Blue Sky Audio Staff Biographies

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Staff Biographies

Jeff Byron

President

Jeff Byron has over thirty years of live sound and event production skills gained from his national touring experience and one-off performances with artists such as Smokey Robinson, David Byrne, Nils Lofgren, Keith Urban, Will Ackerman, Rickie Lee Jones, Dianne Reeves and Donovan among others. His corporate and professional experiences also include full service event production for colleges, universities, corporate events, festivals, and concerts. Jeff holds a Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in the Visual and Performing Arts from the University of Maryland, and a graduate degree (M.G.A.) from the University of Maryland University College Graduate School of Management and Technology. In addition to his audio engineering and live event experience, Jeff also has corporate experience in business management, has provided event and audio consulting services for a multitude of private, public and corporate organizations, and is on the faculty of the Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts, in Phoenix, Maryland.

Ethan Montgomery has had a passion for music since childhood, starting with piano lessons at age 5, and later learning cello, guitar, and bass guitar. At 14, he landed his first professional gig playing bass in and around the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area and, since then, has continued to be involved in the entertainment and event production industries as both a musician and an audio engineer. After earning an Associate's degree at Howard Community College, in Columbia, MD and attending Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, he then attended the Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts. Graduating from Sheffield at the top of his class, Ethan began working with Jeff Byron, and quickly became a lead engineer and integral part of the Blue Sky Audio team. In addition to his work with Blue Sky Audio, Ethan is also the Chief Recording Engineer at Speakeasy Productions, Baltimore's leading voiceover production studio.

Ethan Montgomery

Audio Engineer

Mark Carroll

Logistics/Operations Manager

Mark Carroll serves as Blue Sky's Logistics/Operations Manager coordinating the execution of all production services. With over thirty five years of management, sales, event planning and logistics experience, Mark brings a broad array of skills in managing small to large projects. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, creative problem solving, production management and customer service. In addition to production work, Mark also is extremely adept at arranging and coordinating green room and hospitality services for musicians, VIP's and special guests.

Bruce Abercrombie became involved with Blue Sky Audio during the company's launch in 1993 where his AV experience has since proven to be extremely beneficial to the company. Bruce's primary experience is in video production, which he discovered while attending Roanoke College, in Salem, Virginia. However, his visual arts and photographic experiences started at a much earlier age having had the opportunity to accompany his late father, legendary National Geographic Magazine writer and photographer, Thomas J. Abercrombie, on sailing assignments where Bruce shot still pictures in The Fiji Islands, Long Island Sound and even behind the Iron Curtain. In 1985, Bruce Abercrombie Video Productions was formed to tape weddings, half-hour shows for local access, 30-second spots, and short films. Bruce's services have also been employed by Comcast where he has worked to produce hundreds of episodes including Anne Arundel's Most Wanted, Mom's at Home, with Maryland's former first lady Kendell Ehrlick, Business Beat, Talkin' Sports and various football and basketball games of the week. Highlights of Bruce's production company include Designing with Leigh Anne, Just off Main Street, Family Time and White Tiger, a documentary following the life of Thomas J. Abercrombie's 40 plus years of travel for National Geographic, in which Bruce was credited as the Director of Photography. In addition to his work with Blue Sky, and with his production company, Bruce currently conducts operations for a public access channel and maintains a studio in Annapolis, MD.

Bruce Abercrombie

Videography/AV Technician

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