Gabriel Stefan

Experience

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  Colegiul National Edmond Nicolau

  Aug 2001 - Aug 2002

  Computer Science Teacher
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  National TV

  Aug 2002 - May 2008

  Maintenance and debugging of all Master Control Room equipment's: video servers , router , automation.Defining the workflow and interconnect with other departments to discuss and develop the workflow. Loading the playlist, adding the commercials , promos.Monitoring the channel broadcast 24/7.Making changes into the playlists.

  • MCR Team Leader

    Oct 2003 - May 2008

  • MCR Operator

    Aug 2002 - Oct 2003
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  Realitatea Media

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2008

  Head of shift for Studios

  Troubleshooting and debugging the equipment of the studio: vision switcher , audio switcher , graphics, video servers . Coordinating the team of studio operators on day to day operations of production and news.

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  DTH Television Group

  Mar 2008 - Nov 2011

  Project management and design , implementations of new hardware and software solutions for the DTH platform. Schematics design ACAD, numbering system for new studio and studio gallery of the sport channels. Coordinating the team of technicians and operator on day to day operations. Maintenance and debugging of the head end equipment : encoding solution, decoding solution, uplink , video servers , automation, broadcasting router.Coordinating the team of technicians and operators on daily operations of a DTH platform.

  • Development & Maintenance Manager

    May 2008 - Nov 2011

  • System Engineer

    Mar 2008 - May 2008
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  RCS&RDS

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2020

  MCR Technical Coordinator

  Project design, coordination and implementation for multichannel MCR ( 13 Play out fully automated channels , 12 HD Channels and one UHD Channel ) Project design, coordination and implementation for multichannel ingest for a full file base workflow. Schematics design (AutoCAD) and layout for MCR transmission chains, video servers , automation , CCR , ingest.System administrator of the biggest video router / multi viewer system in Romania. System administrator for the MCR video server solution ( hardware and software Imagine Communications ), system administrator for the MCR automation solution ( Pebble Beach Neptune ). Implementation of the MAM workflows for archiving and retrieving jobs for MCRCreating workflows for the file based MCR systems. Creating workflow for the trans-coding solution.Training the engineering and the operator teams. Leading and coordinating a team of more then 40 engineers/technicians/operators on daily operations of a multichannel MCR and ingest. Show less

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  SES Satellites

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2025

  Managing a team of engineers to deliver Customer Service Improvement and Service Onboarding

  • Senior Manager Customer Operation CSI and Onboarding

    Sept 2023 - Jul 2025

  • Operations Manager, Service Management Center, Global Services

    Jun 2020 - Sept 2023
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  Full season

  Jul 2025 - now

  Head of Operations

  I oversee the strategic, technical, and operational delivery of broadcast channels across linear, OTT, and cloud platforms. This includes end-to-end management of playout operations such as ingest, scheduling, quality control (QC), and transmission. I work closely with editorial, engineering, and client teams to ensure flawless service delivery while consistently meeting SLAs and broadcast standards.