Alok Wadhwani

ALOK W ADHWANI

Entertainment & Technology Designer Lighting Design, IT Design & Management, Special Projects

P.O. Box 515381 #7424, Los Angeles, CA 90051  Phone (818) 237-3458  Mobile (315) 558-8183  E-mail [email protected]  Web www.alokw.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Center of Emerging Network Technologies, Syracuse University - Syracuse, New York Technology Analyst & Designer, Project Manager • •

Currently serving as a project manager and network designer to bringing public Wi-Fi to low-income neighborhoods Researched, designed, and administered servers, network devices, and web-based services for student lab use

Thinkwell Design and Production - Burbank, California Lighting Design Intern • • • • •

Director, Dave Molta January 2008 to Present

VP Production & Technical Design, Michael Finney May 2008 to August 2008

Responsible for three schematic lighting designs for themed attractions and museums Assisted in the technical coordination of a large-scale, international themed event Served as a technical lighting consultant for a large-scale mock-up Generated schematic network designs for a large-scale CobraNet audio installation Prepared digital media for production on DVDs, and electronic publication

Valley Christian High School - San Jose, California Digital Displays Manager

Director of Technology, Michael Annab July 2007 to January 2008

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Deployed and remotely managed a 42” informational plasma display in the main high school lobby Designed and maintained content remotely, working with Omnivex digital signage software over a VPN connection

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Assisted the Director of Technology, Systems Administrator, & Network Administrator on a day to day basis Assisted in the installation and deployment of Cisco Catalyst 3750 edge switches & (28) Cisco 1242 Access Points

IT Assistant

Summers, 2006 & 2007

LIGHTING DESIGN Smokey Joe’s Cafe The Mikado Steel Pier Arabian Nights Dido and Aeneas Oedipus Rex

Starving Artists, NY Syracuse University Opera Theatre, NY Syracuse University Drama, NY Syracuse University Drama, NY Syracuse University Opera Theatre, NY Black Box Players, NY

DIR: Dominique Stasiulis DIR: Eric Johnson DIR: David Wanstreet DIR: Stephen Cross DIR: Eric Johnson DIR: Nicholas Pescosolido

2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007

Syracuse Opera, NY Syracuse Stage, NY Black Box Players, NY Syracuse Stage, NY

LD: Alex Koziara LD: Dawn Chiang LD: Jason Read LD: A. Nelson Ruger IV

2007 2006 2006 2005

Syracuse University Drama, NY Syracuse University Drama, NY Manilus Pebble Hill High School, NY Syracuse University Drama, NY Black Box Players, NY

Scenic Designer Projection Designer Moving Light Consultant Costume LED Consultant Projection & Sound Designer

2009 2008 2008 2007 2006

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN Rigoletto A Christmas Carol Rhinoceros (Associate) The Sound of Music

RELATED DESIGN & CONSULTING And the World Goes ‘Round Sweeney Todd The Threepenny Opera My One and Only Tape

HONORS Arthur Storch Design Award Syracuse University Drama, NY Excellence in Visual & Performing Arts Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, CA Quest For Excellence Award Valley Christian High School, CA

April 2008 May 2005 May 2005

EDUCATION B.F.A. Theatre Design and Technology Syracuse University, NY Minor in Information Technology

August 2005 to May 2009

Design Training: Alex Koziara, Felix Cochren, Rob Andrusko, Maria Marrerro

SPECIAL SKILLS Lighting Design

ETC, High End, Jands, & Strand Consoles. Color Kinetics, High End, Martin, & SGM LED & Intelligent Fixtures. AutoCAD, AutoBLOCK, ESP Vision, LightWright, VectorWorks, & WYSIWYG Software. Computer Software Mac OS X, Windows NT through Windows 7, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian Operating Systems. Apple Mail, iLife, iWork, MS Access, Entourage, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Word. Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Apple DVD Studio & Final Cut Pro, Motion, & SoundTrack Pro, MaxMSP/Jitter. Information Tech. Mac OS X, Windows, & Linux Servers. LAMP, DHCP, DNS, RRAS, TCP/IP, Routing & Switching, Wireless Networks, Cisco Solutions, & VoIP. HTML, PHP, CSS Programming. MySQL & FileMaker Pro. References available upon request. Portfolio and full resume available online.

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