THOMAS BAUSE Address: 230 Carlton Avenue Apartment #1, Brooklyn, New York 11205 Home: 347.463.

9255 Mobile: 347.882.6676 E-mail: thomas.bause@gmail.com

DIRECTOR Seasoned, analytical, and self-directed executive video engineer and a Green Car d holder, with commendable strengths in digital media engineering, project manag ement, and video / film technology; complemented with comprehensive years of exp erience in business technology solutions, media, and IT industries. Equipped with broad-based knowledge in managing and leading people, with proven success in developing and implementing media applications that drive insights an d efficiencies. Interested to pursue a challenging career in a fast-paced and co mpetitive environment.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Commended for the ability to work independently and as part of a team wh ile meeting critical deadlines. Regarded for fostering and developing client relations, providing traini ng and innovative technical solutions, facilitating technology demonstrations, a s well as increasing efficiency to enhance overall profitability. Frequently recognized for outstanding performance and for exceeding expe ctations in positions that require strong planning, analytical, problem-solving, team-building, and leadership skills. Highly skilled at troubleshooting and fixing problems while minimizing c ustomer stress levels. Experienced working locally and internationally across Germany, England, and the United States. Proven people management skills and ability to follow standard troublesh ooting procedures; ensure that standard operating procedures are understood and utilized as per design specifications. Analytical problem solver with strong figure aptitude and ability to qui ckly grasp complex concepts. Possess knowledge in working with international standards organization a nd development of media standards, along with clients and staff to successfully implement, operate, and evaluate projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NBC UNIVERSAL, NEW YORK, NY Digital Video Engineer 2008Present Work as an expert member of the Advanced Engineering Department in NBCU Media Te chnology/Technology Strategy which works closely with the executive team. Coordi nate with research and development on file-based workflows. Provide technical support for United States and European facilities. Conduct res earch and evaluation for emerging technology (3DTV, Fingerprinting, GPU Accelera tion). Manage project reports and presentations to update NBCU executive managem ent and train technical teams. Organize quality assessment reports of compression system in cooperation with de

velopment teams and ensure compliance test reports of encoding / transcoding sys tems in file-based workflows. Developed and operationalized file based systems for content production and delivery (focus on MXF) Supported operational teams to ensure quality and standards compliance Lead and supported external research efforts (i.e. Automated Content Rec ognition, 3DTV, Content Identification) NBCU representative in international standards and trade organization (S MPTE, AMWA, CEA and EBU). Received NBC Universal Ovation Award, Co-Inventor on two patents (pendin g). UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM Digital Video Engineer 20072008 Held responsibility for the expansion of NBCU digital media business across Euro pe in conjunction with Universal Picture International team. Communicated with and consulted technical and non-technical departments on digital media system with regard to encoding, transcoding, and distribution o f the system. Analyzed and evaluated digital media system for usage in NBCU - workflow s for content creation and distribution to NBCU international costumers. NBC UNIVERSAL, LOS ANGELES, CA Digital Video Engineer 20052007 Planned, established and cultivated Encoding Department for the NBCU postproduct ion facility as well as initial encoding projects and business. Facilitated busi ness development leading to expansion of fresh and innovative Electronic Sell Th ru (EST), Video Ondemand (VOD) projects and establishment of web content portals . Coordinated with the NBCU Network Operation Center to merge Broadcast an d EST/VOD workflows (ingest, transcoding delivery) for cost effective new media content creation and delivery. Worked with operational teams to enable file based delivery of NBCU cont ent to costumers and to facilitate content creation and delivery to mobile platf orms. ASCENT MEDIA CORPORATION, LOS ANGELES, CA Department Manager 20012005 Planned, established, and cultivated Encoding Department. Led and supervised the Encoding Department with a staff of 3 people in overseeing day-to-day operation s and training implementation. Provided business development support through research and implementatio n of new encoding projects and workflows. Oversaw the Digital Asset Management (DAM) operation, including ingest, metadata annotation, and transcoding. Served as a consultant and postproduction supervisor to European markets , specifically in Germany.

EARLIER CAREER Quality Control Manager, Programmer, and Sound Assistant ~ CBC COLOGNE BROADCAST ING CENTER, COLOGNE, GERMANY

Freelance Camera Assistant ~ BHF PRODUCTION/STUDIO V8/WDR (WEST GERMAN TELEVISIO N), COLOGNE, GERMANY Programmer ~ ENGINEERING OFFICE EWALDS, COLOGNE, GERMANY Programmer and Freelance Camera Assistant ~ WKU, COLOGNE, GERMANY / QATSI VIDEOP RODUCTION, KREFELD, GERMANY

EDUCATION Diplom Ingenieur (Diploma Engineer; US Master's Degree equivalent) in Imaging an d Media Technology Major in Video Technology, Industrial Color Processing, Photo Design and Marketi ng Minor in Film Dramaturgy, Laboratory Technology, Law and Economics UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, COLOGNE, GERMANY 3-year Studies in Software Engineering RHEINISCHE AKADEMY, COLOGNE, GERMANY Relevant Coursework: Technical Informatics, Economic Informatics, Softwa re Development, Electrical Engineering, Database Programming, Networks and Opera ting Systems

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Influencing Skills at GE (2009) ~ Operation Management Course at Ascent Media (2 003

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) Member / Observer, European Broadcast Union (EBU) Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Member / Observer, Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Member, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) Member / Observer, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

ACTIVITIES Member, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member, Manhattan Sailing Club

TECHNICAL SKILLS HARDWARE PC and Mac Systems: Laptops, Workstations, and Servers Network Infrastructure: Switches and Router Tape Machines: HDCAM SR, D5, Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, IMX, a nd XDCAM Other: Standards Converters, AV Switcher and Waveform Monitor Capture Cards: AJA, Decklink, and DVS SOFTWARE Major Editing Systems: Final Cut Pro Studio, Adobe Premiere, and

AVID Media Composer Major Encoding/Transcoding Systems: RHOZET, Digital Rapids, Tele stream, Anystream (now Telestream), Ateme, Ipera, Apple Compressor, and Amperfin Specialized file format and codec analyzer: IRT, Miravid, Tektro nix, and Sencore Adobe Photoshop Suite: Premiere, After Effects, Media Encoder, F lash, Acrobat Reader and Pro Microsoft Office Suite: Office, Word, Excel, Project and PowerPo int DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS ipse ~ Altova XML Spy PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT ~ CUDA (NVIDIA GPU SDK) OPERATIONS SYSTEM ) ~ OS X ~ Linux FILE FORMATS DPX, JPEG etc. CODECS oto JPEG, ProRes 422, DNxHD etc. APPLICATION SPECIFICATIONS Microsoft Visual Studio: 2005, 2008, 2010) ~ Ecl C++ ~ C# ~ Java ~ .Net Framework OpenCV (Computer Vision) ~ Kakadu J2K (JPEG2000) All Windows Platforms (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 MXF, GXF, DPX, MPEG, QT, Flash, ASF, AVI, TIFF, MPEG 1/2/4, JPEG2000, Windows Media, ON2 VP6, Ph XDCAM HD422, AMWA AS02/AS03, IMF, IIF, and DECE