Todd Fantz Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga

Duluth, Ga / Columbia, Md

Crystal Computer was acquired by LTN Global in 2019. Pre-sales solution design and project support for global IP based transport and video services company. Specialty in advanced advertising tech. Accounts include Paramount/Viacom/CBS, Comcast, Warner Media, Fox, Apple, Disney/ ABC.

Duluth, Ga, Usa

Duluth, Ga

Interim manager of the service/support department as well as pre sales engineering for broadcast network monitoring solutions company. Large customers include Turner, Fox, Discovery.

Atlanta, Miami, Netherlands

Responsible for management of international development team for a broadcast automation MAM software product. Responsibilities include setting development /product goals, managing individuals workloads, evaluating RFP, pre sales engineering, system design, installation, customer support, ancillary application development, documentation. Implemented scheduled product release cycle and formal process for sales input into product. Product serves major customers such as CNN, CBS Sports, NFL, NASCAR, The Weather Channel, Disney LATAM, The Discovery Channel, ABP India, SUN TV etc.

Chief Technical Officer and Principal of Intelligent Media Consultants. Intelligent Media Consultants provided innovative workflow, training, software and implementation to the international television news industry. IMC has helped launch market leading news channels including the first news new channel in India, the first news channel in Pakistan and many other hyper-local and regional channels in Asia and Europe. Involved in the technical design of workflows, facilities and frequently the design and programming of software. Also the lead programmer for IMC software products.

Part time and freelance contractor designing, installing and supporting video automation systems. Storage, non linear editing, networking, video path, inter app/hardware communication and archiving etc. Projects include: CNN Washington, The Weather Channel, NFL Films New Jersey/LA, CSTV, Turner New Media, NASCAR Films. Building4Media was acquired by Primestream in 2010.

• Responsible for the evaluation and implementation of production and field technology for the worlds largest affiliate news service. • Helped design and engineer new feed production facility based on migration from a linear service to a non linear file transfer based service (Pathfire). Design and programming of production software.• Designed and wrote software to replace existing AP newswire delivery service with private system using existing infrastructure. Deployment and tech support for migration of all 600+ U.S. affiliates to new newswire system. Followed short thereafter by deployment of a similar service to 150 international affiliates.• Specification, installation and support for non linear systems at 5 bureaus in the U.S. Successfully allowed for polished productions from small bureaus with limited resources. Concept now adopted by CNN U.S. • Technical advisor to Newsource Sales and CNN legal on contracts with outside vendors.

Headline News• Design, programming and implementation of the first Headline News "SuperTicker". The ticker ran 24 hours a day on Headline News. It contained market, stock, sport and state news from a variety of sources.• Member of the "Working Committee" to redesign Headline News. Involved transition of Headline News from a predominantly "live" product to a modular pre-produced network.• Redesign, programming and implementation of “Newsource on Demand”, an innovative service that via satellite datacasting, delivered proxy digital video to desktop PCs at CNN affiliate stations throughout the US.

At CNN Interactive from before day 1. Jack of all trades... wired networks, wrote software, desktop support, web site admin, web page automation, launch of CNN.com, launch of CNNfn.com, election data automation. CNN @ Work, a join streaming video project with Intel.

Atlanta, Ga

Technical Support and application development for Headline News, CNN Spanish, CNN Newsource and CNN Online including support of network, hardware, software and dial in applications. - Designed and programmed a unique interface to monitor Compuserve forums for the control room of the CNN show “Talk Back Live” and drive broadcast generators with online comments.

Abj, Telecommunications Journalism

Activities and Societies: TD/Director for University News

Ba, Philiosophy