WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Engineering Light Iron, A Panavision Company

Oct 2022 – July 2025

Lead and optimize workflows across IT, Finishing, and Engineering departments, driving measurable increases in client satisfaction and production volume.

Oversaw the zero-downtime migration of a multi-petabyte data center to a hybrid cloud-based infrastructure, significantly reducing costs and improving scalability to handle fluctuating industry demands.

Devised and executed projects to modernize backend infrastructure, minimizing downtime and boosting reliability.

Collaborated with partner studios to implement remote streaming workflows, VFX and content review pipelines, and on-set dailies processes—enhancing collaboration and production efficiency.

Systems Engineer HBO

Jul 2021 – Oct 2022

Led large-scale initiatives across hundreds of endpoints and editors, focusing on virtualization and remote streaming capabilities.

Developed software automations using Ansible, Chocolatey, and PowerShell for a CI/CD pipeline supporting large-scale software and workflow deployments, significantly reducing maintenance windows and accelerating deployment cycles.

Developed a software development training curriculum for engineering teams, with an emphasis on post-production optimization.

Production Systems Engineer HBO

Jan 2020 – Jun 2021

Maintained and supported critical Post Production systems and workflows for Editorial, Marketing, VFX, QC, Post Audio, and Color departments.

Architected, engineered, and integrated best-in-class post audio rooms through close collaboration with multiple departments, ensuring robust system performance, industry-leading audio standards, and seamless cross-functional coordination for creative teams.

Offline Engineer Harbor Picture Company

May 2017 – Dec 2019

Built, maintained, and supported dozens of custom editorial suites for commercial, feature, and episodic projects, managing substantial volumes of media across SAN/NAS platforms.

Collaborated with creative teams to design best-practice SOP workflows and integrated MPAA security guidelines, while continually automating processes.

Assistant System Administrator Rochester Institute of Technology

Aug 2015 – May 2017

Provided server management, networking, and end user support to various systems for the RIT Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.