Manager Engineer
Resume:
JOSE (Joe) M. AZENHA
North Arlington, NJ 07031
Tel: 201-***-**** Email: ***.******@*****.***
SUMMARY
I’m a Broadcasting professional with over 22 years experience in the industry. I started my career out of High School in the production side of broadcasting and spent the first 7 years as a freelance Camera Operator (studio and field), Graphics Operator, and Editor. My focus shifted in 1997 when I started my Engineering career as a Systems Engineer with Kelly Broadcasting Systems. While with KBS I moved up quickly into a Supervisory roll within the engineering staff, overseeing all of the integration and maintenance of our broadcast systems. In 2000, following the purchase of KBS by Echostar Broadcasting, I continued my success as a Supervisor and later Manager of the Orange NJ uplink facility.
WORK HISTORY
EchoStar Broadcasting March 2000 to October 2015
Engineering Manager II – May 2010 to October 2015
Orange, NJ – Salary: $93,000
Site manager at the Orange NJ Broadcast Center. Responsible for day-to-day operations and oversight of all Engineering projects in Baseband, Compression, ESO, and TOC. Also responsible for site support of Facilities hardware (Power and cooling systems), with both internal and external Tech Support Teams.
The following are a few accomplishments:
Migration of over 90 local networks from Echo12 to Echo16 without incident
Upgraded embedded code of 12 MPEG4 video compression systems across 11 cities ahead of schedule without incident
Worked with our video compression hardware vendor to identify an updated method of mapping DVB descriptors to accommodate HD subtitling; created an SOP and disseminate it to the Compression teams at all 7 Broadcast Centers
Operations Manager – February 2004 to May 2010
Orange, NJ – Salary: $84,000
Oversee day-to-day operations of the Orange Uplink Facility including Post Production, Creative Services, Baseband, Compression, ESO, MCR, and TOC. My Post and Creative Services Team were responsible for all add campaigns promoting International Cricket on Dish Network - from video spots to print ads. While our engineering staff worked with International backhaul providers on the delivery of these events for distribution in the US, Canada, and Caribbean. In 2007, Echostar broke ground on a new uplink facility to support uplinks of local markets to DISH satellites. This second site was adjacent to the Orange Broadcast Center, subsequently managed by my team and myself.
Oversee construction of a second uplink facility; provide daily and weekly status reports to Sr. Management and VP's of the construction and testing of a new uplink facility to support the uplinks of 11 carriers to Echo12
Downlink, rebranding, and CI of all International Cricket matches on DISH Sports PPV from 2004 to 2010, while simultaneously providing AdHoc service of the same events to Canadian and Caribbean headends
Oversee the sites transition to SDI (2004) and later ASI/IP distribution (2008)
Worked with our local HR department on a seamless staff reduction and subsequent interdepartmental cross training efforts.
Communications Systems Manager – July 2001 to February 2004
Orange, NJ – Salary: $72,000
Responsible for day-to-day operations of Baseband and Compression departments. Managed a team of 7 engineers who maintained all high tech gear at the uplink. My team was also responsible for the design and build of new Compression and Baseband systems; which include NLE suits and updates to the TOC monitoring systems.
Kelly Broadcasting Systems/EchoStar Broadcasting October 1997 to July 2001
Systems Engineer – October 1997 to July 2001
Orange, NJ – Salary: $65,000
Baseband and Compression systems engineer responsible for the design, integration, and training of Mini MPEG2 Video Compression systems at partner stations in the US (Orange, NJ), Greece (Antenna TV), Netherlands (RNL), and Cairo (Nile TV). Lead integrator responsible for commissioning, testing and training of EDTV's first video compression systems.
Successful integration, test, and training of EDTV's first MPEG2 video compression system in Dubai - made several subsequent follow-up trips to Dubai to support upgrades and troubleshooting efforts
Design, and integration of Antenna TV's MPEG2 Video Compression system at the Athens uplink. Also provided training and telephone/site support.
Design, and integration of RNL's MPEG2 Video Compression systems which also supported the compression and distribution of 7 International radio stations
Design and testing of the MPEG2 Video compression system for Nile TV. Integration was handled by the engineering team at Nile TV
EDUCATION
St Peter's College – September 1990 to May 1993
Jersey City, NJ
Business Management
GPA 3.0
HARDWARE
Proficient in operation and installation of Harmonic, Tandberg, Motorola, and SA/Cisco PowerVu MPEG encoding systems. Tandberg, Cisco, Scopus, ADI, Motorola, Sencore, PowerVu, and Wegner decoding/transcoding systems.
Proficient in operation and installation of various satellite up-converters, HPA’s, and TWTA’s.
Proficient in operation and installation of Evertz MViP monitoring and alarming systems.
Proficient in operation and installation of ASI and SDI routers, video switchers, audio consoles, CG’s, LE/NLE suites.
Proficient in installation and troubleshooting of Cisco network routers and switches.
Proficient in operation of various ASI, CAT5e/CAT6, and fiber test sets.
Proficient in operation of Emerson Leibert power systems, as well as Cummins generator control and Cummins ATS.
SOFTWARE
Proficient in MS Office for Win and OSX
Proficient in Win and OSX operating systems
Working knowledge of Cisco IOS, Unix and Linux operating systems
Proficient in SED M&C systems, Harmonic NMX, VidCAD/AutoCAD, and Visio
Proficient in Networking (currently working toward a CCNA)
LANGUAGE
Fluent in English and Portuguese
Intermediate in Spanish References are available upon request
References available upon request
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