Job Title: CEO
Company:
Performing Arts Audio
Status: Member
Member since: 2017
Primary Section:
San Francisco
Company Website: http://www.performingartsaudio.biz
LinkedIn Address: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benstiegler/
I've lived at the crossroads of physics, auditory physiology research, music, and sound engineering for decades. I built and sold a successful IT managed services firm, and now enjoy focusing on designing / tuning performance systems and spaces, mixing safe-level live performances, solving knotty problems, educating the next generation of audio engineers, & teaching hearing safety.
Available for travel, based in the SF Bay Area.
BA Carleton College 1977 - Biology/Physics
MS University of Minnesota 1981 Computer Science/AI/Human Factors Engineering
MA University of MN 1987 - Psychology
Founder/CEO - SynerTel 1988-2014.
Founder/CEO - Performing Arts Audio - 1980+
AI (reasoning, voice recognition) engineer - UMECORP 1988-1992
MIS Director/AI Engineer, Lufkin Medical Labs (now SmithKline) - developed and supported early AI reasoning engine to interpret medical lab results.
Research Programmer - Center for Research in Human Learning, Perceoption, & Cognition, University of MN. (Dr. Randy Fletcher, PI)
Research Programmer, Auditory Physiiology Lab, Northwestern University (Dr. Peter Dallos, PI)
Board Co-Chair, Carleton College Alumni Admissions Program
Board Member, March for Science SF Bay Area
Helped put KFAI-FM and WOJB-FM on the air, making community radio access a reality for millions of listeners in the Twin Cities and NE Wisconsin.
Engineered/mixed thousands of live performances and live concert broadcasts.
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Minnesota Folk Festival
Kate Wolf Festival
Jewish Music Festival (Berkeley)
Two Day Town
Audio is a field which demands lifelong learning, and fortunately I enjoy this! I love meeting AES peers who are doing interesting things, trying to keep up with the bleeding edge of audio technology, and contributing to the audio community.
Office Phone: (510) 823-0850
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