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Michael Abbott

Audio Engineering, Production Management

All Ears Inc.

June Abernathy

Spotlight Supervisor, FOH Electrician

Spot Op Books

Kris Ackerman

Regional Rigging Manager

Encore

Teresa Aguilera

Owner & CEO

Standby and Go Productions

Andrés Albornoz

Entertainment Drafting Specialist

Grid CAD and Rendering Corp

Butch Allen

Vice President of Global Business Development

TAIT

Jon Allen

Director/Show Caller

SkySeaStone Productions

Justin Alquist

Technical Training and Content Manager

Audinate

Ann Archbold

Associate Dean/College of Liberal Arts

University of Nevada, Reno

Kyle Arnold

Systems Engineer

4Wall Entertainment

Matt Artigues

Entertainment Industry Specialist

Vectorworks

Bruce J. Bandy

Co-Owner

Hazebase America

Michael Bangs

Senior Manager of Live Sound and Touring

Allen & Heath USA

Dustin Barnes

Zactrack Software Support Manager

ACT Entertainment

Ashleigh Barrera

Project Manager

4Wall Entertainment

Sean Beach

Lighting Designer & Programmer

USA 829, IATSE Local One

Adam Beaumont

Head of Sales & Business Development

Chainmaster

Jillian Beggs

Program Director

Behind the Scenes

Jake Berry

CEO

Jake Berry Productions

Roy Bickel

Rigging Expert

Origin Productions Inc

Andrea Bilkey

Professor of Theatre - Design

Texas Tech University

Marshall Bissett

Freelance Writer & Photographer

Retired Co Founder TMB

Scott Blair

VP Product & Project Management

Megapixel

Joe Bleasdale

Product Marketing Strategist

Megapixel

Henk-Jan Blok

Technical Applications Specialist

Follow-Me

Lauren Bonavitacola

Software Support

ACT Entertainment

David Bond

Head of Sales

Moveket North America

Tony Bonilla

Lead Production Rigger

BNW

Bob Bonniol

Director Innovation, Video & Interactive

ACT Entertainment

Emily Bornt

Lighting Designer/Director & Programmer

LEAPS

Zak Borovay

Director of Media Production

Luna Lux

Joe Branam

The Rigger's Rigger

Retired

Allen Branton

Lighting Designer

Marc Brickman

Lighting Designer

Tactical Manoeuvre

Mirella Briseno

Program Manager

There Is No Hero In Heroin Foundation

Rachael Bronstein

Financial Coach

Life's Jam

Justin Brookhart

Executive Director

BLINK Festival

Javid Butler

Certified Measurement & Verification Professional

hc/lambda

Joe Cabrera

Lighting Designer

Double Vision Society

Richard Cadena

ETCP Recognized Trainer

Academy of Production Technology

Sam Caughron

RuPaul Drage Race Live

Stage Manager

Paul Chadwick

Production Electrician

Magic Mike Live

Robert Cheek

Chief Operating Officer

Uvify

Vickie Claiborne

Training & Development Manager

PRG

Sarah Clausen

Senior Product Manager

ETC

Gaz Clowes

Technical Production Manager

Jackson Cobb

Video Programmer

Emilio Sa Colorado

Technical + Creative Director

GetVisuals

Michael Commendatore

Projection Designer

Jess Creager

Associate Lighting Designer

Nathaniel Cromwell

Production Designer/Director

Na'cho Production/The Playground

Brian Crow

Video Engineer

BC Video Service

Josh Cruse

Sr. Producer, GMedia

George Mason University

Jessi Cybulski

Show Director

LDI, Questex

Kayla Czembowski

Director of Operations

Encore at Caesars Palace

Dan Dansby

Sr Manager, Show Lighting

Universal Creative

Will Davidson

Senior Technical Training Manager

Audinate

Bryant Davis

Producer

Abbi DeLeve

Technical Sales Specialist

PIXERA

Scott De Vos

Founding Partner

De Lux Productions

Jonathan Deull

Executive Vice President

Clark Transfer

Patrick Dierson

President

The Activity

Bill Digneit

Department Head, Theatre & Dance

Northern Michigan University

Kearston Dillard-Scott

Barbizon Lighting Company

Senior Sales Associate

Micah Dixon

Director of Business Development

Evolve Technology

Colleen Doherty

Lighting Designer

Derek Epstein

Senior Rigging Manager

Encore

Simon Evans

Senior Director of Creative AV

TAO Hospitality

Jamie Fadden

Lighting Designer/Director

Marcel Fairbairn

Founder

GearSource.com

Jonathan Faulk

Associate Manager, Show Lighting

Universal Creative

Michael Feldman

Product Manager

GLP/German Light Products

Mark Fetto

Vice President, Lighting

OSA International

Nate Files

Creative Designer

Nate Files Design

David Finn

Lighting Designer

D/Finn Design

Deanna Fitzgerald

Lighting Designer

The Heart Of Light

Luther Frank

Light Artist/Production Designer

House Lumina

Tyler Frank

Lighting Director

Everlast Productions

Brackley Frayer

Lighting Designer

Emeritus Professor UNLV

Kate Freer

Multi-Media Artist/Assistant Professor,

