I. Media & Executive Press Suite
Executive press bio — 100-word media brief
Byron L. Jupiter Jr. — known across four decades of New Orleans cultural history as “Big Fingers” (“The Jup”) — is a Senior Infrastructure Specialist, Master Technical Operations Lead, Executive Director of The Box Studios, and Principal of Good Delivery (BMI) and BOX STUDIOS (ASCAP). Standing at the intersection of critical telecommunications engineering, analog studio restoration, and multi-generational music publishing, Jupiter bridges 35 years of physical signal craft with 40 years of Southern cultural preservation. He is a Full Sail University alumnus, a 14-year emergency command veteran (120,000+ on-call hours), and half of the first hip-hop DJ duo to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Stage introduction — 30-second keynote script
“Ladies and gentlemen, our speaker today operates at a rare intersection of critical engineering and cultural history. With over 35 years of low-voltage signal mastery, 120,000 operational hours of primary emergency telecom command in Greater New Orleans, and 40 years behind the mixing desk as a foundational architect of Southern hip-hop, he is a Full Sail University alumnus, the first hip-hop DJ to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and the Executive Director of The Box Studios. Please welcome Senior Infrastructure Specialist and Cultural Steward — Byron L. Jupiter Jr.!”
II. Executive Profile
The chain of custody
Jupiter Exxon
Full-service care
Family name on the sign. The standard set before the studio.
Lizardi & N. Robertson Studio
SP-1200 sub-bass calibration
The Ninth Ward home base and wall-of-sound testing ground.
Historic Jazz Fest First
1st hip-hop DJ at Jazz Fest
A canonical New Orleans cultural milestone.
The Box Studios
Neve V3 Green Logic
Secured legacy sanctuary at 7367 Chef Menteur Highway.
Key performance benchmarks
120,000+
On-Call Hours
14 consecutive years of 24/7/365 primary emergency response command in Greater New Orleans, holding sub-2-hour MTTR through tropical storm recoveries.
1,600,000+
Topic Benchmark
1.6M+ views and 22,000+ likes on a single legacy catalog upload (Solja Rags title track) — proof of long-term catalog stability.
60%
Thermal Reduction
Designed and executed the Green Logic retrofit on a historic 60-channel Neve V3 analog console at The Box Studios in New Orleans East.
Dual-PRO
Governance
Catalog rights administered through Good Delivery (BMI) and BOX STUDIOS (ASCAP) under Big Red NOLA Publishing.
III. Sanitized Resume
Senior Infrastructure Specialist & Technical Operations Lead
Greater New Orleans Area, LA · sales@leasethebox.com · ByronJupiter.com
High-SLA Senior Infrastructure Specialist with 35 years of low-voltage signal craft, 14 consecutive years (120,000+ hours) of 24/7/365 primary emergency on-call response, and 8 years of direct Outside Plant (OSP) hardline coaxial distribution execution. Recognized for an unyielding standard of care forged behind family enterprise counters and proven through sub-2-hour MTTR during major disaster recoveries across coastal Louisiana. Expert in Carrier Ethernet, Cell Site Backhaul, photonic light diagnostics, IEEE 1588v2 PTP clock synchronization, and enterprise −48V DC power plant systems.
Senior Telecommunications Infrastructure Specialist
2012 – PresentRegional Enterprise Telecom & OSP Operations · Greater New Orleans, LA
- —Command 24/7/365 primary emergency response across coastal Louisiana — 120,000+ operational hours, sub-2-hour MTTR during major storm restorations.
- —Eight years of field installation and maintenance on .500, .625, and .750 aluminum hardline coaxial cable, preserving strict 75 Ω impedance continuity across full-spectrum 1.2 GHz sweeps.
- —Commissioned and audited MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet links, Layer 2/3 Provider Edge UNIs, and SyncE/PTP time distribution across mobile cellular towers.
- —Conducted optical power budget analysis (dBm) and OTDR trace interpretation on single-mode fiber (1310 nm / 1550 nm).
- —Maintained and calibrated −48V DC rectifier plants, PDUs, and VRLA standby battery strings.
