Resume of Broadcast Systems Engineer

Title
Broadcast Systems Engineer

Primary Skills
system engineering, lan administration, systems design and implementation

Location
Canada-ON-Iroquois (will consider relocating)

Posted
Jul-08-08

Work History:

Ross Video
October 3, 2005 -- Present
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Tradeshow Specialist
Duties:

Designed and spec'ed NAB2007, IBC2007 datacom systems

Solely responsible for all technical systems at NAB2008 and IBC 2008 (system design, budgeting, project management, construction, labour management)

Responsible for designing and standardization of demo kits

Responsible for all demo and tradeshow inventory tracking and ordering

Designed and wrote custom code to automate demo and tradeshow systems configuration

Responsible for maintaining the tradeshow staging area and staff


Technical Support Specialist
Duties:

Handled technical support calls and provided pre-sales support

On site field service calls

Installation/commissioning of Ross products on-site

International travel on short notice

On-call rotation as needed

Designed and coded the inventory control system used by the technical service group

Coded a SMT work order system used by the manufacturing group



CBC Television
Canadian Broadcast Corporation
April 14, 2003 -- October 3, 2005
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Television Mastercontol Technician
Duties:

Monitoring and routing of internal and external feeds for all of the CBC English Television Networks

Perform colour correction, and timing adjustments on incoming feeds

Perform signal patching when required (analog video, audio, intercom, phones, and SDI patching (digital video with embedded audio)

Complete and coordinate satellite and microwave truck line-ups

Complete shift fault reports as needed

Coordinate with the traffic department for incoming feed bookings


Broadcast Automation Systems Support
Duties:

Provide support to on-air operation staff (Main Net, NWI, Vision, One, Country Canada, Newsworld)

System administration and maintenance

Daily maintenance and system troubleshooting

Procedural documentation


NOC Front Desk Operations
Duties:

On-air operations

Daily editing of on-air playlist

On-air monitoring

Fault reporting


ADexact
August 2000 - March 28, 2003
(company ceased operations)
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Broadcast Technical Specialist
Duties:

Secondary job function was as the facilities manager, overseeing all installations, renovations, equipment moves, asset tracking, wire management, equipment repairs, shipping/receiving, customs paperwork as needed, and any issues regarding the physical office space

Designed, maintained, and installed all data network infrastructure

Designed, maintained, and installed all broadcast infrastructure

Created asset tracking system and mythology

Created and implemented a cable management system conforming to EIA-606 standards and practises

Responsible for creating network backup routines and implemention (Veritas Netbackup)

Reviewed all equipment prior to purchase and created purchase orders


Bell ExpressVu
Fall 1997 -- August 2000
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Network Technician
Duties:

Monitored all signal pathways and return feeds

Trouble shot internal and external signal problems

Performed channel substitutions when requested by Canadian stations as per CRTC regulations

Refined operation procedures and processes for management

Preformed constant quality checks (Electronic Program Guide, picture and sound quality, channel availability)


Uplink Technologist
(promoted December 1998)
Duties:

Responsible for daily maintenance and repair of satellite transmitters and RF chain issues (Thirty two MCL 9000 KU/DBS KPA's)

Installed baseband components and trouble shot internal signal problems

Installed downlink dishes, performed dish maintenance on transmit and receive dishes

Installation and maintenance of broadcast equipment


Sr. Technologist --Data Services
(transferred to DirecPC Group August 1999)
Duties:

Design and construction of integrated multi-cast video streaming servers for delivery over satellite broadband systems

Daily operations and administration of the NOC (Networks Operation Centre)

Responsible for all hardware, assets, returns and installations. (data and RF)

NOC RF systems design and support

Reviewed all equipment before purchase and prepared all purchase orders for department


Challenge Associates Inc.
1995 -- 2000 (operations suspended)
2003 -- present (operations resumed)
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Owner/Chief Technician
Duties:

Broadcast systems design and construction

Data network architecture and installation

Advanced Streaming Solutions

Managed 10 to 15 technologists.

System monitoring, redundant infrastructure design

Facility management solutions


SATV/ATN
Freelance: June 1995 -- April 1996
Summer Staff: April 1996 -- September 1996
Full Time: March 1997 -- Fall 1997
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ENG/EFP Camera Operator
Duties:

Preferred freelance camera op, averaged 20-30 shoots a week

Hired full time for the summer in 1996

Edited own packages when required (A/B/C-roll Liner editing system)

Studio work as required for weekly productions


Station Engineer
Duties:

Maintained all production, EFP/ENG, post, and on-air equipment

Designed and built one of the two studios

Responsible for the operations department's LAN (library, prod, and MCR)

Handled broadcast automation systems in conjunction with Sony Canada

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Education:
Canadore College
Television and Video Production
1995 -- 1997
Performed various production duties on CRTV 21 productions

Graduated with a GPA of 3.5

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Specific Skills and Transferable Knowledge:

Broadcast Hardware:

Pinnacle Video Servers
nCUBE N4 server (VOD/NVOD)
nCUBE Headend Insertion video server and switcher
Scopus DVB re multiplexer and encoders
Sony Flexicart
Sony VideoStore
BetaCam SP/SX, DigitalBeta, MII, U-matic ¾", DVCPro, DVcam, SVHS, and HD series tape,vtr, and camera formats
HD cameras, switchers, routers, monitors
GrassValley/Imagic/Leitch Matrix Routing switchers
Tektronix Profile
SeaChange commercial insertion server


Broadcast Software:

Thompson Automation Systems
HPOpen View for DiviCom System control
Deko CG, Inscriber CG
Sea Change encoding and operation software
SAR system alarm
AVID
Adobe Suite (Premier, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Acrobat)


RF Equipment:

MCL 9000 KU/DBS KPA's
Raydne DVB-3030 and 3030L
WaveCom UCM-4540
Felec MC-32 Spectrum analyser
Hp Spectrum analyser
KU, C, KA, DSS systems
L-band distribution systems design
MDU systems
SNG/MNG truck operation/design experience


Computer Languages:

bash and c-shell scripting
CGI
C/C++
Perl
PHP


Data Hardware:

Terminal Servers and Clients (primarily LTSP)
Compaq DL380, DL360, DL320
DEC Alpha400
Sun Netra t1
Sun 220R
Sun E1000
Cisco switches and routers
HP Procurve Switch
PC and server hardware
Wireless (microwave, RF and laser) networking kit


Operating Systems:

Linux
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
Solaris
HP Unix
SCO
True64
Cisco IOS
Transit
Plan9
QNX
Win2K Pro, Server, and Advanced Server
WinNT4 Server and Workstation
Win95/98/Me/XP


Network Services and Applications:

NIS, NIS+
LTSP (Linux terminal server project)
X-windows
DNS
DHCP/BOOTP
Apache with PHP
FTP
MySQL
Oracle
SNMP
LDAP
Streaming media servers (Darwin, Real, MSmedia, ffmpeg, VLS and VLC (VideoLAN Server and client), MPEG4IP
NFS
SAMBA


Monitoring Software:

What'sUP Gold
MRTG
Tripwire
SNORT (ids package for Linux)
BigBrother and Little Sister
SNMP crawl
StalkingKat client-server snmp monitor for satellite IP systems


Miscellaneous Software Packages:

StarOffice and OpenOffice
AutoCAD 2000LT
Visio
MS Office
KDE, GNOME, CDE environments
Quanta
Visual Studio
Kdevelop
PHPMySQL admin
Changepoint
Quickbooks
ssh, rsh, rcp, rsync, and other assorted remote tools
CVS and Subversion

Certifications
See above


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