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PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLEOBJECTIVE: A position in the Audio Video field where proven system design, installation, DSP programming and troubleshooting abilities will be used for improving organizational productivity WORK EXPERIENCE:RAPID RESPONSE MONITORING SYSTEMS, Syracuse, NY Office AV Analyst, May 2019 December 2022Researched new technologies for possible installation. Designed, costed and proposed new systems.Maintained existing systems including BSS programming, equipment replacement and set- up as required.Installed new Planar Clarity Matrix G3 video wall in Reception and was certified to install the system.Installed a new Shure MXCW640 wireless conference system in the main conference room(The Apollo 11 room) as the existing system (2014) was a poor design that never worked. Worked with members of the IT department to design a NOC for system monitoring. Consulted with others for the installation of equipment for our newest location in Henderson Nevada. Equipment included new AVPro Edge Video distribution over CAT5 infrastructure. Performed daily building walk through and equipment inspections. Created Power Point Presentations and uploaded them to video walls, and monitors for presentation and Welcome messages.Generated yearly budgets for AV maintenance.During COVID, Approximately May 2020 until April 2022 I maintained my regular AV Analyst duties, but without being asked started to help the onsite IT personnel. I saw the number of trouble tickets go from 40 pre-COVID to almost 200 and knew there were things I could do for desktop support. I started out repairing bad cables in the workstations, which freed up the others to fix the more technical issues. I gradually began to do more technical repairs on the PCs, hard-drives, software updates, fans, and Graphics cards.I found an issue with the PCs that caused them to lock up sometimes, which is not good in a life safety situation. Rapid response answers alarms and dispatches Medical, fire, police and other authorities. My trouble shooting skills helped me find that the GPUs were over heating due to age, lack of preventive maintenance, poor design and low quality GPU fans. I implemented a program to do PM on the 250 PCs in the important Operations area. Most were still under warranty. We pulled the PCs, cleaned them, ran DISM commands to correct corrupt operating systems and bad Hard-Drive sectors. We ran online tests from Dell to torture test the major components and updated all the drives and software as needed. Where only two monitors were used, we removed the Extra GPU to reduce the heat load and provide spares for future use. We replaced over 250 GPU cards and 20 Hard-Drives under warranty and had over 120 used spare GPUs by the time the warranty ran out. The PCs were 5 years old, and I believe they will last another 4-5 years after doing this maintenance. PRESENTATION CONCEPTS CORPORATION - PCC, Syracuse, NY Office Field Engineer / Project Manager, Jan 2018 - Feb 2019 I landed a $1,100,000 project to update the IED (Innovative Electronic Designs) computer- controlled paging system at Albany (NY) International Airport. I installed the previous system in 1999 and 2001. The Airport CEO, John ODonnell, and the Telecom I.S. Administrator, Dwayne Lovely, remembered me and loved my previous work. They wanted me involved in this new project. I worked with IED to design and price the system. I was recertified in IED systems before work started. I worked on the first two phases of three before PCC laid me off. Performed site Surveys and designed systems to meet the clients requirements. Worked with Sales on bid projects and take-offs. Provided equipment lists, labor, miscellaneous hardware, and lift / rental breakdowns on the PCC work-form Excel spreadsheet, to the Sales Department, for bids and site surveys. Received quotations for custom devices, assemblies and programming.Was a technical resource for the Sales Department as needed. Provided submittal and installation drawings in VISIO, the PCC standard, unless Auto-CAD was required by the consultant, or when dimensional drawings were required for rigging or system layouts. Updated drawings and filed the as-builts at the end of projects. Provided GHANT charts for construction submittals when required. Set-up Audio DSP files for systems and filed them in the project folders. Printed wire labels and provided them to the technicians prior to installation. Was instrumental in developing a three-line label template for large consultant driven jobs. Coordinated with the General Contractor, Electrical Contractor, Theater Contractor, other trades and Client representation and attended regularly scheduled job meetings. Coordinated Custom touch panel layouts and functionality with the contracted Crestron programmers. Provided them with control information when needed. Often loaded and tested control programs. Filed all control system files.Coordinated with consultants and rigging equipment providers, for safe and efficient systems for suspending large speaker arrays, often requiring an Engineers Stamp on the drawings. When installations were over-booked, or the work was more suited to my skill set, worked as a Field Technician to help catch up and support the team. Field Technician, May 2017 - Dec 2017Involved in all aspects of systems including, loading and wiring equipment racks, loading software andfirmware, creating Audio DSP and DANTE / Cobranet routes, final testing and commissioning. Worked as a team with other technicians installing systems. This included wire pulls, equipment mounting, final connections, testing, set-up, and instructions. Provided drawings in VISIO for installation and As Built / Records. Performed other activities as requested.AUDIO-VIDEO CORPORATION, Syracuse, NY OfficeFabrication and Shop Manager, January 2016 October 2016 In charge of all aspects of pre-building systems including loading software and firmware, and testing.Oversaw and managed other technicians as they worked pre-building systems. Received and organized equipment shuttled from headquarters in Albany. In charge of shipping and receiving for external shipments