Highly motivated AV Systems engineer, with outstanding record of accomplishments
in control system design and fabrication, GUI design and programming, systems i ntegration, problem-solving, consulting, training and education. WORK HISTORY TRINITY VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, Louisville, KY 2008 - 2010 Audio-Video Systems Engineer As the first degreed engineer on the staff I was hired to standardize the engine ering processes and directly design the custom projects. Had to attain Top Secre t clearance to gain access to some government facilities. ---------- IED (INNOVATIVE ELECTRONIC DESIGNS) Louisville, KY 1991 - 2008 Custom Software Engineering Manager Founded in 1978, IED is an audio equipment manufacturer specializing in large, c ustom audio systems for venues such as airports, convention centers, transit sys tems and legislative bodies. The company's innovations have defined industry sta ndards for many aspects of commercial audio applications, and its systems have r epeatedly signaled industry breakthroughs. I joined the company in 1991 as a Software Engineer and was promoted to my curre nt position in 1996. In this capacity, serving essentially as a project engineer , I have interfaced with systems consultants, venue managers, systems contractor s, and venue systems operators. I have developed, specified, coded and maintaine d custom Graphical User Interface (GUI) software, designed to provide operators with the ability to control AV systems operations easily and precisely in their own venue. In addition to developing the software on both the MS-DOS and Windows platforms for the equipment IED manufactures, I have specified and developed bo th hardware and software interfaces to third-party electronic equipment, such as Crestron touch panels, mixers, projectors, and recorders, requiring system inte gration. My projects have required travel to jobsites for testing, verifying sys tem operations, and training of the end user. Some of my representative projects include: * DEUTCHER BUNDESTAG - New German Parliament Building, Bonn, Germany. Dual compu ter interface to 300 microprocessor-based microphone stations, custom timing and control software requiring dual computer operation enabling seamless transition to the alternate computer in the event of an equipment failure. * HONG KONG CONVENTION CENTER - Site of 1997 hand-over of Hong Kong to China. Co nvention Center sound system GUI with custom interface to Crestron touch panels enabling room combining, background music selection, volume control, and paging throughout the venue. Presently working with Hong Kong contractor to expand the system to accommodate an expansion to the convention center. * ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, ORLANDO - Custom Multi-Processor sound system with four user stations (control Computers) distributed throughout the building . Includes paging, room-combining, scheduling and system monitor-test functions. * WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER - Washington DC - Over 200 room and patch-point d igital Audio routing system for room combining, paging and integrated system tes ting and verification of operation. The custom PC-based GUI integrates and commu nicates with over 80 sets of Crestron touch panels and audio auto-mixers assigne d to each meeting room and exhibit area. It also communicates and controls 13 di gital processor boxes and the paging system. * US CAPITOL HILL CAMPUS-WIDE PAGING SYSTEM - Touch panel based zoned paging sys tem covering the entire Capitol Hill campus of 25 buildings with future expansio n to cover the Library of Congress and Supreme Court buildings. System permits p aging to any or all buildings in the complex via either dedicated paging speaker s or the Capital Hill Police's private, zoned radio system, utilizing either a l ive microphone, automatic, or scheduled playback of prerecorded messages. ---------- ANCHA ELECTRONICS (NOW AVI-SPL)(Rolling Meadows, IL) 1986 - 1991 Senior Project Engineer ANCHA ELECTRONICS has long been known for its custom audio and visual installati ons. The company merged in 2000 with SPL after the retirement of founder, Bob An cha. Today this combined enterprise specializes in corporate boardroom and video conferencing installations. Much of my work contributed to ANCHA ELECTRONICS' vi ability as a merger candidate. As project engineer I designed and prepared the f abrication drawings for a wide variety of AV system projects, using the computer drafting package, AutoCAD. I also designed and programmed any custom software r equired to control user interface devices. Some of my representative projects in cluded: * O'HARE AIRPORT, Chicago - Paging system for United Airlines Terminal One. Cust om electronic hardware design, fabrication and installation drawings, end user t raining and troubleshooting. * AT&T PRODUCT SHOWCASE THEATER LISLE, IL - Project