Executive Director & Chief Facilities Lead
2015 – PresentThe Box Studios · New Orleans East, LA
- —Managed a high-availability media production facility at 7367 Chef Menteur Highway (fiscally sponsored by MaCCNO), integrating power conditioning, signal grounding, and custom acoustic architecture.
- —Executed the Green Logic retrofit on a historic 60-channel Neve V3 console — decommissioning 255V DC plasma rails and integrating high-efficiency Mean Well power modules for a 60% thermal reduction.
- —Integrated optical fader automation via Tangerine Automation Systems (TAS) over IP for real-time analog-to-DAW synchronization.
Master Signal Craft Specialist & Technical Lead
1991 – Present501(c)(3) Technical Signal Craft Guild · New Orleans, LA
- —Founded and led a non-profit educational trade guild teaching low-voltage bench craft, thermal soldering profiles, and signal flow to local youth technicians with zero commercial conflict of interest.
- —Hand-built studio-grade 1/4" TRS-to-XLR balanced interconnects, multipin snakes, and 75 Ω digital word-clock lines donated to non-profit recording spaces, community radio, and schools.
Education & credentials
- Full Sail University — Alumnus, Audio Systems & Technical Operations
- MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Standards — CSBH Infrastructure
- IEEE 1588v2 PTP / SyncE Systems — Microsecond Phase Synchronization
- High-SLA Emergency On-Call Command — 14 Years Continuous Primary
IV. Public Legal Templates
Instruments cleared for public reference
Provided for reference and educational use. Not legal advice — consult qualified counsel before serving any statutory notice.
17 U.S.C. § 203 — Notice of Termination Template
FORMAL NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF TRANSFERS AND LICENSES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 203 OF THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT ACT (17 U.S.C. § 203)
TO: [Target Record Label / Publisher Name]
ATTN: Legal & Business Affairs Department
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 203 of the Copyright Act of 1976
(17 U.S.C. § 203), the undersigned author/grantor, BYRON L. JUPITER JR.
(p/k/a "Byron Jupiter", "Byron Jupiter, Jr.", "Big Fingers"), hereby terminates
any and all grants, assignments, licenses, or transfers of copyright executed
prior to or during the creation of the sound recordings and underlying musical
compositions listed below:
1. WORK DETAILS:
- Title of Master Sound Recording / Composition: [Insert Track Title]
- Original Date of Grant / Transfer: [Insert Year, 1991–1997]
- Original Author / Producer: Byron L. Jupiter Jr.
- Original Grantee: [Insert Original Label / Publisher]
2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TERMINATION:
- Effective Date of Termination: [Insert Target Date, 35 years from grant date]
- Statutory Notice Period: Served pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 203(a)(4)(A).
3. REVERSION OF RIGHTS:
- Effective upon the Date of Termination, 100% of all United States rights,
title, and interest in and to the copyright shall REVERT IN FULL to
Byron L. Jupiter Jr. and shall be administered globally by
Good Delivery (BMI) and BOX STUDIOS (ASCAP).
EXECUTED THIS ____ DAY OF __________________, 2026.
____________________________________________________
Byron L. Jupiter Jr. (Grantor / Author)
Good Delivery (BMI) // BOX STUDIOS (ASCAP)Shared Services & Air-Gap Summary (COI)
SHARED SERVICES & FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT SUMMARY 1. PURPOSE Formalizes the operational separation between commercial media operations (The Box Studios LLC) and non-profit educational activities (501(c)(3) Technical Signal Craft Guild) to ensure complete Conflict of Interest (COI) exemption and compliance under IRS guidelines. 2. FACILITY & UTILITY REIMBURSEMENT The 501(c)(3) Technical Signal Craft Guild leases bench space inside 7367 Chef Menteur Highway at a fixed monthly fair-market rate plus pro-rata reimbursement for shared utilities. Zero commercial telecom equipment or proprietary data enters Guild spaces. 3. SEPARATION OF ASSETS All commercial studio gear remains property of The Box Studios LLC. All bench-soldering tools, educational training kits, and donated interconnect materials remain property of the 501(c)(3) Guild.
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