Mark Fetto started working as a lighting technician in the late 1970’s, working his way through the ranks at the Obie Company and Vari-Lite, he then became a lighting designer and senior programmer. In 1989 Mark opened Vari-Lite's satellite office in Las Vegas. He went on to become general manager of Vari-Lite's Dealer Network and later General Manager of North American Operations.,

Following a 16-year career at Vari-Lite, Mark joined Stage Rigging, Inc. as the National Sales Manager before moving to his position as Chief Operating Officer at Morpheus Lights for 14 years.

Mark oversaw touring systems, new inventory, infrastructure, and operational strategies in both production and manufacturing.In 2019 Mark Joined OSA International as their Vice President, Lighting and he is now learning how to be a grandpa to 2- soon to be 4 grandkids. The priorities are shifting.

Marks Motto in Life is “Do it now, because you can’t count on being here tomorrow”

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Marc's work as an artist, director, producer, and lighting designer has reached audiences of millions world-wide and includes spectacles for Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, The Barcelona and Nagano Olympics Ceremonies, Cirque du Soleil, Neil Young, Blue Man Group, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and hundreds of others.

Now, with David Gilmour and other technical collaborations, Marc is pushing even further into bridging art and light including various new technologies.

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James was with Harman for 10 years and covered 18 countries on a regular basis through Europe and the Pacific rim and has been all the way around the world twice. James is known for the Road Trip with Jim Ure demo trips. Also dubbed the "Insanity Tour" where he made roughly 340 stops in 46 states in 130 days.

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An incredible moment was last year when Video West Inc and Lightswitch were honored to help deliver The Virgin Galactic event to the public via a livestreamDonny has toured with some of the biggest names in live entertainment, includingGeorge Strait, GooGoo Dolls, Rush, Peter Gabriel and many more. Donny leveraged this skill set to become an industry leader in creating unique live experience with his particular talent of protecting the creative vision, while still making sure a project is on time, and on budget.

In Donny’s spare time he has a passion for motorsports including building his son's Kart racing team LNL Racing.

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Colleen Wittenberg is a Freelance multi-cam director, media server programmer and operator. Colleen has worked for some incredible artists such as ColpPlay, aerosmith, alanis morissette, U2, Lizzo to name but a few. And is currently on tour with Hozier.

Colleen has not only had an incredible career so far in our industry but also started out in the cruise industry as the Entertainment Technical Manager, Senior  Lighting and Special Effects Technician.

During the pandemic Colleen was one of the very few people able to leave the States and actually went to work for Universal in China

Colleen is an incredible human, strong, passionate, loving and full of energy for life. 

Please welcome Colleen, my second guest, my great friend to the Leading ladies Podcast, part of Geezers Of Gear.

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Howard brings his past experiences in almost all aspects of the theatre industry including technical, administration, education, construction, and equipment sales to bear on each project by looking at each venue as a whole and considering not only the audience experience but that of the staff, technicians, and educators who call these venues their home away from home.

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In 2007, he became the Product Manager for PRG's Proprietary Luminaires and the Series400 System. During his tenure as a Product Manager, Chris has been listed as an inventor on 15 U.S. patents (and counting) and has continued to provide technical assistance and support to multiple shows.

In 2019, Chris became Chief Innovation Officer for PRG. As CIO, Chris leads PRGInnovation, which brings into a single organization all of PRG’s global talent focused on product development. Chris also continues to participate in some of PRG’s most ambitious productions.Chris was last on the podcast for Geezers Of Gear special edition at LDI back in 2021.

Please welcome Chris back to the podcast.

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David specializes in lighting and show data integration and control systems, including lighting and video tracking systems for events of all sizes. Along with business partners Dom Smith and Paul Johnson, David established Show Binary Ltd. The company specializes in designing, consulting, and renting data control systems for live events, theatre, and film.

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