Walters-Storyk Design Group Company Profile

2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPANY BACKGROUND AND STRUCTURE ..................................................................................................... 4 Company Background ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Company Structure ................................................................................................................................................ 4 SERVICES ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Acoustic Design and Consulting ............................................................................................................................ 5 Acoustic Testing and Measurement ...................................................................................................................... 5 Internal Room Acoustics and Surface Treatments ................................................................................................ 5 HVAC Noise Control Design / Vibration Control .................................................................................................... 5 Sound Isolation ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Commercial and Performance Audio/Visual Systems Design and Integration ...................................................... 5 Residential Audio-Video / Home Theater Design .................................................................................................. 5 RELEVANT EXPERIENCE ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Project Examples ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Representative Client List .................................................................................................................................... 38 Professional References ...................................................................................................................................... 40 KEY PERSONNEL .................................................................................................................................................. 41

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COMPANY BACKGROUND AND STRUCTURE Company Background Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG) designs and consults in the fields of architecture, technology, electroacoustics, and advanced audio-visual systems integration. The firm has been a New York State registered corporation since 1989, with USA headquarters located in Highland, New York, and is an extension of the design career of John Storyk, started in 1969. Additional WSDG offices are located in Basel, Switzerland (Europe Office); Buenos Aires, Argentina (Latin America Office); Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Brazil Office) and Miami, Florida (serving southern Florida and the Caribbean). WSDG is the corporate entity of a 40-year career, starting with John Storyk's first studio design for Jimi Hendrix in 1969. WSDG is the partnership of Beth Walters and John Storyk, and now includes associates and design professionals in all of the offices, numbering over 50 people. WSDG has also designed recording and mixing studios for: Alicia Keys, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, Def-Jam Records, ESPN, Jay-Z, Jazz at Lincoln Center, MTV Latin America to name a few. Key personnel hold college and university degrees in Architecture, Acoustics, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Management. John Storyk, Dirk Noy, David Kotch and Renato Cipriano are frequent lecturers and presenters at various architectural and audio technology schools as well as specific trade conventions. WSDG is a seven-time winner of the international TEC Award in studio design, as well as the European SINUS System Integration Award. WSDG's work has been extensively published and discussed in numerous professional audio, broadcasting and systems design media. WSDG has been responsible for the design, construction and success of over 3,000 projects worldwide. Company Structure WSDG maintains offices in 5 locations: USA USA Europe Latin America Brazil Highland, New York (1.5 hours north of New York City) Miami, Florida Basel, Switzerland Buenos Aires, Argentina Belo Horizonte, Brazil

All WSDG offices share resources on a daily basis, however all jobs are managed and represented on a local basis. All work will be coordinated via the Highland, New York office. The Highland office maintains a full-time staff of 15 people as well as four part-time drafting and support professionals.

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SERVICES Acoustic Design and Consulting WSDG has collaborated with many of the worlds leading architectural firms to provide innovative solutions and procedures towards creating excellence in acoustic and electro-acoustic design and installation. We pride ourselves in participating in the collaborative design process. Acoustic Testing and Measurement WSDG engineers use the most advanced acoustic prediction and analysis software. This provides accurate acoustical data collection and predictive acoustical modeling. Our reports are accurate and along with preconstruction environment auralization, allow our clients and design partners to listen to environments before they are constructed. Internal Room Acoustics and Surface Treatments Critical listening spaces, including studios, theaters, conference rooms, home listening rooms and all speech intelligibility sensitive spaces will all benefit from accurate acoustic design. Often the use of variable acoustic treatments is our preferred design approach. By providing design options for surface treatments using absorption, reflection and diffusion, we can accurately enhance the listening properties of these environments. HVAC Noise Control Design / Vibration Control WSDG establishes noise criteria specifications for all spaces in our designs, while preparing creative design solutions for adherence to these goals. Careful attention is given to HVAC design, building structural systems, and room boundary design. When required, real world listening simulations allow careful value engineering before final design documentation. Sound Isolation Critical to virtually all successful acoustic designs is the thorough analysis of external noise, vibration sources (traffic, trains, aircraft, etc.) and environment (i.e. HVAC distribution systems). WSDG provides acoustical measurement, analysis and design services to assure optimal acoustical isolation of existing or new construction, always with an eye towards economy of design and awareness of applicable building techniques for each project. Commercial and Performance Audio/Visual Systems Design and Integration WSDG provides technology integration design services for the commercial and performance design communities. Specific services include distributed audio-video, building automation (lighting, HVAC, fenestration control, etc.), telephony & communications, and information technology. All work is always performed with an eye towards state of the art technology future proofing and creative integration with each projects architectural goals. Residential Audio-Video / Home Theater Design Advanced Residential audio-video design and whole house systems control are no longer ideas of the future. In almost all residences, these systems have now become integral to the home environment. WSDG creates creative multi-room and home theater design solutions that are easy to manage, economical, acoustically accurate and most importantly, integrated into the architectural design of the residence.

