Speakers

Mr. Charles (Chuck) Espinoza, Global Director of Education at Aurora Multimedia, has over 34 years’ experience in the Audio video industry with 13 years in the United States Marine Corps-8 of those years as Platoon Sergeant and Marksmanship instructor. In the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Espinoza was the Chief Sound System Engineer for the United States Marine Corps’ Musical field units. Since retiring from the Marines, he has held a variety of positions supporting commercial and federal government clients, including sound system engineer, project manager, senior integration engineer, chief training officer, quality assurance engineer, and Director of Operations. Mr. Espinoza has contributed to the development of hundreds of audiovisual professionals in his numerous professional training roles, as well as through his leadership in AVIXA, the Audio-Visual Integrated Experience Association. Mr. Espinoza has served as adjunct faculty and as a staff instructor at AVIXA for almost a decade, has served on the Scheme and Item Writers committee for the creation and continuing oversight of the ANSI CTS-I certification exam, as an InfoComm’s Leadership Search Committee Member and Chair of InfoComm’s Certification Steering Committee, as well as a contributor the InfoComm Installation Handbook, CTS Exam Guide, CTS-I Exam Guide and CTS-D Exam Guide.

His credentials include: AVIXA Certified Technical Specialist–Installation (CTS-I), AVIXA Certified Technical Specialist–Design (CTS-D), Project Management Professional (PMP), Imaging Science Foundation Certified Commercial Display Calibrator (ISF-C), Digital Media Certified Technician (DMC-T), Digital Media Certified Designer(DMC-D), Digital Media Certified Engineer (DMC-E), Extron Audio Video Associate (EAVA), Extron Certified Control Associate (ECA), Projection Design Certified Product Specialists Platinum Level, Listen Technologies Certified for Induction Loop Design, Installation, and Commissioning-Level 2, and Clear One Certified Technical Specialist, Dante Level 3, and ATD Master Trainer.

In 2018, Mr. Espinoza was inducted into the SCN 2018 Hall of Fame. Mr. Espinoza has spearheaded the AVIXA Education Department for both the 2020 and 2021 years “AV Nations Readers’ Choice Award for Best AV Education”, and was voted “Favorite Person in the AV Industry” in the rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards in 2022. Mr. Espinoza has also been recently recognized in April of 2023 by the “Marquis Who’s Who” for Excellence in Audiovisual Technology Advancement.