John Vestic
Pensacola,FL
Summary
Responsible professional with technical know-how and creativity to handle changing needs. Accomplished in leading staff to ever-higher standards of quality and innovation in medica management. Diligent about monitoring and managing diverse facets.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Master Control Supervisor
WUSF Public Media
Tampa, FL
06.2007 - 11.2017
- Successfully overseen the operations of 1 HD and 3 SD Broadcast television channels in the Television Master Control department.
- Oversaw the performance and coordination of a staff of 5, which included both full-time and part-time personnel.
- Assessed the performance of 3 full-time staff members through yearly evaluations.
- Collaborated closely with Traffic, Programming, Production and Engineering Departments.
- Responsible for maintaining and optimizing the performance of various systems related to play-out servers, on-air automation, archives, and satellite reception.
- Utilized a range of equipment including Transcoders, Closed Captioning Software, HD Routers, and TV Monitoring equipment
- Enhanced efficiency in the Production Department by enabling the seamless transfer of Underwriting materials using Harmonic Transcoder, FileZilla, Aspera, and FTP servers.
- Operated Stand Alone Harmonic Rhozet Transcoder for seamless conversion across multiple formats including Quick time, H.264, MXF, GXF, MPEG-2, LXF and WMV.
- Transcoded programming for various PBS stations nationwide.
- Oversaw closed captioning efforts for both weekly locally produced programming and web-based videos
- Utilized Telestream Caption Maker and Mac Captions software for captioning purposes
- Developed an online video archive of WUSF TV programming throughout the station's existence using Adobe Premiere for editing and re-exporting videos.
Master Control Operator
Spectrum, Bay News 9
Saint Petersburg, FL
05.1998 - 06.2007
- Performed daily maintenance and troubleshooting of master control room systems including routers, switchers, monitors, receivers, satellite dishes and automation systems.
- Monitored and maintained quality standards for three cable television news channels: Bay News 9, Bay News 9 En Espanol, and Bay News 9 Weather Now.
- Successfully received and fine-tuned microwave signals from 6 live trucks at a frequency of 7 GHz.
- Successfully tuned into various types of Satellite Signals, such as Stationary C and KU Band Satellites, as well as receiving KU digital signals from remote SNG live trucks.
- Program Satellite positioning Information into Receivers
- Ingest advertising materials into server per Traffic Department
- Live On-Air switching during Breaking News coverage
- Successfully managed multiple extended live coverage events, including various hurricanes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication
The University of Tampa
Skills
- Very Detail Oriented
- Excellent Time Management skills
- Excellent Quality Control skills
- Maintenance and Management skills
- HD Video Server Management
- FTP Server Maintenance and Management
- Excellent Transcoding and Closed Captioning skills
- Broadcast Television Supervisor for 10 years
- Broadcast Television Traffic Software knowledge
- Real and Non Real time Satellite Receivers Maintenance and Knowledge
- Digital C / Ku Satellite skills
- SNG Satellite / Microwave Live Truck acquisition skills
- Broadcast Television Core HD Build out experience (2011)
- Some Broadcast Engineering Maintenance skills
- Some Adobe Premiere knowledge
- Recruitment and Hiring knowledge
Timeline
Master Control Supervisor
WUSF Public Media
06.2007 - 11.2017
Master Control Operator
Spectrum, Bay News 9
05.1998 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication
The University of Tampa
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