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Top Skills

Analytical Skills

Systems Engineering

Operations Management

Michael A. Meis

Director, Post Production and Digital Media Services Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Summary

Over 25 years of being a highly self-directed individual with strong creative, broadcasting, technical and analytical skills, and a passion for emerging post-production cloud technologies related to media and entertainment services. I am looking to help and support a new team who is seeking support in the Digital Media services space. Focal Points:

OTT-Platform Delivery Package Distribution

Broadcast Production and Live

Video & Audio Engineering - Standards and Practices Captioning & Subtitling Editing Conformance (MacCaptions- CaptionMaker experience)

Business / Customer Relation Management

Budgeting Production Servicing

Designing Post Production Workflows Transform Expertise Domestic and International Broadcast Delivery - editing, sound, packaging, formatting, and file management.

Aspera Enterprise Signiant Managing

Client On-Boarding Administration

Standards and Practices Editorial Management (Network and OTT Subscription Servicing)

Archiving and Metadata Procedures

Core Competencies:

-Building new technology services to enable efficiencies for digital distribution & media & entertainment businesses.

-Digital film finishing/mastering for Studio and Independent content creators and acquisitions.

-Responsible for the safe and secure handling of sensitive client assets for broadcast, home video, OTT, multi language dubbing, and theatrical client deliverables.

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Experience

Central Post LA

Director, Post Production and Digital Media Services January 2019 - May 2022 (3 years 5 months)

Los Angeles Area

-Maximizing efficiency with various audio, HDR-HD video, and ancillary production and post-production tools (compression systems, encoders, decoders, converters, pre-processing systems, subtitling and closed captioning software)

-Standards and Practices Editorial Management (hands on editing experience with Network and Subscription Servicing protocols)

-OTT-Platform Delivery Package Distribution: All major and independent OTT Subscription services

-Designing Digital Media Workflows & Engineering Practices (Edit, compress and quality check audio, video, and captions program material for subsequent productization and archival)

-Film Finishing / Mastering / Editorial / Post Production / Digital Film & Television Distribution / Music File Transform experience / DCP SMPTE IMF Workflows

-Master QC Reporting and Automated QC workflows (Review content with attention to detail for final sign-off materials to broadcasting and distribution)

-Advanced troubleshooting in a Mac-based work environment with a variety of 3rd party applications and production/post production infrastructures relating to overall supply chain workflows

-Expert project management skills including the ability to take on several projects at once

-Top-notch problem solving skills, with a knack for finding the solution by collaborating with both internal and external teams Media Toaster

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CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Co-Founder

August 2015 - January 2019 (3 years 6 months)

Burbank, CA

Spearhead the company-wide technical vision. Outline, plan, and execute the technical strategy, architecture, and development goals of all business needs.

-Inspire and work closely with the engineering team to ensure client deliverables for worldwide digital distribution, while overseeing the full life-cycle of our clienteles content libraries and global supply chains.

-Research and develop custom file-based archiving protocols and quality control services to enrich client side relationships. Examine encoding, transcoding, packaging, and delivery group practices.

-Extensive experience managing production teams with simultaneous deadlines for multiple disciplines including network app launches, day & date broadcaster airdates, and content transmissions.

-DCI-DCP packaging, Theatrical and Independent physical packaging and delivery.

-Netflix: IMF-Supplemental-Localization-Audio-Workflow-Backlot Delivery Management.

-Apple Media Delivery workflows: Metadata creation, Encoding house management, and client support.

-Aspera Enterprise and Faspex management for global conveyance.

-On-Premise & Cloud infrastructure management.

-Software: FCPX Adobe Resolve Clipster ColorFront MacCaption MacOS Windows

-Address the specific needs and concerns of content owners through a mix of consultative library and archive management solutions.

-Localization managed support for creating multi-lanugage masters, subtitles, captions, forced narrative elements.

-Deep understanding of the TV localization process. Oversee the creation of foreign audio and subtitles assets for worldwide distribution.

-Designing and implementing new efficient software tools, and building client collaboration procedures is my passion.

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Workflow Architect & Mastering Senior Engineer

July 2010 - June 2015 (5 years)

Culver City, California, United States

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Michael is responsible for worldwide file based workflow architectures & distribution systems for Network Television Studios, Subscription Streaming Platforms, Theatrical release, and Home Video Servicing. Duties:

-Film Finishing / Mastering / Editorial / Post Production / Blu-ray+DVD Post Production / Digital Film & Television Distribution.

-Research & Development for encoding, transcoding, packaging, and delivery groups

Clientele:

-Sony Pictures / Starz Entertainment / Starz Media / Starz Digital / Anchor Bay Entertainment / Anchor Bay UK / The Weinstein Company / Dish Network / DirecTV

Inspirations & Innovations:

- Building feature rich file based client side innovations & time saving sharing workflows (tested and proven working models)

- I continue to create and innovate new ways to help clients prepare their content for wider distribution delivery points, and generating methodical labor saving solutions is a personal challenge.

Blink Digital

Senior Manager - Mastering & Editorial

2008 - 2010 (2 years)

Burbank, CA

-Workflow Design for Blu-ray + DVD Production

-Post Production Management

-Mastering Studio and Independent Projects

-Editorial Department Management

-Systems Enginerring Management

-Physical Tape and Digital server side management

Crest Digital

Chief Editor & Workflow Specilast

August 2004 - June 2008 (3 years 11 months)

Hollywood, CA

Motion Picture and Post Production Facility for studio and independent film work.

-Chief Editor

-Standards and Practices Management of Non-Theatrical projects Page 4 of 6

-Lead Editor of Airline and Television Cut-Down editorial projects from conception to delivery (Hundreds of titles timely delivered)

-Lead Editor of VAM Department

-Manager of Physical delivery and Mastering of non-theatrical elements

-Subtitling-Captioning-Localization workflow designer

-Engineering support

Titan Post and Duplication West

Editorial Manager / Duplication Facility Manager

2002 - 2004 (2 years)

Santa Monica, CA

-Manager of Duplication facilities.

-Editor of Direct Response commercials and broadcast commercials.

-Avid Systems Engineering support

-Client Delivery of paid advertisements

Fox Television Stations

Studio Engineer/On-Air Graphics Artist

2000 - 2003 (3 years)

Hollywood, CA

-Studio Engineer for a KCOP/UPN O/O Broadcast Media station.

-On-Air Graphics operation (After Effects Lead).

-Technical Operations Center: Uplink/Downlink Satelite Transmission operations

AT&T

Technical Operation Center - Satellite Systems - Systems Engineer 2000 - 2002 (2 years)

Santa Monica, CA

-Audio Visual operations for TVG games a national sports show.

-Coordination of all in and out-bound fiber optic, satellite programming and transmissions.

-Manage on-air servers for Hallmark Channel network playback. CBS News

Technical Director / Managing Broadcast Engineer

1995 - 1999 (4 years)

Toledo, Ohio

-Technical Director for four live newscast events daily

-Staff Supervisor

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-Responsibilities over the course of five years included producing, audio mixing, master control operator, On-Air Tape and Server Room Technician, camera operator, news editor, and live remote microwave/satellite truck operator.

Education

The Art Institutes

Bachelor's degree, Fine Arts - Film. Music. Business · (1992 - 1995) Page 6 of 6

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