Quality Control Technician

Hilda Soares

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Cheyenne, WY 82009

Telephone: 305-***-****

Echostar Uplink Center – Cheyenne, WY

CTOC Technician III – 07/09 - present

• Monitor the quality HD/SD video and audio signals downlinked from the Source.

• Identify and report outages, and initiate the restoration process.

• Monitor Master Control switches & blackouts logs.

• Utilize Videotek and Dorrough meters to monitor audio and video levels.

• Enter outages and discrepancies tickets into the ELVIS database.

• Report defects and anomalies with the equipment to the Team Leader and Baseband Engineers.

• Utilize Portuguese & Spanish language to communicate with Latin American clients.

• Manage time well. Perform multiple tasks under pressure.

Florida International University – Miami, FL

Portuguese Adjunct Teacher – 08/07 – 12/07

• Created syllabus, quizzes, exams for mid-term and finals.

• Developed learning strategies that optimize students performance.

• Evaluated students grades according to participation in class, tests and attendance.

Globecast – Miami, FL

Master Control Technician – 12/06 – 3/07

• Monitored multi-channels. Checked daily logs against playlist.

• Utilized switchers to manually send program to on-air.

• Loaded and operated tape recording & playback units.

HBO Latin America – Sunrise, FL

Quality Control Technician (freelance) 10/05 – 1/06

• Recorded and duplicated materials and checked for quality content.

• Followed department procedures and kept the deadlines.

• Utilized PETS, BSS database network and Louth Automation system.

SKY Latin America – Miami, FL

Quality Control/Subtitling Technician – 07/99 – 1/05

• Utilized vectorscope, waveform monitor & routers to dub/bug features.

• Processed materials into Turbo Media and transferred to playout devices.

• Commissioned commercial spots. Manned the tape Library.

• Created Edit Masters from studio Masters for on-air.

• Updated soccer loops and sent to on-air.

• Converted a Subfile into the SOFNI system and prepared for Portuguese subtitles.

• Responsible for training staff on how to encode subtitles into a file.

EDUCATION: THE NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY – New York, NY

Master in Media Studies - 1997

SKILLS: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook.

Vistalink, SAR and MBE Alarms system.

Database: ELVIS, PETS, IBMS.

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