>> I always had an idea, I mean the curriculum that I drove towards here
at Penn State was definitely geared towards being able to solve problems specific
to that particular skillset so acoustics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering,
engineering science was, you know, multi-curricular engineering so it was great.
So I definitely drove in that direction.
I had always you know thought hey, maybe I'll go work somewhere else
but the truth was the entertainment industry and the pace and the excitement and the projects
that we get to work on, it's really second to none.
And I get to work alongside a lot of the technology partners,
the companies that I had thought about working at so the Google's and Cisco's and Dolby's
and I work with everybody because we're a technology integrator.
So I kind of get the best of both worlds.
Directly after graduating, that's exactly what I did.
I went on tour with Sting and The Police and we went all over the world.
So we did a leg through the U.S. and then Europe and then South Africa, Asia,
Australia and then back U.S. and Europe again.
I got a lot of practical experience.
We put in audio systems and sound reinforcement in amphitheaters,
arenas, stadiums all over the planet.
And then I've always tried to keep that as my repertoire.
So for example, just last year I was the crew chief for the NBA all-star event, CMT awards
and Jimmy Fallon Live from the Super Bowl.
So even when I'm you know working in product design and management and things of that nature,
I make sure that I set aside a certain amount of the year to be doing live events.