David Butler

I am a customer-centric Senior Technical Project Manager and Team Leader delivering on-time and under-budget results with complex, multi-disciplinary projects of all types with the objective of achieving customer delight whenever possible and practical. I am seeking my next role with a well-established business or institution that holds the highest standards of work quality and complete customer satisfaction as core principles. My philosophy is that user experience and ease of use are paramount and as essential as great engineering and performance.

I am highly skilled at accurate assessment of client’s needs and rapidly determining an optimal fit between requirements, budget, materials and timeframe.

• Extensive experience with client base of financial institutions including First Republic Bank, Fidelity, Advent International, TA Associates and John Hancock as well as enterprise-level corporations, governments, universities, biotech, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, health care, architects, consultants, schools and broadcasters.
• Consistently delivers results on time, on budget and to full customer satisfaction by combining knowledge of management, engineering and sales to deliver exceptional results.
• Highly effective as the primary point of contact for project status including deliverables, deadlines, assigning responsibilities, risks and issues as well as bottom-line accountability.
• Dedicated team player that leads and manages by example with a collaborative working style.
• Experience includes managing multiple complex cross-disciplinary projects while simultaneously collaborating with Engineering, Sales, IT, Technical Documentation and Procurement.
• Works effectively with all stakeholders: senior management, design team, procurement, logistics, facilities and support along with architects, consultants, clients, general contractors and sub-contractors along with all related trades.

AVSpecialists4U LLC, Fitchburg, MA, Senior Project Manager 2017-Present

Consulting and Design practice in all areas of AV, Recording, Live Sound, Broadcast and Acoustics.

• Solutions Architect for Conferencing, Collaboration and general AV needs including present and future plans for a wide range of businesses, North America and International.
• Evaluated all technologies currently in use, primary needs of all end-user stakeholders and the criteria and concerns of the Support and IT teams, as well as management. Created plans to implement the most user-friendly solutions with a consistent use experience approach.

Madison College, Madison, WI, Video Conferencing Solutions Architect/PM 2015-Dec 2016

Flagship of the Wisconsin State Technical College system, Madison is a multi-campus college with extensive Telepresence and other Distance Learning technology. Madison pioneered use of Telepresence in Higher Education and needed a leader to oversee upgrading and implementing newer technology.

• Solutions Architect/PM for Video Conferencing and Collaborations needs including present and future plans. Evaluated best available solutions as Solutions Architect to implement replacement of existing Telepresence systems and created the plan for ongoing maintenance of existing rooms during the transition. As PM, oversaw all implementation, coordinating with AV Integrators, installers and Facilities.
• Created and developed a roadmap to integrate and unify all AV technologies across the school in order to lay a foundation for increasing incorporation of VTC, Video, Streaming, Capturing and Collaboration.
• Worked closely with the Facilities team on all construction details.
• Worked closely with all stakeholders: IT, PMO, Support, Administration, Faculty, Facilities and the student body to ensure the best solutions were used, keeping in mind user experience and ease of use.

Viju, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, Project Manager 2013-2014

$50,000,000 International Telepresence, Videoconferencing and AV systems integrator and design/build firm.

• PM for all installations, managing all construction, installation, commissioning and hand-off to the client.
• Key team member brought in to help open and develop the New England market.
• Team leader in the implementation and sales of complex AV installations in a wide variety of environments and clientele with extensive customer collaboration and contact.

Ambient, Inc., Warwick, RI, Sales Manager 2011-2013

AV, Video and Multimedia systems integrator and design/build firm w/Live Events and Video Production.

• Broadened Sales base, grew Sales team and rebuilt Government contracting business.
• This position included engineering and sales management duties with P&L responsibility.

Providea Conferencing LLC, Quincy, MA, Project Manager 2010-2011

$100,000,000 Telepresence, Videoconferencing and AV systems integrator, design/build firm and managed services provider.

• PM for $1,250,000 Teleconferencing and AV installation for an entire new building from the ground up through the construction phase and all installation and integration of multiple rooms for a major international biotech firm.
• Designed, co-designed and consulted on complex Audio-Visual systems designs with team members.

York Telecom/UCG, Wilmington, MA, Senior Project Manager 2006-2009

AV, Multimedia and IT systems integrator and design/build firm doing $75,000,000 annually.

• Management and technical lead overseeing $2.5 million, 49-site integration project for international insurance firm. Acted as key technical sales engineer developing business and transitioned to integration PM for domestic and foreign-based project execution.

Rosati Acoustics and Multimedia, Inc., Boston, MA, GM/Senior PM/ Sales Engineer 2005-2006 

Multimedia systems integrator, consulting house and design/build firm.

• Administered and ran all daily operations of engineering, consulting and sales business.
• Designed, consulted on and sold AV and multimedia systems of all sizes.

db Engineering, Inc., Newton, MA, Principal/ Technical Director 1999-2005

International engineering, integration, sales, service and consulting company.

• Managed and led implementation teams as PM on all major projects, from construction through installation, commissioning and hand-off to the client.
• Started, built and ran a 10-person company designing and providing solutions to businesses, bands, musicians and individuals. This included the environment, equipment and resources needed for recording, production and broadcast facilities and AV systems.
• Designed complex AV installations, wiring systems and acoustical treatments.

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY – BSEE

Assabet Valley Community College, Marlboro, MA - Advanced Microsoft Project Certificate

Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA: PMP Certification, Pending, expected 2nd quarter ‘23.

InfoComm, Fairfax, VA – CTS Certification: Pending, expected 2nd or 3rd quarter 2023.

Kramer Electronics: Kramer Certified Digitalist.

Technology Expertise: Telepresence, Hardware and Cloud-Based Video Teleconferencing (VTC), Streaming, Broadcast, Video Walls, Signage and Display, Boardrooms, Conference Rooms, Training Rooms, NOC and Command Centers, Presentation, Audio and Video Recording and Editing, Live and Concert Sound Reinforcement, Audio-Visual Networking and Switching, Distributed Audio, Acoustical Analysis and Treatment.

Expertise

Products: Zoom Meetings, GoToMeeting, Blue Jeans, Lifesize, Cisco, Polycom, Tandberg, Crestron, AMX, Kramer, Extron, ClearOne, Biamp, Gefen, FSR, Barco, Smart, BSS.

Verticals: Higher Education, Schools, Pharma, Biotech, Medical, Educational, Government, Broadcast, Enterprise Corporations, Financial & Investment, House of Worship, Concert & Event Sound & Video.

Software: SalesForce, QuickBase and other CRM and custom enterprise management systems, Microsoft Project, MS Office, AutoCAD (primarily AutoCAD Lite) and other CAD tools.