- Designing and installing custom video distribution systems for large venues, multi-room spaces and remote locations considering clients’ needs and audience experience
- Programming and operating video processors, live production switchers and media servers for live multi-source, multi-screen productions
- Building multi-layer visual layouts for internet broadcast and venue audience screens of all sizes and resolutions, incorporating backgrounds, upstream/downstream keys and PIP layers from time-sync’d media sources
- Live and Broadcast studio camera direction, engineering, shading and timecode sync’d solid state recording
- Managing, editing and converting digital and analog video content on site for live playback
- Interfacing live video communication between talent on stage and remote speakers over Zoom, vMix, etc
- Projection rigging, alignment, converging and networking
- Engineering on video processors and live production switchers including BlackMagic Design Constellation 8K, Barco Event Master/E2, AnalogWay Ascender 48, Panasonic AV-HS400A
- Networking, time-syncing and triggering software for video playback, projection mapping, and VJing, including Millumin 4, Imimot Mitti 2, Resolume Arena 7, DT Videolabs Playback Pro Plus 4 and Pro Presenter 7
- Programming, managing and timecode-syncing HD/4K solid state record decks by Atomos, Blackmagic Designs, AJA and SoundDevices
- Facilitating communication across dozens of venues and thousands of participants over Zoom, Microsoft Teams, vMix and OBS utilizing video capture interfaces by Magewell and BlackMagic
- Rigging and aligning large scale HD/4K LCD/DLP/Laser projectors by Panasonic, Barco, Christie and Sanyo
- Using BitFocus Companion, Octopus and OSC/MIDI commands to remotely trigger hardware and software at multiple show positions
- Offsite video development and 3D animation for bumpers, stingers and motion logos
- Presentation design, proofreading and presentation update management both on and offsite
- Quick, onsite video editing, conversion and embedding
- Speaker-Ready room management for multi-stage events with hundreds of presenters
- Collection, organization, and version control of PowerPoint and Keynote slideshows, speaker note decks, video clips, interactive polls and teleprompter scripts
- Triggering multi-screen visual content, as well as speaker notes and timers, and ensuring proper playback of embedded media during rehearsals and show
- Relaying video and presentation content-related show cues to all crew members in the audio, video, and lighting departments
- Instructing performers and presenters in the on-stage technology and important staging cues
- Advanced operations in presentation software including Microsoft Office 365, including Powerpoint, Word and Excel, as well as Apple Keynote and Google Slides
- Networking and syncing DSan Perfect Cues, and facilitating on stage use of Logitech Spotlights and phones/tablets for presentation control
- Experienced in video playback software, including Millumin 4, Resolume Arena 7, DT Video Playback Pro, QLab 4 and Pro Presenter 7
- Onsite design, edits and corrections in Adobe Creative Suite CC, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and AfterEffects, as well as audio editing and correction in Avid Pro Tools 12
- Considerable experience with polling systems, including Slido, Poll Everywhere, and TurningPoint Audience Response Systems
- Fluent in Mac and Windows-based Operating Systems (including iOS and AppleTV)
- Installing venue-specific audio systems for up to 500 attendees
- Engineering Front of House and Monitors for live music, theatrical performances, CEO speeches, expert panels and award ceremonies
- Engineering multiple mix minus setups to interface two-way communication among dozens of Zoom meetings and thousands of remote participants over Zoom and Microsoft Teams
- Multitrack recording and live mixing audio feeds to stereo record decks, virtual audiences, satellite feeds, language interpreters and press boxes
- Providing and managing music playlists, audio stingers, music beds and other instant sound cues
- PA system tuning, speaker distribution, line array calculation and speaker rigging
- Managing wireless audio systems and backstage amp racks / processors
- Expedite multi-channel crew communication over Telex and Clearcom intercom systems
- Extensive live mixing experience on large format analog and digital audio consoles by Midas, Yamaha, Digidesign, Soundcraft, DigiCo, Behringer, Presonus and Allen and Heath
- Wireless frequency management on digital wireless audio systems by Shure, Sennheiser, ElectroVoice, Telex and Clearcom Tempest
- Rigging, setup and tuning of loudspeaker systems by EAW, JBL, Meyer, L'Acoustic and QSC, including JBL and Meyer Line Array Systems (Vertec, VRX, Melodie)
- Over a thousand hours experience in remote production of live virtual events with remote crews, hosts, performers, presenters and audiences, in roles including graphics and playback operation, show calling, and video engineering, audio engineering, and camera direction
- Managing content, technical crews and presenters/performers as director and “stage” manager for multi-location internet events
- Interfacing audio and video connections with remote presenters, performers and audiences
- Lead video engineer and lead engineer roles for multi-stream web conferences with thousands of attendees at home with cameras and microphones turned on, as well as an interacting studio audience
- Acting in administrative and technical roles for virtual meetings and webinars on Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeetings and GoToWebinar platforms
- Experienced with internet-based technologies for remote desktop control (TeamViewer, LogMeIn), slide advance technology (internet clicker) and intercom (Unity Intercom)
- Video capture and broadcast with Magewell SDI/HDMI capture dongles, BlackMagic WebPresenters and UltraStudios, StarTech and Elgato capture cards