Karim el boury cv mcr

1. Name: KARIM EL BOURY
Address: 28A Brooksville Avenue, London, NW6 6TG
Tel/Mobile: 02089220548 / 07815867245
Email: kelboury@yahoo.co.uk
PROFILE
I am a confident, versatile and enthusiastic MCR Engineer, with a wealth of knowledge regarding
telecommunications systems and networks and considerable experience.
Being a graduate in Electronics engineering with Honours, I have the skill to learn new technologies and
understand complex systems and ability to fault finding.
I am passionate about working to the highest standards and have the ability to develop and maintain strong
working relationships at all levels of seniority, both with external organisations and internal personnel.
KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERTISE
• Comprehensive understanding of a live 24 hour news environment
• Good foundation understanding of satellite communication technology including Downlink, Uplinks,
L-band Matrix, IRD’s and spectrum Analysers
• Confident understanding of Broadcasting standards including 3G-SDI, HDSDI 1080i, SDI,
AES/EBU, MPEG, PAL 625, NTSC 525 and Relevant measurement tools
• Good knowledge of Broadcast media server workflows – Ingest - Transcoding • IP networks
(TCP/IP, FTP, UDP, Streaming and Store and Forward)
• Understanding of newsroom production systems and procedures
• Operation and control of all systems within MCR, switchers, monitoring wall, remote connections
to and from client’s equipment.
• Knowledge and experience of IP TV and stream technology.
• Knowledge and experience of satellite transmission technology.
• Experience in capturing technology, from Tapes to digital format.
• Excellent organisational skills: able to prioritise, independently take responsibility for complex
tasks, work meticulously with a keen eye for detail and keep to tight time-scale.
• Comfortable leading teams, consistently monitoring performances and delegating duties as
necessary.
• Always eager and willing to learn new skills and further develop professional attributes.
• Strong interpersonal skills: comfortable liaising with all levels of seniority, as well as external
organisations and clients, with considerable experience of providing excellent customer service
and the ability to relay information clearly, concisely and with confidence.
• Strong analytical skills: able to use initiative to identify difficulties and seek out innovative
solutions.
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2. • Loyal to employers and dedicated to upholding the working ethos of a company.
• Fluent in French and Arabic.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alaraby Television Network
Unit 5 Central Park
Central way Park Royal
London NW10 7FY
April 2017 to Present
• Undertake monitoring Control of the channel off air and escalation process with DTL providers
• Effectively receive and record Feeds (Live 2way / Tape feed) and Live Programs via Satellite,
MPLS, CDN, Fibre, Q-links and 3G-4G cellular devises such as TVU
• Controlling the quality of receiving Feeds as per our Quality standards
• To closely monitor the receiving tape feeds and live programs
• Minimise troubleshooting time to the minimum to avoid any failure or delay
• To be up to date and familiar with all our MCR Systems/Equipment
• To regularly use Data-miner in controlling and monitoring all MCR equipment and highlight if any
alarm appears in critical devices
• Pointing the steerable antenna to the required satellites and reduce the action time
• To regularly add sources/maintain the monitoring system
• Coordinate effectively with operators in the field to support remote operations via satellite, fibre, and
IP networks
• Reports clearly in the booking system all technical or operational issues observed during
transmissions
• Identify faults and take immediate preventative action to restore traffic
• Undertakes routine testing, preventative and corrective maintenance of transmission systems and
ancillary equipment
• Ensure the monitoring and adjustment of incoming video/audio according to the Alaraby
Broadcasting Technical Standards
• Report technical issues to Handovers and Ticketing System
Vision247™
Chiswick Park
2nd Floor, Building 10 ,566 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5XS, UK
MCR Operator
February 2015 to April2017
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3. • Management and maintenance of all equipment and systems, and various Turnaround, Pass-
through and Playout.
• Fully supported and managed Playout Services across Europe, USA.
• Showing thorough understanding of all operational procedures, service trails, signal paths,
emergency.
• First and second line fault diagnostics, correction, escalation and reporting.
• Responsible for the deployment of redundant systems under failure conditions, technical
configuration of systems, preparing and deployment for client use, of various type of equipment.
