President Sales Executive

ANDREW LYONS

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Highly-motivated Broadcast professional with extensive Operations experience.

Capable of quickly mastering even the most technical product and service details and communicating them clearly.

Significant experience selling satellite and fiber optic services

to the broadcast industry.

EXPERIENCE

CBS Sports Network 2014 – 2021

Master Control Transmission Coordinator

Responsible for check-in and coordination of signal paths and communications between Remote sites and Live Studio for various sporting events.

Sunrise Tree Farm 2011 – 2014

Part Owner, Vice President, Secretary

As part owner, provided broad input and key strategic direction to help expand this highly successful Christmas tree farm in Littleton, Maine

Z Space Production Services 2011 – 2013

Technical Production Manager

Assisted in procurement of studios, crews and transmission services for Tier 2 broadcasters and streaming media companies

Media Traffic Control Technician

NBC Washington Bureau 2010 – 2011

Responsible for creating signal paths for live and taped segments serving NBC Universal news and entertainment programs.

Operation of five robotic cameras in Washington, DC situated at the House,

Senate,White House and two live insert studios in the NBC Bureau.

Norpak 2007 – 2009

Senior Sales Executive

Sold hardware utilizing Open Gear platform for insertion and reading of data in broadcast signals, including Active Format Descriptors, Closed Captioning and client driven proprietary services

Nexion Media 2005 – 2007

Vice President Sales

Sold full-time and occasional use video services over International Video Fiber Network reaching U.S., Europe and Asia

Personally responsible for selling full-time services to NBC, ABC and CBS totaling over $1.5 million dollars.

Sonic Telecom 2004 – 2005

Senior Sales Executive

Sold full-time and occasional use video circuits to broadcasters to move a broad range of content to and from Europe and Asia

Sold a full-time fiber solution to NBC/Universal for transport of the Tonight Show and Access Hollywood between East and West coasts

Teleglobe/BCE 1999 – 2004

Enterprise Sales Executive

Responsible for selling full-time and occasional use services for video transport to North American and European cities as well as access to two company owned Teleports in Canada

Sold international satellite services via Intelsat spacecraft as well as access to the full domestic arc.

MSNBC 1996 – 1999

Manager Satellite Operations

Responsible for ordering, documenting and maintaining integrity of numerous contribution feeds for MSNBC cable news network.

Atlanta Olympic Broadcasting 1996

Transmission Supervisor

Assisted in setup of International Broadcast Center

Supervised three transmission technicians responsible for 120 outgoing feeds for the duration of the Games

Helped establish and lead what was then the largest remote ever accomplished worldwide – with not one outage experienced leaving the Broadcast Center

NBC News New York 1990 – 1996

Manager Satellite Operations

Responsible for helping determine broadcast transmission priorities for the Today Show, Nightly News and Specials Unit

Served as North American pool coordinator in Panama during "Operation Just Cause,” establishing links for U.S., Canadian and Central American broadcasters

References available on request

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