Experienced technology leader and musician with 25+ years advancing music technology infrastructure in higher education and professional audio environments. Most recently served as Senior Director of Academic Technology Facilities at Berklee College of Music, providing strategic direction for technology infrastructure serving students and faculty across multiple areas and overseeing studio, lab, distributed systems, and classroom technology teams,ensuring that some of the world's most talented emerging musicians have access to industry-leading facilities and technologies.

Unique combination of strategic leadership, deep technical expertise, and performing artist perspective enabling innovative solutions that enhance creative expression while maintaining enterprise-scale reliability. Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders, manage operating and capital budgets, lead cross-functional teams, and maintain strong industry partnerships with major manufacturers.

Musician and composer focusing on real-time interactive processing, algorithmic composition, and spatial audio, exploring the expressive and conceptual opportunities that the Chapman Stick's unique design and playing style offer.

Expertise:
- Strategic Leadership: Budget management, team development, cross-campus technology planning
- Technical Architecture: Multi-user labs, networked audio systems, spatial audio, modular synthesis
- Curriculum Integration: Translating pedagogical needs into technical solutions
- Vendor Relations: Deep industry relationships with manufacturers and product development teams
- Facility Design: End-to-end oversight of construction, renovation, and technology installations

Career highlights:
- Led technology strategy for Academic Technology Facilities at Berklee since 2018, and over two decades of providing technology systems design and support for the college's academic technology areas
- Supervised four direct reports managing 40+ technical staff and 100+ student employees
- Designed and implemented music technology workstations and studio systems
- Presented workshops on MIDI controllers, Max/MSP, production techniques, and music technology
- Earned Master's degree specializing in Interactive Music Performance Systems
- Chapman Stick performances including various Stick Nights and a Boston Museum of Fine Arts Instrument Demo

This website is for my own personal projects and experiments. I continue to explore where musical and technical aspects meet, and hope to post much of my explorations here.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA
Senior Director of Academic Technology Facilities, Academic Technology - 2018-2025
Director of Technology and Training, Professional Writing and Music Technology Division - 2016-2018
Director of Technology and Facilities, Electronic Production and Design Department - 2010-2016
Lab Manager, Music Synthesis Department - 2002-2010

Parsons Audio - Wellesley, MA
Sales and Systems Support - 1999-2002

Metropolis Recording Studios - Middleton, MA
Staff Duplication Engineer - 1997-1998
Chief Assistant Engineer - 1997-1998
Assistant Engineer - 1996-1997

Concord Audio Mill - Concord, MA
Audio Engineer - 1997

TEACHING / WORKSHOPS / PRESENTATIONS

Virginia Stick Camp, Charlottesville, VA
2016 - Guest Instructor

Reboot Faculty Mentoring, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
2013 - Max/MSP/Jitter
2011, 2012 - General Production/Logic

Music Production Workshop, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
2011, 2012 - Intro to Max for Live
2010, 2011, 2012 - Controllers for Production and Performance
2010 - Off the Beaten Path: Plugins You Never Learned About in School

Parsons Audio Expo, Dedham, MA
2011 - Supporting Music Technology in Higher Education (panelist)
        
Learning Center Forums, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
2011 - Battle of the Grid Controllers    
2010 - Intro to MIDI Controllers

NEMO Conference, Boston, MA    
2001 - Home Studio Recording

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2019 - Spatial Audio Seminar - RPI / EMPAC
2018 - Leadership Development Program - Berklee College of Music
2017 - Dante Certification Level 2
2017 - Dante Certification Level 1
2015 - Spatial Music Workshop - Virginia Tech / ICAT
2012 - Rational Acoustics Smaart Operator Fundamentals Software Training Seminar
2012 - Rational Acoustics Smaart Application Practicum
2011 - Yamaha Intro to Audio Networks (CobraNet, EtherSound, Dante)
2005 - Meyer Sound System Design, Implementation, and Optimization Seminar
2002 - Dolby Dealer Training
2000 - Sony DMX-R100 Product Specialist

EDUCATION 

Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2015 - Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
Specialization in Interactive Music Performance Systems - studying with Neil Leonard, Judy Dunaway, and Greg Howard.

Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
1995 - Bachelor of Music in Film Scoring and Music Production and Engineering
Magna Cum Laude