Profile:

• Trade-qualified AV & Communications Technician with 8+ years delivering permanent installations across corporate, government, education, healthcare, and entertainment environments
• Four-year electronics and communications apprenticeship completed at Diversified ? Australia's largest AV integrator (400+ staff nationally)
• Core strengths in precision rack building, structured cabling infrastructure, and end-to-end system integration
• EU citizen, Berlin-based, available for freelance and project-based engagements across Europe

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Core AV Platforms: Crestron (NVX, DigitalMedia, processors, touch panels), Extron (matrix switchers, NAV, distribution), AMX, QSC Q-SYS, Biamp Tesira, Installation and integration level ? not control system programming or DSP configuration.
• Rack Building & Infrastructure: Rack building: 19" EIA-310 standards, thermal management, power distribution, custom fabrication, Structured cabling: Cat5e/6/6A copper, OM3/OM4 fibre optic, AV-over-IP (Crestron NVX), HDBaseT, PoE/PoE+/PoE++, Conduit (EMT, rigid, flex), cable ladder, J-hooks, fire-stopping, equipment mounting and rigging
• Audio & Video: Dante, AES67, AES3, AVB, MADI, SDI (HD?12G), NDI, SMPTE, Genlock, H.264/H.265, d&b audiotechnik, DiGiCo, EAW/Powersoft, Optocore, Shure (MXA, ULX-D), Sennheiser, LED/video walls, edge-blended projection, HDMI/ HDCP, KVM
• Conferencing & UC: Cisco (Webex), Polycom, Yealink, Logitech, Microsoft Teams Rooms, room scheduling systems
• Control & Networking: RS-232, IR, GPIO, DMX512, Art-Net, VLAN configuration, managed switch QoS, Multicast/ IGMP
• Termination: RJ45, BNC/SDI, XLR, Speakon, Phoenix/Euroblock, DB9/DB25, Punch-down (110/Krone), expert-level soldering
• Test & Documentation: Multimeters, Fluke cable testers, tone tracing, RF spectrum analysers, waveform monitors, AutoCAD (viewing/redlining), Aconex/Procore, AVIXA labelling standards
• Safety: Construction White Card, Working at Heights, EWP (Scissor/Boom), Electrical Isolation, Confined Spaces, Australian certifications ? active. EU/IPAF equivalents to be completed

Professional background:

Customer: Melbourne Cricket Ground 

Tasks:

PA Upgrade: 25M AV scope, 100,000-seat stadium:

• loudspeaker cabling and rack integration across 3,500+ d&b audiotechnik endpoints (Vi8, Yi8, Vi-Sub)
• Q-SYS ecosystem, DiGiCo 4REA4, Optocore fibre network, EWIS integration
• Rutledge AV was head contractor

Customer: Bendigo Law Courts

Tasks:

152M total project, 9 courtrooms:

• mission-critical video conferencing
• evidence display
• remote hearing infrastructure
• live-streaming capability

Customer: Australian Unity Corporate HQ

Tasks:

16-storey headquarters:

• AV-over-IP distribution (Crestron NVX)
• LED video boards
• edge-blended projection
• concealed line-array loudspeakers
• Microsoft UC integration

Customer: University of Melbourne 

Tasks:

Arts & Cultural Building: 70M dual-theatre complex:

• Union Theatre (398-seat proscenium) and Guild Theatre (102-seat black box) ? broadcast audio
• theatrical lighting infrastructure
• hearing assist
• visual cue systems

Customer: Monash University 

Tasks:

Learning & Teaching Building:

• 30,000 sqm, 68+ learning spaces: Crestron DigitalMedia distribution
• EAW loudspeakers with Powersoft amplification
• Shure ULX-D wireless
• 98-inch 4K displays
• custom octagonal AV teaching structure

Customer: Fortress Esports Melbourne

Tasks:

2,700 sqm, 220-seat arena ? Southern Hemisphere's largest permanent esports venue:

• 9m x 3m Samsung LED wall
• Ross Video broadcast infrastructure
• multi-camera production facility
• integrated lighting control