CHAZ MABRY

Berkeley, CA | 510-612-2230 | chazmabry@gmail.com | https://www.openai-resume.com

TARGET ROLE

Audiovisual Events Engineer – OpenAI

SUMMARY

Creative-first AV engineer with 15+ years designing and running high profile, high pressure hybrid events in fast paced tech and broadcast environments. Deep experience with AV-over-IP (QSC Q-LAN, Dante, NDI, Crestron NVX), enterprise AV systems, and executive communications. Comfortable as Technical Director, A1, V1, and graphics, owning AV event planning end to end from design and integration through on the ground execution. Calm under pressure, strong with documentation and ticket based workflows, and obsessed with making AV feel invisible so people and stories land.

Currently applying to OpenAI to serve as the subject matter expert for a reliable, scalable ITAV events program that supports executive meetings, all hands, team events, and high profile productions across offices.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND TECH STACK

AV-over-IP

• QSC Q-SYS and Q-LAN, Dante, NDI, Crestron NVX

Event and production systems

• Yamaha CL / QL, Biamp Tesira, Q-SYS, Shure Wireless

• Video production: vMix, NewTek TriCaster, Analog Way, Ross, Blackmagic, Barco, Christie

• Intercom and comms: Clear-Com, Riedel

Event platforms and collaboration

• Zoom, Zoom Webinars, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex

• Hybrid and multi office event production, executive and VIP support

IT, networking, and operations

• LAN / WAN, VLANs, QoS, basic routing and switching for AV networks

• Jira, ServiceNow, Asana, Notion, Confluence, Smartsheet

• SOPs, documentation, training, ticket queues, and SLAs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NBC SPORTS BAY AREA

Media Systems and Operations (Contract) | San Francisco, CA | 2025

Supported live studio and control room productions for broadcast sports content.

Served in key control room roles including routing, playback, and QC during live shows.

Operated and supported production systems including Ross, Vizrt, routing switchers, and intercom.

Followed and refined detailed run of show documents and pre production checklists.

Coordinated with engineering and IT to keep signal paths, distribution, and backups stable on air.

Documented incidents and root causes to improve reliability and future shows.

AVI SYSTEMS

Senior AV and Events Engineer | San Francisco Bay Area | Nov 2023 – Present

Lead AV engineer embedded with enterprise clients including Astellas, ServiceNow, and AbbVie, combining design level work with hands on event support.

Acted as subject matter expert for ITAV event support at a multi building biotech campus.

Owned AV event planning for executive meetings, town halls, trainings, and multi room programs.

Designed signal flows, configured Q-SYS, Dante, and NVX systems, and ensured clean integration with Zoom and Teams.

Served in key show roles including Technical Director and A1 for multi office hybrid events and streams.

Built and operated vMix and hardware switcher setups, created lower thirds and graphics, and managed recording and distribution.

Worked closely with networking teams to design dedicated AV VLANs, QoS policies, and redundant paths for critical events.

Drove down downtime by roughly 30 percent through proactive monitoring, redundancy, and better documentation.

Built and maintained event playbooks, run of show templates, and post event review formats used across the account.

DIVERSIFIED

Senior Field Engineer | United States | Apr 2022 – Jan 2023

AV systems integrator for large corporate and public spaces including UC Merced, Chase headquarters, BMO, and NHL San Jose Sharks facilities.

• Installed and commissioned enterprise AV systems using Q-SYS, Dante, Crestron NVX, and Cisco infrastructure.

• Built broadcast ready setups for arena and boardroom environments, integrating with in house production teams.

• Coordinated cutovers with client IT to minimize downtime and keep events and operations running.

• Authored regional standards and handover documentation so client ITAV and workplace teams could own systems confidently.

AUTODESK

Global Workplace Technology Lead (AV and Event Services) | San Francisco, CA | 2017 to 2021

Partnered with Corporate Communications, Global Real Estate and Workplace, Brand, AV Engineering, and Executive Support to design and support event spaces and services.

Supported recurring CEO broadcasts and all hands events with roughly 1,000 in person attendees and 5,000 plus remote viewers.

Worked closely with EAs, comms, AV, and facilities to align on agendas, room setups, timing, and guest experience.

Helped design stage layouts, audience seating, overflow spaces, and viewing areas so events felt welcoming and polished.

Led stakeholder discovery for standard room types and event spaces across global offices.

Turned requirements into repeatable room designs, commissioning checklists, and a knowledge base in Confluence.

Established MSP governance for AV and events services.

Built scorecards, set SLAs and KPIs, ran QBRs with vendors, and focused metrics on on time starts, stream reliability, and guest experience.

Drove new site readiness for events and meetings.

Owned acceptance testing, baseline inventory, and handover so that new offices were ready for internal events on day one.

BLUEPRINT STUDIOS

AV Technical Manager | San Francisco Bay Area | Dec 2014 – Mar 2018

Built and led AV operations for a creative event production agency.

Scaled AV operations from 2 to 15 team members supporting major trade shows and corporate events.

Produced and executed large scale AV experiences for clients such as Palo Alto Networks.

Supported multi day conferences in 2016 and 2017 with budgets just under one million dollars.

Designed stage, audio, and video systems, coordinated rentals and trucking, and managed on site crews.

Developed inventory management processes and vendor relationships that streamlined project timelines and reduced last minute risk.

SELECTED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Global hybrid executive broadcasts, Autodesk

Supported recurring CEO broadcasts with 1,000 in room and 5,000 plus remote attendees.

Helped design and operate hybrid systems that connected multiple offices with clean audio and video.

Large scale Palo Alto Networks conferences, Blueprint Studios

Key AV technical lead for multi day, high budget events approaching one million dollars in spend.

Owned show level coordination, cueing, and on site troubleshooting for general sessions.

Backyard micro venue, independent project

Founded and operated a small legal backyard venue during COVID, producing a series of sold out shows.

Personally handled permitting, sponsors, rentals, talent booking, food vendors, and show day operations.

CERTIFICATIONS

Dante Level 3

Q-SYS Level 2

Biamp Tesira

Pro Tools Operator

EDUCATION

SAE Expression College, Emeryville, CA

Bachelor of Applied Science in Sound Art