# Austin Zhang

> Audio Video Engineer - CTS, CCNA

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/austinzhang1

I started Brave Sound Productions in 2020 as a bedroom studio recording my friends. It quickly grew into a full-service live event production team doing live sound, streaming, and videography for venues like the Manhattan School of Music, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NJPAC, and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

After several years running my own projects, I moved into institutional roles: first as Audio-Visual Manager at Columbia University, managing a team of technicians, infrastructure upgrades, and hundreds of high-profile events; then as the primary A1 engineer for Citigroup Global HQ Auditorium and the VESPA broadcast control room, where I designed systems, supported large multi-floor Dante and NDI networks, and built a Python-based control interface for their flagship spaces.

Today I’m a freelance AV specialist. I work as an A1 engineer, integration tech, and control systems programmer for clients including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Convene, Rockefeller Capital Management, ServiceNow, TradeWeb, and others. I also co-run Studio San, a three-room home studio and creative lab in Brooklyn, NY.

## Work Experience
### A1 Engineer @ Convene
Jan 2026 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### A1/A2 @ TeamPeople
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### A1 Engineer @ Panavid Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos

### Audio Visual Technician @ Technical Operations Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos

### A1 and Systems Engineer @ TBR Audio
Jan 2025 – Present | Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos

### Audio Visual Technician @ A-V Services, Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
AV Technician for JPMorgan Chase midtown headquarters

### On-Site AV Technician Level 3 @ AVI-SPL
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States
Primary A1 engineer for Citigroup Global HQ Auditorium and VESPA broadcast control room serving Citi C-suite executives.
Daily operator with Yamaha Rivage PM Audio ecosystem, QSYS DSP, and Dante networking.
AV over IP support with multifloor Dante, NDI, and AV Control networks.
Designed and implemented new audio console scenes, QSYS DSP, Dante configuration for a large 200 seat combine/divide hybrid event space for improved audio quality, redundancy, and ease of use.
Programmed new AV control system for flagship Auditorium space.
Installed, upgraded, and configured numerous AV appliances such as KVM systems, network switches, video distribution, audio DSP, control processors, and more.

### Audio Visual Manager @ Columbia University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
Created equipment pull lists and technical drawings for videography, IMAG, captioning, live streaming, lighting, live translation, live sound, and display/projection setups.
Coordinated and planned building AV infrastructure upgrades and repairs.
Managed a multi-million dollar inventory of production equipment (AJA, Blackmagic, Extron, QSC, and more).
Supervised and scheduled a team of 17 full-time AV technicians along with numerous temporary AV technicians through hundreds of high profile university events.

### Co-Founder @ Brave Sound Productions
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Self-produced, recorded, and live-streamed hundreds of concerts with multi-track audio, video switching, and graphics. Primary clientele were NYC jazz musicians: Mike Clark, George Cables, Jaleel Shaw, Rodney Jones, Carl Allen, and many more
Hired, staffed, and coordinated all projects.
Provided audio and video recording services for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rutgers University, Montclair Jazz Festival, Yamaha Midtown Artist Services, New Jersey Performing Arts Center and more.

### Recording Engineer @ Manhattan School of Music
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
Route audio via Dante network across 7 performance venues and 2 control rooms. 
Use Blackmagic ATEM and V-Mix software for overlays and lower thirds for live streaming.
Recorded and mixed hundreds of concerts using the Studer Vista and Yamaha DM2000 digital console and Dante recorders by Sound Devices and Marantz.


## Education
### Bachelor of Music in Jazz/Jazz Studies
Manhattan School of Music

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
Thomas Edison State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/austindiscovers
- Portfolio: https://austinzhang.org

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Last updated: 2026-04-13