Chris Kusek
CTS-D, CTS-I
Senior Audio Video Consultant
Chicago
Chris practices building open communication and collaborative relationships with his clients and other design team members.
Chris has honed this approach throughout his 20 years in the industry, resulting in successful projects and long-standing professional relationships.
His experience spans design and installation management from performing arts centres to stadiums and arenas to recording studios and corporate board rooms – and everywhere in between. He understands the end user perspective, having worked in live sound, theatre sound design, recording, and broadcast. Chris has had the pleasure of working with artists and companies including Music Theater Works, Samuel Ramey, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Howard Levy, and Reggie Watts.
Chris is an active mentor, serving as adjunct faculty with Columbia College Chicago and with AVIXA, the international professional AV organization. At Columbia College, he helped develop the Systems Integration degree program – one of the few such programs in the world. He currently serves on the AVIXA Certification Steering Committee.
Completed Prior to Joining Schuler Shook
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
University of Manitoba – Tache Hall
Minnesota Masterpiece Hall
Black Ensemble Theater
University of Wisconsin, Kohl Center
Goshen College, Sauder Concert Hall
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
World Equestrian Center
National Association of Realtors Corporate Headquarters
Aurora Riveredge Park
Playhouse on the Square
Education
- BA - Columbia College Chicago
Organizations
- Certified Technology Specialist-Design by AVIXA
- Certified Technology Specialist-Installation by AVIXA
- AVIXA
Awards
-
SCN Magazine 40 Under 40, 2016
Presentations & Panels
- “Immersive Audio - A Primer,” Presenter, Infocomm, 2023
- “Designing for the Acoustic Experience” CEU Instructor, AIA, 2022
- “Setup and Verification,” Three-Day Course, Infocomm, 2019
- “Intro to Acoustics,” CEU Instructor, AIA, 2019
- “Setup and Verification,” Three-Day Course, Infocomm, 2018