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Walters-Storyk Design Group and its principals have an extensive body of clients in the fields of architectural acoustical consulting, noise isolation design, facility design and audio-visual systems design and integration. A list of projects that supports our company profile and credentials follows. For a more extensive client list, please see www.wsdg.com. Our experience spans over 40 years in architectural design, internal room acoustics, advanced noise isolation, and systems design required for acoustically sensitive projects of all sizes. Moreover, WSDG has the ability to work seamlessly within a team design environment. We have assembled a list of projects that underscore our experience with multiple project types: Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, New York Jungle City Studios New York, New York La Rioja Provincial Theater La Rioja, Argentina Le Poisson Rouge (LPR) New York, New York Murray Arts Center (Mt. Paran Christian School) Marietta, Georgia New York University - Steinhardt / Dolan Studios New York, New York University of Colorado - ATLAS Building Boulder, Colorado Swiss Parliament - General Assembly Bern, Switzerland Javeriana University - tico Media Center Bogot, Colombia El Porteo Buenos Aires, Argentina Roche Auditorium Basel, Switzerland St. Gallen Train Station St. Gallen, Switzerland Maracan Stadium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Church Los Olivos Buenos Aires, Argentina Novartis Auditorium Basel, Switzerland ESPN - Digital Center 2 Bristol, Connecticut

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Project Examples Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, New York Jazz at Lincoln Center opened in the fall of 2004. This 100,000-square-foot facility houses performance venues, an educational wing and recording/post production facilities. The Frederick P. Rose Hall project consists of a 1,200-seat concert hall with movable seating towers. The hall can be set up for dance and opera and can also be recongured to provide an intimate jazz setting by surrounding the musicians with the audience seated on three levels. The Allen Room is a 300-600 seat performance space with tiered platforms ascending from the stage level to a dance oor with movable tables and chairs. The Irene Diamond Education Center is 3,500 square feet and contains two state-of-the-art education/rehearsal studios. WSDG, as partners in the Sound of Jazz Consulting Group, worked closely with the architects and Wynton Marsalis to acoustically design the education, rehearsal and recording spaces. The systems integration design for all performance, educational and listening spaces within this facility are linked together for recording and playback. This facility is the worlds rst performing arts center designed specically for the performance and recording of jazz.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center

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Jungle City Studios New York, New York Studio founder/engineer Ann Mincieli has invested over ten years of experience as Alicia Keys' engineer/album coordinator/studio director, and works with artists ranging from Coldplay to Usher and Jay-Z. Miss Mincieli has created Manhattans first true destination studio. The challenge of creating the signature 11 floor live studio/control room directly above the two 10 floor production suites in a newly constructed lightweight, concrete building presented complex isolation challenges. To maximize the impact of the studios expansive North and South picture windows, WSDG floated the custom speakers in an outsized glass speaker baffle. This created a kind of transparent wall of sound between the live and control rooms, which provides artists and engineers with the creative advantage of full visual connectivity. In addition, our isolation details allowed us to install the expansive window wall to expose an impressive view of the Manhattan skyline and the new Highline Park, while maintaining strict isolation requirements for studio use. Test results show an NC rating of 15, which is very low for a glass wall application. For more information, please see New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/arts/music/26studio.html
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Jungle City Studios

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La Rioja Provincial Theater La Rioja, Argentina The Government of La Rioja City decided to renovate an existing space that was built in 1950, located at the center of La Rioja City in La Rioja Province, Argentina. The main objective was to turn this space into the principal entertainment center of the city to promote provincial culture. The theatre is equipped with the most modern scenic technologies for performances, live shows, audiovideo and multimedia production. WSDG defined the acoustic specifications, the new space applications and the coordination with the system integrators for the correct placement of all the technical equipment. All acoustic modeling and specifications, as well as interior design, was provided by WSDG. To ensure each patron is able to see and hear with optimal clarity, acoustic panels were installed on the walls, and a series of curved panels were suspended from the ceiling, which provided both diffusion and absorption for the theater.

