Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh

Current

• Broadcast IT Engineer at Salam Media Cast

Past

• Broadcast Engineer at Arab Media Group
• Technical Operator at Showtime
• Transmission Controller at ARY Digital

• Application Specialist at Graphic International Centre

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Education

• Pro-Bel (now Snell)
• Showtime Training
• Dovetail

• Dovetail
• Showtime Training Academy
• John Lisney Associates
• Pebble Beach
• Computer Training & Testing Center
• Computer Training & Testing Center
• IBM
• National American University
• National American University

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Industry

Broadcast Media

Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh’s Summary

For the past 5 years my career highlights in broadcast technology included, being part of launch teams of large broadcast networks i.e.:

• Showtime Arabia - 30 channel Playout & 11 Passthrough services chain.
• Arabian Television Network - 7 channel playout chain - MTV Arabia and Nickelodeon Arabia.
• ARY Digital - 8 Playout services.

My strengths include technical systems wide knowledge about Broadcast and Broadcast IT gear, storage technologies, and working insight about broadcast engineering and operational workflows.

Even though I've been fortunate enough to spend time and work on some pretty cool Broadcast IT technologies, but "the more I know, the less I know" applies even more, and the learning continues...

Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh’s Specialties:

Professional Broadcast SD / HD Video systems, Media Playout Servers, Automation, Subtitling, CG systems, FCP, XSAN, RAID / Grid Storage, Tape Archives, Multiviewers, Compression, Disaster Recovery and IT security.

Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh’s Experience

• Broadcast IT Engineer

  Salam Media Cast

  (Public Company; DOH:SIIS; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 2009 — Present (3 months)

  • Part of the core technical bid preparation, systems integration and technical support team.
  • Technically supporting, troubleshooting & resolving broadcast IT systems’ issues for local and remote clients.
  
  • Equipment Knowledge gained: Harris Nexio video servers, Isilon near-line storage system, ADC & D-Series automation. Volicon Observer broadcast compliance recording system. Clyde Broadcast Synergy Radio Automation system.

• Broadcast Engineer

  Arab Media Group

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  September 2007 — 2009 (2 years )

  Achievements: Part of initial network launch team for MTV Arabia, Nickelodeon Arabia and Noor Dubai, provided project engineering support of broadcast chain large scale migration from du teleport to installation and expansion at Dubai Studio City facility. Technical project leader for MTV Arabia’s re-branding and graphics refresh.
  
  • Successful deployment experience with Omeneon Spectrum video servers, Softel Subtiling systems and Chyron Channel Box CG systems, Apple Final Cut Pro NLEs.
  • Deployed Axon TRACS Linux based Broadcast Recording system.
  • Installation experience with Evertz Multi-Viewers and GPS units and Quantum tape libraries.
  • Resolving engineering issues with the Transmission Air chain & post-production systems.
  • Managing systems vendors and engineering shift patterns.
  
  • Equipment Knowledge gained: Omneon Media Grid & Pro-Exchange, Pro-Bel Morpheus automation, Chyron CG, Channel Box and Micro-X, Softel Swift subtitling systems, Apple XSAN, FCP, Any Stream Agility encoders, Red Hat Linux based AutoDesk Smoke.

• Technical Operator

  Showtime

  (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

  May 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 5 months)

  Showtime Arabia (now Orbit Showtime), a multi-channel pay TV network owned by Gulf DTH, is a joint venture between Kuwaiti KIPCO and U.S. Viacom. Broadcasting more than 50 channels.
  
  Achievements: Part of the initial network launch team – 22 playout channels.
  
  • Providing Level one engineering support to critical on air systems.
  • Assisting engineers with technical / operational maintenance and upgrades.
  • Monitoring audio/video signal levels, encoders, multiplexers, transport streams, automation systems.
  • Ingesting media using Sony DigiBeta VTRs & SonyXDCAM players.
  • Liaising with schedulers, teleports, cable operators and content providers.
  
  • Equipment Knowledge gained: Tektronix waveform monitors, Snell & Wilcox syncs, Probel Routing system, Harmonic encoders & multiplexers, Pebble Beach Device controllers, Miranda Kaleido K2s, Eye Height Logo burner & safe area generators, Screen Subtitling Systems & Omneon Spectrum media servers, Sony Petasite.

• Transmission Controller

  ARY Digital

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2003 — April 2004 (9 months)

  ARY Digital Network is the first Pakistani muti-channel network, broadcasting news, music and general entertainment to satellite and cable providers, like BSkyB, DirectTV, DISH TV, ART, around the world.
  
  Achievements: Part of network launch – 10 playout Channels.
  
  • Ensuring 24/7 playout of all digital services & live shows.
  • Operationally supporting studio control room & production teams.
  • Co-coordinating with Media Traffic & correcting discrepancies with schedules.
  
  • Equipment Knowledge gained: Tandberg professional IRDs, Network Vikinx Routing system, Sony BetacamSP VTRs & Sony DVCams, Miranda-Oxytel & Masterkey 7 Keyers & Vectorbox media servers

• Application Specialist

  Graphic International Centre

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2003 — August 2003 (6 months)

  Handled the techno-commercial side of Legato (now EMC) Disaster Recovery solutions i.e.:
  
  • High Availability (HA).
  • Data Replication for Disaster Recovery (DR).
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS).
  • Electronic Document Management (EDM).

Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh’s Education

• Pro-Bel (now Snell)

  Course , Morpheus Broadcast Automation & Media Network Management, Systems engineering & operational , 2007 — 2007

• Showtime Training

  Course , Apple XSAN & Final Cut Pro Engineering , 2007 — 2007

• Dovetail

  Training , Emotional Intelligence Master-Class , 2006 — 2006

• Dovetail

  Training , Project Management, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Communication skills , 2006 — 2006

• Showtime Training Academy

  Training , Negotiation Skills, Assertiveness , 2006 — 2006

• John Lisney Associates

  Training , Broadcast Television Technology , 2005 — 2005

• Pebble Beach

  Course , Pebble Beach Neptune Broadcast Automation Systems engineering & operational , 2005 — 2005

• Computer Training & Testing Center

  Training , Cisco - CCNA , 2003 — 2003

• Computer Training & Testing Center

  Training , Sun - Solaris Administration , 2003 — 2003

• IBM

  Training , Data Storage: RAID, DAS, NAS, SAN designs , 2003 — 2003

• National American University

  Bachelor of Science Degree , Computer Information Systems , 1998 — 2002

• National American University

  Associate Degree , Computer Science , 1998 — 2000

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