Will Soley
1.888.499.9344
New York – San Francisco
Overview:
Will has been adding value to large and or high profile events for over 10 years. He is expanding his client base and looking for companies desiring highly resourceful technical directors, or driven audio, video, or rigging leads with very broad experience.
Objective:
Ongoing employment in a contract or staff position, in the event production or technical theater industry.
Proficiencies:
Technical Director • Department Lead • Union Lead • Audio Engineer • RF Engineer
Video Engineer • Projectionist • Switcher • Data Op • Head Rigger • Master Electrician
Lighting Designer • Electrician • Overpaid Spot Op • even Gaffer.
Core Competencies:
- Broad knowledge of live theater and event production.
- Diverse experience managing & on crews, in high pressure show environments.
- Specializes in innovative, aesthetic solutions to sound, light, and rigging challenges.
- Specification, design, vendor/contractor relations.
- Works well on a team and/or directing others.
- Balances all aspects of production to achieve uniformly high quality.
Experience:
- Sound: Meyer, JBL, Yamaha, Allen Heath, Shure, Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Dugan, line arrays, monitors, etc.
- Video: Barco/Folsom, Sanyo, Christie, Eiki, Sony, LED wall, DVI Fiber, HD SDI, 5Wire, flown projectors, large screens, etc.
- Lighting: High End, ETC, Leprecon, Strand, Martin, ColorKinetics, Other LED, etc.
- Electrician: Tie in, generators, 3 phase power, load balancing, class C wiring, soldering, repairs, troubleshooting, etc.
- Rigging: High steel, motors, lifts, dead hangs, bridals, spanners, cable picks, Super Towers, etc.
- Heavy Machinery: Man, scissor, knuckle boom, & fork lifts, Gradall, elect & propane, class C trucks.
- Computers: Mac & Windows, PowerPoint, Keynote, QLab, PlaybackPro, CAD, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, rapid reliable file distribution or backup, LAN, WAN, troubleshooting, etc.
Affiliates:
MVS Mountain View Staging
AVT Audio Visual Techniques
Corporate AV, LLC
McCune
Trademark Productions
Trapezeworld
Munday & Collins AV
D&V Sound, Inc.
End Clients:
Amazon
American Heart Association
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Red Cross
Apple Inc.
Bank of America
Bausch & Lomb Inc.
Bloomingdales
Blue Cross Blue Shield
California Department of Transportation
Chevron
Corporation Churchill Club
City of San Jose
Deutsche Bank
Ericson Inc.
GM Cadillac
Icon Aircraft
Intel Corporation
Johnson & Johnson Lifescan
Lucasfilm Ltd. – Industrial Light & Magic
Medtronic, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
NASA
Nike, Inc.
Novartis AG
Oakland Symphony
Rolex
Salesforce.com, inc.
Siemens Healthcare
Singularity University
SOCAP International
Stanford University
Sun Microsystems
TED Conferences, LLC.
Tesla Motors
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Tech Museum
Toyota Scion
Victorias Secret
Venues:
Bank Of America Building
Bill Graham Civic Center
Boston Convention Center
Fox Theater Oakland
Gaylord Texan
Las Vegas Conv. Cent.
Living Dessert Palm Springs
McCormick Place Chicago
NASA Ames Research Center
Peabody Orlando
Riviera Palm Springs
Santa Clara Convention Center
Background:
As long as I can remember I have been drawn to theater. I produced shadow puppet shows as a child, but it was the swivel exacto, and the shape of the light beam that captured my imagination. In elementary school, I was in every show, but I bartered fewer lines for the freedom to make custom curtain systems, modular stages, sound, and lights. As a kid I got to see shows in London, but I did not use the binoculars to watch the actors, and I did not stop watching during blackouts. In High School, my designs won awards, and I began to get paying gigs. Now I enjoy an excellent sense of fulfillment supporting myself by doing something I love and excel at.
Hobbies:
Photography, mountain and road biking, hiking, rock climbing, ham radio and shooting.
References available upon request.
Lists are highlights only, and exclude companies, venues, and people, for privacy, and NDA reasons.
