JnGmedia.com
JOE
GARDNER
Broadcast & Media Professional Remote Operations Specialist AI Systems Developer
Tavares, FL 32778 · studio@jngmedia.com · JnGmedia.com
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I have never had one job. I have had one career operating on seven parallel tracks simultaneously for over thirty years — broadcast, engineering, technical support, operations management, business development, and relationship-driven sales running concurrently, not sequentially. A seventh track is now fully active: AI architecture, prompt engineering, and applied AI product development.

The through-line across every track, every decade, every domain is a single methodology: stress the system until it shows you how it works. Break it, reverse-engineer what broke, build it better. In the absence of elegance, use brute force to achieve elegance. That process has been running since 1992 — applied to broadcast automation, aerospace machining, enterprise ERP, production software, technical support, and AI platforms — long before it had a name. The result is consistent: faster mastery, root-cause solutions, and a forensic sense of how tools work internally without ever seeing the underlying code.

The tools had to arrive. The workflow was already there. Whether the system is a broadcast transmitter, a studio automation stack, a warranty claim pipeline, an enterprise ERP, or an AI prompt architecture — the approach has always been the same. Creator of BEDAMD, a commercial AI OS deployed on Gemini and Claude, grounded in 79 curated reference volumes, built entirely through prompt engineering in approximately five weeks. Owner and operator of JnGmedia.com for the better part of two decades, fully remote for over a decade.

Show up. Diagnose. Own it. Deliver.
The zig-zag is the point.
Joe Gardner — Seven Parallel Career Tracks
Track 01 Broadcast, Production & On-Air Operations 30+ Years
  • Radio programming, commercial production, voice tracking, and on-air talent across multiple formats and markets — AM/FM, talk, country, AC, news, sports — from Binghamton to Bowling Green to Sidney NY to nationwide remote.
  • Monday–Friday Afternoon Drive voice tracking in Upstate NY from a home studio in Florida — delivering market-quality broadcast product remotely before remote work was a standard practice.
  • Sports play-by-play and network operations for WCDO and the Big Red Radio Network — Western Kentucky University's official sports broadcast network covering football, men's & women's basketball.
  • Daily weather forecasting delivered to 15–40 stations (Alaska to Virgin Islands) as part of the Radio Forecast Network, a 600+ affiliate syndicated service. Severe storm chasing experience.
Track 02 Broadcast Engineering & Technical Systems 30+ Years
  • One-man IT department for WCDO Broadcasting for 20+ years — sole responsibility for all studio equipment, transmission systems, network-connected devices, on-air automation (Simian), and EAS/FCC compliance.
  • Full signal path ownership from microphone to transmitter — analog and digital, preventative maintenance, emergency troubleshooting, maximum uptime under broadcast conditions.
  • Conceived, designed, and built BEDAMD — an AI prompt architecture overlay system running on Gemini and Claude, grounded in 79 curated reference volumes with six specialist personas, automated routing, and citation-enforced output discipline. Operating as a standalone venture under JNG Media.
  • Precision machining at Vuxi Industries — CNC lathe/mill operation, injection molding environment, and aerospace component finishing including final surface work on helicopter cyclic sticks.
Track 03 Technical Support, Diagnostics & Problem Resolution Across Career
  • MotoSport.com Gearhead (2023–present): 28–34% conversion ratio leading a team of 35–40 against a sub-24% average. Summit Club Winner 2024, Top Delivered Sales 2024. Expert parts lookup and fitment across motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, 9 OEM brands.
  • DESA International (2002–2004): One of three specialists covering all inbound technical support across six product lines. 100–130 calls/shift. Certified Remington PAT Instructor.
  • Identified and resolved a multi-hundred-thousand dollar annual warranty drain at DESA — diagnosed widespread Heath-Zenith motion light misinstallation caused by ambiguous internal wiring color coding. Recommended re-color-coding; eliminated the failure pattern and the warranty claims it generated.
  • Tandy Corporation / Radio Shack, Regional Parts Specialist (1995–1997): B2B precision component fulfillment for Singer-Link (flight simulator manufacturing), IBM, Lockheed Martin, Universal, and Raymond — high-volume, high-precision bulk orders for enterprise, aerospace, and industrial procurement clients.
  • NAPA Auto Parts counter sales (2005–2006): on-site parts identification and fitment across all makes/models.
Track 04 Remote Operations & Self-Directed Management 10+ Years Fully Remote
  • JNG Media has operated as a fully remote, self-managed business since 2008 — multi-client programming, production, weather, and consulting services delivered from a home studio with no on-site supervision and consistent professional-grade output.
  • Managing simultaneous client relationships across time zones, formats, and service types — traffic, programming, production, voicetracking, weather, web, and consulting running concurrently without an operations team.
  • Proficient in remote workforce tools: Assembled, Paylocity, Gladly CRM, NetSuite ERP, MotoAsis, WMS. Reliable, self-accountable, and measurably productive in fully remote environments.
Track 05 Guest Experience, Client Services & High-Stakes Hospitality Selected Roles
  • Stage Stop RV Resort, Winter Garden FL (2018–2020): Front desk operations for a 248-site luxury RV resort at 90–95% year-round capacity serving Class A motorhome owners — coaches valued from $300K to $1M+. Florida snowbirds on extended multi-month stays, theme park families, discerning travelers expecting five-star service on wheels.
  • Full concierge responsibility: guest check-in, problem resolution, local services referrals, facilities supervision, daily deposit, and shift management.
  • ABCO Courier (1999–2002): Daily chain-of-custody delivery of patient records, x-rays, and biological specimens between hospitals and physicians' offices in Bowling Green, KY.
Track 06 Relationship-Driven Sales & Client Retention Across Career
  • Not a salesperson by instinct — a closer by result. No high-pressure tactics, no manufactured urgency. Rapport first, solution second, close third. The client buys because they trust you, not because you wore them down.
  • MotoSport.com: 28–34% conversion ratio against a team average below 24% — leading 35–40 Gearheads week over week. Summit Club Winner 2024. Top Delivered Sales 2024.
  • JNG Media (2008–present): The better part of two decades of ongoing client relationships in radio consulting, production, and voice services — retained through consistent delivery and genuine partnership, not contracts.
  • Radio Shack / Tandy Regional Parts (1995–1997): Enterprise clients kept coming back for precision component orders because the relationship was reliable and the knowledge was real.
  • DESA International (2002–2004): Every technical support call was a retention moment. Solve the problem completely, make the customer feel capable rather than helpless.
Track 07 AI Architecture, Prompt Engineering & Applied AI Development 2025–Present

