RICKEY BONSTEIN

Experienced professional with over 25+ years of broadcast / Audio Visual integration experience. In those years I worked as a design engineer, test engineer, project lead, Sr. project manager and Sr. Vice president of operations, delivering high-quality broadcast system design and AV integration services for one of the largest systems integration companies in the world, before starting Broadcast Integration Services Inc.

Career Highlights

First HDTV mobile truck for Nipon television network.
First all-digital mobile truck for ABC sports.
First all-digital television station, WTVJ Miami.
Instrumental in the acquisitions of Sony SIC in San Jose, CA & TGS in VA.
The rollout of Verizon’s FIOS throughout the USA.

President, 04/2007 to Current

Broadcast Integration Services Inc – Hewitt, NJ

Provider of project management, design, and installation services for the Broadcast and AV markets.

BISI Recent projects:

Project Management & Turnkey Installation, 04/2020 to 08/2020
Encompass Digital – Stamford, CT

BISI provided Project Management, pre-install labor & site installation.
The project included 3 VO rooms, 3 Mix rooms, 2 stats rooms and A large conference room.

Sr. Project Manager, 02/2018 to 10/2018

Time Warner Media (sub-Contractor To VCA) – New York, NY

Provided project management, pre-build labor & site supervision.

Project Management & Turnkey Installation, 04/2016 to 07/2016

Vanderbilt Industries – Norwalk, CT

BISI provided Project Management, pre-install labor & site supervision.
The project included 61 CAT 6 drops and inter-building fiber pulls & terminations.

Sr. Project Manager (sub-Contractor to VCA), 06/2009 to 03/2015

United Nations, NLCB Project – New York, NY

BISI provided Project Management, pre-install labor & site supervision.
The project included 9 HD control rooms. The control rooms were equipped with Harris Platinum series routers, Ross Synergy production switchers & Wheatstone audio consoles with D9 surfaces. All rooms have VTC capability and all connected via fiber to the MDF room.

Sr. Project Manager, 07/2007 to 10/2009

Bank of America (sub-Contractor To VCA) – New York, NY

BISI provided Project Management
The project included an HD studio & control room, 8 conference rooms and 16 HD camera locations connected via a fiber backbone.

Senior Vice President Operations, 01/1988 to 04/2007

Ascent Media Systems & Technology Services – Northvale, NJ

Managed the day-to day operations of three facilities in the United States, including a staff of 100 employees.
Restructured manufacturing department to reduce overhead and improve overall efficiency the departments were constantly profitable, at high margins and maintained A 97% labor Utilization rate.
Improved supply chain to reduce materials costs and optimize distribution.