Jim Woodward is an award-winning designer whose expertise is 3D visualization, rendering, and modeling for a wide variety of industries including concert & theatrical events, film, television, corporate events, trade shows, museums, architectural firms, and retail. Jim has been incorporating CAD and 3D visualization into the entertainment workflow since 1986. He's produced corporate and concert events for widely recognized companies and entertainment artists for over 40 years.

Now Jim is the senior Entertainment Product Specialist at Vectorworks focused on providing training and support for lighting design, production design, previsualization, rendering, and more.

This episode has been sponsored by RZI Lighting and AVL Media Group.

Steve Warren was a Shareholder and Director of Avolites Ltd until to its recent sale to Robe. For over 35 years, Steve was the public face of the console and dimming manufacturer. He began his career designing electrical layouts for hospitals, police stations, and public buildings, before joining Avolites in 1984 and working his way up into a technical sales role. Then the opportunity came, in 1991, to purchase Avolites from the original owners, Steve bought the assets of the company and became the new Manager where he stayed until the recent sale.

Steve has done a lot of other interesting things along the way, and we can not wait to hear about what has been going on in Steve’s life and what he has in store for 2024 now that sale of Avolites has completed.

Episode 242 is sponsored by Elation and Mainlight.

Michael has spent 30+ years in the entertainment industry. First as a freelancer, then in 2011, Michael joined forces with other designers to create Crossfade Design, LLC. During that time, he has created designs for small,medium and large-scale events worldwide. Michael is the President / Senior Designer at Crossfade Design and guides its overall business operations.

This episode is brought to you by Roe Visual and Stratum Productions.