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Interlink-Team Profiles Bruce Allen, Founder and President, e-mail at ballen@interlinknet.com Since the mid 1970's Mr. Allen has been involved with on-air production, master control and network operations, first
for broadcast television; then for national advertiser supported cable networks; followed by pay-per-view movie and event networks. Mr. Allen has held positions as President and CEO of Atlantic Satellite
Communications; Founding Vice President, Operations and Production for Request Television; and Founding Vice President Network Production and Operations, Lifetime Cable Television. In 1991 Bruce Allen formed
Interlink Network Corp. to provide experienced and innovative technical operation solutions for broadcast, cable, satellite and private networks.
Gary Olson,
Chief Technology Officer
e-mail at
golson@interlinknet.com
Gary Olson has more than 25 years of experience as a
project manager with a proven record of accomplishment
successfully delivering projects on time and in budget
in the information, communication technology and
broadcast /new media markets. His substantial technical
experience and project management skills facilitate
problem solving and provide cost effective, practical
solutions for both domestic and international projects.
His broad background includes business process and
workflow analysis. Mr.Olson's skills in project
management include scheduling, implementing cost and
risk management strategies, and managing portfolios. As
a technology and business process analyst, he assesses
product attributes against client and end-user
requirements, identifies deployment issues and evaluates
the ways in which technology architecture aligns with
future trends and inter-operability. Mr.Olson has the
refined planning and development skills that are crucial
to support the build-out and launch of new technology
platforms and services. Mr.Olson's experience is
providing consulting services specializing in design
development and project management for broadcast, new
media, distance learning and broadband gaming
applications. He has held key roles in many complex
projects that involved the convergence of broadcast, new
media and information technology. Mr.Olson was the
senior project director where he planned designed and
managed the relocation of WNET/Thirteen the largest
member station in the PBS network. He led the business
development team for a Kirsch Media interactive gaming
application where he planned and designed data centers
for 39 countries. Among his most significant projects
are those during which Mr.Olson was senior project
director for Interlink, where he designed and launched
new broadcast and satellite television networks in the
US, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and South America.Theodore S. Jako, Vice President Engineering, e-mail at
tjako@interlinknet.com Ted Jako has been active in television engineering for over 30 years. Prior to joining Interlink, Mr. Jako provided
technical engineering management consulting services to several major programming suppliers and hardware manufacturers, including Rainbow Programming Services, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Alamar Electronics,
and Pacific Systems, Inc. in Korea. As Director of Corporate Video Engineering for Cablevision Systems Corp, he directed cable operations procurement activities, recommended and implemented solutions to problems
with new technology and reconfiguration of existing facilities, participated in the development of the New York Interconnect, supervised the design and installation of stand-alone Pay-Per-View systems, and
developed facilities for News 12 Long Island, cable TV's first 24 hour regional news service. Mr. Jako was Chief Engineer, Cablevision of Long Island, where he designed and built the playback facility for the
Playboy Channel and Bravo, in addition to working with management on the preparation of presentations for community groups during cable franchising.
Mike Stewart ,Manager-Operations, email at mstewart@interlinknet.com Mike Stewart has
been active in television operations for over 14 years. Prior to joining Interlink, Mr. Stewart held positions with Showtime Networks Inc. and Viewer's Choice Pay-Per-View Networks. In the early 1990's, Mr.
Stewart supervised Viewer's Choice's transition from analog to digital encryption technology along with their expansion from two to five channels. Among his accomplishments at Interlink, Mr. Stewart served as the
Technical Manager for Times Square 2000, The Global Celebration At The Crossroads Of The World. As Technical Manager, Mr. Stewart was responsible for the design and coordination of facilities, satellite
transmission, fiber optic circuits and signal quality for 45 local, national and international broadcasters live from Times Square. Most recently, Mr. Stewart was a Product Development Manager at Williams Vyvx
broadband services. He was involved in the development and rollout of new products and services to broadcast and cable customers.
Ray Bucceri ,
Senior Engineer
As
Chief Engineer, Mr. Bucceri designed and built NY 1 News, the first automated 24-hour news channel in New York City. Mr. Bucceri was also the Senior Design Engineer and project Manager for AF Associates, a leading
U.S. based video systems Integration Company. Working for The Systems Group, Mr. Bucceri specified equipment and conceptual design for Ethnic American Broadcasting's new broadcast center. Additional facilities
that Mr. Bucceri has designed and built include: The Home and Garden Television Network, Knoxville TN.; Brooklyn / Queens Cable Quantum System, New York; Merrill Lynch Corporate Television Network, New York;
AlphaStar Digital Television, Connecticut. As Design Engineer for Interlink, Mr. Bucceri has overseen the digital upgrade of Queens Public Communications Corporation and worked on network design and project
management at TVN, Warsaw, Poland and Markiza Television, Bratislava, Solvakia.
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