NED Staff
⊕ W. James Tetlow: President, Principal Consultant, Lighting Designer
⊕ Michael Lindauer: Vice President, Principal Consultant, Project Manager
⊕ Laura B. Tetlow: Secretary Treasurer, CFO
⊕ Brian Pratt: Director of Design
⊕ Denis McCubbin: Associate Consultant, Senior Project Manager
⊕ Bill Havens: Associate Consultant, Project Manager
⊕ Don Hill: Project Manager, Lighting Designer
⊕ Daniel LePage: Associate Consultant, Project Manager
⊕ Carissa Walker: Associate Consultant, Project Manager
⊕ Alan Edwards: Principal Audio Design Consultant
⊕ Tristan Gates: A/V System Designer
⊕ Kurt Doemelt: Lighting Designer
⊕ Michael Paolini: Lighting Designer
⊕ Ashley Johnstone: Lighting Designer
BFA Carnegie-Mellon University
American Society of Theatre Consultants
Illuminating Engineering Society
National Association of Television Arts and Sciences
International Cinematographers Guild
email: jimtetlow@n-e-d.com
Mr. Tetlow is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and has been working as a lighting designer and consultant for television, theatre, and architecture since 1975.
He is a member of the American Society of Theatre Consultants, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, International Photographers Guild #600, The Illuminating Engineering Society, The International Association of Lighting Designers and the American Society of Lighting Designers.
His awards include a 1990 Emmy Award for the lighting of "Sesame St."; a 1987 Monitor Award for "Courting", an original studio drama; and a 1985 Monitor Award for a music video with Jim Henson's Muppets. Additionally, he has received two other Emmy Award nominations and three other Monitor Award Nominations.
Live television credits include The 1992 "Democratic National Convention"; The 1984, 1988 and 1996 "Republican National Conventions", the "Daytime Emmy Awards", the NBC "Olympic Broadcast Center" in Barcelona, and The "Miss America Pageant" and seven years of the "Miss Universe Pageant" from locations around the world. Other television credits include such diverse productions as “The Tonight Show”; "Sesame St. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"; The "Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular"; "Life Magazine's 50th Anniversary Special"; and the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Requiem", for the BBC.
Live special events include the Hong Kong and Macau Handover Ceremonies, the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Presidential Debates, numerous Presidential Inaugural Balls, the World University Games and the "Singapore 25th Jubilee Spectacular”.
Architectural lighting design projects include both the interior and exterior lighting of the Silver Star Hotel & Casino in Philadelphia, MS, special architectural feature lighting onboard the Holland America ship “Rotterdam IV”; and the Fountain of Angels in Carthage, Missouri. Unique projects include feasibility studies for the redesign of both the architectural and television lighting of the Senate Chamber and the House Chamber in the United States Capitol, and the lighting consultation for the restoration and video upgrade for two Senate Hearing Rooms.
In 1993 and 1994, Mr. Tetlow consulted for Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, providing lighting training and design services for new studios and upgrading current facilities.
In Las Vegas, he has designed the lighting for "Night Dreams" at the Dunes Hotel, relighting of selected scenes in the “Folies Bergere”, and the 10 year run of "Enter the Night" at the Stardust. Similar projects include the production of “Beyond Belief” in Sun City, South Africa, and numerous productions onboard various ships for Carnival Cruise Lines.
Mr. Tetlow has also worked extensively as a lighting designer on corporate videos and live theatrical productions for such clients as General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Daimler-Chrysler, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Michelin, Polaroid, IBM, and an interactive live/video presentation with Mummenschanz for AT&T.
Exhibit lighting designs include the entire General Motors exhibit at the 2007 -2010 Detroit Auto Shows, Hewlett Packard exhibits at CES and at ITU, IBM and Apple exhibits at COMDEX, an AT&T exhibit at EPCOT, and temporary exhibits for Porsche, Universal Pictures and Sony HDTV.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College
American Society of Theatre Consultants
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - Local 74
email: mlindauer@n-e-d.com
As Vice President of Nautilus Entertainment Design Inc. (NED), Michael's responsibilities include principal consulting, project management, and oversight of all system designs within the company.
Michael joined Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED) in 1999 as an associate consultant after working in a wide variety of entertainment and performance capacities from lighting design and moving light programming, to stage management, to audio design for film. With this wide range of experience with varying systems in combination with his mechanical engineering education has provided him with a unique understanding of the facilities and systems.
Michael has consulted on and/or designed entertainment systems a wide variety of projects including theatres, discotheques, exterior movie arenas, ballrooms, cruise ships, casinos, meeting rooms and cabaret lounges.
