Joseph Alpern

Works at NHL arenas, setting up technology to be used in game by players, coaches, and officials. Responsible for setting up cameras for goal reviews and offside calls, maintaining and troubleshooting Hawkeye replay systems and broadcast feeds. Also sets up interviews with reporters, coaches and players for NHL Network via Arena Cam. (Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks)

Responsible for a variety of activities for a production house specializing in unscripted and reality television. Duties included; editing pitch videos down from Skype interviews, QC on various show edits, logging b-roll video from servers, assembling and preparing production equipment for location shoots, PA work on shoots.

Operated camera on the Red Carpet of the 3rd annual NFL Honors ceremony. Conducted interviews with players and guests.

Counted on to do all three positions involved with MLBN/MLBAM coverage of a Major League game, and work across the United States because of that versatility and reliability. Set-up broadcast trucks for transmission of feeds; work as Ballpark Cam operator for pre and post game coverage; work as Instant Replay Technician preparing the matrix of cameras used for in game reviews, coordinating feeds from home and away broadcasts plus in house gear; work with Umpires on actual replay reviews as Headset Technician. Create web based reports for each game. Troubleshoot issues, and perform maintenance and cleaning duties. (ATL,AZ,BAL,COL,PHI,NYM,NYY,SD,WAS)

Media Asset Management: Keyword post-game melts and shows. Organize and publish game superteases to servers. Familiar with Grass Valley programs such as Aurora Edit and Aurora Browse Server Engineering: Build, maintain and update media servers. Manage configurations of remote edit rooms.