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La Rioja Provincial Theater

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Le Poisson Rouge (LPR) New York, New York Le Poisson Rouge (LPR) was built in 2008 at the site of the historic Village Gate venue in Greenwich Village in NYC. The club features a flexible and intimate performance space with a capacity of 800 people (250 seated) as well as a 23' diameter hardwood sprung dance floor. The stage itself is located in the corner of the performance space and measures 28' x 21' with options for increasing or decreasing the overall footprint. The 16' diameter trundled round stage can be used in the center of the space as needed, for example to hold LPR's 9' concert grand piano. In addition to having a fully featured, flexible performance space, LPR also sports two cinema-sized screens, both of which feature surround sound. The lounge directly adjacent to the performance space can hold approximately 130 customers for concurrent events. LPR was designed with two elevated VIP Opera Boxes as well as two private entrances for high profile guests or performers. The kitchen boasts a full catering capability, a concert bar menu and a daytime lounge menu. The club has featured a wide range of performers including Norah Jones, Mos Def, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Moby and many others. WSDG provided all architectural, acoustic and A/V design for this project.

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Le Poisson Rouge (LPR)

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Murray Arts Center (Mt. Paran Christian School) Marietta, Georgia (near Atlanta) The Murray Arts Center represents a unique addition to Atlantas growing commitment to education and live entertainment. Recently purchased by the Mount Paran Christian School with the aid of a generous grant from Atlantas Murray Family Foundation, the $35 million complex features a 600-seat music hall, an intimate 2,200square-foot black-box theater, three dance studios, a cutting-edge recording studio and a sophisticated video production/post-production facility. Each of the Centers components is designed to support the development of the Mount Paran Christian Schools performing arts program. The Center has a dual role as a multi-faceted campus preparing students for post-secondary degrees in dance, theatre, music, choral and digital media and as a professional-level performance venue. Crowning a pastoral Marietta hilltop, the striking 84,000-square-foot brick and limestone, multi-level building was developed by award-winning Atlanta-based Randall-Paulson Architects. Distinguished by a soaring 5,600square-foot Grand Lobby the complex includes over 8,000 square feet of rehearsal space, dressing and green rooms. The architectural and acoustic design for the Centers theatrical performance spaces, state-of-the-art rehearsal rooms and high-tech audio/video facilities was entrusted to WSDG.

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Murray Arts Center (Mt. Paran Christian School)

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New York University - Steinhardt / Dolan Studios New York, New York The James L. Dolan Recording/Teaching complex is the newest flagship installation at the NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions. It is one of the most technically advanced audio teaching facilities in the United States and was created to provide students with an exemplary learning environment. The $6.8 million, 7,500-square-foot compound is devoted to contemporary Music Technology, Theory, Cognition, Informatics, Computer Music, Recording, Production and Immersive Audio. To create a teaching complex of this magnitude, a master team of architects, acousticians and technologists was formed by an NYU Steinhardt School faculty team. In cooperation with Gensler Architecture, WSDG provided all architectural and acoustical design of the studios and technical spaces.

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New York University - Steinhardt / Dolan Studios

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University of Colorado - ATLAS Building Boulder, Colorado The $31 million ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society) building is a unique facility designed to focus on the convergence of technology, media and the arts. Located in the heart of Boulders University of Colorado campus, ATLAS includes a state-of-the-art black-box performance space, a modern broadcast production studio, a large video wall in the buildings lobby, a film screening room, a technology-enhanced auditorium, videoconferencing rooms and four computer classrooms. The 75-seat film screening room and black-box theater are on the cutting edge of technology-enhanced performance/venue spaces located anywhere in the nation on a public university campus. At the center of ATLAS is the two-story, 3,000-square-foot black-box performance space. This versatile, hightech theater is designed to provide digital technology for creative digital cinema, interdisciplinary performances that combine musicians, dancers, visual artists and technology, visiting artist webcasts, interactive audio and visual performances and student and faculty video production. All acoustic, master planning and systems integration design for technical spaces were provided by WSDG.

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University of Colorado - ATLAS Building

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Swiss Parliament - General Assembly Bern, Switzerland The Federal Palace in Bern is the building in which the Federal Assembly of Switzerland (federal parliament) and the Swiss Federal Council (executive) are housed. The Federal Palace has been designed by the architect Hans Wilhelm Auer and was constructed out of sandstone from 1894 to 1902. From 2006 to 2008after over 100 years of servicethe first major renovation took place with the goal to integrate modern technology within a faithful restoration of the original building structure. The National Council Hall has three distinctive zones that require sound reinforcement: the main hall, the stage area (with a distinctive presenter position and seats for the Chairpersons and clerks such as vote counters and recorders) and the balcony (for visitors and press). WSDG was commissioned to perform three tasks: Study and analyze the installed electro-acoustical systems. Make multiple recommendations and specifications regarding upgrading or replacing the installed electroacoustical systems. Upon the installation of the chosen system, we were commissioned to do a system calibration and final measurements of the upgraded or replaced electro-acoustical systems. WSDG studied various upgrade options by using advanced acoustical computer simulation techniques.

