As Installation Supervisor at TRG for nearly 10 years, Louie coordinates install staff and subcontractors. He supervises and performs audio, video, lighting and projection installations and service calls. His certifications include NSCA Advanced Sound Design & Estimating, Strand Commissioning School and BSS Audio.

Troy Bornman, Regional Sales Manager, Crown International. 14 year Crown employee, spent 5 years in Technical Support Dept supporting the application of Crown in sound systems.

Glenn Collinge began his full time career in professional sound touring with rock bands in 1976. In 1981, he was installing broadcast video and A/V projects in the southeastern US. In 1988 Glenn began design/engineering audio/visual systems and in 2001 embarked on his current position at FSR. His position at FSR has him in direct communication with architects, engineering firms and audiovisual design firms on a daily basis.

He has been very involved with the audio and video technical ministries in his church for 19 years. This included one year of a youth “portable” church, building a new church sanctuary, weekly services support with sound, video & lighting as well as serving as a volunteer Technical Director for 5 years in Atlanta, Ga. He is now serving the tech ministries at the Church of the Way in Lawrenceville, GA, www.ifoundtheway.com .

Glenn has a passion for educating and has taught classes at WFX, NAB, Inspiration, LDI, NSCA, NRB as well as many other regional conferences. Glenn is a Regional Sales Manager with FSR Inc., which manufactures all of their products in the USA. FSR is a green manufacturer of metal and electronic products.

As National Sales Manager for CAD Audio - Astatic Commercial in Solon, Ohio, Gary is responsible for North America sales, product development and brand marketing under the commercial audio division of CAD Audio. Gary has a B.A. in Electronic Media Production from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. He started his career as a freelance audio/video engineer working with customers such as the Cleveland Indians, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, US Food Service, PBS, and the House of the Lord. Gary continues to work in his community volunteering his time with the summer "concerts on the green", assisting with the local cable television station's productions and general audio/video consulting and training with churches, schools, and assisted living facilities in Northeast Ohio. Gary continues his education as a member of the A/V Integration community. He has successfully completed Syn-Aud-COn Sound System Optimization Seminar and attended many classes and discussion organized by AES and infoComm.

Don is a lay volunteer with experience in church tech running audio, video, lighting, and more for many years.  He produced stock photography where he first ran into copyright issues. Now, as President of Wow Me Now Shows, Inc., he produces Christmas light shows synchronized to music bringing with it a whole new set of copyright issues.

Twenty years ago, after many years of leading worship in children's church, Donn was asked to run sound in the main sanctuary of his church. Always willing to follow God's leading, he said yes, but quickly found out how much he needed to learn, and no one in his church knew. Donn is grateful to TRG and Techxplosion for being part of that learning process. Donn mixes sound regularly for the contemporary service at his church, and teaches new sound techs the ropes. Donn's heart is for the volunteer sound tech, and he teaches a class for churches looking to improve their knowledge of what it takes to do church sound. www.cpproductionsgroup.com

Luis Guerra has been actively involved in the professional audiovisual industry since 1989. He has extensive knowledge and experience with many aspects of AV and IT systems, facilities design, product support, product development, training, user interfaces, and RF technology. He has worked for Shure for over 13 years, and is currently Associate Manager of Technical Training, with a particular emphasis on products for installed sound and advanced wireless microphone training. With his electrical engineering background and extensive understanding of commercial audio systems, Luis has ib contributed significantly to the design and development of Shure’s entire line of digital audio products. Throughout the various positions Luis has held at Shure, including Applications Engineer, Product Development Specialist, and Sales Engineer, he has become a knowledgeable, effective presenter and is recognized for his ability to explain complex technical subjects in a way that everyone can understand. Luis has presented seminars and workshops on Shure products and audio principles all over the world.

Education: BS University of Mt St Mary’s MS, Almeda University Broadcast Engineering Certificate, Cleveland Institute

Experience: Corporate Meetings, Ralston Purina Company Freelance Audio Engineer, CBS, TNN, FOX, Carolina Sports, UVA Sports. Nashville wireless designer for numerous performers, Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Alabama and others. Church and live audio mixing and comms design and implementation for various large venues.

Currently, Southeast and Caribbean Manager Clear Com Intercom Systems since, 1996 Prior lead sales engineer at Systems Wireless Ltd.

Richard Hill is the Southeast Market Development Manager for Digital Projection International. For over three years, he has worked closely with the top-level sales, marketing and applications divisions of all of DP’s worldwide hubs. Specializing in application and sales support, as well as product training and demonstration, Hill addresses the needs of the large screen worship market from DP’s Atlanta headquarters.

Buford Jones is legendary in the world of sound reinforcement. Having started his touring career at Showco in the 1970's, the list of those he has mixed since is a genuine "Who's Who" of pop music of the last three decades, including Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, George Harrison, James Taylor, ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, Three Dog Night, Prince, Al Jarreau, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Bowie, Faith Hill, The Kinks, Clint Black, and Counting Crows. As Pink Floyd's FOH mixer, Jones gained valuable experience from the unusual opportunity to mix a major tour in surround. From Jones' post heading Meyer Sound's Nashville office he remains in constant contact with touring engineers and productions of all genres.