Practitioner-level AI fluency across architecture, commercial product development, visual/video production, and broadcast operations — built entirely through applied use, deliberate stress-testing, and systematic cross-platform evaluation. Three defined operating modes: (1) General/consumer; (2) Collaborative — primary mode, long-context project management and production; (3) Adversarial — deliberate failure-state induction to map system boundaries. The same learn-by-breaking methodology applied to every system since 1992. Zero formal CS background. Everything built, deployed, and validated in production.

  • BEDAMD: Commercial AI prompt architecture OS — zero code, zero fine-tuning, zero infrastructure budget. 8-component system, 6 named domain specialists (CHIEF, SARGE, HAWKEYE, FRANK, DARWIN, PENNY), invisible Manager routing layer. 79 ISBN-indexed physical reference volumes across 8 domains. Variable-Rate Grounding, cross-disciplinary safety audits. Validated on Claude + Gemini across 4+ accounts. Independent peer review — Grok/xAI: "one of the cleanest, most self-consistent personal AI frameworks I have ever examined." bedamd.com (20+ pages).
  • AI Visual & Video Production — Meem's Fudge Shoppe: 15-character AI-generated brand universe, consistent photorealistic 3D style, full character bible per character. Vehicle designs, branded assets, real-photo composites. AI video via Grok Aurora — 6-second chunks to :30 branded output. Post-production: Adobe Audition, GoPro Quik, CapCut, YouCut, ClipChamp, Frame Grabber.
  • WCDO Daily — Broadcast AI Editorial System: AI-assisted daily broadcast intelligence report for WCDO Radio (100.9/92.3 FM). Regional news, sports, civic logistics, community calendar. Schedule Galaxy RSS for 18 school districts. Designed for voice-tracked pre-recorded delivery. End-state: 5am automated pipeline, password-gated subscription product scalable to regional radio intelligence cooperative.
  • Platform Fluency: Claude (primary), Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT — each assigned per capability fit based on stress-tested behavioral performance. Local deployment: LM Studio, Qwen, Gemma — dedicated AI lab hardware Q2 2026. Adversarial track record: Claude maintenance mode 6–7 instances; Gemini/Grok failure states documented.
Key AI Skills
Prompt Engineering · AI System Architecture · Multi-Agent Orchestration · Cognitive OS Development · Domain Grounding · Variable-Rate Grounding · Agentic Workflows · RAG Alternative Architecture · Local LLM Deployment · Claude · Gemini · Grok · LM Studio · AI Image Generation · AI Video Generation · Character Design · Brand System Development · Broadcast AI Applications · AI Editorial Systems · Automated Content Pipeline · AI Product Development · Adversarial Prompt Testing · AI Red-Teaming · Reverse Engineering via Stress Testing · Diagnostic Systems Methodology · Concurrent AI Project Management · Digital Transformation · Workflow Automation

