Michael J. Mills CTS

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Tel. h-508-***-**** c-646-***-**** adcgyd@r.postjobfree.com HB Communications Waltham, MA Oct 2019 to present

Project Manager

Manage and coordinate complex and moderately complex Audio-Visual Installations, manage technical crews, union labor, programmers, engineers and draftsmen. Stay focused on completion of the job within project budget for both hours and products. Coordinate equipment delivery to site, obtain hardware personally when required, always aiming to provide technicians with the information and devices they need to provide a fully functioning system. Inspired Technology and Communications North Easton, MA March 2018 to Oct 2019

Project Manager

Coordinate all aspects of Audio Visual Installations, oversee crews, stay within project budget for both hours and products. Connectwise Administrator for months – configured member logins, workflow rules, product catalog, service tickets, project tickets, training for personnel.

Adtech Systems Sudbury, MA

March 2016 to Jan 2018

Project Manager

Coordinate all aspects of Audio Visual Installation projects. Delivery of gear, coordination of resources (personnel), programmers, technicians, etc., with jobsites, General Contractors, Electrical Contractors, obtaining permits, system training and closeout. Facilitating installation of high end AV systems including Video Conferencing, Auditoriums, multi-use divisible spaces, multiple floor new constructions and upgrading existing systems. Client list includes Pfizer, Convene, Harvard University, Boston University, Northeastern, Analog Devices, CVS, Ocean Spray, Providence College, Roxbury Community College and many more.

AVI-SPL Hopkinton, MA

February 2013 to March 2016

Project Manager

Project Manager for the following partial list of clients: Partners HealthCare Somerville, SGH Woburn, Blackstone Millville High School Auditorium, Biogen Idec in Cambridge MA, Weston MA and Raleigh Durham, NC, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Converse National Made By You campaign, Accenture, Abbvie, Bellingham School System, Barnstable County, Cambridge Trust, Catalina Marketing, and Bright Horizons Daycare. Responsibilities include site surveys, scheduling the project (MS Project), frequent meetings with client and/or GC, ordering and tracking equipment, installation, commissioning and signoff. The Biogen projects exceeded $9M gross budget for two brand new buildings in addition to a new state of the art Auditorium. Boardroom/conference room installation included Cisco and Polycom video conferencing, Crestron control systems, Air Media and Fusion, Apple iPad integration, Visix Digital Signage players and HDX VC systems, Barco ClickShare Steelcase Room Wizards, and Smartboards. AVI-SPL Lanham, MD

April 2011 to February 2013

Operations Manager

Operations Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Region which consists of 3AVI-SPL locations; Lanham, MD, Columbia, MD and Sterling, VA. Region had yearly gross of $36M. Responsible for assignment of all new projects to appropriate personnel based on skillset, workload, etc. and follow-up with customers to obtain project closure. Tasks included frequent interaction with end users and their clients, financial reporting to the GM and upper management. Interviewed and hired for numerous positions within the company. Held weekly meetings with PEs, PMs, Programmers, and CAD technicians reviewing job status, deadlines and goals. Client satisfaction was our priority in addition to keeping projects on time and at or under budget. TEAM PEOPLE at THE WORLD BANK Washington, DC June 08 to March 11

Chief Engineer; sub-contractor to the World Bank Audio Visual Dept. Acted as Assistant Project Manager on complete rebuild of one the largest auditoriums at The World Bank. Worked with designer and installation firm directly to integrate new equipment, cabling, console layout, Brahler simultaneous interpretation system, Panasonic HD Projector, For-A Switcher, Yamaha LS9 audio board, Extron routers, analog and digital signal flow and QC monitoring. Managed staff of 4 including maintenance engineers, bench repairmen and installers. Responsible for 20 upgrades/installations from small to medium-large conference rooms including Crestron and AMX control systems; Panasonic, Christie and NEC projectors; Polycom video conferencing systems, Eagle Eye and Sony PTZ Cameras; Marantz Flash Recorders, and Sony HD/SD recording devices. Administrated Basecamp Project Management/Trouble Ticket Repair system. Provided hands-on daily repair and maintenance of equipment in 120 conference rooms throughout 7 buildings on the campus. Acted as Engineer-in-charge of live studio transmissions with President of The World Bank and his staff.

