TIPLynx, led by Founder and President Dave Franza, directly consults with companies to integrate technologies, ideas, and people in all phases of your strategic planning and working operations.  Whether in the planning, RFP, budget, pre or post-technology spend, or working operations phase, TIPLynx can help analyze your current content and media asset libraries, your data, your production, operations and accounting processes, as well as your needs and available technologies to determine strategies and processes that best fit your business, now and going forward.

After considerable research, TIPLynx also consults with a select few software, hardware and service vendors to help in presenting their technology and service solutions, aiding in the up-front analysis of the prospective client’s current situation, and working to ensure a successful implementation after the sale.

TIPLynx is located in Wallingford, PA, a Delaware County suburb of Philadelphia, PA just minutes away from I95 and the Philadelphia International Airport.   

For over three decades Mr. Franza oversaw accounting, production and operations application development and related digital content and information processing technologies at NFL Films, with additional management responsibilities at NFL Network.  In his most recent role with the NFL, Mr. Franza was VP of Production Application Development and Support for NFL Films and NFL Network.  Mr. Franza previously served as CIO for NFL Films, creating their entire IT organization and environment.  He conceived and led development of SABER, the NFL Films Media Asset Management system, which he ported to a web-based portal called SABERNet, prior to leaving the NFL.  It is an industry leading MAM and CDN that is integrated with over 100 in-house editing systems on both coasts and provides research access to all NFL game content for several hundred non-editing personnel.  Prior to the NFL, Mr. Franza worked for Xerox Computer Services for seven years as a business and manufacturing Software Developer, Project Leader, and Senior Business Systems Consultant.

Some noteworthy accomplishments:

- automation and integration of television production, scheduling, and accounting systems
- development of industry leading MAM and CDN (SABER and SABERNet)
- technical support of International and Domestic Super Bowl broadcast ops
- development of sports' first dedicated broadband Internet portal (NFLFILMSTV.com)
- design and implementation of IT and communication technologies in NFL Films’ facility
- design and implementation of integrated production and ops systems at NFL Network
- manager on cross organizational team leading development of NFL "Digital Content Library"
- awarded "Top 100 CIO" by national CIO Organization in 2005