DAVID J.
DANTO
Professional
Experience
J.P.Morgan Chase & Company, New York, NY 2008
- Present
Vice
President, Director of Video and Telepresence Engineering
Responsible for the implementation and management
what will be the world’s largest telepresence infrastructure. Coordinate the development and design of an
interoperable telepresence and video conference environment serving desktop,
room and immersive environments. Manage
processes of vendor selection and management.
Lehman Brothers,
Vice
President, Director of Global Multimedia Engineering
Responsible
for the strategic direction, development and implementation of global
enterprise multimedia systems, including life cycle management of media and
broadcast equipment and facilities and the design of interoperable video
conference systems serving desktop, room and telepresence environments. Manage processes of vendor selection and
standards enforcement in production, engineering and operations. Facilitate close coordination between
Corporate Communications, Facilities Management, Corporate Services,
Information Technology and the firm’s business units with centers in
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Developed
Multimedia Services engineering from original base of AV technicians. Selected
key vendors and developed global quality standards and implementation
procedures. Internal training and staff development allowed firm to reduce
reliance on outsourced technicians.
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Researched and
integrated emerging technologies into existing systems and processes,
streamlining and improving business practices.
This enabled the firm to reduce overlap and operational expenses and
leverage cutting edge systems to meet client needs.
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Developed global
management systems for all HQ and branch multimedia and conferencing
facilities. Implementation led to
reduced staffing overheads, centralized oversight and more reliable and cost
effective communications. Achieved five
nines reliability facilitating firm decision to geographically decentralize
senior management.
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Designed and
developed major multimedia installations (production studios, distribution
systems, control facilities, auditoriums, conferencing facilities) throughout
the
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Positioned firm
to benefit from simplified migration to HD content production and delivery
through use of agile systems, appropriate contract and maintenance agreements
and strategic product selection.
Research and migration strategy allows continued operations and will
offer controlled migration path when required.
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Designed and
maintained digital signage and content delivery systems both internally and at
large public display venues such as
Morgan Stanley,
Director
of Multimedia Engineering
Responsible for the design, implementation and operations
of television, radio and audio/visual facilities. Key team player in the coordination of
activities into new media technologies.
Oversight of all local and international teleconferencing and
coordination of outsourced service providers.
Annual budget of $8.5M in management of media infrastructure valued at
more than $50M.
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Designed,
implemented and managed audio/visual and teleconferencing systems (including
television and radio facilities) for the build out of a new headquarters
facility at
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Research and
integration of new technologies into existing systems, operational cutover of
new systems into live environment.
Planning and the coordinated staging of new services and functionality
preserved the integrity of operation and avoided loss of business as a result
of unplanned outages.
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Development and
streamlining of systems to remotely manage small and medium sized media
facilities across the enterprise.
Technology and process allowed staff to be re-directed to business unit
functions while reducing need for outsourced technicians. Costs savings of $244k realized in first
year.
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Design authority
for all global multimedia technical projects, chair of regular internal
Multimedia Technology Review Board.
Gating process ensured that all multimedia projects were sponsored and
aligned with business unit needs.
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Led the
negotiation and execution of global equipment and service agreements,
leveraging firm buying power to reduce expenditures in outlying regional
locations.
Bloomberg L.P.,
Director of Broadcast Engineering and Operations
Responsible
for all television and radio technical operations including the production of
news programming for broadcast and cable, network affiliates, internet live and
streaming multimedia, and reports "on-demand". Provided oversight of all local and
international broadcast feeds and teleconferencing via satellite, public
switched network and internal WAN connection.
Designed and supervised all multimedia special events and live remotes. Coordinated facility maintenance and system
upgrades
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Developed the
systems required to produce the revolutionary Bloomberg multi-screen television
format. Utilized pioneering automation
that allowed conventional production to be accomplished by single person or
unmanned stations. These efforts
resulted a tremendous reduction in personnel costs for broadcast television.
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Designed and
supervised construction of multiple television facilities in typical corporate
offices, significantly reducing the technical and facilities costs typically
experienced during the entry into broadcast television production.
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Pioneered the
establishment of the first true multimedia production stations in
broadcasting. This allowed a single
story or segment to automatically and simultaneously be recorded and processed
for television broadcast, radio broadcast and on-demand usage.
Director of Television and Media Services
Responsible
for all audio, video and audio/visual operations, centralizing and modernizing
procedures and equipment. Facilitated
NYU's entry into Cable Television, Distance Learning and Teleconferencing
systems and technologies. Maximized and
coordinated utilization of infrastructure.
Coordinated in-house TV coverage of annual commencement ceremonies in
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Created and
implemented NYU's first centralized media services department utilizing remote
automated equipment authorization and an equipment and service reservation
database. These efforts realized
tremendous economies of scale.
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Designed and built
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Introduced
Distance Learning and Teleconferencing systems utilizing both traditional
satellite technology and dial-up systems over the public switched network.
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Developed NYU-TV,
a student operated TV station that provided original programming to the NYU
campus. This programming was distributed
nationally to other universities further enhancing NYU’s image as the
preeminent source for culturally rich and diverse offerings.
Financial News Network,
Director of Engineering
Responsible
for hiring and supervising the technical and operations staff, coordinating
live transmissions, and purchasing technical equipment and services.
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Designed and
supervised construction of FNN's multi-format
television and radio production center within
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Supervised
technical design and production of "This Morning's Business", a 1/2
hour television program syndicated to CBS O&O television stations.
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Filled-in as
producer and/or director on many live programs when editorial and production
staff were otherwise unavailable.
DAVID DANTO
TELEVISION AND MEDIA SYSTEMS,
Consultant
Worked
on a free-lance basis as a studio designer, broadcast operations consultant /
trainer, cable, satellite and microwave TV system designer, and/or video /
audio / communications engineer. Clients
included:
AMC * American Express * AT&T * Bloomberg Television * Charlie Rose
* Collaborations in Communications * Court-TV * CUNY-TV /
Honors
and Awards
INFOCOMM International (Audio Visual Industry Organization)
Adjunct
Faculty Instructor for
Recognized
by the Infocomm Board of Governors and the
Professional Education and Training Committee as having provided valuable
assistance in the professional development of members of the industry.
Industry
Affiliations
Interactive Multimedia &
Collaborative Communications
Director
of Emerging Technologies – Elected June 2005
Member of Executive Board of non profit industry
organization that exists to facilitate and promote the use of collaborative
communication technologies. Contributor
to industry publications and presenter at industry events such as INFOCOMM,
Telepresence World, INTEROP, Streaming Media, Wainhouse,
etc.
Education
B.A.-September 1983, Cum Laude
Television Production and Communications – Theater
Production