Experience

Datazoom

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Integration Engineering

  • Jan 2018 - Present



ESPN

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director – Streaming Video Operations and Distribution

  • 2014 - Dec 2017

  Built and led a team of 21 engineering and 24 x 7 x 365 operations staff in planning, execution, and delivery of ~20,000 live events annually, viewed by consumers world-wide. Established processes that ensured uninterrupted availability of ESPN’s live networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, Deportes, Long Horn Network, SEC Network) and ESPN3. Worked with development teams who created customer facing applications for browsers, phones, tablets, game consoles, and digital media player set-top boxes ensuring live and on-demand content performed against established KPIs. • Orchestrated expansion of live streaming capacity from 20 to 80 concurrent live events without incurring increased technical staff while generating significant ad revenue increases. • Established streaming continuity plans ensuring uninterrupted live stream operations during potential distribution platform failure. • Championed a cultural adjustment among multi-functional teams gaining a commitment to system health monitoring and related application telemetry to achieve key performance targets.

• Senior Director – Technology Innovation

  • 2009 - 2014

  Directed progressive media technology projects, from capture to consumption, pushing efforts to advance new customer experiences. Managed a team of broadcast engineers, infrastructure engineers, and technical support staff integrating concepts that delivered foundational changes. • Maximized existing digital recording infrastructure to enhance daily clip production, increasing yield from ~100 clips to ~1000 clips through cost-effective use of technology.• Improved video clip editing capabilities producing a broader range of timely content available for publishing to ESPN.com by leveraging broadcast infrastructure and standardizing the toolset. • Piloted a project establishing automatic on-demand assets for studio shows based on metadata from master control operations; created instant turnaround content available seconds after airing.• Successfully executed first delivery of video assets to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA.

• Director – Information Technology

  • 2000 - 2009

  Facilitated evolving information technology operations for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com. Established core system design and administration for publishing systems, client-side support, network infrastructure, file and print infrastructure, mobile device deployment, remote access, and integration with corporate systems.• Spearheaded the successful migration of the editorial publishing system, QPS to K4.• Enhanced productivity of the creative team by establishing standardization of core functionality built into early versions of the OSX that allowed for flexibility to perform work at any workstation.



IMAGE, Inc

• Technical Project Manager

  • 1999 - 2000



Condé Nast

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Publishing Systems Manager

  • 1992 - 1998



McGraw Hill

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Analyst

  • 1987 - 1992