Engineer and problem solver. At a stage in life where my main goal
is to help others to reach their goals. Experienced in low- and high-level design, and I have basic software programming skills, a solid
engineering background, and good project management skills. I work well
by myself or as a part of a large team. I also know HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
Also, understand
network topology and hierarchy
and
VBA for Excel.
Career Summary
♦ A problem-solving engineer with over 15 years of management experience
♦ Like to teach and mentor
♦ Comfortable talking before large groups of people
♦ Past President of Auburn Elks (BPOE) Lodge, and active at the State District Level
♦ Active in projects and efforts that help the local community
♦ Writer, many articles. Also wrote four books. History Buff
♦ Built and retrofitted many media facilities
♦ Developed & maintained websites in support of projects using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
♦ Some experience in Node.js environments
♦ Wrote extensive VBA code to allow Excel to automate various tasks and complete processes
♦ Extensive RF experience - terrestrial TV, microwave, plus C & KU band satellite uplinking
♦ Managed engineering and operations staffs
♦ Very good at working in challenging environments
Education:
Cleveland State University, Fenn College of Engineering. BSEE 1993
Received a
student leadership award from the Electrical Engineering department for Student Leadership as spearhead of the school’s entry into a robotic vehicle competition. Also, took first place in my senior year in the engineering competition week ping-pong ball harvest contest, building my entry from discarded VTR parts.
Experience
Self Employed
1997-Present
Finished my first novel. But then if you looked at my home page you must know that!
Co-Authored the two editions of
TV on Wheels - The Story of Remote Television Production – the premier teaching guide for remote television production.
George Hoover, retired CTO of NEP Inc and I talked to over 250 industry insiders. This edition not only covers what's changed in the last 10 years but delves much deeper into business, operations, and technical issues. In addition, I was a for hire technical writer for technical publications and wrote white papers for television equipment vendors and integrators.
In 1999 wrote the
DTV Survival Guide for McGraw-Hill.
This book explained the retrofit process and technology behind a television station converting from analog to digital technology.
This opportunity grew out of the dozens of articles that I wrote for
Broadcast Engineering magazine.
In addition, I have written sections of the National Association of Broadcasters Engineering
Handbook.
Self Employed
3/17 - Present, Sacramento
Panasonic AG-HMC150P HD (1080i/720p) camera
AES Audio Mixer, Sony Movie Studio 13 editing software
Veteran's Educational TV
11/18 - Present, Grass Valley, Ca
Volunteer on the advisory board. I provide technical and engineering support.
VBA Excel and Website Coder
6/10 - Present
Volunteer who provides Excel scripts for friends and organizations using Visual Basic for Applications.
Also know HTML, CSS, and intermediate JavaScript which I also provide for non-profits and friends.
KREN-TV
8/17-3/18, Reno Nevada
Short term engineering manager and mentor
Northeast Technical Training Group/Atwood Video Productions
4/14 – 9/17, Auburn, CA
Developed and started a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching qualified veterans high tech skills using professional television equipment,
including two 53' purpose built television production
trailers.
NTTG taught basic television production operations, remote television logistics, basic math, electrical and electronic technician skills, along with project management
(Curriculum).
Company evolved into a content production studio known as Atwood Video Productions. While the school was going on I also became the schools
webmaster and thus know many of the web front end technologies. The www.ntt-group.org site and this personal website were coded by me.
As such I have a good understanding of coding in raw HTML, and the use of CSS, along with using Javascript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
We lost our lease and that forced us to
liquidate and close the production facility.
Telestream
6/11 – 4/14, Nevada City, Ca
Resolved issues for customers using company’s enterprise scale video/audio transcoding, processing, media management and delivery systems.
Independent Contractor – Systems Integration July 1998 – June 2011
Worked on many integration projects for companies such as Sony SI,
Signasys, Conseho LLC, and Panasonic, Scripps-Howard, CNN, Fox Sports, Sports Net NY, ESPN, along with many retrofits and rebuild of local television broadcast stations.
Was involved with all phases of these projects, from
conceptual through to final design, and implementation,
testing, commissioning, and punch list resolution.
Oversaw H verses CP RF propagation tests at KICU for the NAB Model Station group in 1999.
Wrote C+, Javascript, and VB code for testing, diagnostic, and control of equipment that comprised part of larger systems.
Was a technical
consultant and designer for the Nextel Broadcast Auxiliary Service
microwave frequency repacking project for the Raycom group of broadcast stations 2008-2010.
I oversaw the RF integration for Panasonics jumbotron project at Charlotte Speedway, in conjunction with SBE
and BST, in 2010 & 2011.
Sony Electronics, Inc.
July 1993 – June 1998, San Jose, Ca.
Sustaining Engineer for Sony high end broadcast
cameras, and VTRs.
This involved training field engineers, being a technical liaison with Japan
engineering, investigation and suggesting engineering fixes for systemic issues,
and writing diagnostic software and firmware for various equipment using C, C+, VB, and assembly languages.
Also, became the Sustaining Engineer for Sony system level products, namely television routers, and newsroom/
video server systems.
Ended up working closely with Sony’s System Integration division integrating products into small to very large installations, including those on foundations and on
wheels.
Also, developed field method for determining how close a digital signal is to its
error cliff. Made presentations of the procedure to SMPTE, and NAB before large groups, designed (wrote 8051 controller code)
automatic handheld tester for the process.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Boy Scouts of America