Sean Shea Email and Phone Number

Responsible to the running of the entire Audio Visual operations of the San Francisco location of the Wharton School of business where I provide top level event service for crucial training to the future and current elite of the executive class, both onsite and broadcast worldwide.

Lead for events such as Large hotel work, Stadium Concerts, Moscone Center, Oracle, DreamForce, and Google Next, Audio, Lighting, Video, and Carpentry. Video walls, digital mixing, webcasting, live sound and video, and all the support, design, transport, set up, tear down, and content editing associated. Audio lead A1 A2 Video V1 V2 and Multi.

During the transitional period after MSG acquisition of The Obscura Digital company my responsibility is Maintaining many Obscura Digital authored installations based on large projection and LCD/LED wall installations at the SF PUC, Moscone Center, Cowboy Stadium, and Chicago's The Mart - The Largest Ongoing Video art Installation in the world. Research and media work for the Las Vegas Sphere which will be The largest and highest resolution video wall in the world with a 16k resolution with a next generation answer to IMAX. Also working w Touchdesigner and the vanguard of the Christie projector line and QA of Virtual Sphere Simulation virtual reality VR software. Bug tracking and knowledge base through Jira and Confluence. Authored training material.

-Event tech, Audio, Lighting, Video for events on campus such as, Classes, Cooking Demos, Broadcasts, Prominent Lectures, Recruitment, Graduation, Hackathon, etc. Crew handling graduation for Stanford 5 years running for Stanford directly and through other companies.

Handling audio for major events mostly using the Behringer x32 auto mixer with an attention to neat tidy wiring. Audio and Video event lead and tech for mid to large multiday hotel and convention center events handling projection, audio, video, lighting, and even some rigging installation. Load in. Set, Op, Strike. Load out

Running Audio, Lighting, Video for events, Pipe & drape, Corporate, Governmental, Educational, Liturgical and other, Setup, Run show event, and Load out of equipment. Santa Clara convention center. Audi Hybrid launch.

-Aided in the transition to a perm location. Live and Recorded sound for the longest running public forum show in the US. Yamaha CL1 digital mixers Dante networked with Meyer sound systems. Up to 24+ wireless channels at a time per event. Control 4 systems and Crestron.

Running Audio, Lighting, Video for events, Pipe & drape, Corporate, Governmental, Educational, Liturgical and other, Setup and Load out of equipment. Yamaha QL-1 and QL-5 mixers. Allen and Heath QU-16 and QU-32 mixers. 4k projectors.

-Taught classes in film audio covering Pro-Tools, Adobe Premiere, and various film audio hardware and history. Voice Over, ADR, Foley, Location sound, Audio repair and reconstruction.

- Running the sound system for the Tip Top Comedy night for stand-up, Musical, and other multi-media acts. Freelance other night clubs for various rock acts in the area. Wireless mics, Soundcraft, Yamaha Digital, and Mackie Boards.

- Maintain and repair 40 different 80’s/90’s video games, 30 pinballs and misc. arcade machines. Online promo. Event organization for Semi- Annual Pinball conventions and Soda Pop festival.

-A/V system design work Including the touring production of “The Thing That Ate My Brain Almost” by Purdue Prof. Amy Lynn Budd that ran April-May 2009, at the VSA Arts Festival at Kennedy Center June 2010, and Austin TX Jan 2011. As well as other performances. The play involved aspects of Burlesque, medical treatment from the patient's POV, The History of Medicine, and the work of B-movies in Hollywood especially director Ed Wood.

-Technical support in person, via email, fax, and by phone from customers, distributors, and retailers for the Bose line of Wave Products, Headphones, Bluetooth, and other audio devices dating back 20+ years. - Product RMA and shipping, upsales, client contact, trouble shooting and exchanges.

My significant other and I founded a business out of $20, a bag of key limes, 300 Cajun-Creole family recipes, and a whole lot of work. I give her all credit for the genius and unique style of Cutie Pies that won Best of 2009 from the RI Monthly, and The Phoenix. We also were mentioned in the Best of Rhode Island in USA Today. That said, my contributions were...-Wrote the tagline "Our Only Competition is MOM." that became the company slogan.-Copy/Art for flyers, newspaper advertisement; Audio production and voiceovers in radio spots.-Developed a successful marketing campaign based around feminine power, heritage, and langiappe.-Craft Services for several movies/tv shows, several a-list actor customers, supplied area restaurants -Developed new food products, flavors and test marketed recipes with our demographic at local events-Promotional events, Mailing lists, Email, Face Book, Twitter, Blogging, market locations and flavors.-Negotiated with local farmers and vendors for perishable ingredients that were also rotated by seasonal availability and planning our Pie flavors and recipe structure for the entire year to have fresh ingredients.-Headed up organization and transportation to markets, home deliveries, baking nights, sterilization and a lot of lifting. Researched techniques, recipes from the 1500’s through the 1940’s and adapted them.