UT Live Design and Production

Alvaro Fuentes

CEO

Visual in Motion

John Garberson

Creative Backstage Group in Arizona

Founding Director

John Garberson

Design, Event Production, Consultant - Retired

Rohan Garricks

Eos Lightmedia

Senior Project Manager

Brandon Gauthier

Lighting Designer, Programmer, Creative Technologist

ETC

Alex Gendal

WATCHOUT Specialist

Show Sage

Jordan Gilliam

CEO

String Theory Solutions

Ethan Gilson

Owner

Entertainment Rigging Services

Naomi Gold

Entertainment Technical Lighting Supervisor David Copperfield Theater

David Copperfield Theater, MGM Grand

Samara Goldhecht,

B Party Tour Manager/Accountant

The Lumineers

Herrick Goldman

Principal Designer

HG Lighting/Evoke Collaborative

Maia Gomez

Lighting Designer

Lightswitch

Bob Goodwin

Director of Standards and Training

Rigging International Group

Bob Gordon

Retired

Michel Goulet

Professional Division Sales Manager

Petzl

Brad Gray

Lighting Programmer

Death Becomes Her

Rick Gray

Producer, Global Entertainment

The Wynn

Matt Guminski

Lighting / Production Designer

MG Design

Michelle Habeck

UT Live Design and Production

Area Head Live Design and Production

Aria Hailey

Freelance Lighting Programmer

Julia Hajar

Software Support Specialist

ACT Entertainment

Rob Halliday

Lighting Programmer & Designer

Marcus Hammond

Sales Representative Southwest US

A.C. Lighting

William Harlow

Head of Lighting, Video, & SFX

Wynn Las Vegas

Bob Harmon

Owner

Eggshell Lighting

Tanner Harrison

Enterprise Systems Engineer

Fortinet

Michelle Harvey

Associate Professor, Freelance Designer

Anthony Hazelden

Lighting Designer & Programmer

Mark Heiser

Career Coach

Hobnail Consulting

Marvin Horchmer

Fixture Library & Customer Support

Syncronorm

David Howard

Lighting Designer & Programmer

John Huddleston

Managing Director

Upstaging

Sharon Huizinga

Associate Professor of Lighting

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

Dale Hurt

Executive Director – Technical Operations

Wynn Las Vegas

Seth Jackson

Lighting & Production Designer

Seth Jackson Creative

David Jacques

Lighting Designer

Freelance

Mike Jefferson

Media Production Manager

Sammons Financial Group

Rasean Davonte Johnson

Video artist/projection designer

eightinfinitystudio

Sam Jones

Creator

AutoPlot Tools for Spotlight

Elynmarie Kazle

President

Foundation For Stage Managers

Scott Kinnebrew

Regional Sales Manager

SGM

McKay Kinsey

Software Support

ACT Entertainment

Benny Kirkham

Overnight Production

Lighting Designer & Programmer

Matthew Klaismeier

Technical Support Senior Specialist

Acuity/Pathway Connectivity

Joshua Koffman

Screens Director, Creative Associate

Interrobang, Inc

Michael Kohler

Engineer

Fuse Technical Group

Sloane Kolesar

Lighting Designer

The Lighting Design Group

Kev Kollmann

Lighting and Accessibility Designer

Isabella Koontz

Producer, Lighting & Live Broadcast

GMedia

Thomas Ladd

Business Development Consulting Director

Pathway Connectivity

Ruben Laine

Chief Nerd

Creative Integration Studio

Hans Lau

Director of Change Management

DADCO

Nicholas Lau

BlackTrax Product Manager

CAST Software

Jules Lauve

Senior Principal Consultant

Jules Lauve Associates

Cort Lawrence

Show Designer & Director

Raw Cereal

Ed Leahy

Chicago Flyhouse

Head Trainer/Cruise Ship Division Manager

Brian Lehrer

Head Rigger

BNW Rigging

Leo Lei

Assistant Professor, Lighting Design and Production

University of Florida

Liz Lemon

Recruiter

Encore

Lyra Letourneau

Creative Director

Pangolin

Stephen Lieberman

President

SJLighting

David Lincecum

Vice President/International Operations

High End Systems

Chris Lose

Designer Relations

Follow Me

Bob Luther

Founder

Lex Products

Tim Lutkin

Lighting Designer

Amy D Lux

Multidisciplinary Designer

LoboLux Design

Jason Lyons

Lighting Designer

Mitch Margolin

Account Executive

CES Power

John P. Marovich

Owner

Habitech

Joaquin Martinez

Media Server Solutionist

Evolve Technology

Nancy May

Event & Production Executive

Adam McCarthy

Managing Director

BlackOak Technical Productions

Marisa Melito

Production Sales Director

Encore Global

Chris Merriman

Director of Design Technology

Lightswitch

Joey Messana

ACT Entertainment

Software Support Tech

Christien Methot

Founder/Principal Designer

design one

Tony Mitre

Head of Audio

Wynn Las Vegas

Laura Moeller

Educator/Partnership Coordinator

Tech 25

Sherrice Mojgani

Associate Professor

Department of Theater & Dance, Tulane University

Robert Mokry

Co-Owner, CFO

LightParts Inc.

