Professional Résumé & Portfolio

Jon Roberts

Partnerships Manager
Strategic Partnerships · AV & Broadcast Technology · Product Launches · Live Video

Building partnerships, products, and stories for the future of video.

Jon Roberts is a partnerships and video technology professional with experience spanning strategic alliances, product launches, customer success, enterprise streaming, sales enablement, live production, and technical storytelling. He currently serves as Partnerships Manager at PTZOptics, connecting partners, products, internal teams, and customer workflows to create stronger go-to-market programs and more complete video solutions.

Greater Philadelphia Area PTZOptics / Haverford Systems Available for networking & future opportunities
Professional headshot of Jon Roberts. Partnerships Open to opportunities
Professional Profile

A bridge between technical capability and human connection

Jon combines strategic relationship-building with practical technical knowledge of professional AV, broadcast, PTZ cameras, live streaming, content production, and enterprise customer workflows. His career has moved from enterprise live-video support at Vimeo into product launches, customer success, sales, content, and partnerships at PTZOptics.

He is especially effective at translating technical capabilities into understandable stories—demonstrations, partner campaigns, sales resources, and real-world customer solutions. He works comfortably across product, engineering, marketing, support, and sales, and brings a creator's eye to partner education and go-to-market programs.

Whether coordinating a trade-show floor, scripting a product launch, or aligning an integration partner, Jon's work centers on the same idea: make complex video technology approachable, useful, and worth trusting.

Selected Impact

Where partnerships, launches, and content converge

Strategic Partnerships

Builds relationships across technology partners, integration partners, distributors, resellers, marketing and product teams, and industry organizations.

  • Secured an Intel partnership initiative for InfoComm 2026.
  • Coordinates shared opportunities across product alignment, co-marketing, integrations, demonstrations, customer education, and solution selling.

Product Launch Leadership

Helped launch and lead go-to-market storytelling for flagship camera platforms and emerging broadcast products.

  • Lead GTM storytelling for the PTZOptics Move 4K and Move SE camera platforms.
  • Developed email, social, video, educational, and sales-facing launch content.
  • Supported launches and campaigns for Horizon, Hive Studio, Studio cameras, Link cameras, AI workflows, and emerging broadcast products.

Trade Shows & Partner Content

Sales-preparation resources, partner briefs, demonstration paths, and trade-show workflows across the ProAV calendar.

  • Coordinated eight partner interviews at NAB 2026.
  • Supported major industry events including NAB, InfoComm, and ISE.
667 scanned leads at InfoComm 2025

+289 over the previous year — a team event outcome, not revenue personally generated by Jon.

Live Video & Education

Leads and supports public-facing education through product demos, interviews, live discussions, open Q&A, and customer stories.

  • Helped lead the monthly PTZOptics Live program and the development of The Lowdown.
  • Brings enterprise streaming experience from Vimeo into modern ProAV and broadcast workflows.
Professional Experience

A path from enterprise support to partnerships

PTZOptics / Haverford Systems

June 2023 – Present
Partnerships Manager June 2026 – Present
  • Build and maintain strategic relationships with technology partners, integration partners, distributors, resellers, and industry organizations.
  • Connect PTZOptics Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Support, and leadership with partners and customers around shared initiatives.
  • Identify opportunities spanning product integrations, co-marketing, certifications, solution bundles, reseller programs, and customer education.
  • Coordinate partner webinars, interviews, case studies, announcements, social and email campaigns, live shows, and trade-show content.
  • Communicate relevant product, software, firmware, AI, and integration updates to external partners.
  • Gather partner and customer feedback and route it to the right product, engineering, support, marketing, or sales teams.
  • Develop partner briefs, sales-prep tools, demonstration guides, product videos, training resources, pricing references, and solution-selling materials.
  • Secured an Intel partnership initiative for InfoComm 2026.
  • Coordinated eight partner interviews during NAB 2026.
Earlier Roles Across Customer Success, Sales and Content June 2023 – May 2026
  • Progressed through content, sales, and customer-success responsibilities before moving into the Partnerships Manager position.
  • Helped launch and lead product storytelling for the flagship Move 4K and Move SE PTZ camera platforms.
  • Created email, social media, video, product-education, launch, and sales-enablement content.
  • Supported customers and internal teams with PTZ camera, streaming, production, networking, and software workflows.
  • Helped translate customer feedback into clearer educational materials, product messaging, demonstrations, and sales conversations.
  • Supported campaigns and launches involving Hive Studio, Horizon, Studio cameras, Link cameras, voice tracking, AI-assisted workflows, and emerging broadcast products.
  • Developed trade-show preparation resources and repeatable product demonstration paths.
  • Contributed to live shows, webinars, interviews, customer stories, partner content, and community education.

