Alok Wadhwani Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx

With classical training in theatrical scenic and lighting design – as well as a significant background in technology – Alok has spent the majority of the last decade working under extremely respected agencies, such as Thinkwell, Martin Brinkerhoff Associates, and AV Concepts’ recently formed creative services group - Rezin8.Alok has worked on projects for some of the world’s most influential brands – including Disney, Feld Entertainment, Google, Honda, Hyundai, Toshiba, Dell, Nike… Show more With classical training in theatrical scenic and lighting design – as well as a significant background in technology – Alok has spent the majority of the last decade working under extremely respected agencies, such as Thinkwell, Martin Brinkerhoff Associates, and AV Concepts’ recently formed creative services group - Rezin8.Alok has worked on projects for some of the world’s most influential brands – including Disney, Feld Entertainment, Google, Honda, Hyundai, Toshiba, Dell, Nike, Ciena, Tableau, and countless others.His experience covers a multitude of disciplines including production, scenic, video, lighting, interactive, and special effects design – as well as content production, custom interactive development, project management and technical direction - and has taken shape on projects around the globe in the form of theatre, theme parks, corporate events, experiential marketing, permanent installs, and many others. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

- Served as lead production designer for major creative projects - this included scenic, projection, lighting, and audio design - Led development of sales materials for major creative projects - including production design renderings, written concept treatments, and technical specifications - Provided technical direction for various projects featuring technology such as complex 3D projection mapping, pepper's ghost ("holographic") projection, huge seamless screens, and… Show more - Served as lead production designer for major creative projects - this included scenic, projection, lighting, and audio design - Led development of sales materials for major creative projects - including production design renderings, written concept treatments, and technical specifications - Provided technical direction for various projects featuring technology such as complex 3D projection mapping, pepper's ghost ("holographic") projection, huge seamless screens, and interactives - Worked directly with clients and vendors to ensure seamless project delivery - Developed a custom show control system that is now used on all major media server driven projects - Developed a unique touchless control system that allows brand ambassadors and attendees to control media playback simply by waving an RFID fob or bracelet - Served as emcee and karaoke jockey for various company celebrations and functions Show less

Irvine, Ca

- Served as lead technical designer for video systems and workflows on all major projects, both internationally and domestically, ranging from $50k to $20m. - Worked directly with all major vendors to ensure flawless on-site execution. - Managed media server programming efforts for corporate projects. Successfully designed and implemented systems for projection mapping, 3d stereoscopic projections, augmented reality, motion tracking and interactivity, responsive audio, and… Show more - Served as lead technical designer for video systems and workflows on all major projects, both internationally and domestically, ranging from $50k to $20m. - Worked directly with all major vendors to ensure flawless on-site execution. - Managed media server programming efforts for corporate projects. Successfully designed and implemented systems for projection mapping, 3d stereoscopic projections, augmented reality, motion tracking and interactivity, responsive audio, and various other innovative technologies. - Served as primary R&D lead for creative technology and custom hardware/software solutions. Led development of a proprietary pre-visualization system, providing real-time 3D feedback to video editors, compositors, and artists. - Responsible for the strategy, design, and management of all company-wide IT operations. Managed all IT budgets, staff, resources, contracts, and vendors. Designed and oversaw implementation of Active Directory, gigabit networking, fiber optic internet service, high-speed tunneling FTP services, scalable storage systems, and much more. - Oversaw the company's transition from tape-based video production to digital acquisition and production. Architected systems and managed data growth from 5TB in 2009 to 60TB+ in 2013. - Led development of a proprietary system to allow centralized, highly-efficient video encoding for editors and artists. Systems were designed to push encoded media to a high-availability content delivery network, dynamically create secure web portals to access and view media from desktop and mobile devices, and immediately notify producers, clients, and vendors of the media's availability. Show less

Syracuse, New York Area

- Served as project manager and network architect, for an initiative to bring public Wi-Fi to low-income neighborhoods - Researched, designed, and administered various servers, network devices, and web-based services for student lab use - Responsible for product testing and analysis, building and moderating workshops, and various other projects including system design, administration, and more

Burbank, Ca

- Produced various lighting designs for themed attractions and museums - Assisted in the technical coordination of various events and mock-ups - Generated schematic network designs for large-scale audio installations - Assisted in preparing digital media for web-based publication and DVD reproduction