Sam Molitoriss

Partner

Lightwright

Tara Molson

VJ

Visual Artform

Peter Morse

Lighting/Production Designer

Peter Morse Productions

Patrick Murphy

Executive Director

ILDA

Megan Murphy-McLeod

Senior Lighting Designer

Lighting Design Alliance

Bryan Mynhardt

Head of Rigging

Wynn Las Vegas

Chris Nelson

Media Production Manager

Sammons Financial Group

Ollie Newland

Product Manager

Disguise

Tracy Nunnally

Owner/President

Vertigo

Mandy Nussbaum

Producer, Show Caller

ACN Enterprises

Patrick O'Keefe

Market Manager, Entertainment

Lex Products

James Oliver

VP Strategic Partnerships

ACT Entertainment

Tania Ordoñez Prieto

Senior Manager Entertainment Technical Operations

Celebrity Cruises

Sven Ortel

Arizona State University

Immersive & Entertainment Design

Scott C. Parker

Spotlight Product Planner

Vectorworks

Daniel Parra

All Star Productions

Adam Parrish

General Manager

Production Resource Group LLC, Las Vegas

Nik Peacock

Trainer

Vectorworks

Alex Pendleton

Manager, Pro AV Design Engineering team

Netgear

David S. Perkins

Founder and Architect

Imaginary Labs Inc

Troy Peters

SEAS Productions

Chief Experience Officer

Janene Pettus

Sr. Engineer - AVPL

Universal Creative

Joerg Philipp

Founder/Owner

Beat The Street

David Piccola

Director of Rigging Strategy and Key Account Manager

Rigging International Group

Fred Pilbrow

Architect

Pilbrow & Partners

Mitja Prelovsek

Founder

LightAct

Brent Pritchett

VP Systems Integration 4Wall Entertainment

4Wall Entertainment

John Procaccini

Tour Production Management

Peter Frampton

Chris Prosio

Director Entertainment – West

Barco

Katrina Puleo

Entertainment Production Rigger

Matthew Ragan

Co-Founder

SudoMagic

Anders Rahm

Co-Founder, Partner

Raw Cereal

Mark Ravenhill

Director

GLP German Light Products

Jeff Ravitz

Lighting Designer

Intensity Advisors

George Ray

Senior LED Solutionist

Evolve

Eddie Raymond

Board Member

Behind the Scenes Foundation

Rane Renshaw

Lighting Director and Programmer

@LimeLightWired

Kevin Richie

Owner

StageSpot & Olden Lighting

Shawn Robinson

Head Rigger

BNW Rigging

Robert Roth

Vice President of Live Events,

4Wall Entertainment

Brian Rothschild

Product Specialist

Green Hippo

Eric Rouse

General Manager

Sapsis Rigging

Adam Roush

Project Director

Sportsbeams Lighting

Sooner Rae Routhier

Principal Designer

Sooner Rae Creative

Alan Rowe

Safety & Training Directo

IATSE Local 728

Chris Roysden

Principal Video Studio Manager

Global Creative Group

Lori Rubinstein

Executive Director

Behind the Scenes Foundation

Bryan Saklad

Head of Automation & Control

Wynn Las Vegas

Jessica Sanders

Touring lighting technician and Network Engineer

Freelance

Zoe Sandoval

New Media Artist

SudoMagic

Zarien Santiago

Lighting Designer & Technician

Tech25

Brad Schiller

Director of Lighting Technology Engagement

