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Technical Liaison Director for one of the largest mixed reality entertainment event in North America dedicated to celebrating Virtual YouTubers, digital visual arts, and entertainment.- Manage a team to plan hybrid VTuber performances in collaboration with online influencers and their management. Turned talent’s creative vision into a reality through technical experience and planning. - Design live sound system audio infrastructure including a Dante networked system for in-person and remote audiences.- Plan Blackmagic based video infrastructure and a low-latency RTMP server for remote guests with broadcast teams.- Coordinate event planning and communications across guest relations, security and marketing teams.- Utilized Clickup and Jira for task management and implemented Discord based communication solution.

OffKai Expo is an annual event held in the San Fransisco Bay Area dedicated to VTubers and Metaverse entreatment. As a member of their AV team, I specialize in planning OffKai's audio infrastructure. As a whole, our team works together to plan and execute various technical needs including broadcast, lights, networking, and more. During live events, I lead communications with technicians, run live audio equipment, and serve as a stage manager.

Executive Event Director for one day 400 attendee VTuber music festival aboard the historic U.S.S. Hornet aircraft carrier.- Negotiated venue, performer, and other vendor contracts within a short three month timeline. - Hosted a VIP experience for 40 attendees to boost revenue and cater to superfans.- Directed merchandise, catering, finance, hotel, and other key teams to ensure event success.

Mixed Reality Production Consultant, Technical Production services, and Live Event Management for event organizers such as Phase Connect, OshiSPARK!, and more.- Consulted companies such as Phase Connect and OshiSPARK! to produce successful VTuber mixed reality concerts.- Planned audiovisual and event operations on behalf of companies like Phase Connect and Anime Magic! for trade shows and live performances.- Served as contract audiovisual and production hand with I.A.T.S.E Local 2, Brick Fest LIVE, and more

Santa Clara, California, Us

Audio/Visual Technician and Client Liaison to community members renting one of Santa Clara University’s three theater spaces.- Collaborate with Facility Rental Program clients to confirm audio-visual equipment and service needs in 571-seat proscenium/thrust theater, 248-seat recital hall, and 130-seat black box studio spaces. - Manage sound equipment, perform sound checks and mix professional audio to deliver high quality sound for live events.- Set up stage lighting configurations to meet client specifications.

New York, New York, Us

Served as a stagehand for Chicago's largest entertainment union. Performed labor for concerts, festivals, and film productions.

Campbell, Ca, Us

• Conducted 1:1 and group lessons for students aged 8-17 in a Zoom environment• Created tailored lesson plans on topics such as cybersecurity, Python, Java, and Unity with C#• Guided students through debugging and problem-solving issues with their code

Chicago, Illinois, Us

WordPress Developer for media network informing, connecting and inspiring professionals in the built environment sector.- Collaborated with marketing and analyst teams to implement changes to the BuiltWorlds website- Orchestrated weekly web-server patches with minimal downtime by utilizing a staging server for testing- Cut AWS costs by auditing transaction records removing unnecessary services- Liaised between leadership and hosting providers while contextualizing information

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Advised clients in selecting a new computer while integrating their existing solutions and addressing specific challenges• Contextualized new technologies with issues the client faces or solutions they already employ• Learned valuable listening and communication skills that allowed me to gain trust and sell annual Best Buy subscriptions

• Managed back-end of WordPress site, created cosmetic improvements, and programed a custom WordPress theme• Restored corrupted backup data and SQL database using Python skills; Leveraged restored data to recover server• Utilized Cloudflare tools to facilitate domain name migration, to improve website speed, and to prevent DDOS attacks

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication Major. Computer Science And Engineering Minor.

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