Summary
Samuel Ulloa is a Director of Technical Operations based in New York with 11+ years building and running hybrid broadcast, cloud and IT infrastructures for major media organizations. He leads global 24/7 operations and DR programs, specializing in SMPTE 2110, cloud playout, HLS and enterprise-scale migrations that minimize on-air impact while improving resilience and automation. A hands-on technologist, he combines deep experience with AWS, VMware, Cisco UCS and video encoding vendors (Evertz, Ateme, Synamedia) with a track record of transforming support teams into high-performing, globally coordinated units. Samuel pairs analytical problem-solving with people leadership—mentoring technical leads, standardizing runbooks, and driving cross-functional governance. Outside the control room he pursues content-recognition research on the side, reflecting a rare blend of operational rigor and curiosity about emerging video fingerprinting and recognition algorithms.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree Business Admin & Computer Networking, Bachelor's Degree Business Admin & Computer Networking at Briarcliffe College
Certificate: Computer Technical Support Computer Hardware and Software, Certificate: Computer Technical Support Computer Hardware and Software at Katharine Gibbs School
Certificate Program SMPTE Standards, Certificate Program SMPTE Standards at SMPTE.org
Certified Data Centre Technician Professional (CDCTP) Data Center Infrastructure and Operational Services, Certified Data Centre Technician Professional (CDCTP) Data Center Infrastructure and Operational Services at CNet Technical Training
Certificate Program Leadership Seminar, Certificate Program Leadership Seminar at NAMIC
Certificate Program SDVN -(Software Defined Video Networking), Certificate Program SDVN -(Software Defined Video Networking) at Evertz
Certificate Program AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner, Certificate Program AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Spanish