engineering, drawings, and s oftware design for their Product Showcase Theater, a multi-projector (slide & vi deo) theater utilizing multiple computer-controlled video laser disk players, CD , lighting, MIDI and mechanical systems. Included the development of a scripting language for user programming of their presentations. * MONSANTO CORPORATION, St. Louis - Project Engineer for new boardroom. Computer interface for video projectors, slide projectors, program and 25 microphone tel econference system. ---------- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Urbana, IL) 1974 - 1986 Audio Director The venue for the KRANNERT CENTER is a five theater performing arts complex with a 2100 seat concert hall, two proscenium theaters, a "black box" theater and an outside amphitheater. Responsibilities included technical consulting, education , and supervision of others involved in technical operations. I also recorded li ve concerts, opera and stage presentations for broadcast, archival and education al use; interfaced with touring artists, selected, installed, operated and maint ained audio equipment; designed curricula and taught formal courses in Theater S ound (TH331) and Stage Electronics (TH225) in my capacity of assistant professor in the Theater Department; and supervised student and IATSE crews for audio loa d-in, operation and load-out for all productions at the Center. OTHER EXPERIENCE CONSULTATION: Consulted and designed the audio systems for the new multi-theater performing arts center at Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Working with Ken tucky Country Day School on the sound system for their new theater that opened O ctober 2010. COTTAGE BUSINESS: While I was at the University of Illinois in the mid 1980's an d earning my Master's degree in Computer Science, I developed a PC-based compute r program to handle all the people scheduling for lay participants at church ser vices. This product has developed and evolved over the years to the extent that I now have over 1300 churches using this program for scheduling people. After tw enty years of evolving my program from DOS to Windows and supporting my customer s, Parish Data System, a church software house, purchased the rights to my packa ge and is including it in the next release of their church management package. EARLIER BACKGROUND: * Graduate Assistantship in Speech Clinic, MARSHALL UNIVERSITY: Repaired and cal ibrated a variety of hearing measurement equipment used for clinical work. The c alibration had to be traceable to the U.S. Bureau of Standards in the event of p roceedings regarding hearing injury claims. * Undergraduate Assistantship in AV Center, MONTCLAIR STATE COLLEGE: Performed a ll AV presentation duties, including operating projectors, TV cameras and switch ers, and PA systems campus-wide. * High school and college: Worked as repair technician at small local TV repair shop, performing both shop and field service call repairs of consumer electronic s products down to the component level. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: * Microphone Techniques in the Performing Arts presented at USITT national conve ntion, Cleveland, 1981 * Microphones in the Performing Arts, Invited paper after above presentation, Th eater Design and Technology, Winter 1981 * Computer Applications for Scene Shop Inventory Management: a workshop, USITT M idwest Conference, December 1983 * Designed and conducted three two-hour workshops on introductory, intermediate and advanced topics in Theater Sound, Southeast Theater Conference, Savannah, GA
* How to Plug it In So it Doesn't Hum or Buzz: a workshop, USITT National Confer
ence, New York, 1985 * Presented formal paper: Trends in Computer Controlled Sound Systems, Audio Eng ineering Society, Dallas, 1993 * Panel member, Synergetic Audio Concepts: a workshop on computer controlled sou nd systems, Southern Indiana, 1996 EDUCATION / WORKSHOPS Infocom CTS Certification (Certified Technology Specialist) 2010 Extron Certified A/V Associate and Configurable Control systems Certification 2010 JUMPSTART IN DELPHI PROGRAMMING FOR .NET (Jensen Data Systems - Texas) Computer programming workshop with applications for the .Net framework 2005 SYNERGETIC AUDIO CONCEPTS (Syn-Aud-Con) Multiple graduate from their training seminars on aspects of Professional Audio. Most recent Seminars were the "Hums and Buzzes" and their first "Digital Audio" seminar. On-Going UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, IL) 198 6 M.C.S. (Masters in Computer Science) MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (Huntington, WV 1973 M.A. in Broadcasting, Minor in Management MONTCLAIR STATE COLLEGE (Upper Montclair, NJ) 1971 B.A. in Physics, Minor in Technical Theater PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY (AES), Member U. S. INSTITUTE FOR THEATER TECHNOLOGY (USITT), Member National Systems Contractor's Association, now Infocom, Member