Michael Laiacona is the president and founder of Whirlwind. He has been in the pro-audio industry for 35 years and was a founding member of MXR Innovations, Delta Amplifiers, and Whirlwind. Michael spent 38 years as a touring musician and system designer, and installer. Many national stadiums, theme parks, government projects, and touring sound have used his products and designs.

Jesse Lewis is President of WorshipFilms.com, a Christian media company established in 2001. He also owns a local video production company in Rocky Mount, NC, and is a frequent conference and workshop speaker.

Kent Margraves has many years of experience as a full-time, professional worship audio director and mixer focusing on sound reinforcement, live recording, post production and broadcast audio of worship events of varied styles and sizes including worship services, concerts, pageants, conferences, and tours. He now concentrates on Worship and Installed Sound applications at Sennheiser Electronic Corporation and operates TCG Media part-time, which supports worship ministries through audio mixing and training services.

Technical Sales Manager for Leviton Manufacturing, a major supplier of entertainment lighting equipment, Kam’s entire professional career has been in the areas of lighting and lighting control. He possesses both engineering and theatrical design academic background coupled with over 25 years in the lighting business. Attendees can expect a lively, fast paced, interactive presentation.

Jonathan has worked in the Audio Industry for over 20 years for companies providing solutions to the house of worship community, including Bose and Crown. In various training and management positions, he has conducted workshops for church praise teams all over the world and currently is employed by Aviom, the manufacturer of personal monitor mixer and audio networking solutions, serving as Regional Manager for the Southeast USA, Canada and Latin America. “JP” is also very active at his local church in the Atlanta area, both running sound as well as singing, and playing keyboards and bass. “Staying actively involved with my praise team helps keeps me in tune with the challenging needs of contemporary technical, musical, and worship leading staff ”.

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An established guitarist, vocalist, engineer, and producer, PreSonus Product Specialist and Customer Support representative Justin Spence graduated from the SAE Institute of Technology, then worked as an instructor and supervisor at the New York and Nashville campuses of the school before joining PreSonus. In addition to his work with PreSonus, he owns and operates the All Audio mobile recording service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and engineers projects at Alliance Recording Studios in Miami, Florida.

As a graduate in Electronic Engineering Technology, Steen first joined Eiki in 1979, ultimately becoming Vice President of Technical Services. In 1989, seeking a change in career, he became Western Regional Sales Manager for Eiki, a position he held until 1996 when he decided to broaden his experience. Over the intervening 10 years Steen has contributed his expertise as Western Regional Sales Manager to several other significant members of the ProAV industry. He returned to Eiki in 2006 having amassed a wealth of additional experience in business relationships, adding to his body of knowledge of the ProAV industry.

Tom Stanziano is pleased to take part in his 2nd Techxplosion. His twenty-year career in lighting has taken him from lighting local bands to cruise ship productions to a down-home theme park and on to designing television lighting for the largest mega-church in the United States. His experience in lighting design allowed him to create looks for professional artists such as Martina McBride, Temptations, and Mega Churches Lakewood Church in Houston Creflo Dollar's World Changers. Tom also toured with Joel Osteen for 4 years, creating attractive and innovative lighting and set design. His newest endeavor is with Seachanger by Ocean Thin Films division in Largo, Florida. This current appointment will allow him to impact the worship market by demonstrating the proper use of lighting techniques whether it is a drama or a worship service.

I started my full time audio career in 1989 after completing an in recording engineering at the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. Since that time I have worked with SoundWorks in Richmond, VA as a live sound engineer running FOH and monitors, FloodZone Studios as a second engineer, Star America Studios as first engineer and Co-Owner to name a few. After moving to California, I and two others, created Media Kitchen. Media Kitchen included Live Sound Reinforcement rentals, Recording Studio (landed and remote), Rehearsal Studios and System integration and design. Media Kitchen operated successfully through 2/2008. In 2000 I moved back to Virginia where I worked with Point Source Audio. Point Source Audio designed and installed sound systems throughout central Virginia while at the same time providing sound reinforcement services for local events and festivals. Currently I am the Sr. Product Development Specialist for DBX Professional Products for the Harman Music Group. In this role I provide presales and post sales training for all DBX products via direct client visits, on-site training seminars and WebEx training sessions. I work with the installed sound team at HMG to pinpoint potential new products and new markets to further the adoption of DBX and BSS products within the greater audio industry. In addition I provide Trade Show support where I speak directly with potential customers and show them how DBX and BSS products will save them time, money and easily fit into any audio system application.

Chuck Walthall is founder and president of Walthall & Associates, Inc. a Pensacola, Florida based corporation specializing in acoustics, technical system training, design-consulting and system management; providing 28+ years of knowledge and experience in the technical systems industry. Chuck recently authored & published "Sound Made Simple SMS iCD", an interactive training curriculum that teaches the basic fundamentals of audio and acoustics.