Technical Director · Production Lead · AVL Engineer
The audience never sees the rig.
They only feel what it makes possible.
Seven years. Five hundred shows. One standard: the show holds.
I'm a Los Angeles–based Technical Director and AVL Engineer who builds the systems that live entertainment runs on. Audio architecture, lighting infrastructure, video integration, Dante network design — from the first system drawing to the moment the house lights drop, every layer is deliberate. At the Saban Theatre, one of LA's most storied performing arts venues, I lead full technical direction for touring productions, presented shows, and high-stakes corporate events.
The work is precision engineering disguised as show business. Signal flow documentation so clean the crew can run it without me in the room. Load-ins that finish on schedule because every contingency was resolved before the truck arrived. A front-of-house mix built around the room, not the rider.
What I bring isn't just technical depth — it's operational certainty. When the house goes dark and the show goes live, there are no surprises. That's the standard. It's the only one I work to.
Flagship live productions where I led technical direction across audio, lighting, and video — from system design through showtime.
Technical Director
Technical direction for a live theatre engagement in Los Angeles — system design, signal flow, and full audio, lighting, and video integration from load-in through showtime.
Technical Director
Technical direction for a high-profile festival production — audio, lighting, and video systems delivered to broadcast-grade standards on a fast festival turnaround.
Technical Director
Technical direction for a live event production — end-to-end system design, FOH audio, lighting, and video, with crew coordination across load-in to strike.
A repeatable process from first conversation to final report. The same discipline scales from a single corporate session to a full venue production.
Define the show: goals, audience, content, budget, and constraints. Translate creative intent into technical requirements and a clear scope.
Engineer the audio, lighting, video, and network systems. Produce signal flow, stage plots, power, and equipment schedules with redundancy designed in.
Prep and test gear, build patch and show files, advance the rider with touring acts, and align the crew on roles and the run-of-show.
Rig, cable, and power the room to the documented plan. Verify the Dante network, signal paths, and comms before anyone touches a fader.
Build console scenes, lighting cues, and video playback. Soundcheck, focus, and rehearse so every cue is locked before doors.
Run or call the show with calm, decisive control. Monitor systems live, manage the crew on comms, and handle the unexpected without breaking the room.
Safe, efficient strike and load-out. Document what changed, note follow-ups, and deliver a clean report so the next show starts ahead.
The systems and platforms I design, deploy, and operate. Filter by discipline.
Primary FOH console at the Saban Theatre. Scene-based recall for fast changeovers between comedy, concerts, and corporate programming.
Software-defined audio transport with primary/secondary redundancy and managed clock leadership across every show type.
Frequency coordination and deployment for mics and IEMs in dense LA spectrum environments. Clean RF starts before the show does.
End-to-end input/output architecture documented to patch-sheet and input-list level — built to be run by any qualified operator.
Console matrix routing, group architecture, output processing, and system alignment tuned to the room.
Programming cue stacks, scenes, and live playback for theatrical and event productions at the Saban and on the road.
Universe management, fixture addressing, and protocol troubleshooting across conventional and LED rigs.
Integration of wash and spot LED units into existing rigs — color matching, spatial programming, blending with conventional sources.
Maintained lighting plots, channel hookups, and focus notes for repertory use — so visiting LDs walk into a documented system.
Lens selection, alignment, and signal routing for projected content across varying venue configurations and throw distances.
Content delivery, signal processing, and integration with live switcher outputs for events and presented shows.
Cued video and branded content synchronized to the run-of-show. Prepped before doors, reliable through strike.
HDMI/SDI routing, format conversion, and clean delivery to screens, record feeds, and remote destinations.
Network topology design, device routing, clock management, and redundancy configuration across Dante-based systems.
VLAN configuration and QoS policies that keep AV-over-IP traffic reliable even under production load.
Traffic segmentation to isolate audio, control, and data on shared infrastructure — designed so failures don't cascade.
Networked AV transport planning beyond Dante — IP fundamentals applied to real production and venue environments.
End-to-end show ownership from the first system drawing through post-show documentation and next-show prep.
Role assignment, scheduling, comms discipline, and real-time floor coordination — calm at the top sets the tone for everyone.
Translating touring technical riders into working house configurations — bridging what the act expects and what the building provides.
Signal flow diagrams, patch sheets, stage plots, input lists, and show reports — built so the next call starts ahead.
21 skills across 5 disciplines
Available for freelance, contract, and full-time opportunities in live entertainment, corporate production, AV systems, and technical direction. Tell me about the show you're building and let's talk through it.