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David “Duck” Burns is an Experienced Account Manager and Technical Director with a demonstrated history of working in the events services industry. Skilled in Production Management, Stage Management, Lighting, Sound, Video, LED, and Rigging. From Opera to Country, Hip-Hop to Metal, Dance and Theatre,Television and Corporate Events, David has worked them all, he has loved living abroad and traveling the world over the last 40 years. The friends, knowledge, and business contacts he has gained are beyond measure. This Episode is brought to you AVL Media Group and ROE Visual

Over a career spanning more than 40 years, Jake Berry is a multiple award winning Production Director. Known throughout the industry as the go to guy for any successful tour, Jake is the founder and CEO of Jake Berry Productions, a leading tour production management company. Hailing from Devon, England, Jake comes from modest beginnings. Jake's career began as a drum and percussion technician, progressing through various international tours with groups such as The Rolling Stones, U2 and Metallica. We had the pleasure of Jake being on the Podcast back in August of 2021, check it out on www.geezersofgear.com This episode is brought to you by ACT Entertainment and GearSource

Craig Caserta is the VP of Production Creative Technology Group. Originally From New York, Craig is no stranger to Event Lighting with over 20 Years of experience as a Lighting Designer and Programmer. Craig has worked for a diverse range of productions, including Concerts, Corporate Events, Trade Shows, Touring, Television, Film, and DVD Shoots providing both Lighting Design and programming and is also at the forefront of the latest technologies, working with key manufacturers in developing and testing new products.Drawing on his years of experience Craig focuses on customer service and providing his clients with creative solutions. Craig was last on the Podcast back in March 2020 so please welcome Craig to the show again. This epsiode is brought to you by Main Light and Elation

Sebastien Boulanger is a 15 year veteran of the Live Events industry, having worked as a Technical Director for the likes of the Quebec Minister of Justice and Cirque de Soleil. Then starting his own events company, IC Events, and finally founding DVOX, a new tech business that brings fan experience to another level. This Epsiode is brought to you by AVL Media Group and ROE Visual

Lori Rubinstein is the Executive Director of the Behind the Scenes Foundation, a 501C3 charity which provides Basic Needs grants to entertainment technology professionals who are seriously ill or injured and Counseling grants for therapy or addiction rehab. The BTS Mental Health Initiative provides tools and resources to support entertainment industry workers and promote mental health and wellness. Lori has been in the industry for over 45 years and was the Executive Director of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association for almost 30 years where she oversaw the creation and development of the ANSI-accredited TechnicalStandards Program and the Entertainment Technician Certification Program. Her experience in the industry also includes working as a lighting designer and stage manager for dance, symphony, theatre, and musicals, and for industry businesses including a lighting supply company, a theatre consultancy, and a manufacturer of entertainment products. This Episode is brought to you by Ultima

Ken Lennon is the recently retired Executive Lighting Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering. His designs over the last 37 years have included such iconic attractions as Cars Land at Disney California’s Adventure, Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, New Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland. Ken attended UCLA where he received both a BA and MFA in Theater. He started with the Walt Disney Company in 1987 at the newly created Disney Stores Design Team. Throughout his career, Ken has worked with several lighting manufacturers to develop products conducive to the changing entertainment and sustainability environments. In his spare time, Ken enjoys any kind of live entertainment, especially concerts and theater, and going out to new dining places. He also loves to speak to students about lighting and encouraging the next generation to see lighting as a beautiful art form. In his retirement, he hopes to travel and chase the things he loves all around the world. This episode is brought to you by

Claire Heat is a highly motivated individual with over 25 years experience in the industry, specializing in events and special projects for the music, television and film industries, she has huge amounts of energy, a strong work ethic, bags of enthusiasm, common sense and professionalism. Claire started working in the industry as stage crew whilst studying at university and has had different roles within that time from, event manager, backstage artist liaison, driven bands and sold merch all over UK, Europe and the US, tour management, Worked for BAFTA, production assistant, VIP manager and now, LED tech.Claire has worked with some of the biggest bands including Sir Elton John, Eric Clapton, ColdPlay, Maria Carey and Roger Waters to name but a few.

