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Hosted by SBE Chapter 53
When: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
Where: Clear Channel Communications map
7601 Riviera Boulevard
Miramar, Florida 33023
Cost: SBE Members - $30 / Non-Members - $45
Registration: Register Now
Hal Kneller, CPBE, DRB, Market Development Manager
Nautel
Hal Kneller came to Nautel from iBiquity Digital Corp where he headed the International Broadcast Business Development efforts for HD Radio™ technology, following thirteen years at Harris Corporation where he was Senior Manager – Business Development, Digital Radio. Currently he works with Public Radio stations and groups, marketing the introduction of several new products and is a digital radio resource.
At Harris, Kneller interfaced with NPR’s ongoing effort to promote digital broadcast migration and the furthering of this technology by fostering the partnership of “Tomorrow Radio” (multicasting) between Harris and NPR and the Accessible Radio Project including I-CART, as well as Conditional Access. In business development, he conducted numerous HD Radio training seminars in the US, Latin America, Canada and Europe.
Well-known in broadcasting, Kneller has owned and operated radio stations in Florida since the mid-1980s and has also served as a consultant to stations as well as numerous industry organizations such as NRSC and NAB technical committees.
He is SBE Certified as Professional Broadcast Engineer and Certified Broadcast Network Technologist, Certified Digital Radio Broadcasting as well as in AM Directional Antennas and is a graduate of Emerson College, Boston, MA with a BS degree in Mass Communications.
Timothy B. Anderson, CSRE/DRB, CBNT, Manager, Strategic Market Development - Radio
Harris Corporation
With more than 33 years in the broadcast engineering field, Tim Anderson joined Harris Corporation in August 2007 as the Radio Product Line Manager and is currently the Manager of Strategic Market and Product Development for Radio. Prior to joining Harris, he served as a broadcast systems engineer with iBiquity Digital Corporation, developer’s of the HD Radio™ standard. While there, he assisted in the development, deployment and testing of the HD Radio transmission system and advanced application services.
Previously he was the Broadcast Systems Applications Engineer for Avid Technology, a consulting engineer, and chief engineer of several major market stations and production facilities. Anderson has been responsible for the design and construction of many broadcast facilities including NBC, Walt Disney and Clear Channel.
Anderson holds The Society of Broadcast Engineers’ Senior Radio Broadcast Engineer/Digital Radio Broadcast and Broadcast Networking Technologist certifications. He is an Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator and licensed pilot. He and his wife Mary Anne live in Covington, Kentucky.
Richard Schwartz, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management
Axcera
Richard Schwartz has been employed in the RF industry for over 20 years in various capacities, from technical support to engineering, sales, marketing and management. His first post-graduate experience was in the position of Electrical Engineer with Nurad, a Baltimore-based manufacturer of military antennas and communications equipment. In 1991 he joined ITS Corporation, which is now Axcera. Here he has held positions of Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Marketing Manager and most recently Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. Axcera offers complete RF solutions to the broadcast industry.
Matt Leland, Sales Manager, FM Systems
Dielectric Communications, SPX Corporation
Matt Leland spent over 10 years with Microwave Techniques, Inc., a manufacturer of RF components for applications including Aegis and Patriot radar systems, TV, FM, high energy physics, and industrial heating. He held positions such as Product Designer, Design Group Manager and Production Manager. Leland also worked for Shively Labs, Manufacturer of FM antennas, filters and combiners. As the design department manager he was responsible for the design of RF and dehydrator products. He also contributed to the development of high pressure air dehydrators for the U.S. Navy FM radome redesign, and a line of MMDS broadcast antennas. Currently, Leland is the Radio Product Line Manager / Sales Manager for Dielectric Communications, SPX Corp. Dielectric manufactures Radio, TV and Mobile Media broadcast antennas, as well as RF products. Part of his work entails introducing new products, including high power broadband antenna designs DCR-Q broadband sidemount antenna and FMVee top mount, a new technique for reduced downward radiation in side-mounted antennas, and six patented IBOC antenna and RF products.
