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BRAND EXPERIENCE / CONCEPT + BUILD01 CAD CONCEPT02 FINISHED PRODUCTION
THE VISION. THE SYSTEM. THE SHOW.LAS VEGAS · WORKING EVERYWHERE
BRETTBEANAN.
Production Designer.
Technical Director.
Technical Director.
Big-picture vision.
Every last detail.
Built for the live moment.
THE WORK
BEHIND THE SHOW / BARRETT-JACKSONSCROLL TO GO BEHIND THE SCENES ↓
PRODUCTION DESIGN✳TECHNICAL DIRECTION✳LIVE BROADCAST✳OWNER REPRESENTATION✳
THE SHORT VERSIONCREATIVE × TECHNICAL
A BIG MOMENT
TAKES A THOUSAND
SMALL DECISIONS.
I connect the creative vision to the systems and people that make it happen.
From live broadcasts and large-scale events to permanent installations, I bring production design, technical direction, and independent owner representation into one conversation.
As a leading expert in TriCaster and NDI, and an authorized TriCaster trainer, I bring deep system knowledge to live production and the teams behind it.
Meet the person behind the production01 / SELECTED WORKFROM CONCEPT TO CUE
THE WORK.
THE REAL WORLD.
Different stages.
The same attention to detail.
DESIGN MADE TANGIBLE
FROM CONCEPT
TO REALITY.
CAD concepts and the finished productions.
The idea, brought into the real world.
STAGE ENVIRONMENT / CONCEPT + BUILD
Empower
Network
stage.
The CAD concept above.
The finished production below.
One visual story, from the layout of the room to the stage in front of an audience.
ORIGINAL COMPARISON FROM BRETT’S PORTFOLIO
NETWORKED VIDEO / LIVE EVENT PRODUCTIONBARRETT
JACKSON13 YEARS IN THE LIVE MOMENT.
BARRETT-JACKSON PRODUCTION / 01JACKSON13 YEARS IN THE LIVE MOMENT.
LONG-RUNNING EXPERIENCE01
When the moment
doesn’t wait.
Thirteen years working on Barrett-Jackson. My work has included live-feed routing, redundant video workflows, and show-wide video distribution.
A live auction brings cars, cameras, screens, crews, and an audience into the same moment. The network has to support the whole show.
Behind the production
BirdDog’s 2025 profile describes deployments of up to 50 Play units for site-wide webcast distribution at Barrett-Jackson. In a 2020 Streaming Media interview, I discussed productions with as many as 75 NDI feeds and the importance of redundancy.
Inside the video workflow Talk through your productionLIVE BROADCAST / FEATURED BY BIRDDOG02
EVERY SIGNAL.
ONE PICTURE.
Live broadcast is a whole system: capture, transport, control, monitoring, and the people making the calls.
BirdDog’s May 2025 profile goes inside my approach to live production, from early NDI adoption to practical video distribution at scale.
Read the BirdDog feature
PROJECTION / IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS03
Architecture becomes
part of the show.
Projection Designer and Lead Projectionist for SLS Hotel Casino’s 2014 projection-mapping project in Las Vegas.
Explore the project
The role brought projection design and hands-on projection operation together. It’s an example of the connection between the visual idea, the physical surface, and the technical system that carries it.
Graphic above is a conceptual illustration, not project photography.
PERMANENT INSTALLATION / CURRENT DESIGN04
A venue that works
long after opening day.
Current design work for Somerset Skye Pointe connects production thinking with the long-term needs of a permanent space.
Inside the approach
Independent technical owner representation keeps the project’s real-world use in focus, from coordinated systems and practical operation to the decisions that shape the finished environment.
A current design engagement. Diagram is conceptual and does not show project plans.
MORE PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
NETWORK MARKETING PRO 2014 CONFERENCE · PRODUCTION DESIGNER
ON SITE / IN THE ROOMLIVE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS
THE VIEW FROM
THE LIVE MOMENT.
From the control position
to the room around it.
02 / THE APPROACHMAKE THE COMPLEX WORK
ONE CONNECTED
WAY OF THINKING.
The audience sees the result.
I’m thinking about everything behind it.
DESIGN + DIRECTIONStart with what it should feel like.
Shape the stage, screens, projection, and visual language around the experience. Keep the creative intent connected to what can actually be built and operated.
03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PRODUCTIONBRETT BEANAN
BRETT BEANANPRODUCTION DESIGNER
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
CREATIVE INSTINCT.
TECHNICAL BACKBONE.
I like the point where an ambitious idea becomes something you can actually build.
I’m Brett Beanan, a production designer, technical director, and CEO of Event Guardian Inc. My work spans live events, broadcast, networked AV, and technical owner representation.
TRICASTER
+ NDI
+ NDI
A leading expert in both.
An authorized TriCaster trainer.
I can talk about the picture on the screen and the signal getting it there. About the show and the systems. About what an owner needs today and how a space will be used tomorrow.
That perspective helps keep creative teams, technical teams, and owners moving toward the same result.
13
YEARS WORKING ON
BARRETT-JACKSON
EG
CEO
EVENT GUARDIAN INC.
EXPERTISE / IN PRINT & IN CONVERSATIONTRICASTER + NDI
NETWORKED VIDEO.
PRACTICAL EXPERTISE.
Early NDI adoption. Large-scale live workflows. Authorized TriCaster training. Explore the interviews and features behind the work.
BIRDDOG / MAY 29, 2025
Redefining Live Broadcast
A profile of Brett’s early NDI adoption, technical feedback, and networked production work.
STREAMING MEDIA / MAY 8, 2020All In On NDI
A 2020 interview on large-scale NDI workflows, including Barrett-Jackson productions with up to 75 feeds.
TRI-LUMINARY / TRAINER PROFILEAuthorized TriCaster training
Tri-Luminary’s workshop page identifies Brett as a NewTek-authorized TriCaster trainer.
GIGREADY / JULY 6, 2020Webcasting & Virtual Events
Brett joins the conversation on webcasting, virtual-event production, and technical preparation.
THE NEXT GREAT PRODUCTIONSTARTS WITH A CONVERSATION
HAVE A VISION?
LET’S BUILD IT.
↗A show. A broadcast. A space.
Let’s talk about what you’re creating.