Gregory Eales Email & Phone Number

Concord, Nc, Us

Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Starting on the 29th May 2018 I will be joining Whitlock in their Charlotte office as their Systems Designer for the area .Focus will be on Audiovisual and Collaboration Systems design.

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Currently employed as a Senior Interactive Media engineer at the Port Elizabeth branch.During the scope of my work and duties I have been involved in the full scope of AV activities from the initial consulting phase, through detailed design right down to project management, onsite installation and after sales support.The scope of responsibilities included but was not limited to the following.Training and mentoring colleaguesConsulting with customers and establishing and understanding their specific requirements so that a high level design could be drafted.Assisting the sales team and solutions architect with detailed designs for AV systems.Detailed Stardraw designs for all larger AV installations including high level conceptual designs, detailed block diagrams, rack layouts, cable schedules, site layouts.Being responsible for technical support on a broad range of audio-visual equipment including video conferencing infrastructure.Being technical lead on all large projects in the region as well as some projects in other regions. Have been the primary programmer for AMX, Crestron and other AV technologies in within the region.Installation and ConfigurationInstalling configuring and maintaining video conferencing endpoints and infrastructure including video conferencing bridges, management systems and IP / ISDN gateways. This has recently included the regions first Acano deployment. (Acano is a best of breed cross platform collaboration solution)I am passionate about staying up to date with the latest trends and developments and am committed to furthering my skills wherever possible and appropriate.

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Due to a broad background and experience throughout the Audio industry gained employment as the National Technical Manager at the Port Elizabeth Head Office of TOA Electronics South Africa TOA electronics Southern Africa (Previously Classic Acoustics) is the primary importer of TOA products for sub-Saharan Africa and sells TOA products through a dealer network to end users. Gregory’s diverse roles include the following:Providing dealer support to the growing network of dealers and resellers of TOA products.Providing support to the junior technicians in the Cape Town and Johannesburg branches.Designing Audio systems using CAD software (Stardraw Audio).Providing technical support for TOA productsProviding first line service and repair support for TOA products.Ordering of spares for TOA products.Providing product training for TOA productsBuilding up of PA systems in the technical facility including programming, fault-finding and pre-commissioning the system prior to despatch into the field.Keeping up to date with the new TOA productsEvaluating and reviewing the system designs of other technical and sales staff to ensure that they are complete and correct.During the course of his duties he became proficient at programming the TOA range of products including the followingM-9000 – Digital Matrix Mixer (Crestron controllable)D-901 - Digital Matrix Mixer (Crestron Controllable)VX-2000 – Fire Evacuation SystemSX-2000 – Digital Networked Fire Evacuation SystemN-8000 – IP Based intercom systemNX-100 – IP based network Audio Adaptor.Training was undertaken together with some TOA colleagues from Germany on EASE (Enhanced Acoustic Simulation Engineers) software.Used this engineering design resource when evaluating and designing sound systems for a variety of venues.Involved in the design phase of many of the companies projects.Involved in building and pre-commissioning the equipment racks and in some many cases on-site commissioning and programming.

Port Elizabeth

Started my own website development and hosting business in 2007 with a financial partner and was involved in the design and hosting of websites for clients. The focus was primarily aimed at the ecommerce sector of this developing market. While sufficient technical skills were present, due to slow business growth and cashflow issues a decision was taken to return to my previous line of experience in the audiovisual sector.I applied and successfully took up full time employment at Classic Acoustics as their National Technical Manager.Classic Acoustics underwent an International takeover by their parent company and therefore became TOA Electronics South Africa.

Port Elizabeth

Started at Magnetic Storm in the role of service and installation manager of Audio-visual systems. It was an extensive multi-role position and extended over a period just short of 10 years.Initially responsible for maintenance and repair of their Hire equipment as well as providing technical assistance with quotations and tenders to sales staff. He grew into the position of being responsible for the project management of all their installations and projects. As this portion of the business developed and additional staff were employed, Moved into a more managerial role and was responsible for assisting and training fellow colleagues in their knowledge and skills development. During this period became self-taught and skilled in using Stardraw AV CAD design software for all audio-visual and sound system designs. He underwent AMX training under Future Media and was contracted in as the local AMX programmer on all their local AMX projects. This progressed to doing the subcontract programming work for Dimension Data and other local AV companies. Undertook Crestron programming training under their local distributor, Electrosonic and became certified with them as a programmer. Subsequently became the responsible person on all Magnetic Storms Crestron programming projects until leaving the company in 2007.Developed skills in the AV industry during tenure at Magnetic Storm with the installation, programming and maintenance of projectors, AV switching equipment as well as AMX and Crestron Control Systems. Also completed an international CTS qualification with Infocomm International during this time.

Port Elizabeth

Joined Avitech Systems in much the same role as previous employment with roles and responsibilities much the same. Left Avitech to further his career at Magnetic Storm who specialised in the entertainment and hire areas of the Audio Industry.

Port Elizabeth

Worked at LE Bricknell and sons as their in-house service manager repairing amplifiers and other audio equipment. Was responsible for client liaison and overseeing as well as carrying out repairs. He also was involved in building up equipment racks for the company’s projects. Was also very involved in the companies installations and projects during this time covering a wide range of audio equipment including 100V line public address systems, low impedance audio systems, Fire and Evacuation systems, Intercom Systems, Remrad telemetry systems, Nursecall and many other electronic systems. Was unfortunately retrenched when the company went into liquidation.

Port Elizabeth

Started as an electronics mechanician apprentice at Delta Motor Corporation and worked through a range of basic handskills. Moved around various areas of the manufacturing and vehicle assembly plants assisting with electronic fault-finding, maintenance and repairs on PLC’s , CNC machines, welding controllers and other electronic equipment. Spent time within the factory service station where he did fault finding and repairs on the various vehicle electronic systems including engine management systems. Decided to specialise in the vehicle electronics area which unfortunately was not possible therefore decided to leave to pursue a career in the Audio-visual industry.