AV Infrastructure & Broadcast Engineering

Building today's AV systems
for tomorrow's experiences.

Computer Engineering student at Purdue University. I design, build, and operate IP-based AV and broadcast infrastructure — from university esports arenas to professional production facilities.

Parker Knabb
Parker Knabb Purdue CompE '27 · West Lafayette, IN
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Background

Self-taught since
first grade.

It started with a Windows PC teardown with my dad. That spark turned into an insatiable drive to learn everything K–12 wouldn't teach — networking, AV systems, broadcast production, infrastructure design.

Now that I'm studying Computer Engineering and have real clarity on what I want to do, the focus has shifted to something my degree will never cover: practical systems design and broadcast operations. Purdue doesn't have a broadcast engineering program. There's no career fair track for this field, no professor pointing the way. Everything in this portfolio came from finding the opportunities myself.

A tour of The Weather Channel's broadcast facility — a server room spanning half a floor, thin-client control surfaces, centralized processing at scale — made the destination clear. This is the work I want to do.

4+
Years operating broadcast & AV systems
4
Person broadcast team managed at Purdue Esports
41h
Airtime produced in a single NECC season month
A+
CompTIA certified · ACSP certified

Experience

Where I've worked.

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IBHS · Summer 2026

Broadcast & AV Infrastructure Intern

IFB implementation and VTR integration for large-scale weather test chamber systems. Studio and remote production support for a nationally recognized insurance research organization.

IFBVTRStudio OpsRemote Broadcast
↳ Upcoming — Summer 2026
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Purdue Esports / RecWell · 2024–Present

Broadcast Production & Engineering Coordinator

Designs and operates the broadcast infrastructure for Purdue varsity esports. Manages a team of four broadcast specialists and handles IT administration for the Alienware Gaming Lounge.

vMixOBSOMTBitfocus CompanionPXE Boot
View documentation →
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Purdue Hall of Music Productions · 2023–Present

Production Staff

Part of the production crew at one of the largest university performing arts facilities in the country. Camera operator for the Purdue Grand Prix 2025 — one of the only full multicam live productions HoM undertakes each year.

MulticamLive EventsCamera Op
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GoTo Foods · Summer 2025

Enterprise IT Infrastructure Intern

Network deployments, PowerShell and Python automation for cloud FinOps and distribution list management, and infrastructure lifecycle reporting to leadership at a multi-brand food franchise company.

PowerShellPythonAzureEnterprise Networking
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NCR Corporation · Summer 2022

IT Intern

My first exposure to enterprise IT at a Fortune 500. Built an unsolicited batch file automation tool that streamlined a repetitive internal process — still in use in more advanced PowerShell form today.

Batch / PowerShellEnterprise IT

Credits

Productions I've worked.

The productions — separate from the employer relationships listed above.

Professional

Jun 2026 ↗ Indianapolis, IN
DreamHack Atlanta Creator Hub Staff
Nov 2022 · May 2026 ↗ Atlanta, GA
Purdue Grand Prix Camera Operator
Apr 2025 · Apr 2026 ↗ West Lafayette, IN

Volunteer / Student

Feb 2026 West Lafayette, IN
GeorgiaFIRST Peachtree Live Technical Director & Producer
Oct 2022 · Apr 2023 Georgia, USA

Tools & protocols.

AV over IP

  • Dante / AES67
  • NDI
  • OMT
  • AES50
  • SRT

Production Software

  • vMix
  • OBS Studio
  • Bitfocus Companion
  • ProPresenter
  • Dante Virtual Soundcard

Hardware

  • Ross / Blackmagic switchers
  • Broadcast cameras
  • RODECaster Pro II
  • X32 / Yamaha consoles
  • NovaStar LED processors
  • Firefly / Coleder / PixelFLEX

Infrastructure

  • VLAN architecture
  • Network segmentation
  • PXE boot environments
  • Linux / Windows Server
  • Python / PowerShell

Background

How I got here.

The moments behind the résumé.

2026

IBHS — Richburg, SC

Broadcast & AV Infrastructure Intern

I'm looking forward to working on new projects in IFB and VTR systems this summer.

2025–

Purdue Esports

Broadcast Production & Engineering Coordinator

My first role where I was fully responsible for both building the system and keeping it running. The constraints were real: small budget, no infrastructure, no precedent. I had to think my way through every decision. Managing a team while the system is live every match week is a different kind of pressure from building it in the first place.

System and ops documentation →

2026

LEAP — Purdue Hall of Music

LED Tech — Arena EDM Show

Six hours of self-teaching a system I'd never touched, on a rig I'd never seen, for a show that same night. When I explained my work to the full-time staff, they said I probably knew this better than they did.

2025

GoTo Foods

Enterprise IT Infrastructure Intern

This role taught me a lot about how infrastructure decisions get made at scale — and how slowly. I came in wanting to move fast and learned that large organizations move deliberately for reasons that aren't always obvious from the outside. Valuable perspective, even if it confirmed what I don't want my day-to-day to look like.

2022–23

GeorgiaFIRST Robotics

Technical Director & Producer · Peachtree Live

Being approached to build something from scratch by an organization I'd just been volunteering for is a specific kind of validation. I was 17 and they handed me two multi-day tournaments with 2,000+ spectators. I didn't fully appreciate how unusual that was until later.

2022

DreamHack Atlanta

Creator Hub · Panel Stage Manager

My first paid production gig. Four days in a professional live event environment at a scale I hadn't experienced before. I was thrown in and figured it out, which turned out to be the template for most of what followed. I'm looking forward to returning for the 2026 event in May!

2022

NCR Corporation

IT Intern

Three weeks at a Fortune 500, never on the same thing twice. I built a tool nobody asked for because I saw a problem and solved it. That script's foundation is still powering the TechKnow Bar today.

2021–23

Johnson Ferry Baptist Church

Camera Operator & Video Director

The place where I learned that live means live. No do-overs, no second chances. Starting on camera before I had any real training taught me to trust my instincts under pressure, which has turned out to be more useful than any formal credential.

Before all of this

Origins

Took apart a PC with my dad in 1st grade. Ran the computer lab before school through 5th grade. Went back to my elementary school on Tuesdays and Thursdays in 6th grade just to keep helping — called it "Tech on the T's." Choir from elementary school through Purdue Varsity Glee Club. FLL, FTC, and FRC robotics through senior year. A morning broadcast in middle school, edited in iMovie, played back every day. None of it was a plan.

Contact

Let's work together.

I'm currently seeking full-time roles in AV infrastructure, broadcast engineering, and systems integration starting May 2027. Open to internships, freelance, and conversations.