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Swiss Parliament - General Assembly

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Javeriana University - tico Media Center Bogot, Colombia One of the largest universities in the country, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana caters to over 22,000 students and 3,500 professors in its 1,882,000-square-foot campus in Bogot, Colombia. The university campus consists of 45 buildings, including a hospital, a radio station, libraries and the tico Center, the first high-tech information and communications resource center in Latin America for the development of education, image and design. This nine-story building is the regions most ambitious audio/visual project to date. The tico Center, with two of its stories being underground and the other seven above ground, has two TV studios with control and post-production rooms, scenery lighting and make up workshops, as well as storage warehouses for live outdoors filming equipment. Two of its floors are completely dedicated to new media and architecture, animation and 3D drawing. Another three floors will accommodate audio recording studios, postproduction rooms for video, film mixing, mastering, audio classrooms and a main auditorium for digital cinema. Overall, the facility will hold 24 specialized areas and recording studios, all of them designed to the highest international standards using the room within a room concept in regards to acoustics and architecture, and being completely isolated from one another to ensure that all of these rooms are operational at the same time without any interference between them. WSDG provided all master planning and acoustic design for audio technology spaces.

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Javeriana University - tico Media Center

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El Porteo Buenos Aires, Argentina Alan Faena, an audacious Argentine entrepreneur, summoned the well-known designer Philippe Stark to remodel and redesign an antique building placed at the exclusive area of Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires City, Argentina. WSDG provided facility-wide acoustical consulting for the hotel and apartment components of the project. More than 14 spaces can be found for multiple uses, including the Cathedral, which serves as the entrance hall and hotel reception, as well as the living room, dining spaces and the cabaret. WSDG designed a system of distributed music that was capable of administrating different musical programs for each of the public spaces, turning the hotel into a gigantic radio station of 14 simultaneous channels, distinguished simultaneously. Extensive planning and acoustic isolation detailing enabled the clubs and hotel to operate at the same time. WSDG specified all of the acoustic details for the isolation of the critical sound spaces (Night Club) to ensure the club could operate without affecting the hotel rooms and apartments.

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Roche Auditorium Basel, Switzerland Founded in Basel, Switzerland, in 1896 by visionary Swiss entrepreneur Fritz Hoffmann, Roche was one of the world's first pharmaceutical manufacturers. Today Roche is the global market leader in diagnostics and, as a leading supplier of prescription medicines in selected therapeutic areas such as oncology, virology and transplantation, one of the top-ten pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide. The Basel site, being Roche's world headquarters, offers meeting and conference facilities for scientific and business events. A key element is the Master Auditorium, a 300-seat upscale auditorium which now offers full 5.1 cinema style surround sound replay, full broadcast quality video coverage, full video conferencing capabilities and countless other amenities. WSDG provided all acoustic and audio technology for this educational venue.

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Roche Auditorium

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St. Gallen Train Station St. Gallen, Switzerland The St. Gallen Train Station hall is an architectural icon constructed in an impressive steel-glass structure that dates back to 1915. The visitor information infrastructure, main lighting, signage and audio systems had been upgraded intermittently since its original opening, more than 30 years ago, but the audio systems were in need of a substantial upgrade to 21st century standards. The goal was to replace all the existing individual technology components with one unified system, consisting of lighting, signage and audio needs integrated into the same structure. WSDG provided all acoustical consulting, including advanced audio simulations, working with the project architects to design and specify this new electroacoustic system. The installation provides travelers with scheduling information, track changes, updates and other vital announcements, with high quality speech intelligibility.

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St. Gallen Train Station

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Maracan Stadium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The temple of soccer officially called Estdio Jornalista Mario Filho, known popularly as Maracan, is the biggest soccer stadium in Brazil. Inaugurated in 1950 for FIFAs World Cup, it has been a stage for great moments in Brazilian and international soccer including Pels thousandth goal. The stadium will be hosting the opening and closing of the final match in FIFAs World Cup in 2014 as well as the 2016 Olympics. Maracan is not only famous for soccer games, however; it also hosts concerts and other events. In 1980, Frank Sinatra sang for 170 thousand fans, 1983 saw KISS perform in front of a crowd of 250 thousand, and a Tina Turner concert in 1988 drew 188 thousand people. WSDG designed the audio and video systems for the entire stadium and the full renovation is expected to be complete for the Confederations Cup in 2013, one year prior to the World Cup. The complex architecture was simulated in detail using advanced electro-acoustic simulation tools. The biggest challenge of the design was to define the final configuration and location of the sound system components, in order to achieve the required STI and SPL coverage as required by FIFA for such complex acoustical conditions.

