February 4, 2009

Sparling

Sparling hired Richard Erwin as audio/visual project manager, Andrew Ruschak as wireless technology project manager, Kareem Carter as technology project manager and Bob Brothers as technology project designer. Erwin has more than 30 years of experience with design and implementation of large-scale audio and video systems, and associated control systems for stadiums, sports arenas and performance venues. He has more than 30 gold and platinum record awards for live and studio engineering and/or production. He is working on the Nintendo corporate offices in Redmond and Four Seasons Hotel and Residence in Seattle. Ruschak worked for 11 years as sales engineer, product line manager and subject matter expert for a wireless public safety communications manufacturer. He will work on wireless communications projects for emergency operations centers, large-scale public safety interoperability projects and other radio frequency systems. He is working on Maui County Police Department Radio System in Wailuku, Hawaii, JeffComm 911 in Port Hadlock and Thurston County Public Safety Radio in Olympia. Carter has more than 14 years of technology consulting experience for commercial, government, health care and residential facilities. He comes to Sparling from Washington, D.C., where he managed nationwide, large-scale technology projects for telecom and AV systems projects. He is working on Performing Arts Center Eastside in Bellevue, Good Samaritan Hospital Patient Tower in Puyallup and the Nintendo corporate headquarters. Brothers will support the design team, coordinate with contractors and manufacturers and ensure that deliverables meet required codes and quality assurance standards. He has more than 20 years of experience and is working on the Central Washington Hospital tower addition in Wenatchee, University Medical Center Princeton Data Center in New Jersey and the Amazon South Lake Union campus.