Ted Hand is the president of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and the president of Piedmont RF Consultants, LLC in Charlotte, NC. He is an SBE Fellow and Life Member. An SBE member since May 1981, he has held the offices of vice president, secretary, treasurer and director. He has been in broadcasting since 1979. His last station was WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC, as the director of engineering and operations. Ted has worked in Raleigh, NC, with WRAL-TV and in the Hampton Roads, VA, area at WTVZ, WAVY, WTKR and WGNT. He was selected as the Cox Television Engineer of the Year in 2015. He has been nominated twice for Emmys in the Mid-Atlantic region. Ted has installed 12 high-power television transmitters on his own while he was with the New York Times Broadcasting and Cox Broadcasting. He is an Amateur Radio Operator – Extra Class, W9SOC.