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Maracan Stadium

Acoustic Simulation Model

Sound Pressure Level Full Simulation

STI Speech Intelligibility Partial Simulation

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Church Los Olivos Buenos Aires, Argentina This existing church with extremely limited funds presented WSDG with one of its most interesting challenges in many years, namely to design and implement extremely economic surface treatments that would enhance the acoustic experience in the church, both for music and for speech. With a majority of the surface being very reflective and in less than perfect geometric configurations, a thoughtful solution of altar re-configurations, choir re-positioning and select absorptive panel placement accomplished the acoustic goals for the church.

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Novartis Auditorium Basel, Switzerland Novartis is one of the worlds leading pharmaceutical companies, with its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. A highlight of the campus, which aims to offer a well designed and comfortable place for collaboration, is an allglass building designed by Frank Gehry. Inside is a master auditorium with next-generation audio, video, system control and conferencing technology. WSDG teamed up with Virtually Audio to meet Novartis vision of equipping the room for various user scenarios, such as large media conferences, addresses from the CEO and scientific collaboration. A moveable partition wall was designed to provide extreme noise isolation for simultaneous use of both upper and lower auditoria. Although it is below ground, the auditorium receives daylight through a skylight and the sandblasted glass-ceiling panels. Selected panels are motorized to allow the acoustics to be varied according to different room configurations. The room can be divided, a full auditorium, or split into an upper auditorium and lower auditorium. The upper and lower auditoria can be used simultaneously and independently.

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ESPN - Digital Center 2 Bristol, Connecticut As part of a world-class design team that includes HLW architects (NYC), WSDG has provided all acoustical consulting for a landmark expansion of ESPNs campus outside Bristol, Connecticut. The new Digital Center 2, currently under construction and slated for a late 2012 / early 2013 opening, will house four fully-appointed shooting stages, five audio/video production suites, edit rooms, a 58 station highlight screening room, along with office facilities, conference rooms and support spaces.

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Representative Client List Alicia Keys (Oven Studios) Allaire Studios Art Institutes Atlantic Recording audioEngine Bearsville Recording Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music - Valencia Big Mo Mobile Recording Bob Marley Bruce Springsteen (Thrill Hill Studios) Camden Yard / Baltimore Orioles Carter Burwell Celine Dion Central Synagogue Church Le Noirmont Citicorp Credit Services Credit Suisse Crossroads Tabernacle - Studio on the Hill Cuyahoga Community College - Center for Innovation in the Arts Diante do Trono Duke Ellington High School Eddie Kramer EFE-X El Porteo Electric Lady Studios Electronic Arts Elektra Entertainment Equiscosa EUE Screen Gems (Rachel Ray) ESPN Fito Paez (Circo Beat Studios) Flughafenkopf Expansion of Zurich Airport Food Network Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts Goesgen Nuclear Plant Auditorium Green Day Jingletown Recording Hard Rock Cafe Hoffman LaRoche Howard Schwartz Recording Hunter College IMAX IDZI Lab Interlochen Public Radio Interim Services Isaac Hayes J Records (Clive Davis) J.A. Castle Recording James Earl Jones Theater - Poughkeepsie Day School Jay-Z (Roc the Mic Studios) Jazz at Lincoln Center Jim Cramers Real Money Long Island, NY Woodstock, NY United States New York, NY New York, NY Bearsville, NY Boston, MA Valencia, Spain Kensington, MD Kingston, Jamaica United States Baltimore, MD New York, NY United States New York, NY Le Noirmont, Jura, Switzerland Huntington, NY Zurich, Switzerland Bronx, NY Cleveland, OH Belo Horizonte, Brazil Washington, DC Rhinebeck, NY Bogota, Columbia Buenos Aires, Argentina New York, NY Vancouver, Canada New York, NY Mexico City, Mexico New York, NY Bristol, CT Buenos Aires, Argentina Zurich, Switzerland New York, NY Orlando, FL Dniken, Switzerland Oakland, California New York, NY Basel, Switzerland New York, NY New York, NY Buenos Aires, Argentina Mexico City, Mexico Interlochen, MI Ft. Lauderdale, FL Westchester, NY New York, NY Utica, NY Poughkeepsie, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY
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Jungle City Studios Kimmel Center La Rioja Theater Le Poisson Rouge Maracana Stadium Manhattan School of Music Martin Scorsese Media Center Merriweather Pavilion Mineirao Stadium FIFA Minnesota Public Radio MJI Broadcasting / Clear Channel MonkMusic Studios Murray Arts Center MTV Latin America National Council of Switzerland National Museum of the American Indian New York University Northern Lights Novartis NYISO (New York Independent System Operator) Peavey Electronics Philippe Moritz Planet Hollywood Screening Room Proctor and Gamble Record Plant Restaurant T Richard Gere Robert Clivilles (Paradise Garage) SBK / EMI Records Skank SONY Corporation Spank! Music and Sound Design Stanwich Congregational Church St. Gallen Train Station Stevie Wonder (Wonderland) Sumitomo Boardroom Sunshine Mastering Swiss Parliament Telef Teleproductions, Inc. The Carpenters Church The Cosmopolitan The Standard Hotel Thirteen / WNET Union College University of Colorado ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society) University of Michigan Vassar Chapel Video Arts Studios Village Studios Vocomotion Whitney Houston WNYC Radio Woodrow Wilson Center Theater Smithsonian