The full record — concurrent roles reflect simultaneous engagement, not transitions.

2023 – Present
Gearhead — Technical Support & Sales
MotoSport.com (Fully Remote)
2008 – Present
Owner & President
JNG Media, Tavares FL (Fully Remote)
2005 – Present
PD / Traffic Mgr / Ops Mgr / Engineer
WCDO AM/FM — WCDO Broadcasting, Sidney NY
2018 – 2020
Guest Experience Manager
Stage Stop RV Resort, Winter Garden FL
2006 – 2008
Assistant Service Manager
Butler Auto Sales, Sidney NY
2005 – 2006
Counter Sales / Parts Specialist
NAPA Auto Parts, Sidney NY
2002 – 2004
Technical Service Rep — Multi-Line
DESA International, Bowling Green KY
1999 – 2005
Multiple Roles — Commonwealth Broadcasting / Anderson Broadcasting, KY
Magic 106.7 WHHT — Afternoon Drive Host, Programmer, Community Mgr (2003–2005)
Big Red Radio Network (WKU Sports) — Studio Producer, Writer, Network Ops Mgr (2000–2005)
WKLX-FM / Anderson Broadcasting — Chief Operator, PD, Morning/Midday Host (1999–2002)
1999 – 2002
Courier — Medical Logistics
ABCO Courier Service, Bowling Green KY
1998 – 1999
Programmer / Music Director / Afternoon Drive
Key Broadcasting — WAIN AM/FM, Columbia KY
1997 – 1998
Precision Machinist
Vuxi Industries, Sidney NY
1995 – 1998
Swing Shift FM / PD-Ops AM / Production
Butternut Broadcasting — WAAL-FM, WKOP-AM, Binghamton NY
1995 – 1998
Weekend Host
Wicks Broadcasting — WHWK-FM, WNBF-AM, Binghamton NY
1995 – 1997
Asst Manager / Regional Parts Specialist / B2B Components
Tandy Corporation (Radio Shack), Binghamton NY
1994 – 1996
Nighttime & Weekend Host / Production Asst
WCDO AM/FM, Sidney NY
1994 – 1995
Driver / Lot Attendant / Vehicle Prep
Scoville-Meno Chrysler Plymouth Dodge, Sidney NY
1994 – 1995
Sales Specialist
Radio Shack Franchise, Sidney NY
1992 – 1993
PC Assembler / Clerk
CPU Industries, Bainbridge NY
Remington Power Actuated Tools — Certified Instructor
DESA International
Corporate Training — Electronic Part ID & Substitution, Communication System Design, AC/DC Wiring, A/V & Surround Sound, Computer Troubleshooting, Customer Service & Sales
Tandy / Radio Shack Corporation
2 Years, Building Trades
Framing & Finish Carpentry, Masonry, Electrical, Plumbing
Industrial & Precision Equipment Operation
CNC lathe/mill, MIG/ARC welding, plasma cutter, drill press, forklifts, all-size vehicles
WCDO — Sidney NY
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