IT Manager

IT Operations – Production – IT Disaster Recovery

Flexible, proactive IT Manager with 15 years’ experience providing senior-level technical infrastructure team leadership, including hands-on support and development. Self-starter with collaborative leadership style to create strong teams that innovate and drive success. Strives towards continuous process improvement to provide project scalability, risk management, disaster recovery, and efficiency. Manages projects through strategic planning including research, project cost analysis, proposals, and stakeholder engagement. Proven proficiency in remote support.

A true measure of understanding is the ability to explain in a way everyone can understand.

With over a decade of IT experience ranging from time-sensitive media productions to helping local startups make the most of every penny. I've learned no one knows everything, and it's more about having the passion for learning, the ability to evolve, and a network of resources that determine how fast a problem is solved..

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Key Competencies & Skills

Start-ups • Compliance • Technology Services • Team Building & Leadership • Budgets • Project Implementation • Planning • Scalability • Service Management • System Architecture • Efficiency Monitoring • Software Development • IT & Data Security • Productivity KPIs • Root Cause Analysis • Network Administration • 3rd Party Vendor Management • Continuous Policies & Procedures Improvement • Automation • Testing • Communication • Collaboration

Technical: Apple – Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, iOS Linux – Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Mint, Raspberry Pi Windows Other – Android, Asterisk, Xen Server, VMware vSphere, Untangle, pfSense, DD-WRT, Tomato, StorNext, Quantum Services: AWS, SpeedFusion cloud, GitHub, Aspera, Slack, Trello, DoubleClick, Asana Hardware: Peplink, Cisco, Brocade 6505 FiberSwitch, SuperMicro, DOTHILL Assured SAN, EchoStreams FlacheSAN,  HP 6480L Autoloader, Codex Vault XL, Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone, AppleTV, Sonnet Expansion Chassis, Teradek, Ubiquity, CineVue  • Software:  MS Office Suite, QuickBooks, FileMaker, Adobe – Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Affinity, Final Cut Pro, Davinci Resolve, LiveGrade, Silverstacks, YoYotta

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Current Chapter

IT Manger at Setnet, Burbank CA

Collaborate with filmmakers to bridge gap between set and production. Create custom data workflow designed to give each project required tools to deliver final product while maintaining creative control on set. Communicate decisions through postproduction pipeline. Pioneer, manage, and maintain the implementation of DIT data management and services. Provide R&D and testing for every situation, from software to hardware, sprinter vans to DIT carts, VPNs to server racks and everything in between. Drive pandemic pivot to allow remote management, programming, and design across bounded cellular Peplinks and remote camera control.

Life Moments

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Pioneering On-Set Communication: Developing a Remote-Controlled Tally Light for SetNet

In the fast-paced and highly coordinated world of film and television production, maintaining clear and precise communication between directors, camera operators, and performers is critical. Recognizing a specific need within this intricate ecosystem, a solution was conceptualized to streamline communication and improve efficiency on set. The objective was to create a system that could signal to actors and crew members when a camera was live, traditionally indicated by a tally light. The unique challenge was to enable this functionality remotely over an Ethernet connection, all the while ensuring the solution remained discreet and versatile for use in various production settings.

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Full-Time to Retainer: Redefining Work-Life Balance on My Terms

When COVID-19 started winding down, it exposed the financial strains many companies were facing, including SetNet, where I served as the IT manager for six years. In response, we made a tough decision to shut down our Burbank office and move everything to a new office built on the owner's property, equipped with the latest in fiber and redundant microwave connections. Once we stabilized, my role transitioned from full-time to a retainer basis, opening up new avenues for me.

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Waves of Innovation: How FeedRF is Changing the Game in Live Events and Cinema

As an RF Technician and Network Engineer retained by FeedRF, I've had the unique opportunity to witness and contribute to the groundbreaking advancements in RF technology, specifically tailored for the motion picture industry and live events. FeedRF, a pioneering company at the forefront of RF technology, has significantly enhanced how we experience live and cinematic events through its innovative Cinevue product line, including the micro transmitters, Cinevue QDR receiver, and Cinevue Director receivers.

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