Built for Mission-Critical Systems.
Technical Operations | Systems Integration | Broadcast Control | AI Automation | Multimedia Systems
Matthew John Pusateri is a technical operations and automation professional from New Braunfels, Texas with more than 30 years of experience operating, building, troubleshooting, and managing complex systems. His background spans Fox Sports Net Master Control, PRAN A/V enterprise systems integration, Houston-Tillotson University distance learning technology, The Media Cottage multimedia production, commercial operations, business ownership, and modern AI-powered automation through Rox Vegas Cloud.
Featured Technical Projects
Matthew John Pusateri | New Braunfels, Texas | (830) 402-4168 | wixxardmaster@gmail.com
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Why This Background Fits Mission-Critical Work
Precision. Documentation. Rapid learning. Matthew’s career has consistently placed him in environments where systems had to work, deadlines were real, and mistakes had consequences.
Mission-Critical Operations
Fox Sports Net Master Control required precision timing, live broadcast execution, commercial insertion, satellite coordination, and zero-margin-for-error decision making.
Systems Integration
PRAN A/V and The Media Cottage involved hands-on installation, wiring, testing, calibration, troubleshooting, and support of enterprise video conferencing and multimedia systems.
Technical Adaptability
From Atari BASIC in 1984 to Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, live broadcast systems, AI Studio, Voice AI, and AI automation, Matthew has repeatedly learned new technology and applied it in real-world environments.
Ownership and Execution
Twenty years running DeFranco Contracting and Pro Painting and ten years operating Chuck's Tubes required scheduling, logistics, hiring, training, customer service, budgeting, and project execution.
Career Highlights At A Glance
Technical Timeline
First Code
At age 11, Matthew wrote his first code on an Atari 400 using Atari BASIC.
PRAN A/V
Installed enterprise A/V systems, video conferencing rooms, interactive boardrooms, and technical systems for NASA, Mobil, GTE, Compaq, Anadarko, the Texas Capitol, and the Navy Memorial.
Fox Sports Net
Master Control Operator for 15 regional Fox Sports networks. Managed live sports, satellite feeds, commercial logs, spot reels, quality control, and live broadcast operations.
VT-TV and New Century Sound
Broadcast and post-production work using Avid Media Composer and Digidesign Pro Tools. Produced a 160-plus hour Art Institute capstone video project.
Art Institute of Houston
Earned Associate of Applied Science in Multimedia and Video Production.
Datavise and Houston-Tillotson University
Managed distance learning systems, classroom technology, computer labs, video conferencing, and faculty support.
The Media Cottage
Multimedia presentations, enterprise video conferencing installations, field deployments, client training, and multimedia systems.
DeFranco Contracting and Pro Painting
Owned and operated a residential and commercial painting company for 20 years.
Chuck's Tubes and General Store
Owned and operated a high-volume river outfitter, shuttle operation, retail store, and food and beverage business.
Rox Vegas Cloud
Built an AI-powered automation platform, digital archive, business software showcase, CRM automation system, and multimedia portfolio.
Live Deployed Application — Click to Launch
Built From Scratch.
48 Hours.
Startup Reality Check — Full React Application
A complete business-planning and financial-analysis web application built end-to-end using React, TypeScript, Vite, VS Code, GitHub, and Netlify. Conceived, coded, and deployed in under 48 hours after a production blocker forced a full stack pivot.
ROX VEGAS CLOUD
Fox Sports Net Master Control
Matthew operated Master Control for a 15-network regional Fox Sports broadcast operation originating from Houston, Texas. Responsibilities included live sports programming, commercial insertion, broadcast logs, spot reel creation, satellite coordination, tape operations, and quality control.
- Live sporting events including baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and soccer
- Commercial logs and exact timing verification
- National commercial spot reel creation
- Satellite feeds and production truck coordination
- Broadcast QC and monitoring
- Live-to-air morning sports news
- Zero tolerance for broadcast errors
Enterprise A/V and Video Conferencing Systems
1992 — NEW BRAUNFELS HIGH SCHOOL
Leadership & Journalism Foundation
The leadership and storytelling foundation was laid here in the Texas Hill Country. While running a mobile DJ and karaoke service in high school, Matthew helped launch the first live journalism television production at New Braunfels High School under the leadership of Ms. Kolache and the guidance of PRAN A/V. As a member of the original production team, he had the opportunity to learn from industry professionals Ed Wood and Jack Leach as they designed and installed the school’s television production equipment. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong passion for media production — and ultimately led to a professional position with PRAN A/V in New Braunfels.
Matthew's technical foundation came from PRAN A/V, where he installed and supported professional video conferencing, executive boardroom, interactive control, and enterprise audio/visual systems. Work included reading plans, pulling cable, terminating connectors, wiring racks, installing equipment, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, and client training.
