Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Edward S. Kowalski, CTS
Belvidere, IL 61008
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Experience:
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Job Title: Director of Audio Visual and Lighting Services
Duties performed included managing freelance and fulltime technical and warehouse staff and budgets. Oversaw scheduling and staffing of technicians and equipment for events including corporate meetings, and events. Went onsite to supervise put in, run of show, and tear down also performed stage management and audio engineering during shows.
2010-2012 Freelance Audio Visual Technician/Project Manager
Perform duties that include pre planning of shows, logistics, set up, operation, and tear down. On site management of labor crews, equipment, and scheduling needed to make an event successful. Heavy client contact from corporate CEO’s to support staff providing customer service and sales.
2005-2010 Stage It, Inc Hoffman Estates, IL
Job Title: Partner/Owner Technical Director
Partner in an audio visual staging and permanent installation company. Duties included day to day operations of the company. Providing estimates, specifying
equipment, crews and logistics for shows locally and nationally. Also being technical director on site, project manager, and audio engineer. Making sales calls and grew company over 280% in one year.
2004-2005 Cavcomm Communications Skokie, IL
Job Title: Technical Manager
Began as a technician setting up and running business meetings. After three months promoted to manager with duties including: Training of technician staff, maintaining and building equipment and systems, repair and maintenance of equipment, assisting with permanent installations. Heavy client contact by phone and in person.
1991 – 2004 SKI Technical Staging Hoffman Estates, IL
Job Title: Freelance Audio Engineer and Technical Director
Audio Engineer perform A1 and A2 duties which include design, set-up, operation and tear down of many different types of audio systems.
Technical Director responsibilities include: assembling proposals, specify equipment, site surveys, CAD drawings, venue correspondence, assembled and managed crews, crew travel arrangements, stage management, supervise load-in, set-up, run, and tear down of shows and do final client billing.
1987 – 1991 Media Control, Inc. Schiller Park, IL
Job Title: Various Positions
I began in the hotel AV department as a technician doing day to day set – ups,
tech shows and assembles client bills with heavy hotel and client contact.
Promoted to staging division starting in the back shop packing shows, QC, set ups and deliveries.
Promoted to Assistant Shop Manager being responsible for day-to-day shop operations.
Promoted to Project Manager responsible for assembling quotes, crews, travel arrangements, site surveys, heavy client and venue contact.
Education: Currently attending University of Phoenix working towards a Bachelor of Science in Communications. I will have my Associates in Communications in August 2012.
Certifications: Received Infocomm CTS certification December 2005
Recertified December 2008
References: Available upon request
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