-Trained Product Demonstrators, Tech Support, and Sales staff in preparation for the integration of the entire Akai professional line back to the original 1986 product line in order to help facilitate integration of the Akai under the new ownership of InMusic who also include Alesis, Ion, and M-audio brands as well as others in the pro-audio field. Continued to train on all products.-Tracked down and coordinated the entire Akai line of products, tech support samples user and technical documentation including sample libraries and software for the transition or the Akai brand name under the Numark LTD umbrella of companies. Without my efforts Numark might have been discontinued support for the most important line of samplers in the history of Hip Hop and Electronica. -Technical support in person, via email, fax, and by phone from customers, distributors, and retailers.-Company support Guru for the Akai MPC series of sampler/sequencer drum machine.-Consultation on design and feature set of the Akai EWI-4000s electronic wind instrument-Made special phone support calls for our many Vision-impaired clients and some VIP support calls -Beta tested design, software, feature integration or firmware for the Alesis Fusion, Micron, Photon, Akai MPC 500, 1000, 2000XL, 2500, 4000 drum machines, Akai MPD drum pads, Alesis HD24, Dm-5 Drum Sets, Firewire Mixers, the Akai EWI series Numark TTusb, TTXusb, X2, HDX and CDX line.

-Projected films, Maintained equipment in 35mm format and special 16mm showings for RISD. -Oversaw 35 employees, box office, concessions, inventory and 10 projectors from the 1960's to present. -Maintenance of projection and sound equipment, Recorded and Voice Over for Movie phone line

-Client contact, travel, trouble shooting, remote broadcasts of live events such as shareholder meetings, Microsoft product announcements, College and Pro sports events, fashion shows, aircraft tests, medical and scientific symposia, and live concerts such as Madonna and SXSW as well as Vod/Podcast backups.-Produced in full broadcast formats, as live camera person, served as live broadcast personality, provided teleprompter script, and control room technology for satellite uplink-downlink, AMX and Creston control systems, Clearone DSP audio mixers, Tandberg, video conference systems, Beta, DVD, DV tape, SVHS, 3/4 inch, and other video formats, video projectors, and maintenance of all studios and sound stages.-Oversaw music database of music content for LoudEye and coordinated and maintained live and on demand streams. Nokia acquired LoudEye in 2006 and the database of music for cell phones.-Long-term, on-location assignment encoding the entire video and audio output of ICAST.com an early version of self-broadcast sites like You Tube by encoding and streaming in Windows, Real Media, and QuickTime Media formats in both on-demand and live web cast formats. -Audio and Video editing, HTML tags, File transfer, Data base management.-Coordinated a pool of 40 different translators for international clients and their broadcasts-Rapidly adapted to several changes in company management, assignment, and ownership under the administrations of Loudeye - Nokia - iCast.com - Activate.net- CMGI

-At MCI-WorldCom optimized system for phone-based customer service and sales, screening applicants -Computer implementation of ISO 9000 at North American Plastics and Nelson Metals.-Y2k compliant data protection for Old Stone Bank, Baker Furniture, Michigan Bulb Co.-Authored PowerPoint presentations for Herman Miller Furniture, and re-organized and modernized the order filing system for Baker Furniture.

-Sold professional level musical equipment internationally, mainly Keyboards, Hammond Organs, Electric Pianos, Digital sound recorders, Midi devices, Recording consoles, and Vintage gear. -Specialized in software sales. ProTools, Logic, Cakewalk, first sale of Sonic Foundry in New England.-Located hard to find equipment for national acts, such as Damian Kulash of OK-GO, David Bowie, Rick Derringer, Pixes, Statler Bros, Bon Jovi.

-Took special care in maintaining the set up and design of the vintage recording lab of older recording technology and synthesizers (16 track analog tape, ARP 2500, Buchla 200, Synclavier, Theremin, PolyMoog, Custom Sequencers and Vocoders, Sequential Pro-one, Kurzweil k250, etc.) and supported the integration of vintage with modern systems to route sounds to every studio.-Taught up to 30 undergraduate students in weekly labs, sectionals and one-on-one.-Set up workshops, interactive music installations provided technical support to many different departments and was a projectionist for the Brown Film Society.-Techniques covered were from early vinyl and tape splicing through today’s digital hard disk recorders as well as learning ways to combine video and music. Live band sound, spoken word, remote recording, and post-production for film, video, and new media from Edison through the present.-Maintained 40 Mac- based digital sound workstations w/ sequencing programs (Performer, Cakewalk, and Vision,) Kurzweil K2000s and some with ADAT and Digidesign ProTools systems, as well as a couple traditional tape-based multi-track recording, research lab, Multi-media center, rehearsal halls, sound systems, synths, effects, Mics, practice pianos etc.-Beta tester for first Mac PowerPCs, Opcode Studio Vision and MAX/MSP, while at Brown.-Programming, inventory, and archiving, performances in the Digital, Analog, and Notational forms. -Planned and set up the coordination and the administration of student recitals, many were interdepartmental presentations often w/guests such as Steve Reich, Diamanda Galas, and Paul Lanskey.

-Responsible for events at the Palladium and Windjammer halls w/ Groups of up to 3000, Clam Cake & Chowder window, Park food vending, and Employee Cafeteria.-Responsible for fulfilling food riders and serving to events from weddings to corporate dinners to ethnic festivals to presidential appearances and even musical acts such as the Ramones, .38 Special, the Coasters, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Blues Traveler, Fishbone, Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins and others.

-Projected films for the 20 screen movie theater which was at the time the largest in the world-Responsible for maintenance of projection and sound equipment.-Was on duty the day we broke the world record of 16,000 tickets in Nov.90

-Playing the hits you want to hear all night, w/ voice overs of daytime DJ's to make it seem they were at the radio station, take listener requests, make coffee for the morning crew.-Deliver news feeds and stories from AP wire and operate radar for weather updates, coordinate school and other event closing information with local authorities.-Wrote and Recorded radio commercials w/ Voice Overs using in-house studio. 16 track analog tape, SFX, Yamaha Digital Mixers and SPX90