Linda Gedemer is a Principal in the technology group at AlfaTech, a multi-disciplined engineering consulting firm headquartered in the Bay Area. She has worked in the AV industry for over 30 years for companies such as Walt Disney Imagineering and Arup. Linda holds undergraduate degrees in Music Engineering & Electrical Engineering (Univ. of Miami), a graduate degree in Architectural Sciences in Acoustics (Rensselaer) and a PhD in Audio and Acoustical Engineering (Univ. of Salford, UK). She has extensive experience in designing and building audio, video, data, and electronic control systems for a wide variety of commercial, educational and entertainment applications worldwide. She is also an acoustic consultant working in architectural acoustics. She worked in Harman International’s Corporate R&D group for over 3 years as part of her PhD research. In addition, for 12 years Linda worked as an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University teaching studio acoustics, digital audio, and recording technology as part of LMU’s School of Film and Television. She has also been involved in audio production work for many years and is an MPSE Golden Reel Award-winning sound editor. Linda has been an invited speaker at various conferences including AES, ASA, InfoComm, SMPTE, NAB, and WFX. Linda plays bassoon (but never in public), will randomly quote lines from ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ or ‘This is Spinal Tap’, and makes a wicked margarita.