David has been in the industry more than 40 years. He was President at Morris | Light & Sound, Integration before SoloTech acquired Morris. David is now the President of Business Development for Gateway Studios & Production Services (GSPS).

Gateway Studios & Production Services offers turnkey production service solutions for the live music touring, motion picture/television and corporate event industries. Gateway Studios, scheduled to open this year, with more than 300,000 square feet, Gateway will be the largest and most technologically-advanced facility of its kind in the United States.

David is also a lover of animals and supports The St Thomas Humane Society. I am really looking forward to catching up.

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Jeff Founded Special Event Services in 1986 with Jim Brammer in Brammer’s Winston-Salem garage. SES is an industry leader in audio, lighting, video, design, staging, and live event production for businesses, religious organizations, and major recording artists.

Since 1987 Jeff has provided scenic, show and lighting design for SES clients worldwide. Jeff has also toured with many of these SES clients as their lighting director for over the past 30 plus years. This additionally includes being the lighting designer and director on several music videos and television broadcasts that SES provides production for.

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David sold his lighting business, TLS Inc to 4Wall back in 2012 and stayed on to work with the company for three years before taking a different approach to life.

Now David is retired and manages some real estate and spends time renovating his current house with his wife DeAnn. They both did some community theater work and consulted on a few lighting projects. David and DeAnn bought boats and traveled a lot which is fantastic BUT David’s main source of income these days is winning $ from buddies at golf.

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