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Manager Operator

Location:
Laurel, MD
Posted:
September 07, 2014

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Stephanie Sefia

Transmission/Intake Operator -freelance - Fox News Channel

Laurel, MD

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. Facilitator - Howard County Government-Bridges out of Poverty

. Hibernia Networks - Satellite Technician Booker

. Vendor Coordinator - Innovative Solutions Event planning and Marketing

. Supervisor Transmission / Ingest - Aljazeera International Network

. Ingest Coordinator/Transmission Operator - Fox News Channel

WORK EXPERIENCE

Transmission/Intake Operator -freelance

Fox News Channel-

Washington, DC-

March 2014 to Present

Solid working knowledge of digital video recorders in HD facility. Liaison

for satellite desk and crews scheduled for field remotes. Organize all

incoming sources for record and on air programming utilizing various

satellite uplinks/downlinks, facilities, frame syncs, up/down converters

while scheduling outgoing feeds to various affiliates.

Community Facilitator - freelance

Bridges out of Poverty - Howard County Government-

October 2013 to Present

Facilitator for organizations collaborating with Howard County Government

that are interested in supporting the development and quality of life for

residents within the community. This is accomplished by facilitating groups

of selected residents within a structured program .The program is designed

to guide, encourage and explore the compatibility of the participants needs

and the communities environment while examining the existing demographics

and resources available within the community infrastructure.

Satellite Technician Booker

Hibernia Networks-

Baltimore, MD-

August 2013 to March 2014

Duties included booking all live client feeds this includes: NFL games for

Directv, NFL Redzone for Europe, Premiere League Soccer for Sweden, NHL

game for Viasat, Major League Baseball and NBA for ESPN Microsoft

conventions. Live daily customer booking request for all client networks

CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, MSNBC,and FOX NEWS CHANNEL. Other duties included

trouble shooting transport issues and creating trouble tickets for fiber

outages. Book fiber feeds at various video hub locations. Dispatch repair

technicians to various, locations on customer's behalf. Work with various

engineers, infrastructure vendors and customers to isolate problems and

achieve resolution.

Vendor Coordinator- freelance

Sincerely Cereta-Vendor coordinator-

Baltimore, MD-

August 2011 - ongoing freelance

Conducted research for client and targeted audience to help determine

vendor selection, scheduled on-site visits, brainstormed with staff

regarding decisions about event. Created and revised room layouts for each

event. Served as liaison with vendors on event-related matters. Manage on-

site vendor needs and clean up for events as necessary. Solicit vendor

participation for local events and trade shows. Assist vendors with

securing necessary insurance as needed for participation at venue.

Aljazeera International, Washington DC, September 2006- July 2011

Supervisor, Transmission/Ingest

Managed transmission staff in HD facility, while providing frontline

control room support for all technical operations related to international

broadcast productions. Liaison for Sat desk and affiliate support .

Established, assigned, tested and confirmed all IFB/PL for remotes.

Developed production schedules. Assisted with yearly review and

evaluations.

Fox News Channel, Washington DC, September 1996 - September 2006

Intake /Playback Operator

Solid working knowledge of all digital decks in HD facility. Organized all

incoming/outgoing feeds for bureau, media management/library and affiliates

.Trained all freelance employees assigned to ingest/intake area. Lead

Playback coordinator/operator for all high profile events. Transmission

operator for live show on weekends.

International Development Bank, Washington DC February 2012- August 2014

Robo- Cam Operator -freelance

Operate robotic studio cameras for coverage of Latin America based

government meetings and organizations scheduled at IDB. Preset and position

all camera shots for productions requiring 3 or more cameras with Director.

Equipment/Servers

Experience with Link Manager server system and Scheduall Ingest Server for

transmission broadcast, Netvx Nodes, Harris and Adtec encoders/decoders

and Harris routers, Nimbervision Element Manager, Wolher audio monitor,Wave form monitors, Decktec Stream video analyzer, SNMPC alarm system,

Silvx Manager Alarm System . Followed procedures for LTN and The Switch for

booking request. Utilized the following decks for ingest into server : XD-

cam Pdw-f-75, Sony HDV 1080i dv recorder, HDW-m2000p, DVC proHD1400.

Terenex and Miranda Video Converters . Grass Valley multi bus control

panels, spectrum analyzers, Snell/Wilcox Roll Call program aspect and line

controller, news browse server. Utilized HD/SD converters Set up Skype

remotes for quality for broadcast knowledge of Final Cut Pro

Supportive Courses, Certifications, License

Event Management Certification - active since 2012 issued Anne Arundel

College

Facilitator - active certification received 2013, Mediation

Certification - active received 2005,Maryland State Full Gaming License-

2016, Microsoft Office suite certificate



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