNN’s most technologically advanced and designed to handle the most demanding special events coverage, beginning with the network’s 2012 political conventions, presidential debates, election night and presidential inauguration coverage. I also led DC Tech Ops staff in the initial upgrade of bureau control rooms and studios to HD production in 2007 and a more thorough upgrade in 2009. These major technical changes maintained an error-free production standard on the SD facilities, while simultaneously upgrading to an HD production infrastructure and seamless transition to the new systems. I joined CNN’s DC team as the bureau staff was expanded and tasked with launching complete show production, rather than sub-switching sources for completion by a control room in CNN’s Atlanta HQ, as had been the production model. This evolution in production required extensive changes in infrastructure and staff on a short timeline. The DC bureau generates a near continuous flow of program content to all of CNN networks with reporter and guest support, in addition to breaking news and special event coverage. Special event coverage under my leadership included the Jan 2009 Inauguration Coverage (the largest in US history), Network Pool coverage of Presidential State of the Union Speeches 2006 (First ever in HD and surround sound) & 2010 in addition to many other smaller events. I’ve demonstrated a passion for staff development and positively motivating the production team thru periods of change while maintaining our production standards.

Partnering with CNN Engineering, Editorial, and Operations staff on designing new infrastructure and production workflows, which would sustain the mono mix for the network’s SD feed, while also enabling stereo and synthesized 5.1 audio on CNN’s HD feed. The launch of HD and stereo production was the most significant change to CNN’s production methods since the launch of the network, requiring upgrades and training in CNN’s Atlanta, DC, and NY production facilities.

CNN’s first full-time Audio Supervisor, overseeing staff training and performance management for CNN’s Domestic channel. Leading the team thru numerous technology changes, development of policies and standard operating procedures for audio operators. Additionally, developing record collection methodologies for CNN’s music usage reporting in conjunction with CNN’s legal department, training Operations and Editorial staff on the music reporting requirements and procedures. CNN’s audio operations lead on researching, evaluating and recommending audio technology for the network, and training staff on new technology and workflows in Atlanta, DC and NY. Leadership of complex special events audio and intercom set ups for CNN events from 1986-2005, including political conventions from 1992-2004, election coverage from 1986 to 2005, American/Russian Presidential summits in Moscow and Helsinki, Nelson Mandela election coverage from South Africa 1994, and oversight of audio and editorial staff training on audio and intercom operations for 1991 and 2003 gulf war coverage. Presidential Candidate Debates. Larry King broadcasts from Hong Kong and Tokyo, 9-11 coverage audio and MC oversight in addition to countless smaller-scale events across a broad scale of production requirements and challenges. Design partner with CNN Engineering on creation of CNN Audio Post Production facility.CNN Technical Operations design lead for CNN Atlanta, Washington and NY audio production facilities.

Leadership, performance management, of Technical Operations Audio and Master Control staff for CNN’s domestic channel and Headline News channel at CNN headquarters in Atlanta.

Greater Atlanta Area

Management of the team of Master Control Operators for CNN, which also included robotic camera operations, video shading operators. Led move to server-based playback of commercial content and automated playback of pre-recorded content during my tenure over the staff.

Greater Atlanta Area

Additional operations positions held at CNN, 1984-1991• Technical Director• Master Control Operator• Audio Operator• Tape Op• Studio Camera• Floor Director• TelePrompTer operator• Launch staff for CNN International, CNN-SI, CNN-FN, CNN-Pipeline.

• Show Producer• ENG Photographer/Editor• Radio Reporter• Operations Management• Radio On-Air Personality

Associates In Arts, Tv, Film, Media, Business, & Journalism

Activities and Societies: Courier Newspaper Reporter, Air personality WDCB FM,

Bachelors Of Science, Radio-Tv, Journalism, & Advertising

Activities and Societies: WSIU- TV, WIDB, WSIU-FM, A.E.RHO, TELPRO