New York, NY Philadelphia, PA La Rioja, Argentina New York, NY Rio de Janeiro New York, NY Bronx, NY Columbia, MD Belo Horizonte, Brazil Minneapolis, MN New York, NY East Hampton, NY Marietta, GA Buenos Aires, Argentina Bern, Switzerland Washington, DC New York, NY New York, NY Basel, Switzerland Albany, NY Meridian, MS Zurich, Switzerland New York, NY Buenos Aires, Argentina Los Angeles, CA Buenos Aires, Argentina New York, NY Westchester, NY New York, NY Belo Horizonte, Brazil Teaneck, NJ Chicago, IL Greenwich, CT St. Gallen, Switzerland Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Vienna, Austria Basel, Switzerland Buenos Aires, Argentina Washington, DC Port Harcourt, Nigeria Las Vegas, Nevada New York, NY New York, NY Schenectady, NY Boulder, CO Ann Arbor, MI Poughkeepsie, NY Fargo, ND Guangzhou, China Skokie, IL United States New York, NY Washington, DC
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Professional References Brian Wick, Owner audioEngine New York, NY 10003 (212) 473-2700 brianw@audioengine.net Jay Kennedy, Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs Berklee College of Music Boston, MA 02215 (617) 747-2382 jkennedy@berklee.edu Pastor Joseph Cortese Crossroads Tabernacle Bronx, NY 10642 (718) 904-0202 pjhc@crossroadstabernacle.com Ann Mincieli, Founder, Jungle City Studios and Chief Engineer, Alicia Keys Oven Studios th 520 W. 27 Street, Suite 1002 New York, NY 10001 (718) 273-3584 anntastic@mac.com Kelly Combs, Project Manager Gensler Architects Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 (212) 492-1400 kelly_combs@gensler.com Ken Rockwood, Owner Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY 10002 (646) 229-4172 krockwood@earthlink.net Justin Kantor, Owner Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleeker Street New York, NY 10012 (917) 509-1004 justin@lprnyc.com Eddie Kramer, Engineer and Producer Jimi Hendrix (818) 456-7261 edwinkramer@earthlink.net James Matchack, former Studio Director Murray Arts Center 1275 Stanley Road Kennesaw, GA 30152 (678) 770-0082 musichowse@gmail.com Chris Reda, Project Manager The Griffin Lounge New York, NY (917) 562-8705 creda@roomserviceny.com John Mazzoni, President The Art Institutes Pittsburgh, PA (412) 562-0900 jmazzoni@edmc.edu Bill Jarett, VP of Engineering Scripps Productions NY bjarett@scrippsnetworks.com (646) 336-3605 (917) 833-4329 David Greenspan, Audio Resources Coordinator University of Michigan Former Chief Engineer at Interlochen Public Radio Ann Arbor, MI (734) 936-7659 dspan@umich.edu David MacLaughlin, Executive Director of Audio Engineering New England School of Communications Bangor, ME (207) 973-1025 dave@nescom.edu Kyle Wesloh, Studio Manager Minnesota Public Radio Saint Paul, MN (651) 290-1586 kwesloh@mpr.org Shaun Farley, Sound Engineer TeleProductions International Chantilly, VA (703) 222-2408 sfarley@tpiltd.com