Joe Cole is the founder of R90 Lighting. R90 Lighting is first and foremost dedicated to design, their history is rooted in corporate event lighting and special event lighting design. They have over 20 years experience collectively in the event lighting sector. R90 Lighting also offers a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art lighting, rigging, and video wall equipment for rent.Joe is a lighting designer, scenic designer, 3D drafting and pre-visualization, Programmer, Content creator and master electrician. This episode is brought to you by AVL Media Group and ROE Visual

Production and Lighting Designer Bryan Hartley has designed for a lot of metal bands in his long and storied career. Many people know Bryan as the past LD for KISS,,Megadeth, Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, and many other names but He is perhaps best known for his longtime design work for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), for which he has won Parnelli Awards for Best Lighting Design, This year will be 26 years with TSO. Bryan has also worked multiple times with the iconic thrash metal band Megadeth during the past 35 years. Bryan has just got back from Europe Touring with Five Finger Death Punch so we are extremely pleased Bryan has time to chat with me on Geezers Of Gear now. This Episode is brought to you by ACT Entertainment and GearSource.

Sebastien Boulanger is a 15 year veteran of the Live Events industry, having worked as a Technical Director for the likes of the Quebec Minister of Justice and Cirque de Soleil. Then starting his own events company, IC Events, and finally founding DVOX, a new tech business that brings fan experience to another level. This episode is brought to you by AVL Media Group and ROE Visual

Chris Lisle has over 32 years experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked in a variety of roles including Production Designer, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Show Producer. Chris started Chris Lisle Lighting Design back in 1991. Chris is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the Touring Career Workshop, a non-profit that serves as “Human Resources for Touring Production Professionals” This episode is brought to you by Elation and Main Light

Scott De Vos has been in the industry for over 50 years, he is the owner of De Lux Productions and has produced events such as the Dove Awards, PGA, Luis Palau Outdoor events and other corporate events. Scott has been highly recommended to come on the Podcast by David Milly who was on the show recently. Scott worked for a regional sound company before the tours carried their own gear. Stage managed a showcase nightclub and worked with major artists. Worked for Obie’s Lighting and toured with Fleetwood Mac and his early years he spent as a production manager for a promoter (Barry Fey), before bands had production managers. Scott also Designed and installed the first roof at Red Rocks Amphitheater. This episode was brought to you by AVL Media Group and ROE Visual

Paul Vincent is the Founder (in 1978) of Vincent Lighting System’s Company, which sells and services theatre, television and architectural lighting and rigging systems, and related equipment. Vincent Lighting System’s also provides an extensive rental inventory, production and rigging services, and in stock theatrical supplies. Paul sold Vincent Lighting’s Company to Cleveland based Canterbury Capital in 2017, and retired from the business in 2019, after a successful transition to new leadership. Paul has presented numerous lighting, management and business workshops and seminars over the past forty-five years to students, end users, designers, architects, electrical engineers and electrical contractors. This episode is brought to you by Ultimate Support Systems and GearSource.

Dizzy Gosnell is the Vice President of Production for Bandit Lites, He has been a part of the Bandit family since 1993 but he first met Michael 40 years ago when Strickland was the production manager for Blackfoot and he was on the lighting crew with Meteorlites for Iron MaidenDizzy started in the lighting business in England in the late 1970’s touring with dozens of bands such as Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Paul Simon, and Frankie goes to Hollywood. Dizzy has an incredible portfolio online where you can see his drawings of some of the shows he toured with in the 80’s that had no 3D drawings or renderings done at all. Visit Dizzy's Webpage to take a look: https://sites.google.com/site/dizguys/home_1 We first had Dizzy on the Podcast back in Jan 2020, you can check out episode #71 This Episode is sponsored by Main Light and Elation

