Eric Berenson

• Manage $40 million P&L's for New York and Chicago Set Lighting, Grip, and Transportation businesses.
• Oversaw 5x+ growth in New York business, from $4 million to $22 million in three year period.
• Attend regular Finance meetings with Senior Leadership to report on current business performance, budgeting, revenue forecasting, cost-saving strategies and new business development opportunities
• Oversee operational and financial success of 17+ NBCUniversal TV and Film Productions (Lighting, Grip, transportation) currently shooting in and around New York city and Chicago Illinois
• Manage 75,000Sqft New York warehouse including all Infrastructure planning, capital improvements, Operational flow strategies, facility maintenance, and repairs, and landlord and external vendor relations
• Oversaw 5x increase in staffing in New York operation over four year period including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, mentoring, coaching, and succession planning
• Create and implement employee expectation documents and guide leaders and employees to align through Individual Development and 30-60-90 Plans, continuous measurement of Key Performance Indicators, and regular employee performance reviews.
• Design cross-functional training and inter-departmental team-building strategies to ensure continuous employee development, team-cohesion, strategic labor planning, and overall operational effectiveness
• Foster a positive work environment and empower employees to take ownership of their responsibilities leading to increased accountability, improved performance outcomes, and high employee retention.
• Direct initiatives to improve work environment, company culture and overall business strategy with emphasis on continuous improvement, employee training, safety, customer service, and budgeting
• Lead successful change management initiatives, ensuring seamless transitions during organizational restructuring efforts.
• Responsible for implementation and oversight of company-wide Environmental, Health and Safety programs (NY and Chicago) including emergency action planning
• Partner with Local labor Unions to ensure compliance
• Initiated and oversaw warehouse LED conversion program to support Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, employee safety and operational cost savings
• Member of Organizational design and strategy team reporting directly to Vice President of Operations
• Member of NBCUniversal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team
• 2024 "Acceleration Program for Future NBCUniversal Leaders" participant as selected by NBCUniversal Senior Leadership
• 2021 NBCUniversal "Key Talent" award recipient

Managed a

• Supervised operations and technical staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
• Analyzed and reported on key employee and operational performance metrics to senior management.
• Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to increase operational effectiveness, enhance exceptional customer service initiatives, and maximize employee productivity
• Directed initiatives to improve work environment, company culture or overall business strategy.

• Promote and drive employee development practices company-wide
• Developed national cross-functional training programs that concentrate on overall staff effectiveness, team building, standardizations, employee retention and morale
• Create, document and implement best practice protocols and process improvement initiatives
• Coordinate with national facility management for future site planning and functional design
• Collaborate with senior management to evaluate market trends, forecast and plan for future growth and ensure consistent customer satisfaction

• Oversaw a team of over 35 Audio and Video Engineers
• Recruited, hired, trained, coached and mentored Engineering and Operational staff
• Measured individual and team development through consistent performance management
• Responsible for Engineering department budgeting
• Designed warehouse layout and engineering test stations utilizing lean and 5S concepts
• Maintained three-floor NYC operation as Facility and Safety Manager

• Lead digital camera, lens, and recording device technician
• Inspected, tested and maintained complete line of Audio/Video rental inventory and performed repairs per manufacturing specifications
• Assisted clients with technical issues over the phone as national on-call Engineer

• Performed quality control testing procedures on entire inventory of Audio and Video equipment and maintained to peak performance
• Assisted clients with technical support during equipment check out and on location to ensure 100% client satisfaction

• Five years of studio and on-location experience in Commercial, Industrial, Live-event, and Documentary/Feature Film productions
• Freelance Camera Assistant, Producer, Production Manager, 1st/2nd Assistant Director, Grip/Electric, Location Scout and Production assistant