Freelance/Per Diem Work Experience:
Personal LLC (New Sight Integration) June 2014-Present
Lead wiring crew for new build (2) edit suites, & (5) desktop stations for Channel 1 News
Lead wireman for the newly built studio and control room, and theater cams Hunter College
XM SIRIUS (MANHATTAN) March-May 2014
Worked alongside XM crew and 3rd party vendor on new Channel Build for MLB
Using 3rd party vendor’s equipment and drawings to tie in new MLB Channel to Sirius XM
A&E NETWORKS January-March 2014
Contributing to studio control and news rooms, as well as six new edit suites and new 12 rack equipment room on the 7th floor.
Freelance under New Sight Integration contracted by Azzuro HD.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (TEMP NIGHT SHIFT) January 2014
Working alongside MLB employees to build 3 HD racks to be laced, tested and staged for shipment to every stadium within Major League Baseball.
Freelance under New Sight Integration.
WNYC August 2013-December 2013 Per Diem Maintenance Engineer
Duties included on call/on air maintenance engineer for the live broadcast of The Johnathan Schwartz Show, Morning Edition, The Brian Lehrer Show, The Leonard Lenopase Show, Soundcheck, The Takeaway, On the Media and NJFR.
Completely rewired the newly acquired NJ Radio Station WBGO which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
UNITED NATIONS June 2013-August 2013
Lead project for Aljazeera HD news studio and equipment room located on the 4th floor of the United Nations.
Freelance under New Sight Integration.
A&E NETWORKS June 2013-August 2013
Contributed to studio control and news rooms, as well as 16 new edit suites and 24 rack expansion of preexisting equipment room.
Freelance under New Sight Integration contracted by Azzuro HD.
VIACOM January 2013-March 2013
Part of a two man wire crew responsible for the completion of the last phase of a 180 HD channel upgrade conversion for such shows as VH1’s Love and Hip Hop NY and Atlanta, MTV’s Real World and Bravo.
Dismantling of SANS infrastructure in the basement and rebuilding it on the 1st floor along with the last 30 racks of a 180 HD channel upgrade.
Freelance under New Sight Integration contracted by BTS.
XM SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO January 2013-March 2013
Part of a two man crew involving decommission of the SD portion of XM radio as well as rewiring 20 percent of the existing equipment room for XM radio shows, such as The Howard Stern Show.
Freelance under New Sight Integration.
WNET NY PUBLIC TELEVISION November 2012-January 2013
Single handedly wired 6 HD racks for WNET tying in New York, Massachusetts and__, expanding WNET across three new states.
Freelance under New Sight Integration contracted by Azzuro HD
NBC UNIVERSAL New York, New York
Broadcast Technician April 2007-November 2012
Cut/terminated, labeled and tested cables to specifications provided on work orders.
Pulled cables to drop locations by way of ceiling tiles or overhead ladder tray, as well as to racks, consoles or workstations by way of floor tiles.
Terminated cables from long pulls at location via crimp, solder including Elco/EDAC/Molex,D-piin,RJ45,BNC,VEAM,XLR
Installed equipment, monitors, jackfields, patch panels, and rack spaces into racks, and consoles at rack elevation specified on layout.
Landed and perm laced cables to equipment as per line drawing for testing with engineer.
On-call wireman for all Election coverage broadcasts 2010-2012, as well as 2012 “Sandy” Telethon.
Projects Completed As LEAD TECH for NBC Universal:
WNBC Studio 3C, MSNBC.com Upgrade to HD, Summer Olympics, DPS(rooms 7& 8) 2012
EVS REC/Playback, 3B, and 2K Timecode and Reference Upgrade.
SNL PA/Audio System Upgrade, Genesis Evertz Timecode Reference System, 2011
30 Rock Disaster Recovery for NBC Englewood Cliffs.
Lead Wireman on Graphics for 2010 Winter Olympics, Lead Graphics Wireman Jimmy Fallon
Lead Wireman responsible for video/audio from all BSP’s to racks: Brian Williams Stu 3B. 2010
VIDSYS Inc. Leesburg Pike, Virginia
Video Teleconferencing Engineer April 2006-April 2007
Using AutoCAD as a platform, designed line drawings for conference rooms, security layouts, and design based on customer requests taken by our sales team.
Set up table top displays, and video teleconferencing phones, as well as drop screens and monitors specified on line drawings, later
Professionally laced and harnessed cables to fixtures such as desks and conference tables to ensure security during use as well install and implementation of Pilot Video/Securities build for DC,MD,VA metro.
MTV Hauppauge, New York
Broadcast Technician/Contractor Nov. 2005 – April 2006
Assisted a crew of 10 with the build of a 30 rack equipment room, control station, and audio/video rooms.
Wired racks, desks, monitors and consoles according to line drawings.
Worked alongside MTV on-crew staff to ensure the safe launch of the new Trinidad Caribbean television station.
NBC Universal New York, New York
Broadcast Technician April – November 2005
Worked alongside MCC wiremen to assist in the completion of the 8H control station audio and video rooms.
Completion of 1st phase which led to the 1st SNL broadcast in HD in October