Manager Sales

Peter Gebhart

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Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Email: *********@*****.***

www.petegebhart.com

Career Accomplishments

• Streaming media professional with over 7 years of experience in video encoding,

production management, webcasting and on-site video production

• Proven track record for saving cliental money across multiple verticals

• Experienced with all major streaming video formats including: Windows Media, Flash

(H.264), Real player, Mpeg2 and MP4

• Extensive hands-on experience with major web casting and web conferencing platforms

including: IVT, QUMU, ON24, TalkPoint, Stream57, and WebEx

• Experienced with all major methods of signal acquisition including: Satellite uplink and

downlink, video fiber, On-Site encoding via internet connection, and Video Conferencing

Equipment (ISDN and Telephony-based)

• Direct Production Management experience with several Fortune 500 companies in Life

Sciences, Financial Services, and Publishing

Experience

Ernst & Young LLP Secaucus, NJ

Global Webcast Encoding Operations Lead August 2009-Present

• Engineered and implemented an encoding facility capable of 24/ 7 service, saving the

firm $763,450 in the first eighteen months of service

• Operational IT liaison for Global Webcasting

• Work with IT engineering to transition legacy webcasting platform to QUMU

• Standardized live encoding procedure in Global IT frame work

• Asses new streaming technology for desktop and mobile use

• Responsible for developing live event support protocols for a global audience

• Coordinate resources from Global IT services for webcast production team

• Maintain internal tracking sites for webcast growth and use within EY

• Webcast team training on new platforms and associated technologies

Quality Technology Services Jersey City, NJ

Live Event Producer January 2007-July 2009

• Responsible for all aspects of live event production, including portal construction,

streaming and content delivery

• Developed web based event scheduling system for Intercall and several other clients

• Successfully managed events for clients across the publishing and life science verticals

• Evaluated webcast service providers for Quality Technology Services clients, allowing

solutions in the clients’ best interest

• Acted as immediate point of contact for all new business clients

• Created and maintained workflow procedures, rates, and materials specific to individual

Quality Technology Services clients, as well as all internal Media Services Marketing

materials

• Provided technical sales support to a team of five in-house sales representatives, as well

as several outside clients

• Live and On Demand encoding on Windows Media, Real, and Flash for distribution

across multiple CDNs

TalkPoint Communications New York, NY

Production Manager April 2006- January 2007

• Responsible for account management and growth while aggressively pushing the

technological envelope of the TalkPoint platform

• Grew client product consumption (these include McGraw Hill, Crain Communications,

American Business Media, Bristol Myers Squib and several others)

• Created customized webcasting programs based on a combination of customer input and

creative consultation

• Highly Developed program implementation skills: constructed web-based projects via

HTML and graphic interface creation

• Became Production Management QC manager: Commonly asked to edit and/or

reconfigure colleagues work as a quality control measure

• Monetized new products for sales and revised current ones on the Talkpoint platform

MLB.COM New York, NY

Live Game Editor March 2005- November 2005

• Responsible for editing, streaming and producing high volumes of video content, while

maintaining the highest level of broadcast standards

• Produced streaming media content for live games as they were played

• Demonstrated the ability to produce a large amount of content in a short time frame

• Maintained live television standards to a webcasting platform

• Cross utilized digital editing platforms and web based technology

BusinessWeek Television New York, NY

Studio Manager May 2003- December 2005

• Responsible for the overall technical production on ABC’s and McGraw Hill’s joint

produced business based news program

• Ran daily studio operations for a national syndicated television news program

• Coordinated production resources, including two separate camera crews and talent

• Shot ENG style footage for use on broadcast television while maintaining a high in field

production standards

• Maintained equipment and assessed long term technical needs

• Responsible for internal communication with talent and crew

• Field producing for 3 segments per show

• Responsible for mixed media management in fast paced production environment, directly

impacting program content and quality

• Developed relationships with major product brands’ for on-air use

Education School of Visual Art, NYC, NY

BFA in Film Digital Post Production and Screenwriting May 2002

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