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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Commissioned large / complex AV projects in the Chicagoland area.

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

* Audited Audio / Visual systems at new 700,000 sq ft campus build-out. Found safety issues, inefficiencies in design and programming; coordinated with OAC team and AV trades to make sure all were corrected. * Specified and managed $500k of retrofit upgrades across nine large combine / divide training rooms. Saved over $165k by repurposing existing.

Chicago, IL

Established Global Audio/Visual standards for the firm.Researched new technologies to simplify the A/V end user experience and bring a competitive advantage to the firm.Ensured that new construction projects were designed to meet A/V needs, and that installations happened on time.Coordinated with end user support, executive support, and vendor AV support.

Austin, Texas Area

The Conference Tech Crew provides front-line AV support to all panelists presenting during the EDU, Interactive, Film and Music conferences.Recruited and managed a team of 300+ volunteers across 15 venues during SXSW. Provided training, assessment and guidance to 35 venue chiefs, shift leaders, and ‘AV Ninjas.’ Resolved scheduling, logistics issues and.

Austin, Texas Area

Worked with Corporate Owners, Architects and Property Developers to design the Audiovisual and Structured cable systems for large buildings and corporate campuses. Interviewed customers to develop a needs assessment. Coordinated with customers and other consultants to produce a coordinated set of documents that smoothly integrated AV and IT infrastructure.

Austin, Texas Area

Worked with Corporate Owners, Architects and Property Developers to design the Audiovisual and Structured cable systems for large buildings and corporate campuses. Interviewed customers to develop a needs assessment. Coordinated with customers and other consultants to produce a coordinated set of documents that smoothly integrated AV and IT infrastructure.

Austin, Texas Area

Designed systems which made it easy for people to use Audio/Visual technologies, using touchpanels and other interactive devices (phones, tablets, etc.)Created custom programming for these systems (Crestron, AMX.)

Managed Conference Tech volunteers within a specific venue or area during SXSW Interactive panels; met presenters and made sure the tech was properly set up for their talk.

Implemented large IT projects and exhibit technologies, and provided high-level troubleshooting support for IT and Audio Visual.