AV System Architecture
Room-specific designs for classrooms, collaboration spaces, conference rooms, auditoriums, and multi-display environments.
Professional AV · Systems Engineering · Pre-Sales
I design AV systems that have to work in the real world.
I bridge AV engineering and pre-sales: translating requirements into practical architectures, equipment selections, signal flows, BOMs, scopes, and field-ready documentation.
What I connect
Video + AVoIP
Audio + DSP
Control + UX
USB + Collaboration
Network + PoE
Scope + BOM
Expertise
From room requirements to a buildable system.
I work across the entire pre-sales design path: discovery, architecture, product selection, compatibility, documentation, and estimate readiness.
AV over IP + Networking
Crestron DM NVX, Extron NAV, multicast design, VLAN considerations, PoE budgeting, fiber/copper uplinks, and AV-centric switching.
Audio + DSP
Dante/AES67, distributed audio, voice lift, wireless microphones, ceiling arrays, DSP architecture, amplification, and speaker coverage.
Control + Collaboration
Control processors, touch interfaces, BYOD, wireless presentation, USB extension, camera switching, and conferencing workflows.
Video + Visualization
Projection, flat panels, direct-view LED, videowalls, signal extension, EDID/HDCP troubleshooting, and display-system studies.
Pre-Sales + Documentation
BOMs, scopes of work, signal-flow thinking, cable/power requirements, site-survey findings, risk flags, and manufacturer verification.
Selected work
Design challenges I enjoy solving.
Representative project categories are intentionally generalized to respect client confidentiality.
Learning environments
Modern classrooms without unnecessary complexity
Projector- and display-based rooms, instructor BYOD, wireless presentation, voice lift, Flat Field / ceiling loudspeakers, camera automation, and equipment-placement constraints.
Networked AV
AVoIP systems designed as infrastructure
Encoder/decoder architectures, multicast behavior, Dante/AES67 coexistence, switch selection, PoE budgets, failover concepts, and 10G uplinks where the system demands them.
Collaboration
Rooms that make conferencing feel natural
Teams/Zoom-style collaboration, PTZ cameras, USB bridging, ceiling microphones, wireless microphones, DSP, speaker systems, and presenter/audience workflows.
Visualization
Large-format display and projection studies
Throw-distance analysis, screen coverage, lens selection, projector lifts, direct-view LED layouts, multi-display alternatives, mounting, trim, and serviceability.
Troubleshooting
Turning intermittent problems into design decisions
EDID and HDCP behavior, USB camera enumeration, video-extension failures, network dependencies, compatibility constraints, and practical remediation paths.
Experience
Engineering with the estimate in mind.
AV Design Engineer / Pre-Sales Estimator
Encore Technology Group · South Carolina
- Translate scopes, drawings, standards, and site conditions into room-specific AV designs and estimate-ready equipment selections.
- Develop equipment BOMs, architecture decisions, cabling/mounting/power requirements, compatibility findings, and implementation assumptions.
- Design across AVoIP, networked audio, control, conferencing, projection, large-format display, digital signage, wireless presentation, and voice reinforcement.
- Evaluate new products and firmware changes with a focus on interoperability, lifecycle, field reliability, and supportability.
Certifications
Vendor training across the full signal chain.
Selected certifications and credentials reflected on my public professional profile.
Crestron
- DM Certified Designer - DM NVX (DMC-D-NVX)2025
- Intelligent Video Design (IVC-D)2025
Extron
- XTP Systems Design Engineer2025
- Certified Network AV Specialist2024
- Certified Control Professional2024
- Certified Control Specialist2024
Biamp
- Cambridge Qt X: Configure and Deploy2025
- TesiraFORTÉ2024
Additional
- Mersive Solstice Conference DeploymentCredential
- Q-SYS Level Zero2025
- CompTIA Security+2020
Beyond AV
I like systems, not silos.
My AV work is informed by a broader interest in networking, Linux, virtualization, cybersecurity, automation, and self-hosted infrastructure. I maintain a personal Proxmox-based lab to experiment with containers, storage, reverse proxies, DNS, hardware-accelerated media, and local machine-learning workloads.
That broader systems perspective helps me ask better questions when AV touches the network, USB, security policy, remote management, storage, multicast, or long-term operations.
VirtualizationProxmox VE · Linux · LXC/VMs
InfrastructureNGINX · DNS · TLS · NAS
AccelerationIntel QSV · OpenVINO
SecurityCompTIA Security+ · segmentation mindset
Education
Bob Jones University
2016–2020
Former President, William Jennings Bryan Literary Society.
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