Thom Mullins
Experience
Thom has over 30 years experience in the design, installation and operation of sound reinforcement, audiovisual presentation systems and associated control systems, as well as architectural acoustics design in large acoustical spaces and critical listening environments such as recording studios and broadcast facility control rooms. His project design experience includes distance learning environments, corporate training and boardroom facilities, video teleconferencing suites, auditoriums, museums and zoos, churches, gymnasiums, and critical listening environments. His project involvement includes technical systems programming and budget development, technical systems master planning, system design and commissioning, project management, and client education.
Prior to becoming a consultant in 1995, Thom worked in low-voltage systems contracting as an estimator, designer, and installer of sound reinforcement, video presentation, control, and intercom systems. Throughout his career, he has mixed front-of-house sound in a variety of performance venues and churches as well as working as a recording engineer, disc jockey, and percussionist. This practical experience has informed his work as a consultant, resulting in systems that respond to how an end user thinks and works.
Education
- AAS Electronics Technology, University of Alaska
- Mechanical Engineering Studies, University of Washington
- Electrical Engineering Studies, University of Alaska
Affiliations
- American Institute of Physics, Associate
- Acoustical Society of America, Associate
- Audio Engineering Society, Associate
- NSCA Consultant’s Council
- NSCA Education Committee
- Infocomm Independent Consultants in Audiovisual Technology Council
- ICIA Performance Standards Working Group, Electronic Audio Noise Measurement Task Group
Publications & Presentations
- Improving Sanctuary Acoustics, Religious Product News, 2005
- Being There, ProAV Magazine, November 2008
- Consultant’s Connection, ProAV Magazine, monthly column since July 2007
- Impulse Response Measurements, NSCA Expo, 2008 & 2009
- Speech Privacy & Masking Systems, NSCA Expo, 2009
- Design Considerations for the Corporate Market, NSCA Expo 2006
- Playing Together in the Sandbox: Coordinating AV, Electrical, Data & Lighting, 2002
- Designing Better Classrooms, AIA 2002 Regional Conference
- Experience Music Project: You Will Know It when You Experience It, CECW Presentation, 1999
- Turning Digital: The Impact of the Digital Revolution on the Modern AV Department, InfoComm 1999
- Design and Implementation of New Learning Environments, Society of College & University Planners 1997 Conference