Among his current projects, Michael is principal consulting for the Phoenician Ballroom expansion and principal consultant for Carnival Cruise Line's "Super Liberty" class of ships involving 25+ venues ranging from 1200 seat main performance theatre, 800 seat outdoor movie theatre, high technology discotheque, and multiple smaller lounges.
Notable past projects principal consulting for the 40+ entertainment venues on board the historic QUEEN MARY 2 ocean liner including the 1100 seat Royal Court Theatre and Illuminations auditorium & planetarium for which NED was honored with Archi•Tech Magazine's AV Award 2004 for Best Overall Design.
Michael has been a featured speaker at industry conferences including PLASA, Ship Interiors Expo and LDI and has contributed to several publications including Lighting Dimensions, PLSN, Cruise Ship Interiors, Archi•Tech, Lighting and Sound America, Sound & Communications.
Laura B. Tetlow
Secretary-Treasurer, CFO
M.A. University of Southern California
B.A. Tulane University Newcomb College
American Association of Museums
As co-founder and secretary-treasurer of Nautilus Entertainment Design, Laura is comptroller and administrator of employee benefits, and oversees day to day organizational requirements for staff and subcontractors. Prior to NED, Laura worked at Imero Fiorentino Associates in New York where she initiated a job costing system and became directly responsible for monitoring operating budgets exceeding $5 million. Clients included Republican National Committee, Epcot/Disney; Sesame Street; Neil Diamond/Archangel Productions; Anheuser Busch, MTV and other major television networks.
Brian Pratt, CTS, ETCP
Director of Design
BFA Emerson College
Infocomm Organization, Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)
Entertainment Services & Technology Association (ESTA)
Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP)
ETCP - Certified Entertainment Electrician
ETCP - Certified Rigger - Theatre
email: bpratt@n-e-d.com
Brian came to NED from Boston where he was the lighting supervisor for Boston University and the Huntington Theatre Company for five years. Previous to this he was a project manager for High Output Inc. in both their production and permanent A/V installation divisions. Before this time Brian was an associate lighting designer for Pinkney Associates doing lighting design and logistics for IBM’s Business Partners Executive Conferences for five years and also the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum “What’s in the Mail” exhibit.
Brian has also worked on TV shows for WGBH TV Boston where he has been the Master Electrician and handled logistics for Antiques Road Show for Seasons VI thru XII, Americas Ball Room Challenge Seasons I & II, and has worked on many televised productions with Boston’s Symphony Hall and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Brian started with NED in November, 2007 as part of the new-build commissioning team for Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, commissioning AV systems in public spaces for many ships, and is currently working on coordination, design and integration of AV and control systems on most of NED’s current projects.
Denis McCubbin, LC
Associate Consultant, Senior Project Manager
National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP)
Lighting Certified (LC)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - Local 631
email: dmccubbin@n-e-d.com
Denis is a Lighting Certified (LC) design professional, and has been responsible for the Project Management and Development of a variety of land and ship based projects. Some of these include themed retail spaces at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, the complete lighting and A/V systems for The Choctaw Resort and Casino in Durant, OK, the onboard entertainment systems for the Holland America Vista Class ships, and the Sushi Theatre in San Diego.
Denis joined NED in January of 2000 after owning a company based in Florida, where he consulted on lighting and rigging installations, including area development for the Universal Studios Theme Park in Orlando, FL. He has worked as a technical director and lighting director for a variety of special events and programs including Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, Miss Universe, MTV, VF Corporation and Deloitte and Touche. As the first president of ShowPower, Inc, he was an innovator for portable power supply systems for the entertainment industry. Early in his career, he worked at Showlites, Inc. as a dimmer technician and toured with several bands including Van Halen, David Bowie, Kiss and many others.
Bill Havens
Associate Consultant, Project Manager
B.A. Connecticut College
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - Local 538
email: bhavens@n-e-d.com
Bill Havens has been working as a project or production manager for well over a decade, and in the cruise shipping industry for over 20 years. Bill was the project manager for Holland America's EURODAM and is currently managing the sister ship to P&O's VENTURA and the Seabourn ODYSSEY. Bill's credits with NED include project manager for all local entertainment systems on Cunard's Queen Mary 2, commissioning manager for P&O's ARCADIA and consultant to Holland America Line's Signature of Excellence initiative.
Prior to joining NED, Bill spent seven years at Fourth Phase / Production Arts, most recently as senior project manager for the Systems Group. The larger projects he was responsible for include five studios at Fox News Network, Mohegan Sun Casino, and five ships for Holland America Line. Prior to joining Production Arts, Bill served as production manager for Ellis Island Entertainment, working on shows for many corporate and cruise shipping clients. Bill has also served as production electrician on a wide variety of productions, working everywhere from Broadway to the beaches of Cancun.
