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Matt Hood
is a program manager with over 24 years of technical and managerial experience
in developing, integrating, operating and maintaining large systems. In
his television related work, he has contributed technical expertise, or
directed projects ranging from multichannel satellite broadcast through
digital asset management. His practical experience ranges from the planning
room to “ground zero”.
Mr. Hood
has extensive experience in the software and operational aspects of multi-channel
satellite broadcast operations. During his tenure with Sony, he was software
system architect for DIRECTV CRBC. Galaxy Latin America and DIRECTV Japan.
For the DIRECTV Japan project, he was involved from the conceptual design
stage of the software platforms through on-line commissioning of the system,
with most of this time spent on-site in Japan. His technical knowledge
of the work and data flows within these large systems, as well as his
system troubleshooting skills, allowed him to overcome many of the cultural,
as well as technical aspects of this project. He was the Software Project
Manager responsible for bringing the ASkyB multi-channel satellite broadcast
system to operational readiness.
He directed
the installation and verification of the joint Sony project with IBM of
a newly designed and engineered digital asset management system at CNN
in Atlanta. This digital archive, the largest of its kind, was built to
digitize catalog CNN’s vast videotape library, making video news
clips easier to find, retrieve and distribute.
In addition
to professional broadcast related work, Mr. Hood was recently a consultant
and technical manager for the installation of data backups systems in
Wal-Mart retail outlets throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and Japan. He
designed, developed documented and managed processes for integrating these
systems across 1700 retail outlets.
Mr. Hood
served for several years as a consultant and Senior Systems Architect
for the Sony Professional Services Division, and for Concadia Solutions,
a joint venture consultancy of Sony and Accenture. He has provided consulting
services to major television and sports networks in the areas of workflow
and risk analysis, content management, vendor qualification, and interface
design.
Prior to
his work in the broadcast industry, Mr. Hood worked as a software support
contractor at NASA for seventeen years. During his tenure at NASA, he
developed LAN applications to interface to the space agency’s supercomputers
and established the first customer support call center for network users.
He later managed the engineering and operations component of the NASA
international Wide Area Network for five years.
Known for
his ability to work productively with difficult customers, and his enthusiasm
for problem solving, as a consultant Mr. Hood brings a comprehensive perspective
and skill set to any consulting project.
Mr. Hood graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Business Administration.
We invite you to contact us to discuss how we might be of assistance to you. For additional information or to request a proposal, you may email us or telephone us in the United States at + 508-359-0176.
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