Senior Engineering Director, Loudspeaker Development, Meyer Sound

I’ve been at Meyer Sound for nine and a half years now. In that time, I’ve gone from supporting Operations as an Acoustic Test Engineer, to the R&D team as a Transducer Engineer, to leading the Loudspeaker Development team. Today I am lucky enough to work with basically every team in the company, making sure we are developing and launching new loudspeakers that the industry loves.


One Thing You’re Working On Right Now:

We just launched our newest loudspeakers, TIGRA and the 1800-LFC!


For someone trying to break into your industry today, what’s the move most people overlook?

Both the live events industry and the tech industry can be about who you know. If you don’t have an “in”, it can feel difficult and frustrating to try to find a way to get a job or relevant experience. Coming out of college when you have a certain degree, there is also a lot of pressure to find a specific job in a specific field. My best advice is to do what you have to to get your foot in the door at a company or industry you’re interested in. For myself, I started on the manufacturing floor with a job title I didn’t know existed before I started, and once I was there, that’s when I was able to start working towards different opportunities. Always look for all job openings that you are qualified and not quite qualified for! If you like what a company is working on, there might not be an opening for exactly the job title you want, but something you weren’t expecting. You can always learn new skills to apply, and once you’re at a company, it is easier to move around than to break into something for the first time. Don’t count out any opportunities just because they don’t have the exact title you are looking for!


What does being open to connecting mean to you and what’s the best way for fellow Trojans to reach you?

Find me on LinkedIn! I might not always be able to help in the exact way you pictured, but I might have a connection you would like an intro to, or have experience with something you’re looking to learn more about. I’m also always around to chat and bounce ideas off of.


If you could go back and give your USC-self one piece of advice about using your time there, what would it be?

If I could go back, I wish I had taken some more classes about project management, marketing and product management, finance, etc. In the “real world”, a lot of the time your skills and experiences can take you in a very different direction than what your major was! I am very grateful for my major from Viterbi, but my minor in Thornton and on-campus work experience really evolved my skills and ended up getting me my job. You have a lot of options for what direction you want to go in when choosing classes for your major, and it is easy to pick the classes that everybody is taking. If I knew where I would end up in my career, I would have made myself branch out a little more within Viterbi to still get my hard engineering skills but also understand the realities of how developing products and running a business works!