Kenneth Fischer

Kenneth Fischer

www.linkedin.com/in/Kenneth-Fischer 246 Mansfield Ave n Darien CT 06820

(860)378-5897 n KennethFischer63@Gmail.Com

Summary: 30+ years building teams and relationships, develop broadcast network distribution systems , harnessing technologies and efficiencies, Technology Management masters degree.

Professional Experience

Presidio New York, NY 12/2016- 8/2017

Senior Engineer

Engineered cost effective IRD migration from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 and associated workflows.
Designed cost-efficient Network Wide IRD configuration system and procedures to save time and costs.
CATV Lab design to test and maximize channel/bandwidth capacity (revenue) and minimize costs.

ESPN Bristol CT 1989-2015 (26 years)
Senior Transmission and Compression Systems Engineer 1998-2015
Created Digital Cable and IPTV Lab to innovate improvements, cost saving distribution system configurations and demonstrate new income opportunities.
Implemented MPEG-4 Video Compression Systems that improved quality while saving costs and efficiency by 50%
Administrated 3rd party service contracts increase value, reduce costs by $35,000 annually and assuring 100% reliability.
Developed Disney wide video on demand (VOD) system for guaranteed.24 hour content turn around.
Formed regional/conditional Ad insertion system with 100% granularity.

Encryption Engineer 1992-1998
Maintained Digicipher & PowerVu compression/encryption systems ensuring geographical/contractual rights compliance.
Formed database and programming logistics between departments.
Trained staff on systems. Developed and implement policies and procedures.
Transmission Engineer 1989-1992
Operated the transmission room down-linking, trouble shooting and routing a large volume of live feeds.
Maintaining 99.999% network reliability. Generated reports and department procedures.
Established technical standards for 3rd party content providers.
Education

Masters Science- Technology Management- Central Connecticut State University 2007-2013 (member of the International Gold Key Honor Society)
Bachelor Arts- Communications- Television Franklin Pierce University 1984-1987

Computer experience: Network design, VMS, Auto CAD, HTML, XML, SQL, Microsoft Office

Certifications and awards- ITIL Management Certification, Cisco Networking and Networking Plus trained, 2 ESPN “Standing Ovations”, ESPN LGBT Steering Committee