Raymond Martinez
La Puente,CA
Summary
Reliable audio, video, and lighting technician with exceptional management experience and strong communication skills. Demonstrated proficiency in reading schematics, executing set ups and strikes while leading diverse teams to consistently exceed project goals. Renowned for helping transform complex setups into seamless productions that enhance audience engagement.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Freelance Audio Visual Technician
Various Companies
01.2021 - Current
- Video - Set up off projectors, imaging sources, switchers, PC, cabling (SDI, HDMI, ethernet, fiber, and power). Break out, set ups, and floating.
- LED Wall - Set up (leveling, bracing/stabilizing, hanging) connections (power, data, ether con, fiber) to and from the imaging source to the processor.
- Lighting: Setting, hanging, cabling (DMX, Ethernet, power connections), daisy-chaining, programming, and connecting to lighting boards.
- Audio - Set up monitors, mics, cabling XLR to and from consoles, amps, processors, spider boxes, and power to distros.
- Carpentry - Indoor/outdoor scenic set building, rough framing, truss tower assembly, various large-scale stage builds, platforms, and backdrops, pipe and drape.
- Installed cabling infrastructure, ran power, signal, and network cables, for indoor and outdoor AV systems, including trenching and installation of culverts for industrial-grade AV cables.
- Forklift operation of various types of lifts, including standard, grade-all, boom/scissor lifts, loading/unloading, as well as bracing/strapping trailer loads.
- Supervised various-sized crews for indoor and outdoor event settings, and was responsible for daily logs and crew accountability.
- Coordinated with clients, PMs, leads, directors, and coordinators to provide the smoothest, safest, and most expedient show setups/strikes.
Stagehand/Audio Assist.
Do It For Music
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Set up of indoor and outdoor music events at various clubs, halls, private venues, and plazas throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area.
- Worked cooperatively with crew members from different departments and trades.
- Lighting: Setting, hanging, running power, and data.
- Audio - Set up monitors, mics, consoles, amps, and processors.
- Carpentry - framing, truss towers, stage builds, and set building (rough framing stages, platforms, and backdrops, pipe and drape, indoor/outdoor settings).
- Maintained cleanliness and best cable management practices in the backstage area before, during, and after productions.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Construction Management
San Joaquin Valley College
Rancho Cucamonga07-2013
Skills
- Management experience
- Strong communication skills
- Signal Flow Understanding
- Cable Routing/Installation
- Stage construction
- audio, video, lighting, and LED setup
- Forklift operation
- Excellent reasoning skills
Certification
- OSHA 10 Certified
- Standard/Rough Terrain Forklift/Boom and Scissor lift Certified, April 2023
- Audio Engineer, Los Angeles Recording Workshop, April 2001
Project Experience
- Moment Factory's - Astral Lumina - 3 yrs
- Wilson Productions - Concerts and County Fairs 3 yrs
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Freelance Audio Visual Technician
Various Companies
01.2021 - Current
Stagehand/Audio Assist.
Do It For Music
01.2019 - 01.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Construction Management
San Joaquin Valley College
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