Experience

KSPS PBS

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Technician / Master Control Operator

  • Feb 2008 - Present

  • Supplying IT and Engineering support for 3 PBS stations, their streams and 6 cable stations. • Mux, route, monitor, and program proper broadcast air content for 11 video streams. Monitor Spokane broadcast content delivered to Shaw Cable and Broadcast, Canada, via fiber and satellite. Monitor satellite, microwave, & IP traffic up-links and down-links. Monitor and operate 4 transmitters; Emergency Alert Systems; record, trim and monitor server, disc, and tape records, build motion graphics using Adobe Production Premium CC, Apple's Motion & Final Cut Pro X, monitor and post national program discrepancies on a live forum / bulletin board, document station discrepancies, day to day activity, and keep multiple playlist up to date. Show less



Gonzaga University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Technician

  • Feb 2012 - Present

  Broadcast Technician for Integrated Media / Broadcast Journalism Department @ Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. Supplying technical support for faculty, staff, studio, and student needs. Adobe Production Premium CS 6/CC, Final Cut 10.3, Avid, Broadcast Pix, Field and Studio gear support and equipment check out. Broadcast Technician for Integrated Media / Broadcast Journalism Department @ Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. Supplying technical support for faculty, staff, studio, and student needs. Adobe Production Premium CS 6/CC, Final Cut 10.3, Avid, Broadcast Pix, Field and Studio gear support and equipment check out.



Educational Service District 101

• Multimedia Professional

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2007

  • Lead producer/director for a national distance education network, designing and producing educational media and instructional programs for K-12 instruction and professional training • Produce and direct instructional distance learning and training programs delivered via live television, videotape, and interactive DVD • Assist in installing, wiring and networking three broadcast studios, three broadcast control rooms, and one master control room for video, audio, and data • Provide technical support for instructors in an educational setting in the utilization of video equipment, multimedia tools, and troubleshooting software problems • Create instructional design elements for distance education and training programs delivered via television, video, Internet, interactive videoconferencing, and DVD for schools, public agencies and private organizations • Live technical directing, scripting, lighting, shooting video with film and video cameras, editing productions on nonlinear and linear editing systems • Maintain and set up of all types of broadcast and media equipment • Identify and resolve technical equipment problems • Work with numerous software applications, both Mac and PC • Create graphic artwork on multiple platforms • Train production crews Show less



Educational Telecommunications Services

• Producer/Director

  • Jul 1996 - Jan 2000

  Subcontractor for broadcast services to ESD 101. 2000 went to work for ESD 101 directly. Same duties as listed for Educational Service District 101 Subcontractor for broadcast services to ESD 101. 2000 went to work for ESD 101 directly. Same duties as listed for Educational Service District 101



KAYU Fox Television

• Computer Networking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Promotions Producer / Lead Master Control Operator

  • Jul 1990 - May 1996

  Promotions Producer and Master Control Lead Operator 1990 – 1996 Promotions Producer: • Scripting and editing promos (Avid media composer using S-VHS, ¾”, and 1” tape) • Researching and archiving video libraries • Creating block promos, weekend promos, and episodic tags for three television stations Master Control Lead Operator: • Switching three television stations simultaneously • Programming Avid airplay system • Management of personnel, including hiring, firing, scheduling, and training • Budget oversight • Ordering stock and equipment • Program operations, including building break-reels, audio carts, interpreting logs, airing daily programming, recording satellite feeds, dubbing tapes, monitoring audio/video levels, and operation of Harris Transmitter Show less



KUID TV

• Associate Producer

  • Aug 1987 - Jun 1990

  • Responsible for videotaped packages, graphics, and promotional materials that composed a bimonthly one-hour television series, Idaho Agriculture • Responsible for videotaped packages, graphics, and promotional materials that composed a bimonthly one-hour television series, Idaho Agriculture