Schmidt Recommendation letter
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,"rffi UNtveRsrrY or lowe ffi Office of University Relations University of Iowa Television 23 Lindquist Center lowa City, lowa 52242 319,335-6375 3'19-384-0722 fax To Whom lt May Concern: It is my pleasure to submit a letter of recommendation for John Schmidt. John and I have worked together since 1984 when I was at the University of lowa Hospitals and Clinics. For many years we purchased satellite and transmission services from iohn and his group, including live telethons, news events and cross-campus video events. More recently, I was the Program Manager at ITS Video Services and was John's supervisor from April 2004 to July 2009. ITS Video Services provides the University of lowa campus a multitude of video transmission services. This includes the campus fiber optic backbone system, the campus cable television system, the connections to the state-wide lowa Communications Network system, University of lowa Television and broadcast high-definition satellite uplink services. John serves as the transmission engineer for all these services John has consistently been a driving force in the quality delivery of satellite and cable programs. This includes clients like ESPN, The Big Ten Network, ABC and others. He has taken the responsibility to tackle the toughest projects and puts reliability, quality and customer service above all else. His unselfish contribution to the broadcast team has earned him the respect of remote trucks and cable engineers across the country. Many of these services are quite high-pressure with millions of viewers, yet John can keep his cool and solve any problems quickly. John managed a variety of engineering, production and transmission tasks and situations. We are demanding of our engineers on many levels. T'hey must be timely, keep the system on-the-air, trouble shoot in the field and manage customer relations face-to-face. ln all my years with John, I could rest assured that when he said something was going to be done... I didn't worry, it was always done. ln the summer of 2008, we were impacted by devastating floods in lowa City. 23 campus building were severely damaged. John responded quickly on a Sunday morning to evacuate our facility. Then, we spent the next eight weeks putting it all back together. John's efforts were exemplary. I would recommend that as you have opportunities for a position to seriously consider John. please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any additional assistance. Best regards, @r+,,n MichaelJ. McBride, BA, MBA Program Manager University of lowa Television [email protected]
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,"rffiUNtveRsrrY
or loweffi
Office of University RelationsUniversity of Iowa Television
23 Lindquist Centerlowa City, lowa 52242
319,335-63753'19-384-0722 fax
To Whom lt May Concern:
It is my pleasure to submit a letter of recommendation for John Schmidt. John and I have worked together since1984 when I was at the University of lowa Hospitals and Clinics. For many years we purchased satellite andtransmission services from iohn and his group, including live telethons, news events and cross-campus videoevents. More recently, I was the Program Manager at ITS Video Services and was John's supervisor from April 2004to July 2009.
ITS Video Services provides the University of lowa campus a multitude of video transmission services. This includesthe campus fiber optic backbone system, the campus cable television system, the connections to the state-widelowa Communications Network system, University of lowa Television and broadcast high-definition satellite uplinkservices. John serves as the transmission engineer for all these services
John has consistently been a driving force in the quality delivery of satellite and cable programs. This includesclients like ESPN, The Big Ten Network, ABC and others. He has taken the responsibility to tackle the toughestprojects and puts reliability, quality and customer service above all else. His unselfish contribution to the broadcastteam has earned him the respect of remote trucks and cable engineers across the country. Many of these servicesare quite high-pressure with millions of viewers, yet John can keep his cool and solve any problems quickly.
John managed a variety of engineering, production and transmission tasks and situations. We are demanding ofour engineers on many levels. T'hey must be timely, keep the system on-the-air, trouble shoot in the field andmanage customer relations face-to-face. ln all my years with John, I could rest assured that when he saidsomething was going to be done... I didn't worry, it was always done.
ln the summer of 2008, we were impacted by devastating floods in lowa City. 23 campus building were severelydamaged. John responded quickly on a Sunday morning to evacuate our facility. Then, we spent the next eightweeks putting it all back together. John's efforts were exemplary.
I would recommend that as you have opportunities for a position to seriously consider John. please do not hesitateto contact me if you need any additional assistance.
Best regards,
@r+,,nMichaelJ. McBride, BA, MBAProgram ManagerUniversity of lowa [email protected]
