Phil Holland

People / Production / Technology

Phil Holland

Good systems start
with the people who use them.

I lead production teams, build and support technical systems, and keep learning. My work connects live audio and video, IT, practical engineering, and people development.

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Phil Holland beside an audio production console in a worship venue
At home behind the console.And alongside the team.
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AV systems & production

Live events, worship production, broadcast, and the workflows that bring them together.

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Cybersecurity & IT

Hands-on cybersecurity labs and learning notes, alongside professional systems troubleshooting and networking experience.

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E210 & developing people

Technical engineering, teaching, and helping teams understand the tools they work with.

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A front-of-house audio console surrounded by show computers and operators, facing an illuminated stage
Front of house · Audio, control, and stage in one view

Selected work

Behind the moments
people remember.

From a Sunday service to a festival stage, the visible result depends on careful systems work and a team prepared to use it.

Phil with two members of his production team at Heritage Baptist Church’s broadcast controls
Serving with my team · Heritage Baptist Church

Production leadership / 2022–present

A production team built to grow.

As Technical Director at Heritage Baptist Church, I oversee audio, video, lighting, and broadcast across worship environments. The work includes infrastructure, upgrades, repeatable workflows, volunteer training, and leadership development.

About 15 to 70Growth in the production team during my time at Heritage.

The people are the foundation: clear roles, practical training, and room for others to lead.

I also teach sound classes for my team and the wider community, from fundamentals to intermediate and applied skills.

Phil operating a shoulder-mounted camera onstage in front of a concert audience
Operating camera onstage · E210 project gallery

Live event systems / E210

Engineering for the live moment.

My E210 work brings together LED deployment, live video infrastructure, AV networking, signal routing, and crew coordination. At Boots in the Park Albuquerque, I served as Contract Technical Systems Engineer for Stage A.

Other work includes Video Director (V1) for Taco Fest Tucson, alongside contracted camera and production roles.

  • Live video
  • LED systems
  • Signal routing
  • AV networks
Phil at the video switcher in the Balloon Fiesta video village, facing a multiview display and production laptop
Video village · Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, 2017

Live stream production / 2017

At the switcher.
Bringing the Fiesta online.

I switched the live stream video for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in 2017. This was my view from video village, with the switcher, multiview display, and production controls close at hand.

Dan operating Heritage’s broadcast switcher, with a multiview display, production controls, and a stage feed
Dan at Heritage’s broadcast switcher · Streaming, image magnification, and recorded content.

The room behind the room

One message.
Many destinations.

Switching, presentation, and broadcast audio need to work together for the people in the room and those joining online.

Heritage / Portable event production

A church team.
A city celebration.

Technical Director & Production Manager

I served as Technical Director and Production Manager when Heritage Baptist Church was asked to provide music and entertainment for a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. We took our portable rig outdoors for a full band, choir, and small stage.

The setup brought together front-of-house sound, stage-left monitors and video, and the stage production.

As I recall, the organizers asked for the system to be heard about ten city blocks away. We met that request, and they were happy with the result.

A view from behind the band’s instruments across the Christmas tree lighting stage toward the crowd
From the stage · Band, choir, and crowd
A front-of-house sound console and operator beneath a canopy at the outdoor Christmas tree lighting
Front of house · Mixing for the gathering
Stage-left monitor and video controls beside the small outdoor stage and waiting choir
Stage left · Monitors and video
A production sound console in front of Heritage Baptist Church pastors recording a podcast around a table
Producing a podcast for the pastors of Heritage Baptist Church

Heritage / Podcast production

A conversation
worth capturing.

I produced a podcast for the pastors of Heritage Baptist Church. The setting is smaller than an auditorium, but the purpose stays familiar: support the people speaking and the people listening.

Microphones, a console, and a table full of people—another way that production serves a conversation.

Practical systems experience

Trace the problem.
Understand the context.
Make it usable.

Production systems are also computer systems. My work has included network integration, conferencing, computers, show software, and the operational details that keep people connected.

