PRODUCTION MANAGER: • Production Manager and Crew Lead for production companies over the last ten years with sound, lighting, video, backline, and staging.• Show advance with venues, clients, and artists; coordinate with building personnel, of which most are arena and casino venues.
FREELANCE ENGINEER:• Front-Of-House/Monitor and/or System Engineer for more than 4,000 productions/shows and a long list of artists at one-off events, conferences, or festivals.• Experience operating tour-grade PA systems with consoles such as Avid VENUE, DiGiCo, Yamaha PM5D, PM4000, Midas Heritage, Euphonix System 5-B, and various other analog and digital consoles from companies such as Midas, Soundcraft, Allen & Heath, Crest, etc.; speakers from EAW, JBL Vertec, d&b, Nexo, Martin, etc.; outboard processing from Lexicon, Avalon, Kurzweil, TC Electronics, BSS, Drawmer, etc.• Mixed for audiences in the tens of thousands with countless productions having audiences of more than 5,000.CONSULTING: • Audio/Video/Lighting Installation & Design – analyze facility and needs of client (either on-site or blue-print for new construction). Propose design of system (audio, video, and/or lighting), specify equipment, and if desired by client, procure the equipment. Also consult with “in use” facilities for evaluation of systems, whether upgrade of equipment is needed or additional training of personnel (train personnel as needed).CREATIVE SERVICES/MARKETING: • Direct and assist marketing, advertising, and image-design campaigns (for clients) from design only to directing the campaign.• Use programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Acrobat, InDesign, Pagemaker, GoLive, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.• Broker printing and facilitate all the logistics for the client, from pre-press file preparation, job scheduling, delivery, pre-sort, and billing.

FOH/Monitor/System Engineer and/or Production Manager

SpiritWind International is a non-profit organization involved with leadership development and humanitarian endeavors, mostly in the country of South Africa.INTERNATIONAL: • Part of advance team to establish international offices in South Africa from August 2002 through March 2003.• Responsibilities included: non-profit registration with government, open bank accounts, establish physical office, and site visits to prospective projects/partners.EVENTS:• Planning and coordinating of events, including seminars and conferences. Assist in logistics/support staff for conferences at many locations throughout the USA, Canada, Belarus, Lesotho, and South Africa.MARKETING/PR:• Layout/design/editing/copy writing for print & electronic media, including marketing materials, advertising, brochures, web, multi-media presentations, etc.TRADE SHOWS:• Planning, location selection, staffing, booth design and layout, marketing materials, shipment and logistics.FINANCIAL:• Accounting duties for the non-profit, including accounts payable/receivable, donations, travel reimbursements, and associated tax and annual federal and state filings.

Led a team of more than 50 employees and volunteers for the largest non-coliseum auditorium in the region. Responsibilities included team building, scheduling, staffing for events, and directing team leaders (presently retained as consultant).EVENTS:• Involved in overall planning and coordinating of events, including concerts & conferences (in-house audiences frequently varied from 3,000–4,000), weddings, seminars, banquets, stage productions and musicals (with cast and crew of over 200). Assumed primary responsibility for audio/video/multi-media and technical logistics of events and facility.GRAPHIC DESIGN/MARKETING/PR:• Layout/design/editing/copy writing for print & electronic media.AUDIO:• Mixed FOH Audio for varied events, as well as production audio for video.VIDEO:• Produced, edited, shot, and scripted varied video projects.• Designed and installed a multi-camera production suite with linear/non-linear video editing.LIGHTING:• Designed lighting for both regularly scheduled and special events.RADIO/TV:• Produced and edited daily and weekly programs, which aired regionally, nationally, and internationally. Produced commercials.