Assistant Chief Engineer - WFMJ-TV / WBCB - Youngstown, OH
(2024-01)
- Fiscal Capital ROI: Audited end-to-end station infrastructure and spearheaded large-scale system integration, procurement, utilizing technical leadership and strategic decision-making to deliver over six figures in documented annual savings.
- Technical Team Leadership: Directed day-to-day engineering operations and 24/7 business continuity across multiple physical sites, managing labor allocations and workflow execution for a 12-member technical engineering team.
- Network Segmentation: Executed secure, segmented VLAN configurations across local physical and optical fiber paths to safeguard high-availability production transport streams.
- Systems Observability: Deployed a centralized network monitoring matrix using Zabbix hosted on a Proxmox virtual environment to establish foundational live telemetry and proactive system alerting.
Shop Engineer / Chief Engineer - Live Media Group (Formerly Lyon Video) - Columbus, OH
(2022-05 - 2024-01)
- Fleet Engineering Logistics: Served as fleet engineer and primary shop coordinator, evaluating post-event technical reports, scheduling high-end mobile systems for repair and optimization, and directing technical labor allocations.
- Systems Architecture Design: Engineered complex signal flow drawings and detailed CAD blueprints for facility and mobile unit upgrades, ensuring perfect interoperability for next-generation hardware deployments.
- Strategic Vendor Commissioning: Collaborated with external technology vendors to evaluate, select, and integrate incoming broadcast systems tailored to meet long-term enterprise client specifications.
- Engineering Readiness: Spearheaded staff maintenance and upgrade initiatives while building documentation pipelines to train Engineers-in-Charge (EICs) on advanced system workflows.
Broadcast Engineer (Engineer-in-Charge) - Esports Engine - Columbus, OH
(2021-06 - 2022-05)
- Startup Infrastructure Build: Launched the facility's premier engineering pipeline, single-handedly designing signal flow diagrams, CAD drawings, and dual-control room production workflows from the ground up.
- Major Global Launches: Solo designed and successfully implemented the 2021/2022 global production workflows for Microsoft's high-profile Halo launch and Activision's Call of Duty Mobile launch.
- Cross-Continent Live Contributions: Engineered and supported highly complex, low-latency remote media workflows for cross-continent live contributions during COVID safety restrictions, including a live broadcast executed overnight in Columbus featuring talent contributing remotely from a studio in Japan.
- High-Availability Execution: Delivered hundreds of hours of stable, uninterrupted live transmissions under extreme, zero-downtime constraints for top-tier global brands (Microsoft, Activision/Blizzard, Pokémon, Logitech).
EIC (Engineer-in-Charge) - Lyon Video - Columbus, OH
(2020-01 - 2021-06)
- Mobile Unit Engineering: Served as head mobile unit systems engineer responsible for direct physical configuration, 3-phase power integration, and infrastructure engineering on 53-foot single-expando production trucks under strict live network timelines. Primarily Lyon Video MU-14.
- Marquee Show Execution: Selected as the Head EIC to direct engineering operations for the high-profile CONCACAF Nations League Finals tournament broadcast in 2021.
- Matrix Routing Control: Configured and customized advanced Evertz Magnum routers, touch panels, and TSI tally systems alongside RTS AZ and IPedit communication matrices.
- Enterprise Client Delivery: Maintained flawless live infrastructure and tier-3 support for premier national networks (ESPN, FOX Sports, NBC Sports, Bally Sports) and major athletic brands, including the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Columbus Blue Jackets, and AEW Wrestling.
Broadcast Engineer - Sinclair Broadcast Group - Columbus, United States
(2018-11 - 2020-01)
- Full-Facility Systems Maintenance: Maintained, diagnosed, and repaired critical end-to-end station infrastructure, ensuring maximum uptime across STL, microwave, satellite, and IP-based transport systems.
- Core Technical Infrastructure Support: Provided hands-on component-level troubleshooting and calibration for studio cameras, production switchers, graphics engines, audio consoles, legacy video tape systems, and master control automation/editing workflows.
- Routing, Intercoms & Multi-viewers: Managed and configured facility-wide routing matrices, intercom loops, two-way radio communication networks, and complex multi-view display systems.
- Engineering Design & Documentation: Utilized Microsoft Visio to author detailed engineering signal flow diagrams and CAD system documentation, streamlining troubleshooting pipelines for the engineering department.
Photojournalist - Sinclair Broadcast Group
(2017 - 2018)
Received 2 NATAS Regional Emmy Nominations for investigative project production on the "Scoring our Schools".
