This document provides a summary of Gilbert B. Hammer's experience including over 20 years working in strategic technology roles developing and implementing complex digital projects. He has experience managing teams, fostering ideation, and working with stakeholders. Notable employers include KPMG, IBM, Yahoo, and Morgan Stanley where he worked on webcasting, video production, and streaming media.

1. GILBERT B. HAMMER
25 Avenue at Port Imperial, 209
West New York, NJ. 07093
m: 917.748.3434 – h: 201.864.6788
Email: gilbertbhammer@gmail.com Personal site: http://gilberthammer.com/
SUMMARY
• Strategic technology specialist with 20+ years having developed and implementing complex,
enterprise-level digital projects.
• Fostered ideation sessions with constituent groups to create best practices starting from a Straw Man
document.
• Worked with stakeholders, both on the client and IT sides to develop strategic road maps for
implementation of streaming media, video, podcasting and social components.
• Built streaming media departments and served both as a project manager and producer for live and
on-demand webcast productions.
• Video & television Director, Director of Photography with 20 + years experience.
• Managed up to eight person groups and worked across departmental lines to facilitate internal and
external corporate communications while maximizing resources to reduce costs
• Analytical, organized and detail oriented.
• Specialties:
• Technology toolset: streaming media tools, content management systems, video encoding and
production environments, both studio and field based.
• Strengths: analytical, organized and detail oriented, Adept at spotting and integrating new
technologies and trends to improve operational efficiencies. Serial project manager. Also, managed
up to eight person groups.
KPMG, LLP 2011- Current
Associate Director, U.S. Webcasting Strategy & Operations – U.S. Digital Marketing
 Manages U.S. Webcast production services group as part of Digital Marketing. Group produces and
delivers over 180 live & on-demand audio and video external facing webcasts.
 Chairs the Global webcast working group to deploy a CMS/Streaming media platform for live event
production in EU and AsiaPac countries.
 Proposed an internal U.S. business television network to delivery professional and EGC to each
employee desktop.
 Works with ITS department, project planning for new technology deployment, iOS, Android, VC/SM
 Implemented use and production of SharePoint team project tacking site and calendaring system
 Works with other media verticals across the company
IBM 2010
Streaming Media/Live Event Producer, DP, Editor
Consultant to IBM.com Visual Media Services group, servicing both internal and external clients. Shoot,
produce and edit live and on-demand Webcasts. Produced the 2010 CEO Study Webcast, a 12-hour live
event.
VidTherapy 2008-2010
Partner, medical startup; Researched and developed capability for video-based mobile physical therapy
platform with real-time user feedback to improve patient outcomes at lower cost to health care providers
CONSULTANT 2008-2010
Freelance consultant: Streaming media, video production, post-production editing for media clients.
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2. GILBERT B. HAMMER
25 Avenue at Port Imperial, 209
West New York, NJ. 07093
m: 917.748.3434 – h: 201.864.6788
Email: gilbertbhammer@gmail.com Personal site: http://gilberthammer.com/
NETROADSHOW 2004–2008
Production Manager (Examples at retail site: RetailRoadshow.com)
Managed production of video and streaming media for U.S. clients utilizing in-house and freelance
personnel.
 Built video/streaming production and editing facilities to service top financial, for example Morgan
Stanley and Goldman Sachs with production of Institutional Road-shows
 Determined client’s in-house webcasting equipment requirements. Example, worked with CitiGroup
in determining their conference room requirements for new cameras and lighting
 Implemented the use of PC laptop based video capture of presentations using Firewire and WM
Encoder for rapid turnaround with reduced file size for FTPing from remote locations.
 Created quick reference cards of client locations and their specific technical requirements
for freelance personnel to reduce cycle time and error rates
YAHOO! 2000–2004
Manager, Streaming Media & Video Production Services
Built production, post-production facility from ground up.
Managed staff and freelance camera operators/editors who shot, edited and encoded video footage.
Worked across departmental lines to provide other business units with production, post-production
personnel, and facilities as required.
Analyzed and specified equipment and budget requirements for department. Implement new
technologies for production, streaming, network and transport circuits that leveraged production
methodologies while reducing cycle-times.
Implemented use of VYVX TV-1 Fiber circuits [MPEG-2, 3Mbps] for remote feed access, worldwide
Established technical procedures for client projects assisted sales department in client needs analysis.
Replaced external production vendor with trained in-house personnel which saved in excess of $800,000
to the business unit over three years
 Director of Photography for Giants of Advertising Series
 Executive Producer/Technical Director for various Yahoo! Summit Series Conferences
 Worked with Yahoo! Finance Vision in production of financial Webcasts for Yahoo! portal
MORGAN STANLEY 1996–2000
Streaming Media Producer: Implemented and produced streaming media delivery within the firm. In
addition to daily production, work involved testing the operational effectiveness of new technologies within
internal personnel and external vendors
 Produced streaming content, web and multimedia based projects for Equity Client Management
 Fixed Income and Private Wealth Management divisions
 Streaming content for ECM “Morning Call” delivered each day to external ClientLink® site
 Project Manager for internal CBT training site for Crestron user teleconferencing systems
 Worked with IT department in testing and certification of computer platforms within the companies
 OS environment
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3. GILBERT B. HAMMER
25 Avenue at Port Imperial, 209
West New York, NJ. 07093
m: 917.748.3434 – h: 201.864.6788
Email: gilbertbhammer@gmail.com Personal site: http://gilberthammer.com/
EDUCATION
Rockport Film & Television Workshops - Advanced Video Lighting with 1994
feature film Director of Photography Rob Draper, ACS
Rockport Film & Television Workshops - Director's Course with feature 1992
film Director Eric Van Haren Noman. Film lighting with feature film Director 1988
of Photography Walter Lassley, BSC
University of Bridgeport - Film Studies 1975
TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS
Hardware:
Teleconference Systems; AMX, Crestron – Tandberg, Polycom
Control systems; Extron, YEM scan converters
Production Control; Grass Valley, Leader, Tektronic
Audio; Various audio mixing boards, wireless/wired mics
Camera Platforms; SONY XDCam, Panasonic HVX200, VX-100b
Computers; MAC OSX, PC workstations XP Pro, Win7, basic networking & troubleshooting skills
Applications:
CMS Platforms; Onstream, The Platform, TalkPoint, Qumu
Live Event; WireCast, ProCaster
Editing; Vegas Video 9, FinalCut, Sound Forge
Image Editing; Adobe CS5 Photoshop, Premiere, Camtasia
Office; Microsoft Office Suite
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