Information Technology and
Engineering Professional Proven
Technical and Management Expertise in Television Broadcasting
Technically sophisticated and business savvy management professional with a superior record of delivering simultaneous, mission-critical media projects on time and under budget coupled with ‘hands on’ network and systems administration. Strong leadership and business acumen focused on bottom line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology and business solutions to meet diverse needs. Team based management fostering collaboration amongst peer groups with proven analytical, strategic, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills and an ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
Capital Planning & Purchasing ● Expense Budgeting ● Contract
Negotiations
Project Management ● Vendor Relations ● New Technology
Research
Professional Experience
KSDK-TV, St. Louis, Missouri Information Technology Manager 2007 – 2010
Department lead supporting HD News & Programming, Sales, Traffic & Marketing and Business segments in a complex broadcast facility
Selected Achievements:
Maintain Bitcentral and Omneon High Definition broadcast installation, Grass Valley Edius editing platform, AP/ENPS NRCS and WSI Weather Systems
Focusing on systems development, organization and workflows
WOAY-TV, Oak Hill, West Virginia Director of Technical Operations 2011
Department Head managing technical broadcast facility, operations and transmitter site for the ABC affiliate serving Bluefield, Beckley, Oak Hill and surrounding areas
Selected Achievements:
Maintain Harris High Definition broadcast installation, Apple FCP edit suites, AP/ENPS NRCSand Weather Central systems
Focusing on systems development, organization and workflows
News 14 Carolina,Raleigh, North Carolina Director of Technology 2007 – 2010
Senior Department Head responsible for technical vision, project management and physical infrastructure of complex Cisco LAN/WAN networked television environment – Ingest, Asset Management, Editing, Storage, NRCS, Automation, Archive, Production and Master Control. Hired, trained, developed and coached a 7-person technical staff that managed newsrooms and bureaus in 3 Top 50 television markets in the country.
Selected Achievements:
Managed over $22 million in capital investments that included initial channel start-up, mergers, market expansions and equipment life cycles and system upgrades. Managed annual capital and expense budgeting processes and negotiated vendor support agreements. Ensured every project was delivered on time and at budget.
Led upgrades of all facilities, equipment and processes to native 16:9 Standard Definition (SD DV25) format that delivered the highest quality SD product to the viewer while preparing the way for HD programming.
News 14 Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina Manager, IT & Engineering 2004 – 2007
Led departmental direction and technical due diligence for:
News 14 Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina IT Manager 2001 – 2004
Directly managed the daily IT function, networking and systems administration for 24 hour local news channel
Worked intimately with multiple broadcast vendors integrating complex automation, software and systems.
Developed robust automated ‘on air’ graphics and ticker system for elections, school closings, stocks, sports, severe weather, breaking news, Amber & Silver alerts, generic and head line crawls along with other news identifying graphics and supers that increased timely delivery of information to the viewer.
Networking Boot Camp Company, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Networking Administrator & Trainer 2000 – 2001
Prepared Cisco routers, switches and security appliances for local and international classroom training boot camps
• Developed firewall networking and security training seminars introduced in a classroom environment.
• Led in WAN and LAN network design, capacity planning, backup and recovery strategies.
Global Edge Technology, Raleigh, North Carolina Web Developer 1999 – 2000
Provided front and back end web development, page layout, graphic design, site management and marketing in fast-paced corporate environments
• Planned, developed, deployed and managed user-friendly and database driven web sites.
• Administered high volume e-mail server and accounts for clients.
ECKO International, Chapel Hill, North Carolina E-Commerce Manager 1999
Developed profitable, multi faceted e-commerce web portal utilizing shopping cart software, email, and toll free services that increased company revenue and consumer awareness
• Established order processing from simple online orders to large ticket sales that ultimately shipped nationally and internationally.
• Assured web page compliance with corporate branding and web standards.
Technical Training & Competencies
Networking: Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Security Appliances, VPN, Call-Manager & Unity IP Phone Systems, VLANS, TCP/IP, IP Addressing and Sub-Netting
System Administration: Microsoft Active Directory (AD), IIS, DFS, DHCP, DNS, SQL, Virtualization, Cluster Service
Internet: HTML, .ASP, .PHP, .CSS, JavaScript, VB Script, XML, MS SQL & MYSQL, Web & Mobile Streaming, SEO, FTP, Social Media
Platforms: Windows 2003 & 2008 Servers, Microsoft SQL & Exchange Servers, Microsoft XP, Vista & 7, Mac OSX, Linux, Cisco OS
Tools: Adobe Dream Weaver, Fireworks, flash, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Access, Visio, Share Point Server, Symantec Corporate Anti-Virus & Back Up Exec
Education
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri1981 – 1985
Academic Unit: Arts & Science
Degree Program: Computer Science
