George Tucker

Current

Manager - Applications Engineering at Crestron Electronics

Past

Manager Advanced Technical Support at Crestron Electronics
Manager Quality Engineering at Crestron Electronics
Show Control Specialist at Scharff Weisberg

Lead AV Rental Technician at Scharff Weisberg
General Assistant at Electric Lady Studios

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Education

Institute of Audio Research
Hunter College

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Industry

Consumer Electronics

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George Tucker’s Summary

I have 15 + years in the Audio Visual Industry working on projects in

*Recording Studios
*Broadway Theatrical
*Live Music
*Corporate Events
*Museums
*Road Shows
*Interactive Displays
*Commercial and Residential automation.

I have worked on projects such as:

*Bring on the Funk, Bring on Da' Noise (the Public and Broadway)
*Hedwig and the Angry Inch -( NY & Boston)
*Blue Man Group - Las Vegas
*Museum of Jewish Heritage -( a living memorial to the holocaust)
*National Museum of the American Indian
*Hayden Planetarium (Museum of Natural History NY)
*Nike Superstore (NY flagship)
*Beth Israel NY -(Reconstructive surgery OR)
*Too many Trade Shows and Corporate events to remember.

I have had the honor of working for some great companies who afforded me the opportunity to grow, they include:

*Electric Lady Studios
*The Toy Specialist
*Scharff Weisberg
*Crestron Electronics - my current employer where I serve as Applications Engineering Manager

I am a member of

*ICIA-( Now Infocomm International) CTS Certified
*CEDIA -(Custom Electroinic Design & Installation Association )
*AES -( Audio Engineering Society)

I am a graduate of the Institute of Audio Research and I have pursued degrees in Literature and Art History.

George Tucker’s Specialties:

System design, system programming, Audio and Video Distribution, Audio Mixing, Ethernet and network topologies, TCP\IP Home Theaters, DMX, MIDI, Serial Protocols

George Tucker’s Experience

Manager - Applications Engineering

Crestron Electronics

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

Oversee 20 + Application Engineers who support our 5000 + dealers with the installation, application and programming of the 1800 plus Products. (80% hardware,. 20% software). I also act as proxy for national director when needed.
Manager Advanced Technical Support

Crestron Electronics

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

February 2003 — 2004 (1 year )

Oversee 5 'Level 4' tecnical support staff in resolving large scale issue. Designed and built ATSG support lab.
Manager Quality Engineering

Crestron Electronics

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

February 2001 — March 2003 (2 years 2 months)

Oversee 8 Engineers who tested pre-release products. Create test plans, execute tests, provide product suggestions, teach support staff on products prior to release.
Show Control Specialist

Scharff Weisberg

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Events Services industry)

May 1995 — February 2002 (6 years 10 months)

Program, Design, Update, Maintain Alcorn McBride, Dataton, AMX, Museum Technololgy and Crestron systems for Live Events, Mueums installs and interactive displays.
Lead AV Rental Technician

Scharff Weisberg

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Events Services industry)

March 1993 — May 1995 (2 years 3 months)

Test all outgoing mixers, microphones, Open Reel Tape Decks, Nagra's, Audio Outboard processing gear, Wireless microphone systems and walkie talkie sets. support rental packages with remote support. Basic repiar of stock AV gear.
General Assistant

Electric Lady Studios

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )

Assist in recording, mixiing and editing.

Lots of cleaning and notation of settings.

George Tucker’s Education

Institute of Audio Research

RA , Recording Engineering , 1991 — 1992

My IAR Alumni Profile: http://www.audioschool.com/alumni/alumni-profiles/
Hunter College

English Lit, Art Histroy, Political Science 1986 — 1989