SUMMARY

• Detail - driven engineering professional with more than 20 plus years of experience and track record of success in consistent achievement of engineering project goals.
• Skilled problem analysis and a troubleshooter who is able to pinpoint and resolve errors in early stages to avoid time and cost expenditures.
• Efficient and organized leader with success in coordinating efforts between internal and external efforts to surpass project expectations.
• 20 plus years technical experience repairing complex electronic equipment and systems.
• Created planned maintenance programs using Access databases programs and One Note.
• 17 years Supervisory and Management experience with at times 100 union staff, three managers and six supervisors.
• 17 years Project Management experience dealing with 10 to 22 capital projects a year with an annual budgets of $3.5 million dollars per year.
• 20 years’ experience designing, installing, maintaining and managing small to large IT server base systems used in automation, robotic and graphics systems. Administered MPEG-2 & 4, H.264 multiplexing and encoding over HTTP, RTP and RTSP transport streams. Directed the maintenance and design of fiber transport systems SONET, MPLS, GIGE, DWDM & CWDM networks. Experience with Cisco 2900, 3750 and 4900 series switches.
• 10 years’ experience in Broadcast, operating in the 15th ranked market. Responsible for the technical operations and maintenance of three stations KMSP/WFTC and KFTC. Responsible for the studios, transmitter and translators sites.

KEY SKILLS ASSESSMENT

Operations Leadership: Solid experience and proven success in managing complex operations, cross-functional teams, and million-dollar budgets. Equally effective as a leader and key contributor. Apply a hands-on, participatory approach to team management that celebrates employee success and provides ongoing feedback for improvement.

Strategic Planning and Execution:   Maintain effective balance between big-picture, strategic thinking and a focus on the details necessary for program execution. Success in achieving buy-in from upper management for key strategies.

Organizational Change Management:   Frequently serve as a key catalyst for change and manager of game-changing initiatives, including turnarounds for under-performing operations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineering Division Director

• Responsible for 9 full power transmitter sites, 9 full power FM radio sites, 15 Translator sites, the state wide NOAA system and 6 transmitter technicians.
• Serve as Project Manager of all projects under Engineering involving all transport and network operations.
• Develop aggressive engineering department plans in line with the overall business plan, including project cost forecasts and comprehensive program schedule.
• Develop and revise project plans and budgets. Track and monitor project status and resolve any issues that may arise.
• Participate in all planning and engineering of future projects and setting budgets. Oversaw all expenses and capital budgets management.
• Many of the same duties that I had with my previous job with Fox TV.

Director of Engineering

• Developed aggressive engineering department plans in line with the overall business plan, including project cost forecasts and comprehensive program schedule.
• Responsible for leading small project groups and managing all activities in a project life-cycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling and closing).
• Served as Project Manager of small and medium sized projects as many as 22 projects per year.
• Worked closely with all stakeholders to clarify and define projects requirements to meet their needs and goals and to create a clear plan for communications.
• Develop project charters, develop and revise project plans and budgets. Track and monitor project status and resolve any issues that may arise.
• Participate in all planning and engineering of future projects and setting budgets. Oversaw all expenses and capital budgets management.
• Conducted weekly visual inspection to insure maintenance procedure were followed.
• Implemented the planned maintenance program using Microsoft One Note.
• Project Management of all building construction, call centers, NOC’s and equipment spaces.
• Dealt with insurance company’s compliance requests.
• Conducted weekly visual inspection to insure maintenance procedure were followed.
• Assisted in creating and implemented all company emergency response procedures.
• Accountable for implementing Fox’s global energy initiative with a goal of 20% saving per year. Each year I met these goals.
• Infrastructure design, engineering and installation of IT, cable and broadcast facilities and systems and network design LANs and WANs Artel fiber equipment and wireless networks. Automation Systems and ad insertion systems and server farms.
• Phone system’s add, change and deletions along with service and repair.
• Intimate knowledge of OSHA regulation and compliance.
• Intimate knowledge of broadcast and cable TV FCC regulations.
• Designed, built and implemented operations of Master Control and NOCs facilities.
• Designed and build studio multi camera production facilities and managed all operations.
• Highly proficient with MS Office products, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, One Note MS Project and Visio.
• CAD design using AutoCAD LT, Visio Design Cad 3D MAX and Visual CAD.
• Guided the dedicated development team and outside resources.
• Recruited, managed, and mentored senior and principle level engineers to meet the needs of a dynamic communication environment.
• Directed all facility related tasks, security and building maintenance and repairs.
• Managed, reviewed and negotiated all contracts with services providers, contractors and vendors.
• Administered employee discipline and team building of a union shop that includes three managers, six supervisors and more than 100 union staff.
• Accountable for implementing Fox’s global energy initiative, saving the company money through energy savings.
• Served as Acting Chief Engineer and department head for KMSP/WFTC/KFTC Fox TV from Feb 2013 through Jan 2014).

RF Engineer

• Submitted and implemented 10 to 17 capital projects per year.
• Project Management of all projects from initiation to closing keeping track of all receivables.
• Insuring all projects were on budget and on time.
• Performed multi-level functions for Addressable Interfaces, Headend Controllers Digital and Analog, Fiber Transport and Design, CAD design using AutoCAD LT, Visio and Visual CAD, and Automation Systems.
• Assisted in engineered and designing Time Warner’s metropolitan fiber backbone network.
• Designed and over say the construction of NOC’s, Master Controls, Head Ends, in house cable systems for multi apartment units, equipment spaces with schematic drawing of rack layouts and signal flow of all equipment.

Headend Supervisor

• Oversaw expense and capital budgets management.
• Administered MPEG-2 & 4, H.264 multiplexing and encoding over HTTP, RTP and RTSP transport streams.
• Directed the maintenance and design of fiber transport systems SONET, MPLS, GIGE, DWDM & CWDM networks.
• Oversaw infrastructure and system design of Headend’s and hub sites.
• Managed maintenance and installation of Ka, Ku and C-band satellite, tower and antenna systems.
• Designed LAN, WAN and MAN networks.
• Command Line Editing, Dos, Windows NT, 2000 & XP, HFC, ISP installation and setup.
• Performed multi-level functions for Addressable Interfaces, Headend Controllers Digital and Analog, Fiber Transport and Design, CAD design using AutoCAD LT, Visio and Visual CAD, and Automation Systems.
• Inventory controls of all equipment and parts

Video Technician

• Service and repair of all media production equipment down to the component level.
• Maintenance, repair and calibration of VTR’s, cameras and all associated equipment.
• Installation of all ad insertion and pay per view equipment.
• Instituted a planned maintenance program in order to schedule weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual alignments and calibrations of all equipment