Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Jessica Nyman is a Partner with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s Washington, DC-based Communications group, working out of Pillsbury’s Austin, TX office.   Her practice focuses on communications regulatory, litigation and transactional matters.  In addition to advising on regulatory compliance issues and filings, Jessica has represented clients in a wide array of litigation before the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Labor, the Copyright Royalty Board, and state and federal courts. She has also represented clients in a variety of transactions, including retransmission consent negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, ATSC 3.0 hosting and spectrum usage agreements, and information technology outsourcing transactions.  Jessica is a regular contributor to CommLawCenter.com, Pillsbury’s one-stop resource center for communications law matters.

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Steve Sandlin is celebrating his 50^th anniversary in Texas broadcasting.  A native of Beaumont, Steve resides in Huntsville.  Though semi-retired, he still acts as a consultant and project manager for radio and television stations throughout the state, with emphasis on AM signals and other RF projects.

Steve also remains active as one of TAB’s Alternate Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) inspectors covering the southern half of Texas.  Steve has been on the inspection team for nine years.

Steve has been a DJ, Sales Manager, Newsman, Staff Engineer and Chief Engineer of both radio and television stations in Texas and has been involved in everything from management changes to new station construction in a number of markets.

Steve is a founding member of SBE Chapter 99 and holds lifetime certification as a Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer.  He also holds a valid FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License and is a member of Texas Radio Hall of Fame and is proud to have been recognized with an Award of Excellence in 2015 at the TAB Engineers Dinner.

When not working around a transmitter or conducting an ABIP review, Steve enjoys spending time with his classic cars along with other business ventures.

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Wayne Kube’s career in Broadcasting spans over 50 years.  In his very early years, he started out as an announcer/engineer at KZOL-AM radio, 250 watts daytime station in Farwell, TX.

Wayne joined the US Air Force in 1972 where he specialized in the radar/electronics field for almost a decade.   

Beginning in 1980, Wayne spent the next chapter of his Broadcast Engineering career as the Chief Engineer at KBTX-TV in Bryan, Texas.  Wayne was founding member & president of SBE Chapter 99 in Bryan.

In 1990, Wayne moved to Dallas where he was Engineering Manager/designated chief operator at WFAA-TV.

In 2000, Wayne became the Director of Engineering & FCC Compliance at Belo Corp in Dallas.

In 2013 Wayne became a Consulting Engineer for Gannett/TEGNA Television and Hearst Television,

Wayne is currently one of the TAB ABIP Inspectors, a position he has held since 2014. 

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Harvey Arnold is Senior Vice President, Engineering for Sinclair Broadcast Group and has been with the company for 25 years. He is responsible for engineering activities, supporting approximately 185 television stations spanning over 600 channels in 86 markets.

Prior to joining Sinclair, Arnold spent 17 years with North Carolina Public Television, where he managed and expanded the engineering as well as transmission activities of one of the largest state-wide Public Television networks in the country. Harvey served as an engineering consultant for PBS and its member stations. He was an active member of the FCC Advisory Committee for Advanced Television Service (ACATS) to develop the ATSC standard and to implement over-the-air digital television in the United States.

Harvey holds a BS in Communications from the University of Wisconsin.  He is a member of the SMPTE Board of Editors and is a SMPTE Fellow.  Additionally, Harvey serves as Vice-Chair of the NAB TV Technology Committee. He is active in many broadcast-related technical organizations such as ATSC, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and The Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCCE). Harvey is the recipient of the Broadcasting & Cable Technical Leadership Award.