Engineer Equipment

Barry Draper

Email: *********@********.***

Address: *** *. ** ****** **.

City: Alhambra

State: CA

Zip: 91801

Country: USA

Phone: 626-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: 50

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Barry Draper

Alhambra, CA 91801 - Cell: 626-***-**** - *********@********.***

Post Production Engineer with extensive experience designing, installing, and maintaining audio and video equipment at major entertainment companies. Successful in small and large companies integrating new technologies in the conversion to digital media. Experienced with digital networking, Final Cut Pro, Digital Rapids, Pro Tools, digital mixers, 3D technology, HD and SD video tape and monitors, as well as older legacy audio and video. Comfortable with supervising teams and outside contractors on large projects as well as working independently.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TECHNICOLOR (previously VIDFILM) 1998 - 2011

Production Engineer

Part of the engineering team responsible for the production infrastructure in a major post production facility.

a Install digital networking, Final Cut Pro, Digital Rapids, Pro Tools, and all other equipment required for the facility-wide conversion to file-based digital processing and delivery.

a Troubleshoot and maintain all audio and video equipment and support gear, including component level repairs when necessary.

a Upgrade audio rooms from analog to file-based digital, and video from SD to 3D-capable HD digital video..

a Responsible for documentation, and specifying and ordering supplies during room rebuilding.

a Lead the team responsible for installing and later upgrading a THX and Dolby certified fully-digital dubbing theater.

a Responsible for audio tuning and re-certifying of all audio rooms, including two THX/Dolby certified mixing rooms.

a Promoted from Audio Engineer to Production Engineer in 2008

THIRD STREET SOUND 1991 - 1998

Chief Engineer

Responsible for all technical aspects of a small Post Production Sound facility doing feature films and major independent television programming.

a Supervised all aspects of moving the facility to larger quarters.

a Designed, supervised construction, and responsible for tuning and Dolby certification of two mixing rooms, two audio edit rooms, and a full ADR/Foley stage.

a Maintained all equipment, doing repairs as necessary while keeping all rooms with a minimum of down time.

a Designed interface electronics to interconnect incompatible equipment into a smoothly functioning system.

EARLY CAREER

Foley/ADR mixer and later Post Production Supervisor for TAV-Sound. Worked at small Audio-Visual firm handling equipment maintenance and multi-projector location services. Built high speed audio tape dubbing machine for tape duplicating service.

EDUCATION

California State University Long Beach, CA, B.S., Industrial Technology, Electronics

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