
Television Broadcast & Satellite Professional / CEO
San Francisco Bay Area

Television Broadcast & Satellite Professional / CEO
San Francisco Bay Area
Gérard was the founder of G.A.P. International Inc. a North American based satellite broadcasting and television production company. After creating G.A.P., Gérard expanded that business into a global satellite television network covering North and South America, Europe and Asia. Along with those networks, Gérard also provided video content and programming, producing "live television productions" on location throughout Europe and North and South America and Asia. He has provided production and broadcast services for all the US broadcast networks and some in Europe including his own global satellite network "Gapsat".
Gérard has created, produced and managed large multi-facetted productions and events from the ground up, directly working with very high profile clients and talent from Presidents and heads of state to celebrities and CEO's. He has produced large multi-camera video productions on the east, west coasts and outside the US.
He has also produced large single productions with video production crews simultaneously on 3 separate continents via satellite. Gérard has worked and managed single television productions where production budgets were over $100K.
Gérard is experience proven and very cool under fire... Live television has given him the talents and ability to be quick on his feet to adjust to any problem and find quick solutions to keep everything on schedule.
Gérard says; "There is always a solution to every problem. I do like the challenges and know the importance of having the talent to pull a rabbit out of the hat when needed."
Programming / Global Remote Television Services / Logistics / Production / Crew Services / Audio / Video / Fiber and Satellite.
Gérard is a valuable resourceful and talented addition to any broadcast production team.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
§ WIN-TV -- the World Indigenous Network -- is a twenty-four hour digital programming television satellite network to serve as a cross cultural platform among and between both North America’s Native Peoples (as well as the world’s indigenous populations) and Non-Native "cultural creative" viewing public.
§ WIN-Tv iDesigned as a diversified, growth-oriented media company operating a first-of-its-kind nationwide digital television network complimented by ancillary online, video, publishing,merchandising and retail enterprises. Inspired by The Discovery Network.
§ WIN-Tv is supported by a ethnically based business model represented by such successful “niche” services as BET (Black Entertainment Network) as well as Telemundo and Univision: BET was acquired by Viacom for $3 billion in 2000- 2001; Telemundo was acquired by NBC/GE for $2.6 billion in 2001-2002; and Univision is currently valued at $6.4 billion.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
February 1986 — Present (23 years 6 months)
Broadcasting Clients:
ABC, Good Morning America, Nightline, ABC Sports, Bloomberg TV, BSKYB, CBC-TV Sports, CNBC, CNN, CNNfn, Disney, KABC-TV, KGO-TV, KPIX-TV, KNTV-TV, KTVU-TV, Moneyline, ESPN, ESPN2, FOX News, FOX Sports, Industrial Light & Magic, MSNBC, Mac NEIL Lehrer, Nash Bridges, NBA-TV, NBC, The Today Show, PBS, United Artists, UNVISION,
Corporate Clients:
3Com, Align Technology, Avantis Medical, AutoDesk, Bank of America, Blaze Software, Broadware, Bayer, Cisco Systems, Chevron, COMDEX, Conseco, Evidian , Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, Hyatt, Hyundai America, Hyundai Canada, INTEL, Kana Software, KPMG, Marriott, McKesson Corp, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, NASA TV, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Omniquest, Opus, Oracle, PG&E, Pacific Telesis, Peoplesoft, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Qwest, SRI, Stanford University, ST/Microelectronics, State Farm Insurance, Sun Microsystems, Teradyne, US Department of Commerce, The White House, US WEB / CKS, Wells Fargo, Wyncom, Zhi Gang Sha LLC.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Founder of WIN-Tell: a ku-band satellite network in designed for providing telephone a, data and broadband internet services to indigenous people and businesses of North America via small dish satellite.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 9 months)
Founder of WIN Foundation; a 501c3 educational satellite distant learning channel created to provide accredited college courses and, health education, cultural courses transmitted via satellite to native youth and college level students in remote areas of North America.
Background in the Silicon Valley California: My Company's background in the silicon valley begins in 1995 with the start of video streaming, working directly with Sun Microsystems and GTS . My Company (G.A.P. International) provided the equipment and services that linked the internet pipeline from Europe's Backbone to Mae West in Cupertino. That link enabled Sun Microsystems to be able to provide all of the ground breaking internet video productions globally to provide the advances in video streaming world-wide that we all enjoy today. My company was a crucial part in many of these on going milestone projects with both GTS and Sun Microsystems thru to 2001.
In 2000 "G.A.P. International" provided 3Com with their global broadcasting satellite network "The 3Com Satellite Network." at that time included two 24/7 network feeds in 28 countries, on 5 continents and a domestic satellite network across the North America. In addition, on the first of many productions that I produced for 3Com, my company provided to 3Com with Live television production, crews, video and satellite services in every country world wide. I personally; produced and directed multiple crews simultaneously on three continents via multiple satellite feeds to provide a combined live single international television production called "The Planet Project". My company "G.A.P. ; then re-broadcast that combined program feed and fed that Globally through my company's international satellite network "GAPSAT" from there it was sent to my clients sites and news media world wide.
International Videographer,
Television Producer,
Television Broadcast Consultant,
Satellite Broadcasting Platforms,
and Live Television