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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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
Streaming Media Live
As a Transmission Engineer and IT Manager at Streaming Media Live, I lead the orchestration of flawless live streaming experiences, leveraging advanced broadcasting technology and proactive problem-solving to ensure uninterrupted broadcasts. My role encompasses establishing redundant transmission pathways, driving innovation, and fostering collaborative leadership to deliver exceptional results in the dynamic world of live streaming.
Setnet
IT Manager: 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.
LifewithTech
Owner/Editor-in-Chief: Founded Lifewithtech.net as a technology publication to empower lives with knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies and provide the tools and confidence required to take back control.
Self Employed
Technology Start-up Consultant: Provided innovative technology support. Ensured research and development implement proper testing at all phases of development
Berliner Photography
Director of Information Technology: Manage, maintain and implementation of systems in a time sensitive critical cross platform environment of a leading International Photography agency. Where there are constant transmissions of photos from the event and assignment photographers, As well as editing and captioning done locally and routing to agents and magazines around the world with a critical time line. With the use of various Operating systems, Programing and emerging technology’s I strive everyday to make the next more efficient than the last.
Light of Power Consulting
Network Consultant: Manage a technical staff team responsible for the design, implementation, configuration, management, and support of LANs, Wireless networks, User accounts, Remote nodes, Clusters, Tap, Raid, and archival Backups. Server services including FTP, Appletalk, AFP, SMB, NFS, Active Directory, Open Directory, Print, VPN, VNC, ARD, RDC, IIS, and Apache.