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OBS: Olympic Broadcasting Services
Worldwide Host Broadcaster of the International Olympic Games

7 Olympic Games (freelance) for Engineering & Operations: Managed overall deployment, operations and transmission of venue broadcast technical systems, signals, facilities, telecom, control room and staff; also multi-month / year venue planner for two Games.

Milano, Italy 2026 International Broadcast Centre

ENCO Systems, Inc. (March 2019 - current):
Maker of broadcast automation and AI captioning & voice synthesis software and Virtual Production tools via Cloud, on-prem and SaaS architectures

Product Design & Solutions Manager (reporting to the President, with diverse responsibilities):

Product Manager (create new product, manage lifecycle and development, R&D, lead POC's, documentation, demonstrations, etc.):
- Manage Qimera Unreal Engine-based VR/AR/XR Virtual Production offering, POC’s and in-house studio productions
- Creator & owner for award-winning enTranslate Mobile, ENCO's first mobile captions and translations product
- Creator & owner of award-winning AIM (Audio Insertion Manager), a broadly integrated platform for venue-wide automated voice captioning to signage & mobiles, translations and synthetic-voice PA respeaking
- Creator & owner for award-winning Stage Captioning rental category and product
- Co-lead innovations to current product line (focus on AI STT, TTS voice synthesis)
Events Manager:
- Head of planning & deployment for all conference and event captioning services (NAB, InfoComm, IBC, ASTC, LDI, InfoComm)
Thought Leader:
- Published dozens of articles (TVB Europe, TV Tech, SCN, S&VC, Radio World, more)
- Presenter for over 75 technical sessions (some with AVIXA / CTS credits)
Commercial:
- Provide application engineering and select key account management

NAB: Where I produced, directed, was interviewee and invented the Caption Widget for ENCO's premier Virtual Production launch

LAWO AG (February 2015 - March 2019):
Maker of audio production and video & control infrastructure products for broadcast, performing arts, audiovisual

Manager of North American Applications:

Performed application engineering, product demonstrations, proposals
Created training videos, conduct trade group technology presentations
Configuration Engineer for L-S-B VSM broadcast control room automation systems

SVG / Sports Video Group story: Lawo Demonstrates Capabilities of AutoMix at Pittsburgh NPR Station WESA FM PDF

QVC, Inc.
Worldwide television commerce leader

Director New Media Development / Technical & Executive Producer (later returned as Consultant), several roles:

Product Manager:
- Lead the creation, R&D and deployment of new interactive services and iTV / VOD platforms
- Produced first-ever live e-commerce streaming Webcast to include live callers
- Owned interactive products, partnerships and launches with Comcast, Microsoft, TiVo, WebTV, AOLTV, Worldgate, InCommand, more...
Technical Producer:
- Responsible for design and build-out for millions of dollars of highly automated media-rich audiovisual systems for various public tours and flagship Mall of America store
Executive Producer:
- Oversaw live broadcasts and premiers of iTV and related consumer products
Corporate Projects:
- Internal Thought Leader to CEO + EVP teams on innovation, new media and corporate applications
- Developed Six-Sigma process map for migration to integrated Media Asset Management system
- Project Leader for migration to HD video from SD 4:3 format
Many other special projects as-assigned

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