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KEY PERSONNEL John Storyk, R.A. Founder / Principal John Storyk, registered architect and acoustician, is a founding partner of WSDG. He has provided facility planning, acoustical and systems design services for the professional audio-video production and performance community since the 1969 completion of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios in New York City. John received his architectural studies from Princeton and Columbia Universities. As an independent designer, engineer and principal of WSDG, he has been responsible for over 3,000 world-class audio-video production facilities, including studios, radio stations, video suites, entertainment clubs and theaters. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Audio Engineering Society (AES) and Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and is a frequent contributor to AES convention papers and professional industry periodicals. John is a frequent lecturer at schools throughout the nation and has established courses in acoustics at Full Sail (Orlando), ExPression Center for the Media Arts (San Francisco), while maintaining adjunct professor status in Acoustics and Studio Design at Berklee College of Music (Boston) and Stevens Institute (New Jersey). john.storyk@wsdg.com Beth Walters-Storyk Founder / Principal / Interior Design Beth Walters-Storyk is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) with two degrees, A.A.S. in Textile Design and a B.F.A. in Product Design. Her construction experience comes with having been a senior installation designer for the Gallery's exhibition and installation staff at the Fashion Institute for over 10 years. From 19821988, Beth also was the display and merchandising director for such noted home furnishing fabric firms as Boris Kroll Fabrics, Greff Fabrics and Design Tex Fabrics. Beth is a founding partner and principal of Walters-Storyk Design Group and leads the interior design services division. beth.walters-storyk@wsdg.com Sergio Molho Principal / Director of International Relations / Director WSDG Latin America Sergio Molho is a founding partner of WSDG Latin America. He provides the technical, acoustical and architectural supervision as well as project management for all WSDG Latin America projects. Sergio has worked in the audio and video industry since 1982, beginning as an engineer, composer and producer for international productions for recording labels such as Sony and Warner. As an accomplished keyboard player and vocalist, he was the leader of CASH, a successful funk band that had its fame in Argentina in the 1980's. He is a member of the Argentinean Acoustic Chamber (AAC) and Audio Engineering Society (AES) as well as other professional organizations. He is a frequent contributor to technical workshops expanding the knowledge and education of acoustics and electro-acoustics in their relationship to architecture. In 2005, Sergio became the CEO and principal of WSDG Latin America. In 2007 he opened the WSDG Mexico Office, and in 2009 the WSDG Miami office. As the Director of WSDGs International Relations, he contributes to the promotion and acquisition of new business relations worldwide. sergio.molho@wsdg.com

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Dirk Noy Senior Acoustician / Director of WSDG Europe Dirk Noy, M.Sc. Physics, has a Diploma in Experimental Solid State Physics from the University of Basel, Switzerland and graduated from Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts, Orlando, USA, where he was one of John Storyk's students. After joining WSDG in early 1997 Dirk now heads the WSDG Europe office in Basel, Switzerland. Dirk has extensive experience in applied mathematics, acoustical measurement and calculation techniques, audio engineering, systems design and all facets of Information Technologies. His language abilities include German, Dutch, French and English. As a publishing member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Swiss Acoustical Society (SGA) he is a frequent lecturer at trade conventions, recording colleges, as well as architectural education institutions. dirk.noy@wsdg.com Renato Cipriano Senior Acoustician / Director of WSDG Brazil Renato Cipriano graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of FUMEC in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1994 and is also a graduate from both The Recording Workshop, Ohio (1992) and Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts, Orlando, USA (1999also one of Johns students). In early 2000, Renato opened the WSDG Brazil office in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and is responsible for the acoustical and architectural supervision on all projects in Brazil. Additionally, Renato has led the design efforts of many of our international projects contributing to creative acoustic interiors and integrated lighting design. As an audio engineer he has worked on various projects including the most recent album of the most popular rock band in Brazil Skank. Renato also teaches Basic Acoustics in the top audio school in the country, IAV in So Paulo. In 2004 Renato received two Grammy nominations and won the Latin Grammy for "Best Brazilian Rock Album". renato.cipriano@wsdg.com Gabriel Hauser Acoustician Gabriel Hauser graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, in 2000. Analog and digital signal processing and acoustics were his primary focus. His Thesis was titled "Reduction of Nonlinear Distortion of Loudspeakers employing Volterra Filters" (at Studer Professional AG, Switzerland). After joining the WSDG New York office, Gabriel returned to Switzerland to become a founding partner at WSDG Europe. His specialties include Acoustical Simulation and Measurement, complex Acoustical Analysis and Methodology as well as Architectural Acoustics. During his studies Gabriel was a founding member of Abbaxx Soundsystems Ltd., whose principal field of work is sound reinforcement and loudspeaker technology. While with Abbaxx, he designed and developed sound systems for concert use, churches and installations. He writes articles for audio magazines and continues to be a performing musician. gabriel.hauser@wsdg.com