• Operation and control of all systems within MCR, switchers, monitoring wall, remote connections
to and from client’s equipment.
• Managing scheduled caching of programmed material and preparation of media for transmission.
• Experience in Live events Broadcasting such sport events or studio input.
• Knowledge of OTT system used to deliver many services via IP network.
• Building, Quality Approval and Execution of transmission schedules to ensure exact content is
transmitted at the correct time from the right source in correct format using the correct graphics
and information.
• Responsible for limited editorial control within set client guidelines. Troubleshooting of technical
issues in conjunction with Engineering team and/or 3rd party vendors/clients
• Monitoring of transmitted signals and streams to different platforms and applications.
• Equipment and tools used: Proficiency in Playbox Automation, TitleBox, SteamBox, Listbox, used
switches, Allegro encoder, Dream Box IRD, Wowza stream engine, Capture Box, IRDs
input/output monitoring RF services, Nagios for network issues, SuperVision alarm system for all
services, Rack monitor for some outgoing signals, Live Transcoder Master to generate IP signal.
FTP connections, and client training in file transfer procedures. Signiant storage systems and
Media shuttle application settings and operation as well as deployment and training for clients.
ViewSat, Guildford U.K.
May 2014 – February 2015
MCR Operator
Responsibilities
• Monitoring 20+ services for quality and continuity,
• Fully supported and managed Playout Services across Europe, Africa, America, and Middle East.
• Operation and control of all systems within MCR, switchers, monitoring wall, remote connections
to and from client’s equipment.
• Managing bug, graphics and subtitle insertions.
• Responsible for limited editorial control within set client guidelines. Troubleshooting of technical
issues in conjunction with Engineering team and/or 3rd party vendors/clients
• Generating transmission logs and data/fault reports, shift hand-overs and keeping specific
documentation up to date.
• Monitoring of transmitted signals across various transponders.
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4. • Equipment and tools used: Proficiency in Salesforce CRM Ticketing system, Playbox Automation,
TitleBox, SteamBox, Listbox, Morpheus Playout automation, Miranda Routers, switches, Kaleido
Monitoring and Alarm Systems and using Xedit for managing and setting of Monitoring Walls, Zixi
service monitoring of Receiver and Broadcaster for IP feeds, IRDs input/output monitoring RF
services, Monitoring of Multiplexers and signals across various satellites and transponders,
Stream Xpert for monitoring mux outputs and fault finding procedures, Appears TV tool used for
monitoring bitrates and signal stream information before the point of multiplexing, NMX for
enabling and suspending services and bit rate monitoring, PRTG monitoring tool for network
bandwidth loads, Splashtop Enterprise deployment and training for clients.
Vubiquity
Mar 2010 – May 2014
Operation Coordinator
Responsibilities
• Oversee the end-to-end workflow of all metadata for Vubiquity Management client-based platform
DU, which is a major Video on demand and telecoms network in the Middle East.
• Assist in all processes and activities from encoding and editing to the publishing of movies and TV
series.
• Produce ongoing, post-publishing quality assurance of services for on demand client-based
platforms.
• Order source files for all future content, as well as ordering subtitle sub-packs and subtitling
movies/programmes.
• Play an integral role in the creation of a new platform for DU.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION
University of Westminster, Oct 2006 – May 2009
BSc (Hons) Electronic Engineering
- Grade: 2:1 Honours
- Modules: Cellular Radio Networks, Mobile systems, Communication and Media systems,
Telecommunications Principles, Computing and Networks, Digital Signal Processing, Real-Time
Embedded Systems, BBC Practical Broadcasting Course, Analog Design Project, Broadcast
Media Systems, Communication Signal Processing, Data Transmission Project, The Mouse
Project
- Final Year Project: used the propagation delay of an RF and ultrasonic signal to determine the distance
between a target and a base-station within a range of approximately 2 metres. I designed
and built the circuits using off the shelf components.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
My passion for engineering extends to my leisure time and I greatly enjoy building small hardware projects at
home.
Away from work, I am a keen sportsman and have a particular interest in tennis and swimming.
REFERENCES – available on request
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