M.B.A. IT Management '22
B.S. Television-Radio '17
About Alex
Experienced Engineering Lead, Tech Manager, and Emmy® Nominated Manager of Technical Operations with a demonstrated history of working in the sports and news broadcasting industry, in addition to large-scale technical activations for tent-pole sporting events. Experience includes management of technical operations on live broadcasts for WBD Sports, project management / reliability systems engineering for NBCUniversal, and experiential marketing events for Bleacher Report. Currently, Production Project Engineering Lead for NBC Universal's Production Engineering department focused on management of various levels of engineering projects throughout 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Strong operations, design, and technical professional background with a Bachelor of Science in Television-Radio and Minor in Web Programming from Ithaca College, and a Master of Business Administration in Information Technology Management from Southern New Hampshire University.
The Backstory
Starting high school at Lenape High School in Medford, New Jersey, I have always been involved in television production. Working my way up from a general member to Executive Producer of Lenape Television; communications and television production has been my passion for years. In addition to Lenape Television, I also worked on Channel 19 - Lenape District Television, the local educational district television station for South Jersey, for two years working live sports broadcasts and editing local district documentaries and game shows such as LDTV's Picture This!.
The next step in my broadcast education was going to Ithaca College for Television-Radio production while also keeping myself busy over the summers at URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, MS as the Videographer. After three summers as the videographer, I returned again as the Director of Transportation and Logistics for Jacobs Camp. While in undergrad, I was a Studio/Truck Engineer for the Park School of Communication, Director for numerous ICTV shows, Director of Programming, and later Station Manager for Ithaca College Television. During the winter breaks, I would intern at various broadcast companies such as VideoLink in Philadelphia, PA in 2014 and TelVue Corporation in Mount Laurel, NJ in 2015. In New York City during the summer of 2016, interning for CBS This Morning: Saturday, and also completing the SONY NAB 2017 Student Experience internship program in Las Vegas, NV.
Immediately following graduation in 2017, after a few one-off positions for GMMB commercials and for Worst Cooks in America, I began my career as a TV Systems Technician for Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Moving to New York City permanently, I began my position in the Video Production and Technology department for Bleacher Report as an A/V Technician / Broadcast Engineer. After a year, my role expanded at Bleacher Report to be the manager of all Audio/Visual technology and provide IT based video technology support for video production processes, events processes, and tech manage all remote studios in addition to event operations.
With the COVID-19 Pandemic affecting the entire television industry, a push for a more streamlined process and support of remote operations led to the creation of the Remote Technical Operations department which I was promoted to manage. This newly formed team, which specifically focused on all out-of-house operations for Bleacher Report and the overall WarnerMedia Sports organization, I've been able to expand my tech and leadership abilities. Simultaneous to managing this new department, I began my path to pursuing my graduate degree, an M.B.A. in Information Technology Management online from Southern New Hampshire University.
Expanding my experience managing all technical operations for productions included my first Emmy® nomination for Bleacher Report's Cart Cam Live hosted at Capital One's The Match November 2020 for Interactive Experience - Event Coverage. Other notable productions such as NBATV's coverage of the NBA Finals in San Fransisco in 2022, and Denver in 2023, NBA Twitter Live at NBA All Star Games, multiple Emmy® nominated HoH Showdowns, and Bleacher Report's NFL Draft Show. In January 2022, during organizational changes within Turner Sports, I was moved into the overall Turner Sports Technical Operations department and given the opportunity managing all technical operations for MLB on TBS starting the 2022 season in addition to continually supporting all digital and social large-scaled broadcasts for Bleacher Report, House of Highlights, and Turner Social productions. Completing my Masters in Business Administration, I continued to manage all technical operations for various productions across the WarnerBros Discovery Sports Organization. For the 2023-2024 season, moving from MLB on TBS to managing the NBA on TNT productions including NBA Opening Night and NBA on TNT Regular Season.
At the end of August 2023, I closed my chapter at WarnerBros. Discovery Sports to take on an opportunity with NBCUniversal focused on leading projects from inception to completion through all steps of the project management process – requirements gathering, design, implementation, launch, and transition to maintenance. As the Production Project Engineering Lead, maintaining and tracking technical budgets of the overall production and engineering department projects and ensure all aspects of budget allocation is executed appropriately. Primarily focused on operations and vendor management of all technology throughout the Tour Experience, The Tour at NBC Studios, including the fully automated Tour Studio, LED Wall exhibits, and support for the entire Content Management System, Livesync, for all NBCUniversal customer-facing environments.
