Christopher De Armond Email & Phone Number

United States

Vista, Ca, Us

Oversees and supports pre-show, on-site and post show event details and planning on specified events.• Leads multiple departments in operations focusing on efficiency, training, employee morale, and effective day-to-day operations.• Interfaces with senior management and ownership on best practices, new equipment purchases,effective procedures and areas of improvement company wide.• Assists department heads when necessary regarding company policy, equipment maintenance and QC procedures, employee management and equipment management.• Expert and lead on video streaming, production and hybrid events.• Experience with EventMobi, OBS Studio YouTube Live, SRT, iframe generation and implementation.• Engineer for vMix in virtual and live events.• IT point person for multi-location IT infrastructure managing, but not limited to, IDF, ISP, Security Camera system, IP Phone system, on-site servers, MDM, Accounting Server, Ubiquity WiFi systems, and desk-side support for internal employees. • Extensive experience with Digital Audio consoles, line array speaker systems, digital microphone systems and more.• Extensive experience with Video systems including, but not limited to, HD Camera chains, MESwitchers, fiber video systems, network systems controls and video over IP, recording systems, streaming systems.• Flex Rental systems power user, also providing training to internal employees where necessary.

Iselin, Nj, Us

● On-Site manager of all production and A/V Elements for Tallen Technologies client meetings including, but not limited to, Town Halls, annual sales conferences, statewide union meetings, advisory boards for several Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical companies, webcasts and live broadcasts to multiple sites and more. ● Worked as a producer for live events encompassing all pre and post production creative services, scheduling, rehearsal scheduling and C-Level executive management. Acted as central point contact for all media to be used on-site and distributes as necessary to appropriate on-site departments. ● Managed all on-site personnel for Load-ins, rehearsals, show days and strikes. Ensured a successful outcome by effectively managing and empowering on-site personnel while balancing client needs and directions. ● Traveled 65-75% of the year supporting Tallen’s clients across the US and abroad.

Managed all Day-to-Day operations of the company including, but not limited to, AP, AR, HR, Payroll, P&L Management and Reporting, Project Management, Sales and Marketing, Field Operations, Vendor Management and Sourcing, Technical Direction and Business Development.

Worked in multiple capacities for Audio Visual Production clients covering Audio Engineer, Video Engineer, LED Wall Engineer, Camera shooter and director, Producer and Technical Director.

• Extends sales support to each Hotel / Resort property within the region for larger shows and to better their capture ratio• Leads and guides Directors of Audio Visual and Account Executives in sales efforts to increaserevenues companywide• Help develop new lines of revenue generating business• Attend Pre‐Convention meetings and site visits at regional properties• Guide and motivate all team members towards a vision of balance between increased revenues andproper ethicalsales approaches along with an eye towards choosing the most profitable market segments• Develop relationships with Hotel and Resort Sales, Catering and Conference Services staffs as well ascorporate and producer clients• Training of Regional Sales Staff as well as other employees (Management and Hourly), to include onsite tutorials,corporate training classes, local training efforts utilizing proven company policies and procedures.• Actively pursues high scores in customer surveys. Develops strategy and initiates action when audiovisualscores fallbelow acceptable level in assigned area• Provides overall sales leadership and accountability in assigned area• Develops rapport with cross functional leadership to ensure company is operating efficiently and as ateam• Initiates, leads and directs regional lead share program to benefit cross functional teams. Monitorsactivities of sales staff (event coordinators) in assigned region to ensure lead share program is widely used and benefitingassigned sales staff and AAVC• Produce quality and profitable shows and events. Teaches and motivates sales staff in assigned regionto do the same• Monitors sales staff in assigned region to ensure soliciting of in‐bound audio‐visual business iseffectively carried out.• Ensures that profit centers in assigned region are achieving sales goals

All things audio visual and IT for meetings at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego, CA.

High end custom Corporate Theatre, Staging, Video, Lighting and events production and design firm.

San Diego, Usa, Us

Lead technician tasked with labor forecasting, budgetary control, training of on-site personnel and providing successful integration of all vendors. Extensive technical work often tasked with executing an event from pre-con to post-con. Effective customer service skills used to ensure clients overall success and satisfaction while maintaining budgetary fiscability of the overall event. Interface regularly with the internal IT department for IT needs in the event space.

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