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Big-picture vision.
Every last detail.
Built for the live moment.
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 productionDifferent stages.
The same attention to detail.
THE UNVEILING
Sunnyvale, California
LEAD VIDEO ENGINEER
Lead Video Engineer for the Applied Materials EPIC Center unveiling, working with Intuitive Visual Communications and Legion AVS.
A milestone event in Sunnyvale, California, on October 12, 2026, marking the unveiling of Applied Materials’ new semiconductor research and development center.
Read the event announcementDESIGN MADE TANGIBLE
CAD concepts and the finished productions.
The idea, brought into the real world.
STAGE ENVIRONMENT / CONCEPT + BUILD
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 PRODUCTIONThirteen 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.
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 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 Designer and Lead Projectionist for SLS Hotel Casino’s 2014 projection-mapping project in Las Vegas.
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.
Current design work for Somerset Skye Pointe connects production thinking with the long-term needs of a permanent space.
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.
From the control position
to the room around it.
The audience sees the result.
I’m thinking about everything behind it.
Shape the stage, screens, projection, and visual language around the experience. Keep the creative intent connected to what can actually be built and operated.
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.
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.
YEARS WORKING ON
BARRETT-JACKSON
CEO
EVENT GUARDIAN INC.
Early NDI adoption. Large-scale live workflows. Authorized TriCaster training. Explore the interviews and features behind the work.
A profile of Brett’s early NDI adoption, technical feedback, and networked production work.
STREAMING MEDIA / MAY 8, 2020A 2020 interview on large-scale NDI workflows, including Barrett-Jackson productions with up to 75 feeds.
TRI-LUMINARY / TRAINER PROFILETri-Luminary’s workshop page identifies Brett as a NewTek-authorized TriCaster trainer.
GIGREADY / JULY 6, 2020Brett joins the conversation on webcasting, virtual-event production, and technical preparation.
A show. A broadcast. A space.
Let’s talk about what you’re creating.
DESIGN + DIRECTION