GLP

Andy Schmitz

Rigging Specialist

Chicago Flyhouse

Joshua Schulman

Product Marketing Manager Entertainment

Vectorworks

Jesse Scott

Freelance Integrator, Lighting/Video Programmer, Systems Designer

Afterglow Lighting LLC

Justin Seithel

ACT Entertainment

Software Support Team

Amanda Sevedge

Regional Director, Warehouse Operations

Encore

Dave Shadoan

Sound Image

CEO

Michael Sharon

Trainer

Vectorworks

Chad Shearer

General Manager

Rigging International Group

Ian Shelanskey

Creative Developer & Technologist

SudoMagic

Tom Siko

Vice President of Global Sales

Advatek Lighting

Dennis Size

Executive VP of Design

Lighting Design Group

Mike Skinner

Principal

Skinner Solutions, LLC

Marci Skolnick

Western Representative

Stage Managers’ Association

Carolyn Slothour

Freelance Live Sound Engineer

Lead Instructor

Shane Smith

LMG

Senior Director of Technology

Mike Smith

Director of Operations

ROE Visual US

Stephanie Smith

Creative Concept Designer

PixMob

Nick Solyom

Lighting Designer

Nick Solyom Lighting Design

Josh Spodick

Production Specialist

Creative Technology

Nancy Spooner

Producer, Stage Manager

Tempo Live Events

Johnny Stebbing

National Director of Rigging

Rhino Staging

Mary Ellen Stebbins

Lighting Designer

Mary Ellen Stebbins Design

Jonny Steigler

Co-Founder

The Beehive LA

Patrick Stewart

Outreach and Training Specialist

ETC

Brandon Stirling Baker

Lighting Designer

Anthony Stofflet

Luminex Brand Manager

A.C. Americas

Andrew Strain

President

Hazebase America

Meg Sump

Touring Electrician

Bart Swinnen

CEO

Luminex

Debbie Taylor

Tour Manager

Jorge Tellez

LIV Nightclub Las Vegas

Lighting & Special Effects Director

Jim Testa

Owner

Show Sage

Robert Thomson

Associate Professor of Lighting Design

Carnegie Mellon University

Justin Townsend

Chair Graduate Design

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Stephanie Trinh

Senior Rigging Manager

Encore

Elmer Veith

Head Of Sales & Training

Reliable Design Services

April Vollm

Lead Training Instructor

Cirque du Soleil

Emily Waller

Production Manager

Jay Waller

President

StagePro

Red Walter

ADJ Group

Senior Project Specialist

Ed Wannebo

Production Manager

Christina Watanabe

Lighting Designer

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Malcolm Weldon

Production Manager (Beyonce - P!nk)

Chris Werner

Creative Director & Principal Designer

Lunar Telephone Company

Cat West

Designer

Double Vision Society

Ryan Whitmer

VJ & Studio Animator

Visual Artform

John Wiseman

Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales

PRG

Mike Wood

Lighting Designer

Mike Wood Lighting Design

Steve Woods

Professor of Theatre & Chair of the Stage Design Program

Southern Methodist University

Connor Wright

Media Server Specialist

Show Sage

Amé Yeager

CEO

Looking Good Feeling Good, LLC