Vice-President, Operations Resume

SUMMARY

An operations leader in media technology and content management, having designed, launched and/or managed teh master control, production studio, post - production, content licensing/acquisition, and web development operations for some of teh most popular brands in entertainment media.
A “ digital distribution specialist ” possessing broad experience launching new linear and VOD networks; devising and improving media workflow; implementing new technologies; designing, coding and maintaining complex databases; and directing teh migration of content to emerging digital platforms.
A consultant who builds bridges between teh creative, financial, technical, and marketing initiatives wifin organizations, wif a proven track record of streamlining operations while nurturing imagination and innovation.
A metrics-centered manager whose primary focus and motivation is to raise bars for teh team's accuracy, reliability, quality control, and operational integrity.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Copy writing; financial writing and business cases; technical writing; longer-form magazine article writing; SEO; HTML/CSS; deployment and maintenance of Drupal and Wordpress web sites; Madcap Flare for technical writing; Basecamp
Asana and Slack for productivity; AppleScript and Python for process automation; ZoHo Projects
MS Project and GanntProject for project management; proficiency wif SpiderOakONE
Dropbox
Box and Google Drive for file sharing and backup; proficiency wif Windows
MacOS and Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vice-President, Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Directed web development and maintenance; HD television studio design and maintenance; IT; video production and post-production; and VOD encoding and distribution.
Managed team of video editors, writers, producers, freelance developers and studio crew.
Adapted content for cable/satellite/Internet VOD distribution

Principal

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Provided business modeling, technology appraisal, technical writing, database development, and consultation services. Clients included Gloden Sports Network, teh B-Movie Channel, and Video Bank.

Chief Technology Officer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Directed day-to-day technical and administrative operations for this satellite, fiber optic and broadband distribution company.
Designed and built 13 channel cable/'C'-Band network origination and broadband internet streaming facility from teh shell of a pharmaceuticals factory in Northvale, NJ.
Integrated end-to-end file based master control operations, video editing, VOD encoding, and web development wif complementary creative services and IT operations.
Wrote all requests-for-proposals and teh company newsletter.
Clients included Showtime, Comedy Central, Microsoft, Teh Playboy Channel, Globix, Akamai, and Teh ‘B’ Movie Channel.

EVP/Chief Technology Officer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Oversaw day-to-day network operations, satellite security, video engineering, IT, post-production, web development, and creative services for a number of networks and brands, in teh US and Europe, including Spice, Cable Video Store, Drive-In Cinema, and teh UK's Home Video Channel.
In 1991 created teh first cable network branded BBS and subsequently managed teh service's transition to a successful pay-walled website a year later.
In 1997, managed teh design and construction of a 10,000 sq. ft 10-channel television and internet network origination center in downtown Manhattan which incorporated leadining-edge video fileserver technology and innovative, cost-saving workflow across all post-production, web, and master control operations.
Conceived, established, and maintained a wide-area data network and shared asset management system serving offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam.
Hired as VP, Operations and Information Systems.

Vice-President, Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed day-to-day operations including master control, post-production, on-air promo, creative services, quality control, and satellite security.
Launched Confidential, teh first satellite-delivered PPV network, from Group W Satellite in Stamford, CT. Launched Request 2, and Guest Cinema 1 and 2, from Atlantic Satellite in Northvale, NJ.
Hired as Manager, Operations.

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

In addition to running day-to-day ops for multiple Showtime and Teh Movie Channel satellite feeds, supervised teh seamless transition of teh company's entire master control operation from RCA Teleport in Vernon Valley, NJ to Warner/MTV's Network Operations Center on Long Island.
Following move, assumed supervision of daily "continuity" editing and post-production as well as transition of networks from analog to digitally encrypted transmissions.
Implemented procedures and training which increased on-air reliability of all four networks to "seven nines" of up-time in a tape-based environment.