Don Hill
Project Manager, Lighting Designer
B.A. College of William and Mary
email: dhill@n-e-d.com
Since joining NED in 2001, Don has established numerous lighting design credits for live events, exhibits, theatrical systems and architectural features.
Don works continuously within the automotive industry, designing press events and exhibit lighting for the Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago & New York International Auto Shows as well as SEMA, dealer meetings and promotional events. Automotive clients have included GM, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota and Audi.
Don has a decade of experience with entertainment system design and commissioning for Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding. He is currently the project manager for local entertainment systems on Costa Crociere’s Favolosa and Fascinosa. His system design work is ongoing for Carnival, Costa Crociere, Holland America Line and Princess Cruise Lines. As part of NED's new-build commissioning team, Don serves as both commissioning manager and lighting system specialist.
Don's architectural lighting credits include projects with The Architect of the Capital, Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Hewlett-Packard and Shepard Mullin LLP. He also developed the facility lighting system and exhibit lighting design for the renovation of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in NYC.
Don designs several corporate meetings annually for Hewlett Packard.
Daniel LePage, CTS-I, DMC-E
Associate Consultant, Project Manager
email: dlepage@n-e-d.com
Dan joined Nautilus in 2011 as an Audio-Visual System Designer and Project Manager. Dan brings 17 years of experience in the audio-visual industry to Nautilus, including an extensive installation background. In addition to entertainment and A/V systems, Dan has extensive experience with teledata, phone, fire and security systems. Currently at NED, Dan is the project manager for multiple military projects.
Dan is CTS-I certified, and has industry training from Altinex, AMX, Barco, Christie Digital, Crestron, Extron, Gentner, Mitsubishi and Polycom.
Carissa Walker, LEED AP BD+C
Associate Consultant, Project Manager
B.A. Theatre Arts in Design and Technology, San Diego State University
Email: cwalker@n-e-d.com
Carissa graduated from San Diego State University, where she obtained her degree in Theatre emphasizing in lighting design. While at SDSU, she had the opportunity to design a variety of productions including Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado with the San Diego State Opera Theatre and Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House directed by C.J. Keith.
Since joining NED she has worked as a lighting designer on the annual GM International Auto Show in New York and multiple architectural design concepts. She has also been involved with the system design and onsite commissioning for cruise line clients including Princess and Seabourn.
As one of two project managers handling all of NED's government projects, Carissa not only organizes the information flow for all of them, but also the day-to-day details for her specific assignments.
Alan Edwards, CTS-D
Principal Audio Design Consultant
Infocomm Organization, Certified Technology Specialist in Design (CTS-D)
Synergetic Audio Concepts Certification (Syn-Aud-Con)
Microsoft Corporation, Technical Systems Specialist Certification
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
email: aedwards@n-e-d.com
Principal Audio Design Consultant for Nautilus Entertainment Design, with responsibilities in system designs of audio reinforcement, audio distribution, IT network design for audio over Ethernet, and provides production audio design for various cruise line clients. Other responsibilities also include network administration for all NED IT needs.
Before joining Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED) in 2000, Alan freelanced as a consultant and production sound designer. Alan has many production credits with various theme parks and toured on numerous ice shows and Broadway tours; as well as been involved with a number of ice show television specials. Alan has served as production sound designer for Norwegian Cruise Line and commissioned audio systems for Royal Caribbean International. He has held a class "B" high-intensity mobile laser license from the State of New York and worked for a number of laser companies such as Laser Media and Image Engineering.