Ola Melzig began as a stagehand working on local shows in Stockholm 1989. Over the last 20 years he has gone on to produce high profile shows beginning with the massive Eurovision Song Contest, but also The Commonwealth Games, The Nobel Prize Awards and recently serving as Executive Producer of The American Song Contest as well. In February 2017, Ola was awarded Production Manager of the year at the annual TPI Awards in London. Ola is married to Joan Lyman, they have six grown up children and the family split their time between Stockholm, Sweden and Austin, Texas. This episode is brought to you by ROE Visual and AVL Media Group

Neel Vasavada is the founder and president of Overdrive Energy Solutions. Neel is a driving force in the movement to bring green technology to the events industry. His engineering background and experience with both sustainable energy and live entertainment business development has led him to found Overdrive Energy Solutions with his co-founder Jahn "BOXER" Hardison. In 2003 he founded Apex Speed Technology, a provider of control systems and engineering consulting for prototype, research & development and motorsports vehicle projects, Customers included early-stage Telsa, Zero Electric Motorcycles & The US Department of Energy. Neel has also led business development for capital equipment suppliers and tech companies in live events since 2012. He led eps america - one of North America’s fastest growing production equipment suppliers of the last decade. Overdrive has become a leader in sustainable energy for live events. In 2023 a partnership with sustainability non-profit Reverb.org resul

Michael Keeling is a Production Designer, Creative/Show Designer Director and as it says on his website, Veteran (he said it not us!) as Creative and Producer for ​Live Concert, Festivals, Content, Artist-Production, Media Campaigns and Creative Productions. Michael has worked with incredible artists including Lenny Kravitz, Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Aerosmith, No Doubt, Incubus, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa to name but a few. Michaelis is the CEO of Project X, he started Project X nearly 30 years ago, you can visit www.projectxcollective.live and check out all the incredible achievements Michael has accomplished from Concert Tours, commercial & television productions to Lighting Design/Direction for Super Bowl Spots for Nike “Fast Is Faster, Samsung " Milk" , Sonos, Jambox and others. Michael has many Industry Accolades including MTV2 -VMA Award- The Bravery “Honest Mistake” Best Music Video-winner and MTV-VMA Award- Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way” Best MV-Male Artist-winne

Phay Mac Mahon started his career in production management in 1976 with Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. Since then he has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Pink, Shakira, George Michael, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Nicki Minaj, Ricky Martin and Garth Brooks. Phay has also provided Production Management for corporate clients such as Volvo Ocean Race, Orange Arrows Formula One, Gulf Air Formula One, Guinness and South African Breweries Phay has just returned from Japan with the Red Hot Chili Peppers who he is now touring North America with. This episode is sponsored by AVL Media Group and ROE Visual. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geezersofgear/message

Joe started back in the 80’s on the rental and production side of Century Music Systems Inc and worked as a staff engineer prepping tours, repairing equipment, training new road staff, and then engineering shows for Showco. Some of the artists for Showco were Prince, Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, The Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney. For nearly 17 years Joe was the Senior National Account Executive and co-founder of the Audio Division at VER.  Joe is now the Managing Partner, the co-founder of SAV Entertainment. ​SAV Entertainment specialize in Audio, RF Coordination, Communications, System Design and Engineering, Box Rentals, and much more. This episode is brought to you by ACT Entertainment and GearSource. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geezersofgear/message

Mike “FINN” Finocchiaro is a twenty-five year veteran of the live entertainment industry. With roots as a touring lighting technician and a successful career in event production, Mike has grown to be one of the most well respected production managers working today. Over two decades spent touring the world Mike honed his skills as a master of organization while overcoming some of the most technically challenging production designs, venues, and event logistics in the process. Mike developed a heightened sense of efficiency, reliability, and diplomacy as his production experience grew throughout the years. Now operating with a broadened scope - Mike leads a production team with the same ideals. Big Fin Productions is the byproduct of over twenty-five years of workflow development. Bringing countless productions to life as a production partner, Big Fin Productions delivers top-level shows on time and on budget. With a deep pool of resources and a passion for streamlined production, Big Fin Productions is the go-t