Technical Competencies
- Sound Engineering: Avid ProTools, Logic Pro, Waves Plugins, Izotope Plugins, Lawo mc2 Consoles, Source Connect, AES67
- OTT Distribution: Streaming Codecs, HLS, RTMP, Icecast, mp3; Content Delivery Networks; QoS and QoE Data Monitoring
- Software Development: NodeJS and the MERN Stack, Python and the Flask Stack; Relational/Non-relational Databases; FTP Applications, Docker, Git, Gitlab, Kubernetes, New Relic, Thousand Eyes, Datadog;
- Technical Management: JIRA, Pagerduty, Zendesk Microsoft Office; Visio, AutoCAD.
- Broadcast Engineering: Workflow Design, Network Design and Maintenance for SMPTE 2110, and AES67 Applications; MPEG, HEVC, and H.264 Video Compression Systems; Satellite Uplink C/KU Band, HPAs and Antenna Maintenance; SCTE 35/104 & DTMF; ASI & DS-3 Transport Streams..
education and professional references
- American University: Bachelor of Science, Audio Technology, 2013
- Golden Key International Honor Society Member
- Society of Broadcast Engineers: Member (Chapter 14), Certified Audio Engineer (No. 5218) - expired
- Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers: Essentials of IP Media Transport for Broadcasters
- Factory Underground Tech: Private Training in ADR, Editing and Mixing.
- Linux Foundation: Kubernetes Fundamentals
- Audinate: Dante Certifications levels 1, 2 and 3
employment history
- Lawo Inc; Broadcast Systems Specialist - Audio Production 3/2023 - Present
- Traveled onsite to configure top of the line audio solutions for highly visible and complex projects.
- Trained client audio operators on one of the most flexible large format audio consoles on the market.
- Work with customer hired vendors to create a seamless integration using open source protocols to satisfy each customer stakeholder’s requirements against contractual SOWs.
- Deep knowledge of 2110 workflows with a strong customer focus for broadcast and music using Lawo’s suite of Control, Video and Audio Production products.
- Lawo Inc; Broadcast Systems Specialist - Media Infrastructure 10/2020 - 3/2023
- Lead engineer for highly complex and visible 2110 Media and Control systems.
- Responsible for designing user workflows, testing and deploying the system.
- Mentor new employees and trained them to be successful contributors to Lawo.
- Testing new features and products for the Product Line and bridging the gap between the user story and R&D to create and sustain a healthy relationship between the customer and product.
- Providing training and documentation for front line operations on how to use the technical workflows I designed, and first tier support engineers how to troubleshoot and maintain these workflows.
- Regional News Network; Senior Engineer 12/2017 - 09/2020
- Lead engineer who designed, documented, and delegated duties for major infrastructure projects.
- Managed project budgets and purchasing while delegating cabling and design tasks to team members.
- Documented drawings and procedures for a largely undocumented facility.
- Developed and deployed applications on the MEAN JavaScript Stack and Flask Python Web Stack with Docker and Gitlab.
- Needed to quickly troubleshoot and resolved critical on-air technical issues in control rooms and master control.
- ESPN: Live Streaming and Technology Operations Analyst II 04/2015 - 12/2017
- Ensured the successful streaming of WatchESPN, ESPN Play (International) and ESPNRadio.com from initial video encoding to end-user experience by monitoring and troubleshooting hundreds of live events.
- Coordinate with vendors inside and outside ESPN providing technical solutions for ESPN's College Football lineup.
- Developed and deployed an internal NodeJS web tool on Docker to monitor QoS APIs replacing legacy code.
- Maintained internal Perl, MySQL, and Python code base that collected data from QoS, CMS, and CDN vendors.
- Freelance; Sound Designer / Mixer 01/2009 to 09/2016
- Discovery Communications; Jr Distribution Engineer 08/2013 - 03/2015
- Entry-level team member who gained trust quickly; implemented CapX projects in a 24/7 television broadcast center.
- Collaborated with Evertz to integrate their IPX solution to monitor 100+ contribution feeds from Western Hemisphere over IP.
- Executed broadcast system designs with associated CAD drawings and cable run lists.
- WAMU 88.5 NPR News & 105.5 Bluegrass Country; Engineering Intern 01/2013 - 05/2013
- Supported live broadcasts and general studio operations, and subbed as audio mixer.
- Built IP based Telos/Axia Alliance iQ lab system to train and test new equipment during the transition to IP.
- Edited and recorded various news reports and musical segments on Adobe Audition.
- National Science Foundation; Intern / Audio Engineering Contractor 05/2011 - 08/2011, 01/2012 - 05/2012
- Presented proposal to management and trained personnel on new workflow, saving manager 60+ staff hours per month.
- Designed an automated content ingest workflow for science360.gov/radio, a podcast network.
VOLUNTEERING
- Christian Appalachian Project; Camp Counselor 06/2012 - 08/2012, 06/2013 - 08/2013
- After volunteering 3 times as a week long participant in a program for college students called “Alternative Spring Break”, I came back full time as a Camp Counselor at “Camp Shawnee”. It is for kids in the low income region of Appalachia.
- Lead small team of counselors mentoring kids through week long sleep away camp.
- Be a positive, strong adult influence in their lives.
- Experiences at camp developed leadership, creativity, and teamwork into my professional duties.