About
David Shriver, CTS-D, CTS-I, has spent 30-plus years in AV and live production. He worked his first live event at 15 and still works them today.
He trained as a classical musician, earning a bachelor's degree from Marshall University and a Master of Music in bass trombone performance from the University of Oklahoma. For 10 years he also ran a video production company in Huntington, West Virginia. After graduate school he moved to Boston, where he managed tours and then spent 4 years as Director of Technical Operations at a performing arts center near Boston. There he taught himself the building's systems, upgraded them, and ran sound and lighting for the performances on its stage.
He joined Ford AV in 2014 as a project manager. From 2017 to 2024 he led the Houston job center, managing the installation technicians, project managers, superintendents, and engineers who build the division's projects, and he led project manager training for the company. He has been Division Manager in Houston since 2024. His team delivered the Oculus video wall for the Houston Airport System, one of the largest projects the division has built.
He still does the hands-on work. He tunes systems, performs acoustical analysis, and coordinates RF on select projects, and he mixes live every Sunday at a church in Houston. His articles have appeared in Commercial Integrator.
David Shriver is a Division Manager in Houston for Ford Audio Video Systems.
