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Confidential, Hauppauge, NY

Senior Broadcast Engineer.

Responsibilities:

Provide support for broadcast related proposal efforts and projects, including design concepts, drawings and obtaining and recommending vendor solutions and pricing.
Provide technical leadership on broadcast related projects.
Broadcast Technology presentations in support of business development.
Work closely with teh business units within Globecomm to insure dat teh broadcast strategy fits and integrates with their business development efforts.
Research and laboratory work on new technology.

Confidential, New York, NY

Manager, Affiliate Technical Support

Responsibilities:

Engineering resource and liaison to affiliate sales teams and other groups within HBO/Cinemax.
Provide support to HBO authorization (Hotline) staff and to all HBO and Cinemax affiliates and distributors.
Organizing and streamlining of operational processes between network authorizations team and origination/uplink facility.
Establish and lead technical distribution training for Sales, Finance and Digital Media Operations teams.
Manage technical compliance of HBO security requirements for affiliate distribution.
Manage all affiliate testing for linear and SVOD products. Maintain current and develop new relationships with SVOD and linear systems vendors.

Confidential, New York, NY

Manager, Engineering, Advanced Technology Operations.

Responsibilities:

Provide engineering resource to all of HBO and Cinemax to support current and new business plans.
Plan teh development and oversee technical implementation of distribution strategies with cable, DBS and broadband distributors.
Project Management for new HBO product delivery methods.
Responsible for writing and supervising field test plan for MPEG - 4 HD linear feeds. Coordinate and manage all affiliate field testing, including metadata enhancements for On Demand platforms.
Problem solving and technical support to affiliates/distributors. Evaluation and recommendations of new distribution technologies. Technical support to HBO/Cinemax affiliate call center. Technical liaison to Affiliate Sales, Legal, Marketing and VOD teams.
Monitoring and evaluation of emerging technologies. Maintain current and developed new relationships with customers and vendors.

Confidential, New York, NY

Director, Network Transmission.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all network transmission issues including managing contribution feeds and overall quality of satellite distribution.
Oversee all aspects of Confidential TV’s digital compression satellite transmission platform
Coordination of broadband distribution with Cable and DBS affiliates.
Recommended and managed purchase of Confidential TV’s first KU uplink/production vehicle. Recommended and supervised network’s migration to DSNG backhaul feeds. Coordination and implementation of network’s digital West Coast feed.
Bid solicitation and contract negotiation for fiber optic paths and network’s satellite space segment. Coordination of engineering projects for facility upgrades and expansion. Managed all purchasing and budgeting for Engineering Department.
Equipment procurement and inventory. Established new and maintain current equipment vendor relationships. Supervising and training of video technicians.

Confidential, New York, NY

Remote Feed Supervisor.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for maintaining quality and integrity of all inbound and outbound video feeds for Confidential TV Network. Coordination of multiple live remotes with satellite and fiber optic TOCs and video production studios.
Supervise all plant routing including IFB and PL lines for live remotes. Supervise routing and quality of outbound domestic and international signals to local stations and network uplink facilities.
Responsible for quality control and determining priority of recordings for live trials and daily news feeds. Developed procedures for tracking and trafficking recorded videotapes. Supervise all feed acquisition and VTR technicians. Assist VP of Engineering with facility/control room upgrade projects. Equipment and Procedure Training. Broadcast equipment testing and evaluation.

Confidential, Smithtown, NY

Senior Q.A. Technician and Syndication Coordinator.

Responsibilities:

Television network monitoring and control.
Responsible for uplink and quality of 18 network feeds.
Operation of satellite equipment; Exciters, HPAs, Antennas and Receivers. VTR playback and uplink for Viacom and Paramount Syndication feeds. Live to air switching for special event uplinks.
Responsible for booking satellite time for affiliate and short notice occasional feeds. Coordination of network feeds with satellite vendors, fiber optic vendors, remote uplinks and videotape/production houses.
Coordinated facility upgrade of Earth Station antennas and satellite equipment. Set-up and operation of transportable uplink vehicles. Master Satellite Control room equipment installation and troubleshooting.