Some of Alan's recent projects with NED include:
- Production audio design for Holland America Line
- Showroom audio system design for Holland America Line’s ROTTERDAM class and STATENDAM class “Signature of Excellence” refits
- Audio system and infrastructure design for Phoenician Resort in Phoenix, Arizona
- Local entertainment system audio designs for Carnival’s DREAM and the forth coming MAGIC and BREEZE
- Local entertainment system audio designs for Seabourn’s ODYSSEY and SOJOURN luxury yachts
- Local entertainment system audio designs for Costa's LUMINOSA and DELIZIOSA cruise ships
- Local entertainment system audio designs for Cunard's QUEEN MARY 2, QUEEN VICTORIA and QUEEN ELIZABETH Cunard vessels
- Design of IP based distributed audio system and paging system for Cunard's QUEEN VICTORIA and QUEEN ELIZABETH
- Local entertainment system audio designs for Holland America Line's VISTA class and SIGNATURE OF EXCELLENCE class of cruise vessels
- Various local entertainment system audio designs for P&O Cruise’s ARCADIA and AZURA
- Audio reinforcement design of outdoor line arrays for LED displays on multiple Carnival, Costa, and Holland America vessels
- Audio system designs for Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma
- Distributed audio system design for NEW YORK-NEW YORK Hotel and Casino meeting rooms in Las Vegas
- Paging and audio distribution system design for the Long Beach Cruise Terminal
- Environmental noise study and audio system design of outdoor sports complex for Santa Fe Christian Schools in San Diego
While at NED, Alan's credits include an invited paper by the Acoustic Society of America entitled "Audio System Design for Cruise Ships" (3pAA1, December 2001), featured in a few articles with industry trade magazines, and served as a speaker at various trade shows. Alan has been an active part of R&D with many professional audio manufacturers such as Midas Digital XL8 audio console, Yamaha digital signal processors, Soundcraft small-scale digital console, JBL ceiling loudspeakers, EAW reinforcement loudspeakers and Meyer Sound Labs loudspeaker solutions. He has also worked with numerous loudspeaker manufacturers to develop marine grade weatherization of loudspeaker products
Alan is a member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees ACT and the Audio Engineer Society (AES). He is Microsoft Certified, and received certification from Synergetic Audio Concepts. Alan has numerous levels of training in AMX control systems, Level Control Systems (LCS), received levels 1&2 certification for Enhanced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers (EASE) and holds a CTS-D (Certified Technology Specialist in Design) ANSI certification through the InfoComm Organization.
Tristan Gates, CTS-D
Audio-Visual System Designer
BA San Diego State University
Infocomm Organization, Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)
email: tgates@n-e-d.com
Tristan joined NED in 2008 after working as a designer and programmer in the entertainment industry throughout Southern California. Tristan finished his bachelors in theatrical design in 2006 at San Diego State with an emphasis in lighting. His studies also included computer sciences, film, video, and audio production.
His work before coming to NED has included shows and events including fund raisers for the Globe Guilders, the Athena Scholarship as well as numerous private events encompassing corporate theater, parties, and concert events. He has now begun working on several audio and video systems including Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant, OK, the Phoenician Ballroom at the The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, AZ, as well as several upcoming projects for Carnival Cruse Lines.
Kurt Doemelt
Lighting Designer
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
email: kdoemelt@n-e-d.com
A member of the Nautilus team since 2003, Kurt is a Lighting Designer, AutoCAD specialist, Project Manager, and Programmer. From press events, to displays areas, galas and reveal shows, Kurt has designed for a wide range of clients including Hewlett Packard, Intel, GM, RSA Security, and others. With a 15 year background in lighting for the stage, Kurt has worked in regional theatre, dance, corporate events, movie premiers, and more. A graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, he is knowledgeable in lighting, sound, video, rigging and stagecraft. Kurt has programmed many custom VBA enhancements for AutoCAD, as well as being a proficient programmer for ETC and GrandMA lighting consoles.
Michael Paolini
Lighting Designer
B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington
email: mpaolini@n-e-d.com
Since 2007, Michael has been working with NED on a variety of projects where his responsibilities include designing, drafting and commissioning lighting systems for temporary entertainment projects and permanent installations.
Michael has designed lighting for a variety of venues including live performances such as dance, opera, plays and musicals to corporate events and exhibits. While in school in Indiana Michael worked as a free-lance designer, electrician and programmer. He moved to San Diego in 2005 to pursue an MFA at San Diego State University. While in San Diego and working part time on the drafting team at NED, Michael designed many local shows as well as assisting at the Old Globe Theatre and was the resident assistant lighting designer for the San Diego Opera 2009 season.
For NED Michael has designed lighting for the Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant, OK, exhibit lighting for the GM Detroit & Chicago Auto Shows and exhibit lighting for the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in NYC. Michael is also part of the team of entertainment system designers and new-build commissioning inspectors for Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding.
Ashley Johnstone
Lighting Designer
M.F.A. Theatre Arts: Lighting Design, San Diego State University
B.S. Theatrical Design, Northern Arizona University
e-mail: ajohnstone@n-e-d.com
Ashley joined Nautilus Entertainment Design after receiving her MFA from San Diego State University in 2009. Primarily working in corporate shows and events, she has been involved in a wide range of projects for General Motors, Toyota and Hewlett Packard. In 2011 and 2012 she designed the lighting for the GM exhibits at the Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and New York Auto Shows. Ashley also worked on the lighting design for Qualcomm’s 25th Anniversary Museum at their San Diego campus, which was awarded an IES Award of Merit on both the local and national levels.
In the San Diego area she has designed lights for San Diego Dance Theatre, Hammond School of Dance, Royal Dance Academy and Cygnet Theatre, and worked for other theatre companies including The Old Globe Theatre, Malashock Dance, Native Voices at the Autrey and The La Jolla Playhouse.
Ashley has been a member of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology since 2003.
