David Opitz, Cts Email & Phone Number

Spring Hill, Florida, United States

AV Design Consultant - Audio Visual Sales Representative with a focus on Mission Critical 24/7 Command and Control environments.

Senior Design Engineer for two (2) plus years supporting AVI-SPL’s Federal Sales Team. Provide pre-sales engineering for the proposal effort as well as post sales engineering support for the project delivery team. • Subject matter expert in the design and integration of Mission Critical Control Room integration projects for sales support during the proposal process.• Pre-sales engineering support, developing the RFP/BID technical response, labor estimates and equipment costs for the proposal effort.• Post sales engineering support throughout the project life cycle.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Director of Technical Services for one (1) plus years managing the technical resources for C3EL. Oversee the Engineering department, Programing department and installation department. I also support sales for design engineering and projects post sales for engineering support.• Director of all technical services for C3EL.• Program manager for the training and career development of all technical resources.• Subject matter expert in the design and integration of Mission Critical control Room integration projects for sales support during the proposal process.• Pre-sales engineering support, developing RFP/BID technical response, labor estimates and equipment costs during the proposal process.• Project management through all phases of multiple large scale 24/7 mission critical control room projects.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Engineering Manager for one (1) plus years developing the engineering department for C3EL. Oversee the Engineering department and Programing department. I also support sales for design engineering and projects post sales for engineering support.• Manager of all Engineering and Programming services for C3EL.• Program manager for the training and career development of all technical resources.• Subject matter expert in the design and integration of Mission Critical control Room integration projects for sales support during the proposal process.• Pre-sales engineering support, developing RFP/BID technical response, labor estimates and equipment costs during the proposal process.• Project management through all phases of multiple large scale 24/7 mission critical control room projects.

Rockway, New Jersey

Director of Installation Services for Activu Corporation, responsible for the day to day management of the operations team for the past two years. Responsible for reporting of cash flow management to Executive Management through the management of project delivery schedules and project billing milestones. Direct management of the Project Managers, Systems Integration Manager (Manager of the Software Systems Integration Team), Installation Manager (manager of the Field Installation Team), warehouse personnel and Inventory control. Responsible for the management and scheduling of Project Management, Installation and Software Integrations resources. • Subject matter expert in the design and integration of Mission Critical Control Room integration projects for sales support during the proposal process.• Pre-sales engineering support, developing RFP/BID technical response, labor estimates and equipment costs during the proposal process• Project management through all phases of multiple large scale 24/7 mission critical control room projects ranging from $50k to $8M in revenue.• Responsible for employee career development through the development of structured and detailed learning plans and clearly defined career paths for every employee.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Integration/Production/Operations Manager for AVI-SPL’s Control Room Group for 12 years managing WIP (work in progress) for job cost/revenue recognition and reporting of job financial performance to executive management. Also responsible for management of the Project Managers, Engineers, Programmers, CAD Techs, Installation Technicians, warehouse personnel and Inventory control. Responsible for the management and scheduling of Project Management, Engineering, Programming and Cad resources. o Subject matter expert in the design and integration of Mission Critical Control Room integration projects for sales support.o Pre sales engineering support, developing RFP/BID technical response, labor estimates and equipment costso Post sales engineering support, developing line diagrams and site plans for CAD and completing the final BOM for procuremento Control system programming and GUI development using Crestron Simpl Windows, VT-PROe and Photoshopo Project management through all phases of multiple large scale 24/7 mission critical control room projects ranging from $50k to $8Mo Digital signal processing (DSP) Configuration using Biamp and ClearOne softwareo Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, CAD and PhotoshopInstallation Manager for AVI-SPL’s Systems Integration Group for 1 year managing the Project Managers, Installation Technicians, Warehouse personnel and Inventory control for our Tampa based Systems Integration Group (SIG). Responsible for the management and scheduling of all installation resources.Lead Technician for 3 years integrating projects of all scopes and sizes, installing turn-key systems, installing the system, configuring the audio DSP systems as well as programming the Crestron control systems. I have completed several systems from start to finish without any assistance.

Tampa, Fl

I have worked as a licensed journeyman electrician doing commercial service work for several restaurants, radio stations, grocery stores, junkyards, and apartment properties. I also performed Low voltage installations installing CAT 5 cabling for POS systems and corporate networks. BID estimating for small projects and project management for commercial electrical projects.