Roles I Can Play: - Lighting designer/tech/programmer/operator for theatre/music/event/corporate
- Rental/warehouse tech
- Lighting repair
- Spotlight operator
- Stagehand/crew
- Audio stage assistant
- Video operator
- Video editor
Specific Skills/Experience:- Lighting
- proficient with conventional lighting rigs - design, maintenance, setup, focus, and operation
- proficient with conventional control desks - Leprecon, NSI, ETC, etc...
- proficient with intelligent rigs - design, setup, DMX, troubleshooting, programming, + operation
- moderate experience diagnosing and repairing intelligent fixtures (Coemar, Martin, Varilite, etc)
- experienced in concert, event, and theatrical design
- Control Desks (programming, operation):
- proficient with Jands Vista
- proficient with Avolites Pearl desks
- strong with LightJockey and other software packages
- moderate with Wholehog/Hog desks
- basic experience operating GrandMA
- Rigging
- I hold an Australian Dogging license which would be the equivalent of a Signalperson or Rigger Level I cert in the USA. That doesn't mean I'm certified in the USA but I have had the equivalent training.
- Video
- familiar with general video mixing technologies, video mixing + editing software, screen, distribution, and projection technologies
- significant experience editing with Adobe Premiere Pro
- Audio/Stage
- experienced stagehand in festival, club, and arena environments
- moderate experience as crew chief/stage manager
- familiar with analog audio desks and mixing techniques, moderate experience as audio patch tech
- Computers/IT
- Software
- Proficient with Office packages
- Expert using, troubleshooting, and repairing Windows
- Familiar with Linux + Mac OS use and repair
- Familiar with common audio, video editing and mixing software
- Moderate with Photoshop/GIMP or other paint/photo software
- Vastly knowledgeable on Free and Open Source alternatives to common software packages
- Experienced in website design, website management software, PHP and MySQL scripting, and other related technologies
- Hardware
- proficient assembling, diagnosing, and repairing PC hardware
- Networks
- experienced with common networking technologies (hardware and software)
- experienced setting up, diagnosing, maintaining wireless networks
Qualifications/Certifications:
- Drivers license: Illinois, Class D (standard)
- WorkSafe Victoria Construction Induction (Australian)
- WorkSafe Victoria High Risk License - Dogging (Australian)
Past positions: - Lighting / Stage Production
- Sept 2011 onging - Freelance Lighting Tech @ Event Creative, Chicago, IL, USA
- April 2011 ongoing - Freelance Lighting Tech @ FROST, Chicago, IL, USA
- April 2011 ongoing - Freelance Lighting Tech @ SCS Productions, Roselle, IL, USA
- April 2011 ongoing - Freelance Lighting Tech @ Technotrix, University Park, IL, USA
- Nov 2010-March 2011 - Lighting technician @ Pro Light + Sound in Bentleigh East, VIC, Aus
- Oct 2010 - Dec 2010 - Lighting technician @ Bytecraft Entertainment in Dandenong, VIC, Aus
- 3 years as Head of Lighting + Video @ Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, USA (1000 cap club)
- 2 years as stagehand @ Assembly Hall in Urbana, IL, USA (arena)
- 1 year touring LD with Cornmeal (Chicago, IL)
- 1 year as LD + tech @ F and G Sound / Topper Lites in Urbana, IL, USA
- 2 years as LD + tech @ Knox Array Event Production in Champaign, IL, USA
- 5 months as Production Manager @ Star Talent Events in Champaign, IL, USA
- 1 year intermittent as theatrical lighting tech @ Krannert Centre for Performing Arts, Urbana, IL USA
- 1 show as LD/ME for Woodstock Community Theatre in Woodstock, IL, USA
- 3 shows as LD/ME for musicals with Illini Union Board show group in Urbana, IL, USA
- throughout these positions, I have had the privilege of lighting such acts as: Ben Folds, Wu Tang Clan, Five for Fighting, Puddle of Mudd, Yin Yang Twins, Ivan Neville's Dumstaphunk, Girl Talk, EOTO, The Wailers, Nickel Creek, George Clinton + P-Funk, Atmosphere, Apocolyptica, Avett Brothers, Medeski Martin + Wood, and many more
- Information Technology
- 3 summers as IT manager @ Camp Tavor in Three Rivers, MI, USA (40+ staff)
- 2 years as Web designer @ Studio 2015 Jewelry in Woodstock, IL, USA
- Leadership/Education
- 2 summers as Unit Head and 1 summer as Technical Director / Head Counselor @ Camp Tavor in Three Rivers, MI, USA
- 6 months as Special Programs Coordinator at Sinai Temple, Champaign, IL, USA
- group leader of 3-week volunteer trips to Guatemala in 2007
Education: - Graduated Woodstock High School June 2003 (Woodstock, IL, USA) - 3.65 GPA
- Attended University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Began August 2003 - voluntarily discontinued studies Jan 2007
- Focused on Middle Eastern culture, linguistics
- Accumulated 89 hours, 3.11 GPA
References (phone #'s available upon request): - Mike Armintrout - promoter at Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, USA - mikea (at) jaytv (dot) com
- Chris Gangi - band leader for Cornmeal - cgangi (at) livinliverecords (dot) com
- Stavros Hatzepantelis - business owner at Pro Light & Sound, Melbourne, AUS - stav (at) prolightandsound (dot) com (dot) au
- Shelley Goldwater - Executive Director for Camp Tavor in Three Rivers, MI, USA - camptavor (at) aol (dot) com
- Bob Jones - Operations Manager at Technotrix in University Park, IL - bob (at) technotrix (dot) net
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