Greg Bester

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location of Greg BesterCity of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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  • Timeline

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

    Audio Engineer

    Megaton Records
    Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

    Senior Audio Engineer

    Bombsquad Sound and Lights
    Jan 2005 - Dec 2013

    Owner / Operator

    Omnitone Audio
    Oct 2012 - Nov 2014

    Deputy Editor - Pro Systems Africa News (Now ETECH)

    Sun-Circle Publishers
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

    Co-owner/Audio Engineer/Producer

    Pan Music
    Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

    Chief Operations Officer

    SEGMA
    Apr 2015 - Aug 2016

    Chief Operations Officer

    Pro|Direct (formerly SEGMA)
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2024

    Technical Service Delivery Manager

    Jasco
    Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
    Current Company
    Feb 2024 - now

    Technical Manager - Broadcast

    Harambe Technologies (Pty) Ltd
  • About me

    Technical Manager - Broadcast at Harambe Technologies

  • Education

    • Lone peak high school

      1997 - 1998
      High school music 12

      Activities and Societies: Acapella choir Jazz band Drama band (drums) AP Music Music Individual Study Graduated with an emphasis in music.

    • American fork high school

      1995 - 1997
      High school emphasis in music 10-11

      Activities and Societies: Acapella choir Percussion Jazz band Music Individual Study

    • Utah valley university

      2000 - 2003
      B.a multimedia / music undergraduate (did not complete)
  • Experience

    • Megaton records

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
      Audio engineer

      Audio engineer at Megaton Records and Studio, Orem, Utah, USA.

    • Bombsquad sound and lights

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2010
      Senior audio engineer

      Senior audio engineer, Bomb Squad Sound and Lights, Orange Grove, Johannesburg.

    • Omnitone audio

      Jan 2005 - Dec 2013
      Owner / operator

      Audio specialist company (now defunct) specialising in professional audio services in a studio environment.

    • Sun-circle publishers

      Oct 2012 - Nov 2014
      Deputy editor - pro systems africa news (now etech)

      I have been a published technical writer since 2007.PRO-SYSTEMS AFRICA NEWS is a dedicated business-to-business publication and digital platform that services the professional AV integration and entertainment technology markets across the African continent.

    • Pan music

      Jan 2014 - Jan 2019
      Co-owner/audio engineer/producer

      Pan Music is an audio specialist company in the Johannesburg area that offers recording, mixing, editing, and post production services.

    • Segma

      Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
      Chief operations officer

      Official South African distributor for Avid Pro Audio, Slate Pro Audio, Telefunken Elekroakustik, SADiE, Cedar Audio, MXL Microphones and Flux, McDSP, Waves and iZotope plugins.

    • Pro|direct (formerly segma)

      Apr 2015 - Aug 2016
      Chief operations officer

      Official South African distributor for Avid Pro Audio, Slate Pro Audio, Sonodyne, Telefunken Elekroakustik, SADiE, Cedar Audio, MXL Microphones and Flux, Slate, McDSP, Waves and iZotope plugins.

    • Jasco

      Jan 2017 - Jan 2024

      I was technical service delivery manager for Jasco Broadcast Solutions, which was a promotion from my previous position as senior support technician. I was a senior support technician for Jasco Broadcast Solutions, which is a reseller and systems integrator of products in the broadcast industry. I am primarily an Elite-tier Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR).

      • Technical Service Delivery Manager

        Oct 2023 - Jan 2024
      • Senior Support Technician

        Jan 2017 - Sept 2023
    • Harambe technologies (pty) ltd

      Feb 2024 - now
      Technical manager - broadcast
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Amazon web services technical professional

      Amazon web services (aws)
      May 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Avid certified | support representative, avid nexis (2024)

      Avid
      Jun 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Avid certified | support representative, mediacentral production management (2024)

      Avid
      Jun 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Avid certified | support representative, elite video (2024)

      Avid
      Jul 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Avid certified | support representative, stream i/o (2024)

      Avid
      Nov 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Avid certified | support representative, mediacentral cloud ux (2023)

      Avid
      Oct 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Vmware vsphere 6.7 foundations

      Vmware
      Mar 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Avid certified | support representative, media composer (2024)

      Avid
      Jun 2024
      View certificate certificate