Jon Reddick

Broadcast & Automation Systems Expert

  • About Me

    My 25+ years of focused experience has made me the broadcast technology engineering triple threat:

    1. a detail-oriented Product Owner & Technical Product Manager capable of coordinating and guiding multiple development teams,
    2. a detail-oriented lead quality assurance engineer with the real-world experience required to know how the tech needs to work, and the technical know-how to effectively communicate that information to developers,
    3. and an international road-savvy field engineer & onsite trainer with the capacity and people skills to one-man-band most any project.

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  • Career Experience

    • 2022-Present

      Independent Content Creator

      GenXGrownUp – Jacksonville, FL

    • 2017-2022

      Technical Product Manager – News

      Grass Valley, a Belden Brand – Hillsboro, OR

    • 2010-2017

      Automation Systems Specialist

      Grass Valley, a Belden Brand – Hillsboro, OR

    • 2007-2010

      Quality Assurance Team Lead

      Grass Valley Integrated Production Solutions – Jacksonville, FL

    • 1992-2007

      Production Manager/Senior Newscast Director

      WCTV Television – Tallahassee, FL

      It was during this phase of my career that I developed the passion for broadcasting which continues to drive me today.

      I managed the production department handling personnel, working with vendors, and operating under & within the infrastructure of corporate requirements.

      In the course of calling & punching an estimated 6,500+ hours of live broadcast content I found home.  Working side-by-side with other talented people, always battling against limited resources and unforgiving time constraints, there’s simply no substitute for the satisfaction of being able to maintain quality & consistency amidst chaos, until ultimately fading to black at the end of the hour and being able to say, “I just did that.”

      I love to win, and I hate to be told, “we can’t do that.”

    Trusted Engineer

    These are some of the facilities where I’ve been brought onsite to deliver user training & perform installations & upgrades to mission-critical equipment.
     
    • BSkyB – London, England
    • CBC – Winnipeg, Canada
    • ESPN – Bristol, CT
    • ESPN SEC – Charlotte, NC
    • KABC – Glendale, CA
    • KCTV – Fairway, KS
    • KGO – San Francisco, CA
    • KGTV – San Diego, CA
    • KHON – Honolulu, HI
    • KIRO – Seattle, WA
    • KMGH – Denver, CO
    • KMOV – St. Louis, MO
    • KPHO – Phoenix, AZ
    • KTBS – Shreveport, LA
    • KTRK – Houston, TX
    • KTVK – Phoenix, AZ
    • KTVU – Oakland, CA
    • KTXL – Sacramento, CA
    • KXAN – Austin, TX
    • News12 – Woodbury, NY
    • WABC – New York, NY
    • WBND – South Bend, IN
    • WCBD – Mount Pleasant, SC
    • WCPO – Cincinnati, OH
    • WCTV – Tallahassee, FL
    • WDJT – Milwaukee, WI
    • WEWS – Cleveland, OH
    • WFFF – Colchester, VT
    • WFSB – Rocky Hill, CT
    • WFTS – Tampa, FL
    • WFTV – Orlando, FL
    • WGBH – Boston, MA
    • WGNO – New Orleans, LA
    • WHNS – Greenville, SC
    • WIAT – Birmingham, AL
    • WIVB – Buffalo, NY
    • WJAR – Cranston, RI
    • WJAC – Johnstown, PA
    • WJHL – Johnson City, TN
    • WJTV – Jackson, MS
    • WJXT – Jacksonville, FL
    • WLS – Chicago, IL
    • WNEM – Saginaw, MI
    • WOOD – Grand Rapids, MI
    • WPRI – Providence, RI
    • WPSD – Paducah, KY
    • WPXI – Pittsburgh, PA
    • WRTV – Indianapolis, IN
    • WSB – Atlanta, GA
    • WSLS – Roanoke, VA
    • WSPA – Spartanburg, SC
    • WTAJ – Altoona, PA
    • WTNH – New Haven, CT
    • WTVD – Durham, NC
    • WTVT – Charlotte, NC
    • WTXL – Tallahassee, FL
    • WVTM – Birmingham, AL
    • WXYZ – Southfield, MI
  • FSU Bachelor of Science, General Communication
    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

     

    Broadcast Hardware/Software

    • Grass Valley Ignite Automation
    • Grass Valley Production Switchers
    • PVTV Automation
    • Vinten Robotics
    • Telemetrics Robotics
    • Clarity Pixel Power
    • Grass Valley Media Object Portal
    • Grass Valley XMOS/SDB
    • VizRT
    • Chyron Camio/HyperX/Lyric
    • Avid Deko3000/DekoMOS
    • Yamaha Audio Mixers
    • Wheatstone Audio Mixers
    • Calrec Audio Mixers
    • Lawo Audio Frames
    • Harris Inscriber/InscriberMOS
    • AP ENPS Newsroom System
    • Avid INews Newsroom System
    • Octopus Newsroom System
    • Grass Valley Turbo
    • Panasonic DVC Pro 640/750
    • 360 Systems Playout
    • Enco Audio Playout
    • Calrec Audio Mixers
    • Klotz Audio Frame
    • Grass Valley K2 Summit/Solo
    • Grass Valley STRATUS
    • Chyron SuperScribe/Max/Infinit!
    • Miranda Vertigo
    Associate of Arts, Mass Communication
    Polk State College, Winter Haven, FL

     

    Software & IT Proficiencies

    • JIRA
    • Confluence
    • MediaWiki
    • PHP
    • XML
    • SQL/MySQL
    • VMWare
    • Corel Paint Shop Pro
    • Cyberlink PowerDirector
    • Adobe After Effects
    • Acronis
    • CPanel
    • Web Design
    • Networking
    • PC Building
    • Troubleshooting
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