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..
Featured Chapters
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
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.
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.
Behind the Scenes of COVID: Setnet's Pivot That Saved Movie Making
When COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill, it seemed like the motion picture industry was heading for a long intermission. But at Setnet, we saw an opportunity not just to survive but to thrive and ensure the show went on. I want to share the story of how my team and I developed a product that not only kept us afloat but also revolutionized remote production in these unprecedented times.
Remote Productions
Pivot: With Covid-19 upon us and lockdowns in effect. We pivoted Setnet into remote productions. We developed a way to drop two boxes off at a location, giving us redundant stable internet and controlling real production cameras and lighting remotely.
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.