Sandia National Laboratories / 2018–2022

Technical work in a security-conscious environment.

I supported auditorium and conferencing systems, installations, maintenance, network integration, and mission-critical events.

I created a standard for separating classified and unclassified systems that was adopted lab-wide. That experience reinforced the value of clear boundaries, consistent standards, and usable technical guidance.

Video Engineer Technician, then Communications Technologist SE. DOE Q clearance held during this past employment.

A Sandia auditorium presenter at a lectern beneath then–U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s projected remote video
Sandia virtually hosting then–U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

Sandia / Hybrid auditorium conferencing

An auditorium conversation.
A guest in Washington.

At Sandia, I helped deliver an auditorium presentation to then–U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm in her Washington, D.C. office through Microsoft Teams. It was a significant event for the people taking part.

We routed presenters’ microphones through the sound console into Teams, with audio in both directions and mix-minus at each end to keep incoming audio out of its own return feed.

Audience displays directly below the camera gave presenters a natural sightline toward the remote guest. The main auditorium screen showed PowerPoint during presentations and Secretary Granholm during the conversation.

The same practical principles—clear audio routing, camera-aligned sightlines, and coordinated content—carry across hybrid conferencing systems.

  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mix-minus audio
  • Presentation routing
  • Camera sightlines

E210Productions / Founded 2020

People first.
Then the gear.

E210 brings together technical systems engineering for audio, video, and lighting with a focus on teaching skills and developing people. A system is more useful when the team understands it.

Boots in the Park concert stage with large video screens and red fireworks
E210 production work · Boots in the Park, Albuquerque, 2026
01 / Understand

Start with the team.

Consider the people, the environment, and the purpose before choosing technical tools.

02 / Build

Connect the whole system.

Bring signal paths, networks, control, and production workflows together.

03 / Teach

Leave people more capable.

Share the reasoning, teach practical skills, and make space for new leaders.

Discuss an AV systems project, technical training, or production support.

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An Allen & Heath QU-32 sound console facing the stage in Rustburg High School’s auditorium
Sound and technical support · Rustburg High School

Community involvement

Sharing skills
beyond the day job.

I’ve worked with Rustburg High School and other local schools to support choirs, drama departments, and marching bands through training, audio production, and equipment design. My work includes designing and installing systems, fine-tuning existing equipment, and making on-site visits to troubleshoot problems, including systems I didn’t originally design or install.

Cybersecurity, IT & projects

Practical IT experience.
Documented cyber learning.

Production and laboratory systems gave me practical troubleshooting and networking experience. I’m building cybersecurity skills through hands-on labs and documenting that work openly.

CybersecurityHands-on learning

Cybersecurity labs
& vulnerability management

My public learning notes explore the vulnerability lifecycle: finding issues, validating evidence, prioritizing risk, and communicating why it matters.

Lab work includes manual validation, scan interpretation, and foundational risk and control concepts. This is a learning portfolio, separate from my professional AV and IT experience.

  • Validation
  • Risk prioritization
  • Evidence
  • Documentation
View cybersecurity labs & notes on GitHub
AI & automationActive development

A local AI assistant
that earns trust

Alfred began as a working local assistant prototype using Python, Ollama, and Telegram. It explored local model inference, message handling, and startup and shutdown automation.

Sheldon is the next architecture in development, with a focus on useful memory, modular integrations, and human approval before external actions.

  • Python
  • Local AI
  • Automation
  • Permission design
Explore the project on GitHub
Custom 3D-printed microphone and in-ear pack holders below two MicBoard monitors, with a guitar in the center
Custom 3D-printed gear storage at Heritage

Making practical things

More than
mic labels.

MicBoard connects singer names and photos with shared microphone status, helping our crew learn people’s names, check readiness, and troubleshoot across multiple locations. Paired with 3D-printed holders, it makes everyday production work easier.

See how the system works

ChurchTechLife

From the booth.
Shared for the next team.

