Built by a Tech, for Techs

The Origin Story

I bought the domain FreelanceAudioVisual.com over 15 years ago. At the time, it was a simple personal portfolio — a place to showcase my work as a freelance audio visual technician and make it easy for production companies to find and hire me. And it worked. That little website landed me gig after gig, from corporate conferences and trade shows to live concerts and broadcast productions.

Over the years, as I built relationships across the industry, I kept seeing the same problem from both sides of the table. Technicians struggled to get discovered beyond their local network. Labor coordinators spent hours making phone calls, sending texts, and juggling spreadsheets to build crews for their shows. There had to be a better way.

From Portfolio to Platform

The idea was simple: if one tech's portfolio on this domain could generate real work, imagine what a full directory of AV professionals could do. A place where every lighting designer, audio engineer, video tech, stagehand, and camera operator in the country could create a profile and get discovered by the companies that need them.

But I didn't want to build just another directory. I wanted to build the tool I wished existed — something that actually solves the daily challenges of managing freelance crews. That's why FreelanceAudioVisual.com isn't just a list of names. It's a complete crew management platform with availability calendars, show scheduling, booking workflows, onboarding, and direct communication between techs and companies.

For the Industry, by the Industry

I'm not a Silicon Valley startup founder. I'm a working AV technician who has spent 15+ years on show floors, in ballrooms, on loading docks, and behind consoles. I know what it feels like to wonder where your next gig is coming from. I know the chaos of trying to staff a 40-person crew for a show that starts in three days. I've lived both sides of this industry.

That perspective shapes everything about this platform. The features aren't designed in a boardroom — they're designed from the call sheet. The availability calendar uses hold-based scheduling because that's how AV actually works. The crew management tools mirror the workflow of a real labor coordinator. The technician profiles highlight the information that actually matters: roles, gear, certifications, and availability.

The Vision

My goal is to make FreelanceAudioVisual.com the place where every AV freelancer in the United States has a professional presence, and every production company can find the crew they need — fast, reliably, and without the phone tag. Whether you're an A1 in Nashville, a lighting designer in Las Vegas, or a crew chief in New York, this is your platform.

We're still growing, still building, and still listening to feedback from the technicians and companies who use the platform every day. If you have ideas for how we can make this better, I want to hear them.