including entry into the I5 inventory management system. On occasion on-site deliveries were required. Shipped and tracked equipment sent to headquarters or to the manufacturer for repairs, making sure that all the appropriate information was provided. Assisted Application Engineers with drawings and labels as needed. Performed monthly and quarterly inventories and established stocking levels required for the Syracuse installation team.Performed general building and vehicle maintenance as needed. Updated vehicle maintenance logs.Occasionally service calls were required.Application Engineer, April 2010 December 2015Worked with clients and sales team to develop a scope of work. Performed site surveys and generated an equipment list, and costing for the quote which was provided to the sales team for review and approval. Once a Purchase Order was received, performed an Engineering Review including generating all drawings, wire labels, and a final equipment list so that equipment could be released for ordering.Utilized equipment specific software to provide files for the system pre-build. Worked with control programmers and system pre-build team to load and test system before it left the shop.Oversaw the installation team and worked closely with the Lead Technician, fielding questions and issues as they arose.Attended job site meetings if coordination between the trades was required. Performed system commissioning and provided training to end users. Worked with the Resource Scheduler at every step of the project. Worked with service department to quickly resolve issues if system troubles developed. AV SOLUTIONS, Syracuse, NY OfficeProject Manager/Engineer, July 2006 March 2010As Field Technician:Worked on every aspect of installing a system, including pulling wire, terminations, mounting and rigging, testing, and some service work. Worked on as-built drawings in Auto-CAD. As Project Manager:Responsible for ensuring equipment was ordered and that sufficient manpower was available. Provided AutoCAD drawings for installation and as-builts. As Engineer:Developed systems, drawings, oversaw installation and final testing. For a time, I performed all three of the above simultaneously due to personnel loss. I was instrumental in a switch to the Star Draw CAD platform. BROWN SOUND EQUIPMENT, Syracuse, NY - May 1993 June 2006 Audio Engineer / Technician:Handled all aspects of projects/systems up to $650,000 including estimating, design, CAD drawings, submittals, proposals, system layouts, rigging, job site supervision, installation, DSP programming, final testing, reports, manuals, and instructions Estimated bids and sales proposals.Installed multiple IED Airport computer-controlled Paging systems and had airside clearance for several.Managed projects and coordinated with Architects, Engineers, and Construction teams to complete projects as specified and on time.Acted as foreman for larger projects which required crews of up to 4-5 technicians. Designed and set-up coaxial master antenna / cable TV distribution systems in schools and apartment complexes.Interfaced and networked computers for control of systems and for digital audio distribution via Cobranet, Aviom Net, Soundweb, AES/EBU, and SPDIF. Managed and installed projects designed by national and locally known consultants including: Kleppper Marshall King Associates.Coffeen Fricke and Associates, Inc.Acentech.Bolt, Beranek and Neuman.AVL Penfield, NYServiced, trouble shot, and maintained MATV, facility wide paging and intercom, nurse call, master clock, as well as professional audio Systems in many different types of facilities. EDUCATION:SUNY at BUFFALO, Buffalo, NYComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringCompleted course work for both majors but did not receive a degree in either. C.W. Baker High, Baldwinsville, NYMath and Science Regents DiplomaSKILLS:AutoCADVISIOOutlookWordExcelProject Management and Co-Ordination, particularly onsite Rigging and MechanicalSystem DesignReading Blueprints, Drawings, Elevations, and Schedules Bid Take-Offs, Equipment Pricing, man-power estimates and Submittals. Equipment rack building, wiring, terminations, DSP programming, loading Control Code, and testing. Sales SupportWarehousing and InventoryTransportation and DeliveriesPower PointTeamsZoomWindows 10 & 11PC testing and PMFACTORY TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS:Planar Clarity Matrix G3 video wall installation January 2020 IED Engineering Training Seminar September 2018Crown DCi Certification December 18, 2014BiAmp Mix Minus Course April 5, 2012BiAmp AVB Course April 5, 2012Crestron Digital Media Certified Designer March 17, 2011, D-148PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE InfoComm Certified Technology Specialist January 31, 2011 OSHA 10-hour Training Course April 2010Extron School of Configurable Control Systems February 3, 2010 Essentials of Crestron Programming January 11-14, 2005 Crown IQ-USM 810 Mixer/Processor Certified January 2000 ATM Rigging Seminar September 10, 1999BSS Certified Soundweb Designer October 20, 1999JBL Audio Engineering conference January 24-26, 1999 Media Matrix Digital Architecture #1 August 17, 1998 Media Matrix Digital Architecture #2 August 17, 1998 IED Engineering Training Seminar May 9-11, 1992Crown TEF Analyzer Measurement Techniques December 1, 1989 Synergetic Audio Concepts on Location Syracuse August 20, 1986 FCC Commercial Radio Telephone License June 1976OTHER SKILLS:AVPro EdgeQSC Q-SYS and amplifiersShure MXCW640 Wireless Conference System and other microphones and electronics BSS Soundweb and LondonYamaha QL5 console software and other programable mixing consoles ClearOne microphones and electronicsCrown IQ and amplifiersIED 500ACS and 8000TIPS and airport paging systems Crestron Digital Media, equipment and some programming BiAmp Audia, Nexia, and TesiraAshly Protea and amplifiersRANE electronicsEV Speakers and ElectronicsJBL Speakers and ElectronicsSIA Smart acoustic measurement systems.Peavey Media MatrixSymetrixIntellixDanteREFERENCES:Peter DeSandreEMAIL AVAILABLELINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLEBen TannerEMAIL AVAILABLELINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE |
