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Developing interactive audio-visual installs for museums, theme parks, and public places.- Lead and foster Creative Technologist positions and liaison with the Creative team.- Create a plans that align with ngx creative technologist vision.- Collaborate with other team members on institutional knowledge and what are clients’ needs are- Act as lead software developer on projects- Mentor / lead other developers that are on projects with you- Set directions and priorities for software and hardware R&D Initiatives- Provide mentorship to the tech team when they cycle through R&D projects- Contribute to Sales and early stage ideation, includes early stage brainstorming, participate in planning for pitches, create proof of concepts- Contribute to process initiatives, development and execution- Contribute to development of internal tools, looking for ways to automate- Help establish DevOps strategies

Use programming, event design, and communication skills to create custom AV install and event solutions to majorly simplify and add production value to Theaters, Houses of Worship, and Live Event Venues.- Syncing video, sound, and lights together via OSC, DMX, and other communication protocols- Production/Streaming Manager for Rock and Roll San Diego’s livestreaming music venue. In charge of planning all gigs, installing and managing software and hardware, overseeing gigs, and setting up and managing streaming software operations.- Technical Director for multiple churches looking to add an extra level of production.- Projections Coordinator for San Diego Repertory Theater, the Lyceum Theatre. Converting CAD diagrams to actionable items, translating needs from production team to installation needs.- Lighting Design for musicals, plays, fashion shows, corporate events, etc.- Installation Manager, help new developments, and old facilities, to find the right video, audio, and sound equipment, lead pricing discovery, plan and execute installations.- Live Video Switching Operator, running ATEM, Roland, and Analog Way consoles for both image magnification (IMAG) on projectors for live events, and for online livestreaming.- Sound Operator, spending two days a week at least operating the Midas M32 console, as well as installations and gigs with Soundcraft, and Yamaha consoles.- Stage Manage technically complex shows, making sure the stage crew, actors, and the technical elements all work seamlessly, and communicate needs to facilities personnel.

Greater San Diego Area

Bringing together all the freelancers I had worked with to create a digital marketing agency to later merge with a well respected branding house to become a full 360 degree creative marketing agency.- iOS and Android AR App made in part in Unity as an value add for artist’s print sales- VR Walkthrough app as a value add for an Interior Design company to give clients the ability to walk around a yet-to-be-built space.- Lead development and design team using Agile methodologies, led user stories sessions, and biweekly sprints, to create a Ruby on Rails web app from the ground up- R&D and prototyping for medical field, creating a self-guided drug and alcohol addiction assessment form to help people get help fast.- Social media management, creating monthly and weekly content calendars, leading team in creating video and picture content, as well as planning events.- New brand and web app for RV hospitality that increased online bookings 273%- Create and lead a Cabo San Lucas based team, to provide services for tight-knit community of hospitality providers- Worked with large corporate clients such as Jack in the Box, Samsung, AT&T, Sheraton, and Birch Aquarium

Designing and Developing highly customized web experiences for small to medium sized businesses. Focusing on pushing the extent of the capabilities of web technologies at the time to create experiences that feel like magic.- Create responsive, boundary pushing websites for live events, weddings, livestreaming, hospitality, education, entertainment, real estate, interior design, and many more.- Custom Ruby on Rails based Asterisk PBX phone cache-ing and analytics tool.- Early 3D website design using Blender and image sequences.- Early 2.5D CSS depth library- “Create your own poster,” Flash web app utilizing elements from featured artist- Aid Miramar College with converting old user data to new Drupal site- Organize teams of freelancers to accomplish agency level product- R&D and prototyping for medical field, creating a revolutionary food entry system for mobile utilizing the principle of geometric sequences to easily log anything.