Vimeo

February 2018 – June 2023
Enterprise Support Specialist
  • Supported large enterprise customers with complex live-streaming, video-platform, and event-production workflows.
  • Worked with organizations including ReedPop, Walmart, and the NFL.
  • Helped international production teams configure, troubleshoot, and stabilize live-streaming workflows.
  • Delivered technical support through phone and ticket-based channels for high-visibility customer events.
  • Coordinated a third-party moderator team supporting live issues across the Vimeo platform.
  • Translated technical problems into understandable steps for producers, administrators, and business stakeholders.
  • Built foundational expertise in enterprise video, live production, customer success, troubleshooting, and creator workflows.

Worthy Podcast

January 2021 – Present
Founder, Host, Writer, Producer & Editor
  • Created and produces a film-history podcast examining every Academy Award winner for Best Picture.
  • Researches, outlines, hosts, records, edits, publishes, and promotes episodes.
  • Combines historical research, critical analysis, storytelling, audio production, visual branding, and social publishing.
  • Manages the project's creative direction and digital presence.
Explore Worthy Podcast linktr.ee/worthypodcast

Additional Writing & Editorial Experience

ScreenRant / Valnet Inc. — Writer and Editor January 2022 – November 2022
  • Wrote, edited, and published entertainment features covering popular film and television.
  • Worked within a high-volume digital publishing environment.
Filmic Magazine — Staff Writer August 2014 – May 2017
  • Published critical analysis covering contemporary and classic cinema.
Partnership Ecosystem

Selected partner and technology ecosystems

Jon's work spans integration alignment, shared demonstrations, partner education, co-marketing, trade-show programs, product compatibility, and solution-based storytelling. The organizations below reflect companies he has worked with, coordinated with, developed opportunities around, or supported through PTZOptics initiatives — not a list of formal corporate partnerships personally negotiated by Jon.

Intel LiveU NETGEAR Nureva INOGENI vMix Blackmagic Design Audio-Technica Sennheiser Shure Yamaha Elgato BoxCast Zoom Broadfield LayerJot / JotVision
Core Capabilities

Skills across partnerships, go-to-market, and content

Partnerships and Growth

Strategic partnerships Partner relationship management Business development Co-marketing Integration alignment Distributor and reseller collaboration Partner outreach Opportunity development

Go-to-Market and Sales Enablement

Product launches Product positioning Sales enablement Solution selling Partner briefs Demo guides Training resources Vertical marketing Customer stories Email and social campaigns

AV, Broadcast and Live Video

PTZ camera workflows Professional AV Broadcast production Live streaming Video-over-IP concepts NDI workflows Voice-tracking workflows vMix Blackmagic ATEM Vimeo YouTube Live production troubleshooting

Content and Communication

Technical storytelling Public speaking Live-show hosting Interviews Webinars Podcast production Video production Copywriting Editing Adobe Creative Cloud Descript Pro Tools Audacity Microsoft 365
Media and Selected Work

Stories, shows, and technical education

Podcast · Film History

Worthy Podcast

A long-form film-history and awards podcast created, hosted, researched, produced, edited, and promoted by Jon Roberts — examining every Academy Award winner for Best Picture.

Explore Worthy Podcast
linktr.ee/worthypodcast
Company Channel · Collaborative

PTZOptics Video and Education

Product launches, interviews, demonstrations, technical education, partner conversations, trade-show coverage, and live-video content developed with the PTZOptics team.

The PTZOptics YouTube channel is a company channel featuring collaborative team work — not Jon's personal channel.

View PTZOptics on YouTube
youtube.com/@PTZOptics
Education and Certification

Foundations in production and education

Ithaca College

Bachelor of Science, Cinematography and Video Production · Minor in Education
2017

Jon's production and education background supports his ability to explain complex video technology through clear demonstrations, stories, and training materials.

NDI Basics Certification

NDI · Network Device Interface
2025

Foundational certification in video-over-IP workflows using NDI — relevant to PTZ camera, live-production, and broadcast integration work.