Summary
I am an IT manager with proved experience leading people and project teams, implementing and overseeing technology and process initiatives. I have an in-depth understanding of emerging technologies and their commercial and strategic applications. I am dedicated, energetic team player with strong communications and cross-functional skills and ability to respond to rapidly changing priorities. I've being working with Internet companies for the last 8 years contributing to the product development strategy, efficiency, growth and profitability in each of them.
I have a large experience with digital media and broadband Internet business, including the whole product lifecycle development, building cost and quality effective cross media platforms for Broadcast, IT and Telecom Companies.
Specialties
- Strategic and Operational Planning
- Quality and Performance Improvement
- Budget planning.
- Roadmap planning and features priorization
- Relationship and Team Building
- Negotiation of contracts and agreements with partners and third party development companies.
- Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Agile Development (SCRUM)
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Digital Media Planning and Operations Management
- Development of Multimedia Content Management Systems
- Microsoft Windows Media, 3GP, Flash Video, QuickTime, H.264 and H.263
- Large Experience managing projects using Internet based Technologies and Platforms (Unix and Linux Servers, Web Servers, Windows Server, Web Services, SQL, MySQL, Shell Script, PHP, Oracle, Perl, XML, Ajax)
experience
GLOBO.COM / TV GLOBO - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
07/2001 – Present
Digital Media Manager
Responsabilities
- Manage all the processes, technical development and operations for TV Globo's digital media assets and applications properties through the company's Internet branch: Globo.com. Reporting directly to the CEO.
- Integrate all efforts of making streaming media content available on the Internet, meeting with TV Globo's quality standards
- Conceive and implement forms of integrating web and media applications with mobile solutions, acting as an internal technical advisor on all related issues
- Research new technologies and adapt them to the company strategic plan, guaranteeing the fits with the minimum requirements, such as add value and interaction with the TV Shows and Programs and other Internet only applications.
Main accomplishments
- Redesigned the new chat system from scratch, using a totally new chat engine system 200% faster than the previous engine and fully integrated with other Globo.com's products and TV Shows.
- Restructured and rebuilt the ISP Internet Mail infrastructure,and today the e-mail infrastructure receives more than 8 million messages daily.
- Designed and implemented the unified storage usage control system that allowed Globo.com's ISP to sell storage space as add-ons.
- Implemented quality assurance procedures for streaming audio and video productions, which increased Globo.com's streaming audience over 300% in just 8 months.
- Designed and implemented the authentication and security systems for streaming media thus enabling the development and launching of TV Globo's (largest TV company in Latin America) on demand and live Internet video portal (Globo Videos), which includes the GloboNews channel live 24x7.
- Increased the broadband video production in 10 times it's original volume (500 new video files included per day) as a result of the development of a complete and automated content production system, totally codec agnostic platform, producing H.264, H263 and Sorenson for Globo's Flash Video Player and integrated with the streaming media distribution infrastructure, the content management system and the editorial teams in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Recife.
- Conceived and integrated all the Internet broadcast operations for TV Globo, Globo Radio Network, GloboSat and Globo.com.
- Reduced operational costs in over 4 Million dollars per year and increased streaming media revenue in over 300%.
- Project of the NBA Live broadcast product. For the first time ever, the NBA is doing Live broadcast streaming of the games outside US.
- Implementation of the Quova Geo Location security system for the whole streaming media infrastruture integrating it with the authorization system already in use, for the NBA, NFL and World Cup content.
- Implementation of the SCRUM methodology at Globo.com, which started a culture change in the whole company and created a more productive and quality oriented environment.
Projects worth of note
- Big Brother Brazil 1 through 8: planned and executed the digital media Internet branch of all the editions of the Big Brother Brazil TV show, which included several web only live cameras, one of them an exclusive 360 degrees live streaming camera, and massive on demand video production. Big Brother Brazil was the first effective cross media project in Brazil and reached one of the largest volumes of audience in Brazilian television and Internet ever.
- Latin American CDN: participated on the planning and implementation of one of the first Latin American CDN (Content Delivery Network) in partnership with Network Appliance and Embratel.
- Globo Videos (formerly Globo Media Center): first comprehensive video portal in Brazil, on which is based TV Globo's business strategy for the broadband audience.
- NBA Live: First implementation outside the US with live broadcasts from the whole Season of NBA Tournament. Using Geo Location technology to assure the proper copyright protection of the transmitions.
- Responsible for the biggest media events in Brazil distributing more that 10Gbps of data during the Big Brother Brazil 8 reality show and the project of the broadcast online for the 2006 World Cup, broadcasting all the matches online for the first time in Latin America.
REALNETWORKS INC. - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
03/2000 – 07/2001
Accounts Manager / Sales Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Management of the major telecom and media company accounts in Brazil
- Interface with customers and partners, proposing solutions in real time during customer meetings
- Communicate and present companies technology towards partners, customers and official presentations
- Drive knowledge transfer with Solution Providers
- Building technical credibility with customer and drive the technical side of the sales process
- Technical coordination and support of digital media projects in Brazil and South America
- Consulting for corporate communications and streaming media integrated hosting solutions for telecom companies
Projects worth of note:
- MTV Brazil: Partnership to produce live broadcasts and interactive services on top of MTV video content.
- Embratel WebMedia Service: automated control system for large scale hosting and delivery services for live and on demand content
- Helped to implement the first training partner of RealNetworks in Latin America.
TOTEM WEB SOLUTIONS - SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
03/1999 – 03/2000
Streaming Development Engineer
Responsabilities:
- Oversight, design and development of all streaming media projects
- Support and pre-sales for RealNetworks suite of products
- Write and present commercial proposals
- Understanding clients needs and gathering requirements
- Planning and implementation of webcasts
- Training of clients and developers.
Projects worth of note
- Planned and implemented Webcasts and live conferences over the Internet.
- Implemented corporate communications based on streaming media.
- Implemented audio streaming technology for radio stations on the Internet.
- Designed and implemented Radio Totem (in portuguese and spanish), which was the first Brazilian Internet only radio streaming with synchronized advertising.