Bill Brooks

Experience

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  KCRA-TV

  Jan 1982 - Aug 1991

  Supervised technical operational aspects of the station's top-rated newscasts.

  • News Operations Manager

    Jan 1989 - Aug 1991

  • News Photographer

    Jan 1982 - Jan 1989
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  WKYC-TV

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  News Operations Manager

  Managed technical operational aspects of the station's newscast production.

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  WJW-TV

  Jun 1993 - Sept 1994

  News Photographer

  I was awarded an Emmy for Spot News Photography during my time at this #1 rated station.

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  KIRO TV

  Feb 1995 - Jul 1999

  News Photographer/iNEWS System Admin
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  Avstar

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Field Engineer
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  Avid Technology

  Jul 1999 - now

  Install and upgrade Avid products used in the production of newscasts for a large customer base spanning from prominent national networks to small newsrooms in small markets.Products that I work on include the Avid|iNEWS news production system; production control systems--Avid Interplay Command, Capture Manager and Avid Interplay Capture; and Avid AirSpeed video servers. Additional duties include review of quote proposals for product and services of the product lines listed above, as well as some customer workflow consultation and end-user training. Show less

  • Project Engineer

    May 2007 - now

  • Field Service Engineer

    Jul 1999 - May 2007