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Peter Grazioli

IT and Media Consultant

Mr. Grazioli is the former Vice president of Information Technology and CIO of Young Broadcasting Inc. and Adam Young Inc.

During his 23 year tenure, Peter was responsible for directing and managing all aspects of enterprise-wide systems for both an 11 television station network across the U.S. and its sister company, a national sales rep firm. Responsibilities included:

• Operations of multiple data centers
• Supervision of over 25 employees
• Control of a $10m annual budget
• Developed and Ensured attainment of performance objectives
• High level optimization of network and system security
• Managed process improvement projects, system / network migrations, upgrades, installations and implementations.

Peter is a talented IT executive with proven ability to collaborate with senior-level management in developing and defining system architecture, helping organizations achieve maximum benefit from their IT investment through meticulous research, development and implementation of technologies.

Core competencies include:

• Expertise in directing full complex life cycle application and system development projects revenue, productivity, and quality improvements through well-managed it programs and high-performance development teams.
• Outstanding ability to gather and translate complex business requirements into practical, cost-effective technical solutions and achieve program objectives.
• Broad based experience in project management, agile development, systems integration, change management and business process improvement.

Other areas of expertise include:

• Project Management, Application Development, Process Management, Resource Management, Business Technology, Strategy, Global IT Delivery, Media System Development, Agile Development, Integrated Business Planning, Change Management, Budget Control, Technology Training, Enterprise-wide Implementations, Standards Development and Applied Applications.

Professional Experience

Consultant: Chyron Corporation:

Spearhead development and implementation of long term plan for new cloud based graphics system. Full accountability for project workflow, alignment with industry partners, and business / partnership development.

• Coordinate closely with senior management regarding ongoing project status, while ensuring attainment of specified deliverables.
• Identified new revenue opportunity outside core business partners.

Vice President; – Information Technology / CIO: Young Broadcasting Inc. / Adam Young Inc

Planned and managed conversion of standardized traffic and sales system enterprise-wide. Developed and consolidated financial system, including setting reporting standards and documentation for sox compliance. Designed and established electronic workflows dashboards and procedures for sales, accounting and corporate, with additional responsibility for web and digital content development. Developed social media initiatives for newsroom and station promotion in local markets.

Key accomplishments:

• Drove implementation of VoIP technology in corporate headquarters and all sales offices.
• Created service solutions portal encompassing consolidation of all research/marketing operations, resulting in $2m in annual savings and increased service satisfaction levels.
• Led consolidation of hr functions to reduce hr workload by 90%.
• Developed and implemented in-house it audit procedures for sox compliance, resulting in over $1m reduction in audit fees.
• Established first digital automation and playback environment for young broadcasting tv stations, resulting in annual savings of $2.5m.
• Managed systems/ networks to achieve 99.999% availability.
• Gained recognition for industry wide and management initiatives; received Microsoft pinnacle award, and served as member of TVB EDI committee that produced first EDI standards for broadcast industry.
• Led conversion and planning of virtual data center strategy.

Chief Information Officer

Managed all it functions, including applications, hardware and systems development, engineering, traffic and newsroom development. Held responsibility for enterprise-wide it development supporting integration of traditional broadcast engineering with new pc-based systems. Oversaw sales and traffic systems, and conducted weekly and monthly operational meetings. Established new vendor relations, while maximizing value from existing vendors. Worked directly with CFO and Chairman as corporate project leader on all capital and it projects, and delivered presentations to promote adoption of new technologies to reduce operational costs. Implemented consolidated accounting system and procedures, and conducted internal RFPs and ROI analysis for proposed projects. Developed first mobile workforce and CRM applications

Key accomplishments:

• Developed procedures for Y2k and financial auditing procedures, in addition to disaster recovery plan.
• Created and performed internal audit procedures resulting in 50% reduction in yearly audit costs.
• Worked with executive management on planning, integration and takeover of new acquisitions.
• Eliminated redundant information systems, allowing for global reporting functions and reducing gathering process time from days to minutes.

Director of information technology: Directed standardization of television sales ordering and research systems. Developed all training programs for sales and research, and introduced global e-mail and desktop applications. Migrated company systems, and installed and designed first consolidated enterprise data network for sales office and television stations.