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Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Pandemic preparation of IT hardware and execution of strategy. o Anticipated potential pandemic situation in January 2020. Had IT team prepare existing spare laptops and desktops ahead of employee evacuations. Entire.
• Support and training of non-news personnel during pandemic work from home situationo Coached IS team in changing their mindset on how they provide user support during a WFH scenarioo Had my team members join in on.
• Q2 and Q3 of 2019 WTHR was sold to TEGNA. I transitioned WTHR technology services and administrative points to TEGNA.o Created inventories of contracts, licensing, AD accounts and serviceso Coordinated transition dates.
• Managed the technology divestiture of WTHR from Dispatch Printing Company. Created a technology portfolio to aid in the transition of support contracts, e-mail migration, Microsoft licensing; negotiation of new WAN and.
• Developed a comprehensive network assessment and gained approval for a remediation strategy o New IT architecture including wiring, switching and routing hardwareo New secure Wi-Fi system o Improved security with.
• Provided remote support for Olympic news crews in Sochi, Rio de Janeiro and PyeongChang.

Indianapolis Indiana

Manage projects, expenses and capital for WRTV IT initiatives. Provide supporting leadership to the Director of Broadcast Engineering and technical leadership for the station. Coordinate with Department Heads on project planning and delivering results on time and budget. * Develop and coordinate strategic technology initiatives for WRTV* Project Management.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

IT lead for a four station broadcasting division. Responsibilities included communicating corporate security initiatives, policies technical strategies to the stations and voicing station questions and concerns to arrive at common solutions or sound alternatives. Successfully created a virtual team for my Lean Six Sigma BPM project and participated on.

Manage station IT and telecomm budgets and expenses. Reduce telecomm expenses by migrating off of legacy technologies. Manage and implement new technologies into the broadcast operation.

Network Administrator, Phone System Admin, System Integrator, Negotiate Telecomm Contracts

Install, maintain and repair broadcast electronic systems. Field engineer for microwave trucks and SNG Engineer (satellite news gathering). Studio camera operator, production photographer/editor and audio engineer.

Bs, Communications

Activities and Societies: Sigma Alpha EpsilonBusiness Administration, Communications and Broadcasting course work.

Training Certificate, Project Management

McGraw-Hill Institute Project Management Training: