Terry Dhanraj
Berlin,CT
Summary
Accomplished, energetic, leader with Digital Media, Project management, vendor relationship management and IT background. With over 7 years of experience in Digital Media, I bring extensive understanding of Network & Broadcast systems, as well as hardware/software design, encoding/transcoding technologies and content distribution for Live and VOD Streaming. Summary of qualifications Solid team management and leadership skills, demonstrate proficiency in leading and mentoring individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environment. Architecting systems to support Digital Media needs. Strong personal and interpersonal skills. Develop a digital strategy for products and align technologies to support the initiatives. Ability to adapt to change in a demanding environment. Establish partnerships for 3rd parties to help drive the needs of the business.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Solution Architect
Akamai Technologies
New York, NY
07.2017 - 02.2020
- Designed high-level system architectures that for the large-scale distribution of video, music, and software that are sold
- Be the SME to help define, design and POC solutions to major broadcasters including MLB, Disney, Vimeo, BAMTech that meet their business and technical requirements
- Work closely with Sales Executive to develop year technical strategy that drives solutions and help reach business goals
- Drive revenue by managing the pre-sales technical process and evangelizing Akamai's technology to existing and prospective customers
- Work closely with Product and associated teams to provide input on development of future product direction and strategy
Assoc Director Video & Audio Platform Technology
ESPN Digital Media
Bristol, CT
08.2007 - 07.2017
- Manage a team of Engineers that develop and operate the technology delivering WatchESPN across all products
- Developed and implemented strategies to increase organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
- Responsible for the encoding of content for WatchESPN & Radio products including, web, android, connected devices and iOS as well as the distribution of content across multiple CDN’s
- Manage Technical Operations to ensure QOS\QOE of WatchESPN delivering over 5000 events annually as well as 7 linear programming channels
- Delivered the largest streamed event on the Internet during World Cup 2014
- Manage the relationships between various technology partners including Akamai, Lumen, Adobe, Conviva, Apple, Microsoft, Roku, Freewheel, as well as 3rd party encoding vendors Cisco, Elemental, and Harmonic that are part of the technology stack that help deliver the WatchESPN experience
- Part of the core team developing the monetization solution with VDMS and Frewheel for the WatchESPN product
- Define and manage process to that QA’s video quality for new devices being developed for integration
- Work closely with our development and product teams on new initiatives and product launches to develop solutions and on setting the roadmap for the future.
Manager of Video Technology
ESPN Digital Media
Bristol, CT
08.2007 - 01.2011
- Manage processes and systems to distribute content for ESPN360.com and ESPN.com
- Plan hardware/software upgrades, maintenance, installation, and removal
- Setup new encoding/transcode profiles for various codecs
- Manage relationships between vendors responsible for infrastructure that supports ESPN360.com including CDN distribution
- Coordinate work with 3rd party vendors for various high profile projects
- Configure, manage and implement solutions for video delivery from XGames for ESPN360.com and ESPN.com VOD
- Work closely with Engineering, ESPN IT, and ESPN Broadcast on various tasks to better align .COM content distribution with television video distribution.
Network Security Administrator
ESPN Technology
Bristol, CT
07.2004 - 08.2007
- Supporting, Maintaining and Implementing change request for ESPN infrastructure
- Troubleshoot and analyze network traffic
- Work with other business units within ESPN (ESPN 2, Mobile ESPN, SportsTicker) to help implement their business needs from a Networking/Security standpoint
- Other responsibilities include Administer Remote access for VPN and Dial-in
- Setup FTP accounts that synchronize with shares within the corporate network
- Patch all DataGroup Window Servers on a monthly basis
- Create templates for SSO (Single Sign On) for new web sites or applications that are linked with AD accounts
- Also setup mail mapping on various Linux systems.
Education
A.S in Computer Science Information Technology -
Middlesex Community - Technical College
Middletown, CTSkills
- Project management
- Technical leadership
- Process Development
- Vendor relationship management
- Hardware/software design
- Encoding/transcoding technologies
- Content distribution for Live and VOD Streaming
- Leadership skills
- Architecting systems
- Personal and interpersonal skills
- Adaptability
- Technical strategy development
- Revenue generation
- Product and service offerings
- End to End Video Workflow Replacement of VDMS
- CloudTest Media use cases
- Conviva Case Study
- Video & Audio Platform Technology
- Encoding of content
- Distribution of content across multiple CDN's
- Technology partner management
- Monetization solution development
- QA of video quality
- New initiatives and product launches
- Manager of Video Technology
- Content distribution for ESPN360com and ESPNcom
- Hardware/software upgrades
- Encoding/transcode profiles
- Video delivery from XGames
- COM content distribution alignment with television video distribution
- Video Origin in Bristol
- Redundant solution architecture
- ESPN360 AscentMedia Video Distribution
- Network Security Administration
- Troubleshooting and analysis of network traffic
- VPN and Dial-in administration
- FTP account setup
- Patching of DataGroup Window Servers
- SSO setup
- Mail mapping on Linux systems
Primaryphone
(860) 754-8490
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Sr Solution Architect
Akamai Technologies
07.2017 - 02.2020
Assoc Director Video & Audio Platform Technology
ESPN Digital Media
08.2007 - 07.2017
Manager of Video Technology
ESPN Digital Media
08.2007 - 01.2011
Network Security Administrator
ESPN Technology
07.2004 - 08.2007
A.S in Computer Science Information Technology -
Middlesex Community - Technical College
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