AV Consultant/Designer with extensive experience in performance AV systems for performing arts facilities, themed entertainment venues, stadiums, Mega & Giga churches, and indoor-outdoor regional or national concert venues. My designs and guidance provided to clients come from years of hands-on experience as a touring engineer and working for an AV integration firm, gaining the installer's perspective. Music and technology are a huge passion of mine, and working with artists to ensure they connect with the audience and the audience has an emotional response to the artist. I utilize my years of relationship building with the artist to strive as an advocate for the production crew (the forgotten heroes who make events and facilities run so smoothly) with the design team and the client's upper management. This is why I still freelance as an Audio Engineer, helping create those connections while continuing my hands-on experience with the latest technology, well ahead of mainstream implementation within venues.  A patron's emotional memory or response from an event comes from a well-designed, extremely collaborative team and highly coordinated building that works as one rather than multiple items within  a facility that works by themselves. 

I've seen AV change and grow, from the days of ticker tape running through slide projector controllers, through the advent of multi projector shows (who remembers Spindler and Sauppe?!) to a certain Bill Gates.. and through to today.. What a journey!! And I'm still as passionate about the industry as the 20 year old that started all those years ago.. Happy to talk to anyone about the 'good ol' days' as well as the fabulous and amazing NOW!!!

Garth Lobban is a 35-year veteran of the AV industry who got his start in rental/ staging and live sound while attending college. After a tenure in rental and equipment sales, he moved to the manufacturing side passing through the ranks of high-profile audio and video companies in roles from market development, channel marketing, to product marketing. As Director of Marketing, Garth currently oversees the global Marketing and Training teams at Atlona where he has been for over eight years. He’s raised two children with his wife of 33 years and after hours you might find him on his bicycle or at his work bench.