Ken Showler - Audio, Video, Control

KEN SHOWLER
Freelance Audio, Video, Control

ken@kenshowler.com
(248)914-0274
Berkley, MI

CALENDAR	ICAL	SOCIAL
CLIENT FTP	RESUME	SOCIAL

AFFILIATION
HISTORY

Freelance AVC Engineer Berkley, MI	Audio Post Pluto Post Birmingham, MI	Sound Design Intern The Detroit Chop Shop Clinton Township, MI	(more information) (more information)
US Project Associate 7th Sense Design, Ltd. West Sussex, UK	Audio Post Grace & Wild Studios Farmington Hills, MI	B.A. Sound Design Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
Audio Post Radish Creative Group Royal Oak, MI	Audio Post Campbell-Ewald Detroit Warren, MI	Electrical Eng. Co-Op Bemis Company Oshkosh, WI
AVC Design/Programming Audio~Video Alternatives Royal Oak, MI	Systems Integrator Bond Communications Dubai, UAE	Study Abroad Student ENSEA Cergy-Pontoise, France
Audio Post Team Detroit Dearborn, MI	Audio Post Engineer Forest Post Productions Farmington Hills, MI	DJ / Officer WMTU 91.9FM Houghton, MI
AVC Design/Programming Unified Business Technology Troy, MI	Instructor International Academy of Design and Technology Troy, MI	Volunteer Habitat for Humanity Laredo, TX

CHRONOLOGY

CURRENTLY ACTIVE/ONGOING

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Media Server Support

On site and mockup support for the Daily Planet exhibit

Raleigh, NC

PRIMITIVE
Sound Design, Foley, Mix

A Stereoscopic Short Film
Creator Oleg Alexander

Los Angeles, CA

2011

Feliz Navidad Madrid
Building Projection Mapping, Show Programming (7th Sense Delta)

Public event sponsored by Samsung, mapping the Madrid City Hall at Plaza Ciebeles. Architectural mesh planning by Ian MacPherson (7th Sense), Media by Darkroom London, AV Systems by Spyglass New Zealand, production by NEW MEDIA.

BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEOS by BRUCE FERGUSON:
PART 1: http://vimeo.com/33848077
PART 2: http://vimeo.com/34055502

Madrid, Spain

Auto Guangzhou 2011
Media Server Programming, Operation, Instruction for the SEAT Motors Exhibit

Guangzhou, China

Forgotten Detroit
Production Sound Mixer

Short film from Hott Garbage and director Rick Boven

Detroit, MI

Montaplast Frankfort
AVC System Design, Programming

Executive Conference Room
(AMX, Atlona, Sharp, TV One)

Frankfort, KY

TACOM Stanley Drive
AVC Programming
(AMX, Extron, Polycom HDX, Sharp)

Troy, MI

Montaplast Pond Run
AVC System Design, Programming

Conference and boardrooms
(AMX, BSS Soundweb, Gefen, Atlona, Sharp)

Auburn Hills, MI

IBM Think Exhibit @ Lincoln Center
Media Server Support/Instruction

New York, NY

Museum of Science & Industry
AVC System Support

Giant Heart and Fantastic Journey exhibits

Chicago, IL

American Museum of Natural History
Media Server Support

System support at the Hayden Planetarium

New York, NY

The Littest Angel
Foley Mixer (IMDB)

Animated Feature
Director David Kim
Sound Supervisor Spencer Hall

Farmington, MI

Pluto Post
Ongoing Audio Post freelancing

Ford/Lincoln
Henry Ford Museum/IMAX
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort

Birmingham, MI

Radish Creative Group
Ongoing Audio Post freelancing

Michigan Department of Community Health
Talmer Bank and Trust
Covenant/Molina Health Care

Royal Oak, MI

Campbell-Ewald Detroit
Ongoing Audio Post freelancing

Alltel
OnStar
Navy

Warren, MI

Team Detroit
Ongoing Audio Post freelancing

Ford/Lincoln
Carhartt
The Sports Authority
Knight Foundation

Dearborn, MI

Hardcore Pawn
Production Sound Mixer (IMDB)

4 Episodes

Detroit, MI

Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Media Server Support

Hired by 7th Sense Design UK to support testing for next year's show

Burbank, CA
New York, NY

2010

Medialon Certified Programmer
Now recognized by Medialon as a knowledgable control system programmer

Berkley, MI

Ferrari World Theme Park
Lead AV Integrator and Programmer, focusing in audiovisual servers, media, and show control programming

Consultant Jack Rouse Associates

(Medialon, AMX, MediaMatrix, CobraNet, 7th Sense Delta, Alcorn McBride, Pro Tools, Adobe Suite, Extron ES9600, Christie Digital, Sony DCP, NEC, Jupiter PixelNet, JBL Cinema, Crown, Linksys, Opto 22, Shure, Euphonix, SSL)

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Burj Khalifa “At the Top” Lifts
Control system programming, video encoding

(AMX, MediaStar, Philips Color Kinetic, Dynalite, Adobe, Linksys)

Dubai, UAE

2009

The Yas Hotel
AV system design, installation, control system programming

(AMX, MediaMatrix, Extron, Meyer Galileo, Christie Digital, Draper, Shure, LG)

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo
AV system design and control system programming, touch panel graphics and layout design

(AMX, Biamp Audia, Alcorn McBride, Shure, Crown, Tannoy, NEC, Linksys)

Dubai, UAE

2008

Ferrari World London Mockup

Hired by Bond Communications to assist with media servers for an attraction mockup at Black Island Studios

London, UK

The Man Who Collected Food
Boom Operator (IMDB)

Feature Film
Director Matthew Roth

Royal Oak, MI

Managing Thought
Record, Edit, Mix, Master

Audio Book
Author Mary J. Lore

Farmington Hills, MI

Digital Audio I
Instructor

Taught a 17-week introductory audio course to students in Digital Media and Game Design programs at IADT Detroit.