PRAN, INC. — INFORMATION JOURNAL & ARCHIVE
The DJ
EARLY ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, AND LIVE PRODUCTION
Before the Art Institute. Before Fox Sports. Before any of it — there was the music. In high school, Matthew started a mobile DJ business alongside his father, Chuck Pusateri. The flyers weren’t printed — they were built. Literally cut from paper with scissors and taped together on a Xerox copy machine. That’s how Magical Music Sound Machine went to market. School dances, birthday parties, weddings, Project Graduation — hauling equipment, running the lights, reading the room, and moving the crowd. The business instinct didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with a mic, a turntable, and a hand-cut flyer.
"KEEPING the music alive — On the weekends or whenever a party was held, Junior Matt Pusateri spent his time earning money as a DJ. Here, he sets up the entertainment for Project Graduation."
Featuring: Dirty Dan D.J. (Dan Hernandez, San Antonio) & M.J. The D.J. (Matthew Pusateri, New Braunfels)
Art Institute of Houston
Matthew earned an Associate of Applied Science in Multimedia and Video Production in 1999. The curriculum focused on Avid Media Composer, Digidesign Pro Tools, and cutting-edge interactive systems like Macromedia Director and Lingo.
Film festivals. Helicopter shoots. Timecode logs on paper. A certified body cam operator — who had shot for the Houston Oilers, MLB, and NBA — walked into the Art Institute one day and demoed his rig. That demo turned into a two-week certification trip to California with fellow classmate Corey Snyder, trained by Advanced Camera on both the body cam system and the helicopter gyro cam. That’s the kind of school it was.
"It's never crowded on the extra mile."
In 1997, while most people were still figuring out the internet, students at the Art Institute of Houston were handed a program called Macromedia Director and a coding language called Lingo — an if/then logic system used to build fully interactive CD-ROMs. It was as cutting-edge as it gets for the era. That foundation — learning to think in systems, logic, and interactivity before the tools even had names — is the same instinct that drives every automation, every workflow, and every platform build today.
VT-TV AND NEW CENTURY SOUND
BROADCAST, AUDIO POST, AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Matthew’s broadcast and post-production internship was at New Century Sound — a professional audio post and sound design studio operating as a sister company to VT-TV within the same executive suite in Houston’s Galleria district, just off Post Oak Boulevard.
Vic T., owner of VT-TV, extended after-hours studio access to both interns. Fellow Art Institute student Corey Snyder worked late nights and weekends at VT-TV on the Avid Media Composer. Matthew ran parallel sessions next door at New Century Sound on Digidesign Pro Tools — logging real hours on voice-over recording, radio commercial production, DAT delivery workflows, commercial audio assembly, and sound design.
Those after-hours sessions — evenings, weekends, whatever it took — became the foundation of the Art Institute of Houston capstone demo reel, now preserved on YouTube.
1999 ART INSTITUTE OF HOUSTON — CAPSTONE DEMO REEL
PROOF OF INTERNSHIP — Historical Artifact Archive
New Century Sound — Audio Post & Sound Design — Galleria Houston
Certificates & Credentials
A career built on verified credentials — from broadcast operations to advanced technology.
Body Cam Operator — Certified
Advanced Camera · California · ~1999
Matthew completed professional BodyCam operator training in California in 1999 after an experienced sports camera operator demonstrated the system at the Art Institute of Houston. Matthew and fellow student Corey Snyder traveled to California for hands-on training with Advanced Camera Systems.
Helicopter Gyro Cam Operator — Certified
Advanced Camera · California · ~1999
Matthew also received hands-on familiarization and operator training involving a helicopter-mounted gyro-stabilized camera system, including equipment installation, operational procedures, aerial camera coordination, and supervised flight experience.
FAA Part 107 — In Training
IN PROGRESSRemote Pilot Certificate · In Progress
Actively self-training for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. Covers airspace classification, weather, regulations, and safe UAV operations.
UAV / Drone Operator
DJI Avata FPV · DJI Mini 3
Experienced operating two drone platforms — the DJI Avata FPV drone (with immersive goggles, hand controller, and motion stick) and the DJI Mini 3 (with iPhone and standard controller). Aerial camera and framing skills rooted in a 30-year media background.
HISTORICAL TRAINING DOCUMENTATION — Advanced Camera Systems, Inc., Van Nuys, CA — September 1999
HELICOPTER GYRO CAM — ADVANCED CAMERA SYSTEMS
Art Institute of Houston · Advanced Camera Systems · Helicopter Gyro Cam Certification · ~1999 · Instructor: Corey Snyder
UAV / DRONE EQUIPMENT
HUMANITARIAN FIELD OPERATIONS
Hurricane Search & Rescue — Gulf Coast, 2018–2022
In 2018, Matthew left New Braunfels with three volunteers, a truck full of personal gear, and nothing else. No sponsor. No fuel money. No backup plan. While millions fled west on I-10, they drove east — straight toward the storm.
