AV Systems Engineer·
Live Event Production·
Broadcast Operations
Engineering signals, building studios, and turning around critical malfunctions with calm precision — since age 13.
Hi, I'm Billy. I'm an AV Systems Engineer based in Mineola, NY, with FIRST Agency — supporting Google's Chelsea Market campus full-time across 8510, 9th, 315 Hudson, and RDS, with some coverage at Pier 57 and Saint John's Terminal. I've spent the last decade and a half engineering control rooms, editing news segments, switching live broadcasts, and turning around critical malfunctions before anyone in the audience notices.
My first edit was in iMovie at age six. By 13 I was running cameras at Great Neck Public Schools Television, technical-directing a live morning show on Blackmagic ATEM 1 switchers. I've worked on Fox News, NY1, Newsmax, and Spectrum News in Albany, edited packages that reached hundreds of thousands of viewers, covered breaking news on the streets of Manhattan during the October 2017 World Trade Center attack, and built podcast studios from scratch in Bronx living rooms.
Today I move between three roles: AV engineer with FIRST at Google's Chelsea Market campus by day, Engineer / Operator for The Tea Room with Talia Reese on Wednesdays, and broadcast generalist for any project that needs reliable signal flow. I believe in calm under pressure, building airtight standards, sharing knowledge openly, and shipping clean work.
Outside the control room I'm a hiker, a baseball fan, and always good for a coffee meeting. billy@billymiecuna.com · 917 670 3301.
"His response to the 2024 CrowdStrike outages was truly exceptional. Billy is always striving to gain and share new knowledge, develop new operating procedures, and trial new software and hardware — that's what makes him an accomplished professional."
"Bill is the guy you want when there's a problem. Technically brilliant, a hard worker, and pleasant to hang out with. He lives and breathes tech. Any organization would be lucky to have him."
"Friendly, very responsive, highly organized, and best of all informative and willing to share his knowledge. Has the right equipment to get the job done."
A weekly podcast hosted by comedian Talia Reese with co-hosts Oshri and Nadine — breaking down current events, Jewish news, and behind-the-scenes comedy life. New episodes every Wednesday. Billy serves as Engineer / Operator since November 2024, handling all technical production end-to-end.
Graduated with distinction. Graduate Teaching Assistant in After Effects and audio production for international students. Deepened expertise in media research and history.
Completed degree one year ahead of schedule. Fall 2018 Presidential Honor List. Documentary production, Adobe Creative Suite, Tricaster.
Field production and 3D animation. Met Professor Michael Banks at the 2014 NYIT open house — the start of a formative mentoring relationship.
Digital photography, TV production, digital filmmaking, music production. Active at GNPS-TV throughout, with formal training starting at South Middle School in 2009.
AV engineering · broadcast · live streaming · video production · media archiving.
Always good for a coffee meeting in NYC.