Bryan Burnett

About

I'm an AV and event-technology engineer with 15+ years owning the technical outcome of executive broadcasts, company all-hands, earnings calls, and global hybrid events. Today I'm an AV Engineer and Senior Technical Producer at Samsara, working hands-on as Technical Director, Video Engineer, and Audio Engineer on mission-critical live productions.

I'm just as comfortable in front of the camera as I am behind it — I've been on-air talent and hosted live shows, and I've done every job behind the scenes too. From start to finish, I've handled the whole pipeline: shooting, editing, and post through to live switching, audio, and show-calling. That end-to-end perspective is what lets me anticipate problems before they reach the screen.

My work sits at the intersection of live production and systems engineering: video switching, audio, PTZ and professional camera systems, live streaming, Q-SYS, Dante, and AV-over-IP — plus the runbooks, show-control macros, and intake workflows that turn one-off productions into something the whole team can execute reliably. I'm known for being the calm, front-facing technical partner executives and producers ask for by name.

That path started in media. For years I worked at the tech-focused podcast network This Week in Tech (TWiT) in Petaluma, directing live daily shows and hosting a do-it-yourself program called Know How, where we built everything from quadcopters to Raspberry Pi arcade systems. I also covered trade events like Black Hat, DEF CON, CES, and IFA Berlin as a remote production resource.

From there I ran large-scale event operations for Meta and Google before moving into enterprise AV engineering at Samsara. Along the way I completed Thinkful's Full-Stack Engineering program — the coding foundation I lean on to build automations across Slack, Jira, Zoom, Zapier, and Workato.

Away from the board, I'm a lifelong tinkerer. I build custom PCs, write code for fun and for work, and shoot motorcycle video reviews on the side. It's the same curiosity that had me modding GameBoys and building quadcopters on Know How — I like taking things apart, understanding how they work, and putting them back together better.

Experience

Senior Business Technology Engineer II — Samsara

Feb 2023 – Present · San Francisco, CA

Promoted twice (AV Engineer → Sr. Business Technology Engineer I → II) and a Quarterly BizTech Award winner. I own end-to-end technical production for executive meetings, Town Halls, Earnings Calls, and global livestreams — from intake and scoping through rehearsal, live execution, and follow-up.

• Delivered 73 events in a single quarter (14 executive-level), reaching 14,908 attendees and supporting 103 panelists at 100% 5-star CSAT.
• Technical Director for Samsara's highest-stakes broadcasts, including Q1 FY27 Earnings (1,601 attendees) and the Beyond '26 Keynote employee livestream (2,655 internal / 1,080 external).
• Rebuilt a fragmented AV request process into a centralized, tiered event-intake workflow in Jira with clear scope, scheduling, and SLA visibility.
• Engineered repeatable show-control systems — vMix and Blackmagic switcher macros driven through Bitfocus Companion and Stream Deck for one-touch control under live conditions.
• Designed and supported the enterprise AV environment using Q-SYS, Dante, Q-LAN, NDI, and AV-over-IP, diagnosing issues across production and network layers.

Production Operator — Google (Advanced Systems Group)

Jun 2021 – Feb 2023 · Mountain View, CA

Executed end-to-end event services across a multi-building campus — operating digital video switchers, graphics playback, audio mixers, and microphone systems for multi-site global productions, and building hybrid broadcast standards as scope evolved.

Technical Director — Meta / Facebook HQ (FNTECH)

Feb 2018 – Jun 2021 · Menlo Park, CA

Technical Director for company all-hands live streams reaching 15,000+ viewers, with executive broadcast production and signal-path design for high-pressure sessions. Built a global support index site tracking campus logistics and capabilities that was adopted internationally.

Technical Director / Producer / Host — TWiT (This Week in Tech)

Aug 2011 – Aug 2017 · Petaluma, CA

Directed live daily streaming shows on NewTek TriCaster for in-studio and global online audiences, managing signal flow, encoder configuration, audio mixing, and multi-platform publishing under broadcast deadlines — plus on-camera talent at NAB, Black Hat, DEF CON, and IFA Berlin.

Technical Skills

Video & Camera: Ross · Blackmagic ATEM · NewTek TriCaster · vMix · PTZ & professional cameras · show control & macros
Audio: Q-SYS DSP · Dante · digital consoles · wireless mic systems · signal-flow design
Streaming: encoders · RTMP · SRT · HLS · OBS · StreamShark · multi-platform distribution
AV Networking: AV-over-IP · Q-LAN · NDI · multicast · VLANs · QoS · bandwidth management
Automation & Code: Bitfocus Companion · Stream Deck · Jira automation · Zapier · Workato · Python · HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Certifications

Dante Level 3 (3rd Edition) · Dante Levels 1 & 2 · Q-SYS Certified · Workato Foundations Level 1

Download my full resume (PDF).

Equipment & Venues

A look behind the board — some of the switchers, consoles, control rooms, and stages I've worked on across Samsara, Google, Meta, and TWiT.

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Skills at the Board

For the code side of things, my GitHub has a few software projects and automation experiments.

Contact

Feel like reaching out? The best way to reach me is by email at bryanburnettbmb@gmail.com, or connect with me on LinkedIn. You can also use the form below.