Jim Schoedler, CBNT
JB Schoedler Associates, LLC
Jim Schoedler is an engineer and consultant in the field of broadcasting and related IT technologies, with clients primarily in commercial and public broadcasting but also some in non-traditional media. Over the course of 30 years in the industry Jim has held engineering and management positions with Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W), NBC, National Teleconsultants, Inc, and Rocky Mountain PBS. Jim earned a BS Degree in Electronic Physics from La Salle College and a MS Degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is SBE certified (CBNT), is the past chairman of SBE Chapter 48, and is currently chair of the Rocky Mountain Section of SMPTE.
Steve Lampen, CBRE, Multimedia Technology Manager
Belden Cable
Steve Lampen has worked for Belden for nineteen years and currently is Multimedia Technology Manager. Prior to Belden, Steve had an extensive career in radio broadcast engineering and installation, film production, and electronic distribution. Steve holds an FCC Lifetime General License (formerly a First Class FCC License) and is an SBE Certified Radio Broadcast Engineer. On the data side he is a BICSI Registered Communication Distribution Designer. His latest book, "The Audio-Video Cable Installer’s Pocket Guide" is published by McGraw-Hill. His column "Wired for Sound" appears in Radio World Magazine.
Bob Surette, Director of Sales Engineering
Shively Labs
Bob Surette has worked with Shively Labs, which is a Division of Howell Laboratories, since 1981. He graduated from Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, Massachusetts in 1973 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Surette has been directly involved with design and development of broadcast antennas, filter systems and RF transmission components since 1974, as an RF Engineer for six years with the original Shively Labs in Raymond, ME and for a short period of time with Dielectric Communications. He is currently an Associate Member of the AFCCE and a Senior Member of IEEE. He has authored a chapter on filters and combining systems for the latest edition of the CRC Electronics Handbook and for the 9th and 10th Edition of the NAB Handbook.
Skip Erickson, Manager of Systems Engineering and Applications
Harris Professional Services
Skip Erickson is the Manager of the Systems Engineering Group for Harris Technical Solutions, part of Broadcast Division of Harris, Inc. He began his career in broadcasting at KSL-TV in 1976 as a news photographer and built their first ENG truck. Holding a number of positions in news and technical management in the early 1980’s; he joined WCCO-TV as Technical Manager for their Washington DC Bureau in 1985. In 1991, Erickson was appointed the Director of Engineering at WCCO in Minneapolis and remained there until 1999 when he became the Director of Technology at KARE-TV, Minneapolis. In 2003, he moved to Denver to be the VP of Engineering for Fox O&O KDVR/KFCT and then worked as a system engineer for Beck Associates in 2005 and 2006. For the past three years, Erickson has managed the pre-sales System Engineers for Harris Broadcasting, providing design and consulting services for broadcast facilities as they work through their conversion to the digital world.
Tony Delp, Camera Applications Engineer
Grass Valley
Tony Delp is a principal Camera applications engineer with Grass Valley. He has worked extensively with many of the major mobile production companies and broadcast stations as they incorporate the Grass Valley HDTV LDK Series camera systems into their production environment. Delp has 30+ years of experience in broadcast, holding positions at Philips as a camera field engineer and as camera product manager at Sony Broadcast and Hitachi. Delp directly supports HD camera sales and demonstrations to the studio and mobile production communities.
Frederick M. Baumgartner, CPBE, CBNT, Ennes Moderator, Trustee
Ennes Educational Foundation Trust
Fred Baumgartner joined Qualcomm as Director of Broadcast Engineering in 2005 for their MediaFLO project. Previously, he served as Director of Systems Engineering for Leitch, Inc., a division of Harris. Through the 90’s he served as Director of Engineering for the Comcast Media Center in Denver, as Director of New Product Development and as Director of Broadcast Satellite Operations during its TCI ownership era, overseeing the growth of the enterprise into the then world’s largest earth station. Baumgartner came to satellite and cable origination from broadcasting where he served as Engineering Manager at Fox Owned and Operated KDVR-TV and KFCT-TV, Denver; WTTV-TV, WTTK-TV, Indianapolis; KHOW AM & FM, Denver; WIBA AM & FM, Madison, Wisconsin; Operations Manager at KWGN-TV, Denver; and others, beginning with the overnight shift at WBIZ AM & FM, Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1972.
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