I started in live events — church production, summer camps, seminary — learning that failure is not a drill. When the mic drops during a sermon or the camera cuts out during a live stream, there's no second take. That pressure shaped everything about how I work.

At High Point University I built systems for an on-campus hotel, a full conference center, an arena, and broadcast studios running 150+ ESPN+ events a year. I managed teams, ran projects, navigated procurement, and learned to talk to GMs, Directors of Engineering, and events staff in language they actually understood.

The moment that defines what Meridian Co. is: a university was handed quotes of $350,000 and $2,000,000 to fix a failing display system. I looked at the same system and delivered a $40,000 solution that worked. The difference wasn't technology — it was taking the time to actually diagnose before prescribing.

That's the entire business. Walk first. Diagnose honestly. Recommend what's right — not what's profitable. And document everything so the next person who touches the system actually understands it.

Meridian Co. exists because hospitality venues deserve an AV partner who has no equipment to sell them, no vendor commission to chase, and no incentive to recommend anything except what actually solves the problem.

I'm based in the Southeast because it's home — not because it's a market. I know how GMs think, how Directors of Engineering operate under budget pressure, and what it costs a boutique hotel when the ballroom audio fails during a corporate client's annual meeting.

The firm I'm building is one that listens before it speaks, diagnoses before it prescribes, and builds infrastructure that performs long after we've left the building.

If you want to know what you actually have — before anyone tries to sell you something — that's exactly what we do.