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August 31, 2026

iPad to image magnification

A Sunday test connecting an iPad through Apple TV, HDMI/SDI, DeckLink, and ProPresenter.

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August 11, 2026

MIDI at front of house

An introduction to the Yamaha CL5 and Waves workflow used in my production environment.

Watch on YouTube

August 29, 2024

Practical 3D printing

Custom gear, Tinkercad, OrcaSlicer, and lessons from solving everyday production problems.

Watch on YouTube

More from the channel 

Portable AV design & buildDante in a church setup
Phil recording drums onstage in a Liberty University performance hall
Tracking drums for a student project at Liberty University

Both sides of the stage

A musician’s ear.
A technician’s eye.

I play both drums and bass guitar. Playing, recording, mixing, and operating a camera give me different perspectives on the same event. They keep the technical work connected to the people making the music and the people experiencing it.

A microphone-equipped drum kit in a Liberty University recording studio
Studio drum kit · Liberty University
Phil playing bass guitar alongside guitarist Dave Happs, with music stands in front of them
Playing bass alongside guitarist Dave Happs
Phil wearing headphones and playing the acoustic drum kit he converted to electronic drums, with cymbals around him
Acoustic-to-electronic drum conversion · Triggers and working electronic cymbals

Music / Hands-on engineering

An acoustic kit, reworked.

I fitted this acoustic drum kit with triggers and converted it into a fully working electronic kit, including working electronic cymbals.

Different rooms.
The same thread.

Ministry, retail leadership, church production, live events, and laboratory systems have all shaped how I work with people and solve problems.

Some roles run alongside one another, particularly E210 and contracted event work.

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Tools & environments

Audio & controlFOH, monitors, broadcast and studio audio · Dante · Q-SYS · Crestron · Shure Axient

Video & productionBlackmagic switching · ProPresenter · cameras · LED · playback and media servers

IT & makingNetworking · Linux · SQL · WordPress · 3D printing · Python and local AI experimentation

My Professional Journey

Jun 2022–present

Heritage Baptist Church

Technical Director

Audio, video, lighting, and broadcast operations; systems upgrades; volunteer training and leadership development.

Jan 2020–present

E210Productions

Founder & Technical Systems Engineer for A/V/L

Live video infrastructure, LED deployment, AV networking, signal routing, technical consulting, and production crews.

Jun 2018–Jun 2022

Sandia National Laboratories

Communications Technologist SE

Aug 2020–Jun 2022

Video Engineer Technician

Jun 2018–Aug 2020

Auditorium and conferencing systems, installations, maintenance, network integration, and mission-critical events.

May 2015–Apr 2020

AE-Productions

Contracted Operator

Jun 2018–Apr 2020

Video Department Manager

Nov 2015–Jun 2018

Contracted A/V/L Operator

May–Nov 2015

Video department leadership, cameras and switching, image magnification and LED, playback, crew training, inventory, and computer and network support.

Sep 2013–May 2015

Sagebrush Church

Director of Technology for Multi-site and Midweek Services

Multi-campus production, midweek services, audio/video/lighting, IT support, volunteer teams, and special events.

Sep 2011–Sep 2013

Hoffmantown Church

Sound and Lighting Engineer

Front-of-house audio, lighting and stage design, volunteer support, and orchestra, choir, and worship production.

Aug 2010–Sep 2011

Byne Memorial Baptist Church

Director of Media & Technology · Part-time

Church media, sound and video, weekly televised broadcast editing, presentation systems, and stage lighting.

Sep 2006–Jul 2010

Bay’s Music Center

Store Manager

Retail operations, ordering and inventory, and managing employees and contract workers.

Sep 2003–Feb 2006

Eastview Baptist Church

Youth Minister

Let’s connect

A role. A project.
A good technical problem.

For AV and IT opportunities, E210 projects, or a conversation about the work you’ve seen here, get in touch.

phil@e210.pro
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