Troy, MI

FSN Detroit
Mix, Edit

Original 30-min broadcast programs

In My Own Words: Pavel Datsyuk
In My Own Words: Rip Hamilton
Spotlight: Dan Cleary
Spotlight: Justin Verlander

Detroit, MI

Literally
Boom Operator (IMDB)

Short Film
Director Mary Shea
Writer Ian Bonner

Detroit, MI

2007

Forest Post

Mix, Edit, VO, Sound Design

Commercial, industrial, tv, radio, short form, long form, ISDN sessions, etc.

Select Clients:
J. Walter Thompson/Team Detroit
Chrysler, Ford, GM
BBDO-Detroit
BI Worldwide
Detroit Medical Center
Alan Frank & Assoc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America

(Pro Tools HD, Telex Zephyr, Neumann, FirstCom Music)

Farmington Hills, MI

Tin Man
Sound Design, Foley, Mix

Short Film
Director Jerome Loston

(Nuendo 4)

New York, NY

Internship @ The Detroit Chop Shop
Field Recording, Foley, Sound Design

Contributed to Blastwave FX Sonopedia, Digital Juice, and the Nightingale Voice Box effects libraries

(Fostex FR-2, Sennheiser, Rode, Sound Forge, Rycote)

Clinton Twp, MI

BA: Sound Design, Minor: Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University
GPA: 3.56/4.00

Graduated! 2 semesters shy of a BSEE as well.

Houghton, MI

Award recognizing my efforts and contribution:

Contribution to the Arts 2007 - All Arts
Rotary Club of Houghton

Houghton, MI

Equus @ The McArdle Theatre
Sound Design, Score Production

Director Debra Bruch
Composer Charles White

Houghton, MI

KSO Classically Folk @ The Rozsa Center
Multitrack/Mix

Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra with U.P. folk group White Water

Conductor Milton Olsson
Photo Credit Bill Fink

(Pro Tools HD. Three BLUE Mice hanging from the eyebrow, DPA 4010s at rear of hall, 4011 solo mic, plenty of spot mics)

Houghton, MI

2006

The Fantasticks @ The McArdle Theatre
Live Sound Mixer

Director Sue Stephens
Music Directior Milton Olsson

Houghton, MI

Summer of Speaker Building

Built and tested a pair of North Creek Music CM-7 speakers for myself, a set of 5 CM-7 MTM for Michigan Tech, and a set of 5 Echo MTM and bookshelf speakers for myself.

Houghton, MI

Bergonzi String Quartet
@ The Pine Mountain Music Festival
Classical Recording

Also worked for the Festival as Scheduling Coordinator and volunteered to run supertitles for several opera performances

Houghton, MI
Iron Mountain, MI

The Alan Parsons Live Project 2006
Multitrack Mix and Residence Documentary

Conductors Alan Parsons, Milton Olsson
Film Advisor Erin Smith

Produced a 40-minute feature documenting APLP's residency. Camera Operator for 2 performances, and other events during the APLP residency at MTU.

(Pro Tools HD, Final Cut Pro)

Houghton, MI

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
@ The McArdle Theatre
Sound Design, Multitrack Mix

A "live studio" performance
Director Roger Held
Photo Credit Patricia Helsel

Co-designers Joe Kirklin, Dirk Kahl, and Ben Campbell (Pro Tools)

Houghton, MI

Micah Fitch Jazz Trio
Recording Engineer

Studio Sessions
(Pro Tools HD)

Houghton, MI

Henry V @ The McArdle Theatre
Director Christopher Plummer
Photo Credit Christopher Plummer

Filmed 4 performances and complied/edited video (Final Cut Pro)

Houghton, MI

Dead Man's Jazz Club @ The McArdle Theatre
Audio Tech, Set Design Assistant

Director Christopher Plummer
Photo Credit Christopher Plummer

Houghton, MI

2005

Electrical Engineering Co-op at Bemis

Assisted with design and documentation of control systems for plastics processing plants, under mentor Engineer Paul Santkuyl

Oshkosh, WI

Breakers Blues Band @ MTU Studio
Studio Sessions

Musician

Houghton, MI

Anderson Elementary @ MTU Studio
Studio Sessions

Producer, Engineer, Musician

(Pro Tools HD)

Houghton, MI

Steel Magnolias @ The Rozsa Center
Live Sound Mixer

Director Debra Bruch

Houghton, MI

2004

LeaderShape Institute 2004

Met some great people. Did some self-improvement exercises that I still think about day to day.

Mass City, MI

Keep Right @ The ExUrban
Studio Sessions

My first proper studio recording experience, as a musician, with Engineer Erik Koskinen. We sold enough discs to pay for the production and keep a bit of profit

Oshkosh, WI

Habitat Laredo

Building on Spring Break

Laredo, TX

WMTU Radio

My 2nd year as an Indie Music DJ with co-host Brad Abar. 1AM-3AM slot.

Also organized a concert at the local skate park, and designed a few concert posters

Houghton, MI

2003

Study Abroad
ENSEA (Superior National School of Electronics )

Courses in French Language & Culture and World Institutions

Cergy-Pontoise, France

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KEN SHOWLER Freelance Audio, Video, Control

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KEN SHOWLER
Freelance Audio, Video, Control