1994 Dodge Ram — loaded and ready for deployment. Gulf Coast operations.
Official True Rescue volunteer credentials and field radio.
"True Rescue, Resource & Weather Team — mytruerescue.com"
NASA Archive and Documentary Work
Matthew created Bob's Vintage NASA Photos to preserve, document, research, and publish an extensive collection of vintage NASA press photography. The project combines historical research, interviews, photo documentation, video production, digital archiving, and public storytelling. Matthew did not work for NASA directly.
Bob's Vintage NASA Photos
Original Apollo-era NASA press photographs
Interview production
Digital archive
Documentary storytelling
Historical preservation
BOB'S VINTAGE NASA PHOTOS
~180 ORIGINAL NASA PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS — HAND-SCANNED 2020–2021
Matthew "BoB" Pusateri spent 2020–2021 individually scanning approximately 180 original vintage NASA press photographs from a private family collection — one photo at a time. The collection includes original Apollo-era crew portraits, mission documentation, moon rock specimens, airstream transport vehicles, NASA lab interiors, and more. The archive is now preserved and published at bobsvintagenasaphotos.com. Matthew handled the digital production, video documentation, and public storytelling around the collection.
DOCUMENTARY VIDEO — BOB'S VINTAGE NASA PHOTOS
PHOTO ARCHIVE — ORIGINAL NASA PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
Modern Systems: AI, CRM, and Automation
Through Rox Vegas Cloud, Matthew designs AI-powered business systems using CRM platforms, AI Studio, Voice AI, workflow automation, pipelines, calendars, forms, and interactive business tools.
Systems Philosophy
"Great systems are built through documentation, precision, repeatable processes, continuous improvement, and ownership. Whether operating live television, installing enterprise A/V systems, running commercial businesses, preserving historical archives, or developing AI automation, my approach remains consistent: understand the system, improve the process, document the work, and take responsibility for the outcome."
Selected Case Studies
Fox Sports Master Control
Live regional sports programming required exact timing, commercial insertion, monitoring, and rapid response.
Followed broadcast logs, coordinated feeds, monitored output, handled tape and commercial systems, and maintained operational accuracy.
Supported live broadcast operations across a multi-network regional sports environment with zero tolerance for error.
Chuck’s Tubes & General Store
A high-volume seasonal tourism business required customer intake, scheduling, transportation, staffing, retail, and logistics.
Built and operated the customer experience, transportation systems, scheduling procedures, staffing, and day-to-day operations.
Operated the business for 10 years, serving large volumes of river-tourism customers with high operational discipline.
Rox Vegas Cloud
Former employers, projects, technical history, and business work were difficult to verify online in a single location.
Built an interconnected digital archive, portfolio, CRM, and automation platform inside a modern technical environment.
Created a living technical portfolio that documents decades of work and demonstrates current AI, CRM, and automation capabilities.
Proof, Not Claims.
Rox Vegas Cloud
Private professional archive and automation platform.
Startup Reality Check
Interactive business calculator for startup cost, revenue, labor, and break‑even planning.
Restaurant Suite
Ingredient, recipe, food cost, and menu pricing system.
OPERATIONAL DISCIPLINE
20-Year Calendar and Operations
Long-term scheduling, job tracking, and operational discipline over two decades.
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THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
Matthew J. Pusateri — in and out of the field.
Elon doesn't do focus groups. I don't do social media. Some people just build things.
VERIFIED CUSTOMER REVIEWS
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Real reviews from real people. Hospitality, responsiveness, and going the extra mile — every single time.
"Matt, the owner, was great and gave us all the info we needed to make the trip a success. We came early in the day and before the season really started so we had the river to ourselves. Nice and peaceful."
Stephanie M.
Hermosa Beach, CA
"Greatest place to tube. Chuck and staff super accommodating, made us feel comfortable, felt like we were part of the family, detailed information on equipment and ride down the river. Immediate pick up when we reached the end. Don’t pass this place up!!!"
Kim N.
Wheatfield, IN
"This is the best place ever, the food and people are amazing. I come every weekend. I will not go anywhere else."
Felicia T.
Austin, TX
"They even gave us our own little party on the bus when they picked us up from the end of the river. They’ll take care of you and give you the best time for almost nothing cost-wise. GOTTA GO TO CHUCK’S!!"
Tyler R.
Baytown, TX
"Great small business! Very responsive and helpful via email when we were planning the trip. Very nice tubing experience. Hope y’all stay in business and continue to do well!"
Karina T.
Houston, TX
"Called today to see when they opened. They weren’t open for the tubing season yet, but since this was our only chance to tube the Comal, the owner himself came to shuttle us to and from the river. Great guy and crazy customer service."
John R.
Plano, TX
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