River Communications

Early live-streaming production, encoding & broadcast consultancy

River Communications was spun out of Seminar Source in 2001 to complete the streaming and event contracts Seminar Source had signed before winding down operations, including events for the American Bar Association, CAMFT, and AIHA. It grew into one of the early live-streaming production and encoding companies and a pioneer in bringing professional video to the web.

Over time it evolved into a consulting practice spanning video, streaming, and broadcast, working with clients like Allscripts and the American Bar Association, and on broadcast development with Sony Electronics.

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What I did:

• Live streaming production, encoding, and event delivery

• Studio design and engineering: TV, radio, recording, and editing

• Live audio production and recording (Front-of-House & Back-of-House)

• Consulting in streaming, compression, video, and audio

• Multi-codec streaming protocols and CDN workflows

This period also included two hands-on roles that built the technical and commercial foundation for my career:

Broadcast & Satellite Engineer, XETV / TV Magic (2003 to 2005): Satellite-truck and broadcast engineering: camera shading, equipment repair, tower engineering, master control, and syndication. Earned my FCC license, SBE, and iNARTE certifications, and began my MA in Management & Organizational Leadership. (See the XETV page.)

Director of Sales & Engineering, Computer Modules / CompuModules (2004 to 2006): Led sales and engineering for the imaging, industrial-vision, AV, and production-equipment division, owning vendor relationships (Ikegami, JVC, Sony Broadcast), systems integration, and channel development. Grew the division from $150K to $3M in annual sales by building turnkey encoding/streaming products and a repeatable sales channel. (See the CompuModules page.)

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Clients included: Discovery, Prudential, American Bar Association, American Diabetes Association, AIHA, CAMFT, PCMA, MPI, and IFT.