Welcome!

Where I am today.

  • Project Engineer

    Currently I have a full time role as a remote Project Engineer for 5 Words Media based out of Phoenix Arizona. This position focuses primarily on engineering systems and providing drawing sets for the Project Managers to successfully install audio, video, lighting, and network solutions.

  • Video Director

    Video Directing at Woodside Bible Church Troy Campus was a part of my role as staff prior to my transition to 5 Words Media. I currently video direct for them on average 1-2 times a month and love the opportunity to serve with the volunteers I worked alongside of as staff.

  • Technical Consultant

    As an Technical Consultant for Lakepointe Church, I focus on improving the overall audience experience through effective audio, video, and lighting solutions. This includes overseeing system upgrades, troubleshooting any technical issues that arise, and providing training on their systems.

Places I have been

  • Kensington Church

    In the past I had contracted at Kensington for lighting design and operation twice a month, as well as major holidays and set turns. The primary focus of this position was lighting for the stream and making consistent improvements over time.

  • Woodside Bible Church

    At Woodside, I completed an 8 week contracting stint focused on training volunteers in lighting, organization of spaces and assets, preparation for rehearsals, working with robotic cameras, and live video directing. This led to a full time position as Live Visual Arts Manager overseeing video and lighting.

  • Freelance Contracting

    At Lockwood Media I assisted with live event streaming and post-production editing of dance recitals in Premiere Pro. For Flow Video, I assisted with set up and tear down, audio engineering for stream, camera operator roles, and as stream director.

The journey.

  • Where it started.

    In the fall of 2006 I joined Romeo High School Theatre Company and began my productions journey. There I had the opportunity to try anything and everything, from audio to set design to acting to painting to lighting and more. We toured The Outsiders to State Thespian Festival, completed 14 productions by graduation, and became a huge theatrical family. I got the chance to compete at Thespian Festival, was accepted into the International Thespian Society, took classes in acting and tech, learned about traditional theatre, and worked my first contract jobs there.

  • Where it grew,

    In the summer of 2008, I joined the tech team at Discover Church, which eventually merged with Heritage Church. I interned with the worship arts team, rebuilt the planning center database, played in the bands, worked with the youth group, and learned to use intelligent lighting systems. I had the opportunity to lead the Creative Team for the college ministry, which toured churches in the metro-detroit area until finding a home at The Emerald Theatre in Mt. Clemens. From there, my family and I joined the team opening a new campus in Imlay City (pictured).

  • and grew,

    In the spring of 2015 I arrived at SpringHIll Camps. Not as a productions tech, but as a Target Sports Instructor. By fall I was assisting productions during services on the weekends, and then more and more until 2017-2019 when I became the full time Productions Retreat Staff, and then Summer Productions Area Director. SpringHill is where I had to learn to do everything all at once. I prepped every station, trained volunteers to operate, called all the cues, and filled in wherever necessary. Summers had 29 sessions a week across 4 venues. You learned and adapted by necessity and repetition.

  • and grew.

    Towards the end of my time at SpringHill Camps I began to spend holidays and free weekends at Kensington Church. After volunteering for a while, I joined the team as a lighting contract employee. When COVID hit and the stream became our main audience, we began to make improvements in lighting for stream, such as going CTB, lighting placement for camera angles with dark back depth, and a video monitor for the lighting station. While I specialize in lighting, I have filled other roles in video as the team needed, and have therefore spent time Assistant Directing, running cameras, Iris, and VT.