I have always been sensitive to sound, loved the way vinyl sounded and felt on a turntable, and have had a great curiosity for the way a room sounded. I’ve played music with many groups and in many rooms, and I am intrigued how the same ensemble can sound so different in different spaces. 

I’ve had the good fortune to have many great teachers and mentors, and have worked at some of the best companies in the audiovisual space.

This whole audio and video journey was going on it’s merry way, then COVID-19 came along and required us all to use our mini AV systems to carry on with business: webcams and laptops, and Zoom and Teams and alllllll the other platforms.  The reliance on these mini systems allowed us to squeek by with our business, and changed our whole way of getting work done. This TOTALLY changed how we do “AV” today, and the big guns that are Microsoft and Zoom took it upon themselves to standardize the user experience in order to scale and support.  We have shifted our balance from complicated custom code to a more standard user interface, which is all well and good for smaller rooms, but there still remains a need for thoughtful integration of AV hardware, software, and control surfaces, along with all sorts of great new “workplace management solutions”, like desk booking and visitor management.  I am so fortunate to have had the building blocks of my professional journey align so well with what is needed today by all businesses if they want to survive this new “hybrid world”.

When I heard about the Architectural Acoustics program at Peabody, a lightbulb went off that this was what I always what I wanted to learn. I began my career as an AV consultant, then shifted over to representing electronics manufacturers, had a brief stint experiencing the life of an AV contractor, and am now back full-circle as an AV consultant.