Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Updated Resume

James "Whit" Whitworth, CTS
7148 Cedarcrest Blvd
Lakeland, FL 33810
863-559-3012
nickiwhit728@gmail.com

Background Summary:

I started with Landmark Audio & Lighting in June of 1993, as a part time shipping clerk. In, May of 1994, I started as a full-time installer after graduating high school. Over the next sixteen years, my responsibilities went from low level installer, lead installer, installation supervisor, and project designer & manager.

Experience:

Landmark Audio & Lighting, Inc

230 S Lake Parker Ave Lakeland, FL 33801

www.landmarkaudioinc.com

since 1993

Project Manager

· 16 years Installation Experience including: wire pulling; floor pocket soldering; termination of amplifier racks, microphone junctions, speaker & mic patch-bays; hanging speakers, light bars, lighting fixtures, & video projectors.

· 14 years Troubleshooting Experience, from Lightning Strikes, Power Surges, Equipment failure. Audio: Determining if problem resides in Mixer, Processing, wiring, Amplifiers, or source. Lighting: Determining if failure is bad lamp, plug, loose wire, bad firing card, bad control board, DMX wiring issue, or problem with Lighting Console. Video: Determining is source is outputting correct video format, equipment is passing signal correctly, bad projector lamp, or projector board. Also experience with consulting/resolving with Manufacturers warranty and non-warranty problems.

· 13 Years Experience wiring Leprecon, NSI, and Lightronics Dimmers, NSI Melange Console Programming, NSI MC xxxx Lighting Console Programming, Leprecon Console Programming. Also experience in Lightronics Entry Station Systems and Leprecon Entry Station Systems. Experience with L/e Fixtures, ETC Fixtures, and Altman Fixtures. Design and installation of DMX512 Distribution Systems for Intelligent Lighting.

· 12 Years Experience with Extron, FSR, TVOne, and Vaddio Equipment, Design and Installation of Video switching and up-scaling video systems with and without Cat5 transmission systems. Design and Installation of Draper Electric and Permanent Mount Screens 4x3 and 16x9 Formats with Sanyo Projectors with and without custom short/long throw lens.

· 12 Years Experience Designing and Installation of 70 Volt Distributed Sound Systems using JBL Control Series, Atlas Sound, TOA, dBx, Community, Shure, and Peavey.

· 10 years Experience designing custom Sound, Lighting, and Video booths for various installations.

· 12 years Programming Experience including: Peavey Media Matrix X-Frame certification, RTI Control Certification, Renkus-Heinz Iconyx Certification, Yamaha PM5D Certification, Yamaha M7CL, LS9, DME experience , ASHLY Protea, Shure P4800, QSC, RANE, Harman HiQnet products, dBx Driverack & Zone Pro, Whirlwind E-Snake, Peavey Digitool, BSS Soundweb.

· 10 Years in Rentals and Productions: Audio, Video, and Lighting Systems, Wireless & Wired mic Rental, Intercom Rental.

· 12 Years Design Experience including: EASE 2.1 – 4.1, Visual Cad, AutoCAD Lite 2000i, and Middle Atlantic RackTools. Co-ordination with Electrical Engineers, Architects, and General Contractors that involved conduit & power design for audio, lighting, and video installations, Schematics, equipment layouts, and “As Builts”

· 12 Years Room Equalization experience using Audio Control SA3052 RTA Analyzer System and 5 Years using Ivie IE35 RTA.

· 10 Years Experience with QuickBooks Pro & Microsoft Office, Proposals, Purchase Orders, Invoicing, Billing, Service and Repair Authorizations.

· 8 Years Marketing Experience: Website design & updates, 4 – Regional Training Conference for end users, Newsletter & Postcard Mail outs.

· 12 Years Home Theater Experience: Onkyo, Integra, Adcom, McIntosh, NAD, Russound, Bay Audio, PSB, Lexicon, Runco, Dwin, KEF, Channel Vision, Home Theater Master Remotes

· 12 Years End User Training

· 14 Years Live Audio Mixing: 200+ Choirs, 30 Piece Orchestras, Acoustic and Digital Drums, Acoustic and Electric guitars with and without amplifiers, Piano, Bass, Keyboards, Praise Teams, In-ear Monitoring, Aviom, Monitor Console. Have mixed on Crest Century GT 32 Channel, Crest X Series Consoles, Soundcraft K3 32 Channel, Soundcraft Live 4, Soundcraft Live 8, Soundcraft Ghost 40 Channel, Yamaha M3000 40 Channel, Yamaha M2500 40 Channel, Yamaha O1V, Yamaha DM2000, Yamaha M7CL, Yamaha LS9

· Passed InfoComm’s CTS Certification Exam with Score of 420

References:

Kent Morris - Cornerstone Media Group 678-493-0951

Chuck Walthall - Walthall & Associates 850-478-9002

Jay Strike Bell Shoals Baptist Church 813-689-4229