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Silvia Campos Molho Interior and Lighting Designer Silvia Campos Molho has been involved in the video industry since 1987 as an independent filmmaker in Lima. Her degree in Fine Arts comes from the University of Peru in Lima and has continued with a degree in Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires. As a producer, Silvia has developed several cinematographic projects, documentaries, commercials and corporate marketing worldwide. Her areas of expertise include the development of corporate images with the wide use of digital technological combined with traditional film and video. In 1998, together with AVH Inc. in Argentina, she was responsible for the making of the first DVD format in South America. She is an integral part of the design, communication and marketing divisions for WSDG, while acting as co-founder and partner of WSDG-Latin. silvia.molho@wsdg.com Joshua Morris Project Manager Joshua Morris graduated from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte with two Degrees, a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and a Bachelor of Architecture. A love of music has led him to seek a combination of architecture and acoustics, beginning with his thesis on acoustics. Additionally, Josh has been educated in the Suzuki method for violin since age three, making acoustic design a natural choice for a career path. Joshua joined the WSDG team in January of 2005, moving from North Carolina to New York, and quickly settled into a key role as a project manager, designer and now partner. Since then he has managed dozens of projects from China to the United States to Germany, and continues to add more skills to his design vocabulary each day, while refining his already well developed practice as a luthier. joshua.morris@wsdg.com Romina Larregina Project Manager Romina Larregina graduated from the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, with a degree in Architecture. Upon graduating, Romina took her skills to an engineering office, while teaching English and helping with the set up of trade shows. She apprenticed at WSDG Latin for several years before moving to the United States in 1999, to become an integral member and now partner at WSDG (New York). Her multi-lingual skills in English, Spanish and Portuguese have been instrumental in leading numerous international projects. Romina is the Latin liaison, as well as project management and production coordinator for the New York office. She loves to travel and enjoys the day-to-day client interaction. romina.larregina@wsdg.com David Kotch Acoustician David Kotch graduated with honors from Lehigh University in 2004 as an architect, and joined WSDG 2006 combining his talents and passion for music, architecture, physics and systems design. David spent 1998-2006 working in the live sound industry, specifically Broadway Theater, designing and optimizing sound systems. Davids experience and expertise include noise isolation control, acoustical measurement, systems optimization, and computer aided acoustical modeling. David is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and has presented multiple times at the AES national conference in addition to guest lecturing at universities. He still mixes audio for large special live broadcast events such as the Victorias Secret Fashion Show and NFL Games. When David is not working, he spends his time climbing big objectives, ranging from Yosemite to Alaska to Patagonia. david.kotch@wsdg.com
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Judy Elliott-Brown Systems Engineer Judy Elliott-Brown has been a professional audio engineer since 1977, with a background in live touring, remote recording, music recording, sound for television, studio maintenance and systems design. She has been responsible for the systems infrastructure design and installation of over 100 projects worldwide. Projects she has worked on include world-class audio recording studios, media/broadcast production studios, educational facilities and multi-use performance spaces. Judy is a full-time systems design engineer and project manager, and has collaborated on WSDG projects for over 25 years. She is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). Additionally, she has worked on several Grammy nominated albums and TV shows. judy.elliott-brown@wsdg.com Howard Schwartz Strategic Development Director Howard Schwartz has recently joined WSDG after a long, successful career as the founder and CEO of Howard Schwartz Recording in New York City. Howard is one of the leaders in the professional audio production industry. Born in Buffalo, New York, he attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, is a Veteran of the US Army during the Vietnam Era (A Radio DJ for The US Army AFN in Berlin, Frankfort and Munich in the 60s), and a music mixer in Hollywood during the late 60s and early 70s. He had a short stint back in Radio at The CHUM Group in Toronto and then moved to New York in 1972 where he became a mixer in the TV and studio advertising business. Howard Schwartz has relationships in every facet of the motion picture, television, commercial, music, Internet, digital, design and construction worlds. howie.schwartz@wsdg.com Ilan Weinstein Director of Operations WSDG Miami Ilan Weinstein, born in Israel, grew up in Argentina and Venezuela, and has lived for the past 12 years in Miami, FL with his wife and 3 children. He holds an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Miami. He founded and managed operations for the second largest distributor of DIRECTV in the U.S. and oversaw all sales, customer service and information systems functions. Ilan has held many corporate positions in finance, marketing and sales with the Cisneros Group of Companies and has supervised different operations in Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Puerto Rico for over 10 years. Since 2008, Ilan has devoted his efforts to creating our WSDG office in Miami. Ilan is dedicated to design and installation in home automation, professional A/V, and commercial systems integration. ilan.weinstein@wsdg.com Thomas Wenger Project Engineer Thomas Wenger studied IT and electronics at the Institute for Software Engineering, Bern with additional studies in Audio Recording and Room Acoustics in East Croyden, England. After several years in the IT world with major project management development, he worked with J+C Intersonic AG for 5 years and became a Senior Project Manager. Mastering the synthesis of the technical aspects of acoustics, broadcast and audio video systems has made him an invaluable member in numerous WSDG projects, including GTRK Kultura (Moscow), HKB Music University Switzerland, and several government related projects for Swiss Television and Radio. He is responsible for the technical planning and integration of all media production facilities, in addition to complex project supervision. As a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Swiss Acoustical Society (SGA), he is a frequent lecturer at HKB (Hochschule der Knste, Bern). thomas.wenger@wsdg.com
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