RETIREMENT LIVING TELEVISION Columbia, Maryland December 2006 to June 08

Director of Engineering and Technical Operations

Engineering and Management Support of a Live Television Studio. Troubleshooting of a brand-new facility working closely with the integrators. Recruited, hired and trained Closed Captioning Department. Managed Captioning, Media Library and Duplication departments. Researched and purchased numerous products and services for Engineering Department. Contributed to design, build and troubleshooting of a Broadcast Quality Master Control facility utilizing Apple Xserves, Ciprico 4TB Storage Device, Q-logic Fiber switch, Miranda Kaleido Display system, Miranda Oxtel switcher, and Leitch Panacea Routing system. Coordinated logistics and installed NAS (Network Attached Storage) editing equipment at a Los Angeles studio facility for production of a new program, the Florence Henderson Show. Arranged for installation of fiber transmission lines through Verizon, Vyvx, and Ascent Media. Frequent booking of live television lines in and out of the facility. Arranged for installation of a 3 meter Patriot Satellite C-band dish for Confidence Monitoring QC. COLLEGE SPORTS TELEVISION New York, NY March 2005 to December 2006

Post Production Engineer/IT Manager

Support and Administration of Studio Systems such as Sony 9000 Router and Switcher, AVID/Pinnacle OnAir Graphic Machines, and Apple Final Cut Pro Editing system utilizing a 40TB Video SAN. Implemented Live and Live to Tape systems including Scheduled Ingests and Tape Ingests for company-wide Building for Media (B4M) FORK Media Access Management System. ENPS Hardware and Software administration including support of users and Windows 2000 servers. AVID/Pinnacle FXDekoII, Deko1000 Character Generators and ThunderXL Graphics playback support. Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Duplication facility including VTR and DVD machines and a Utah Router. DNF Controls hardware maintenance and setup.

Installation and configuration of Apple XSAN Server based Editing system utilizing 9 Final Cut Pro Video Editing suites, 17 Apple XServes and Xserve Clusters, 12 Xserve RAID Chassis and 3 Qlogic Sanbox2-64 Fiber switches. Editing suites are equipped with Digital and Analog Waveform Monitors and are fully routable from the Studio’s Sony Router using SDI and AES audio sources.

Design, installation, and maintenance of Windows Media Encoder Streaming Video Servers. Administration and Support of Sony PCS-1 IP based web cameras with locations on multiple campuses throughout the country. Support of Pinnacle Liquid Editing Systems Windows XP based systems running on Windows 2000 Servers. Live Ingests scheduled through MLS and using 10 Video Encoders and 3 Playback to Air Video Decoders. OXYGEN MEDIA, LLC New York, NY

November 1999 to March 2005

Engineer in Charge/Maintenance Engineer

Responsible for all technical support on 2-hour Live daily show. Oversaw 7 cameras, 3 full sets, and all musical performances and live remotes. Maintained Sony DVS V6464M router and DVS 7250 Switcher, Clearcom Intercom system and Fast Forward Video Decks using Omega Controller Software, and DNF Controls 470 from Control room to Tape area. Built, wired and assisted in design of Duplication area, straight-cuts room and tape room. Troubleshooting of all connectivity issues arising such as: Video, Audio, Ethernet, Serial DB9, and Triax. Cleaned and maintained all Sony Beta and DigiBeta VTRs. Responsible for all field gear including Sony DV cameras, microphones, lavalieres, and lighting kits. Created and maintained inventory program (Integrated Tracking Systems BCAM) and monitored all gear signed out. Coached users on proper equipment usage.

EDUCATION

2017 INFOCOMM CTS – RENEWED Fairfield, VA

2009 INFOCOMM CTS Fairfield, VA

2003 APPLE COMPUTER New York, NY

Apple Certified Technician: Desktop, Mac OS9, OSX

2000 CHUBB INSTITUTE New York, NY

Network Engineering Certificate

1994-1998 BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Lincroft, NJ Associates Degree, Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematics

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