Experience

Vice President

Engineering and Operations
1989 - 2009

KTTV Fox 11– KCOP My 13
Fox Owned Television Stations
Los Angeles, CA

Department Head and senior manager responsible for all daily and long term aspects of Engineering, Operations and Facilities for two Fox-owned television stations in Los Angeles.

Senior manager for station technical facilities including: studios, control rooms, live news gathering, master control, transmitter, graphics, post production, helicopter operations and emergency systems.

Set and maintain technical, operational, performance and
on-air standards.

Manage over 125 employees–engineers, technicians, operators and live news crews

Manage budgets in excess of 20 million dollars. Oversee capital and operating budgets, equipment purchases, technical expenditures and cost controls.

Senior manager for FCC compliance including station license, on-air standards, rules and regulations.

Manage and negotiate collective bargaining agreements. Oversee and direct relationships with unions, their officers and employees.

Provide long term strategic planning and advise general manager on station technical operations, personnel, future planning, emerging technologies and future business opportunities.

Negotiate and oversee contracts with a wide variety of business and government agencies including unions, station vendors, land and tower owners, helicopter companies, state and federal agencies including the FCC.

Accomplishments

The accomplishments below were achieved by a great team that I was fortunate to lead.

High Definition Rebuild

Project Manager for HD rebuild of KTTV and KCOP, accomplished in 90 days, while keeping both stations on the air, 24/7.

On cutover day we switched both stations to HD at 5:00 AM. Fox 11 began broadcasting 15 continuous hours of live HD news coverage of the worst California wildfires in years. At 8:00 PM fire coverage was switched to My 13 so
Fox 11 could air the World Series game at 8:00 PM.

Skipping the trial-by-fire cliché, on the air it was flawless–behind the scenes it was remarkable.

Mt. Wilson Transmitter Facility

Project Manager responsible for the design and build of state-of-the-art transmitter facility–consisting of a three-story building with underground connecting tunnel, two 10,000 gallon underground storage tanks and a 350 foot broadcast tower.

Built in earthquake country–on top of a 6,000-foot mountain.

Project was future built with the latest in seismic design and construction.

Television Station Build

Project Manager for design and build of new state-of-the-art television station to house all Fox 11 station functions including: studios, newsroom, control rooms, graphics, post production, master control, traffic, sales, promotion, finance, administration, etc.

The move was well orchestrated and the on-air cut over was flawless.

All of the above projects were accomplished without a single second of lost airtime.