start of main content ABOUT US About Christie Lites » Rental Reps Christie Lites Bios What Our Customers are Saying Our Suppliers AODA Career Opportunities RENTAL REPS Rob Charnetski With a background spanning film and TV production, sports marketing and media sales, Rob has been providing lighting and rigging consultation and assistance to his customers at Christie Lites since 1996. Married to Robin and residing in Oakville, daughter Kaitlyn and son Kevin round out the crew. A foodie at heart with some decent kitchen chops, he enjoys Full Bio Ian Gordon Ian Gordon's Bio will be forthcoming. Full Bio Alan Niebur Alan's introduction to the entertainment industry began as a percussionist playing in rock, stage, and symphonic bands throughout grade and high school. He bounced around the local music scene for a while and then decided to attend college to pursue a business degree. Full Bio Denis Richard Denis's first gig in the entertainment lighting industry was for the 1976 Olympics that took place in Montreal. While studying to be an archeologist in Hull Quebec he was asked to do the lighting for a Christmas show in the college auditorium. At first he refused wanting to focus on his studies but eventually accepted the task. Full Bio Chris McMeen Chris McMeen brings in a broad base of knowledge in market sectors of TV, corporate, theatre, theater touring, concert touring, film, and special events with over 20 years of experience in the industry. He was most recently northeast regional sales manager at High End Systems, a Barco group. Prior to that, he spent six years as VP sales at Scharff Weisberg Lighting NYC. Full Bio Larry Thomas Larry Thomas has been in professional theatre since 1972. Growing up in Charlotte, NC, Larry was very active in theatre in high school, and later persued a BFA in set and light design at East Carolina University. A summer job at a theme park (Carowinds) turned into a full time position as Technical Director for Entertainment. From there, Larry held positions as Tech Director for Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival and Master Carpenter for Brea Summer Theatre. Full Bio Robert A. Roth Robert Roth came to Christie Lites in 2008 with a very long and successful history in the Concert Touring, Television and Corporate Event marketplaces across North America and world-wide. His previous self-owned company – RA Roth Inc – was started in 1975 and was for over 20 years a mainstay in the concert touring industry. Through RA Roth, Robert supplied lighting equipment and design for many well known acts over a span of 3 decades and virtually all music genres – from R+B to Country to Metal to Pop. Full Bio Mike Johnston Mike started his career in the entertainment industry in 1987 in the dark depths of the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts as part of a co-op program, at the time Mike thought he wanted to be an actor. This unlikely opportunity during high school gave Mike his first taste of the entertainment industry. Benefits included working long hours, making no money and having little to no social life! SOLD, where do I sign. Full Bio Rod "Red" Gibson My first call to the lighting business came in 1981 when a friend’s band needed a lighting guy. After a few stops and starts, a couple of jobs as a truck driver and also as a roughneck on an oil rig, I landed in Vancouver in 1989 as a lighting director. I worked with local club and recording acts over the next few years and eventually ended up working with a company called Westsun as a tech doing corporate events and a few tours here and there. Full Bio Chris Grant Back in 1986 after years of traveling as a musician Chris had an opportunity to make some extra money helping a friend build a second story office space for a local Vancouver company called Westsun Lighting. Chris could have never predicted that he would spend the next 15 years living and breathing lighting with this company. Full Bio Alfred Larter Alfred Larter began his career in the entertainment industry mixing sound for the Janus band at the early age of 15. Over the course of his career, Alfred continued to find himself in the music world from the Blues with The Mason Chapman Band to Celtic with Natalie MacMaster. Full Bio Gary Meiklejohn Gary Meiklejohn has been involved in the stage lighting and entertainment industry for over twenty years. Upon graduating from the University of Regina in 1988 with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, he opened and was the manager of Production Lighting in Regina. Full Bio Graeme Rivers Graeme started his career in the entertainment world as a dancer at the age of four. After getting accepted to Cawthra Park Secondary School in the dance program it didn’t take him long to also start working on building sets, audio, rigging and lighting. His first job came when the Peel Board hired him as the in house Lighting Designer for outside organizations during rentals of the theatre, including the Mississauga Symphony. Full Bio Ron Eliovitz Originally from Toronto, Ron began his lighting career in 1988 doing 12k rock n roll bar gigs while attending the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology in London, Ontario. Upon completion of the course he found work doing live sound with intensions of pursuing a future in audio but quickly realized lighting interested him more. Full Bio Dan Tulloch Dan Tulloch has been at Christie Lites for approximately eleven years. During this time, Dan has developed his skills of providing lighting solutions for System Integrators for many projects found in Theme Rides, Science Centers and Museums with his other love of lighting Sanctuaries in Houses of Worship. Full Bio Joe Foley From his beginnings in Thunder Bay where after discovering the guitar at age 13, Joe became involved in the local music scene. His first foray into the biz was as a lighting person (read lackey) for one of the more prominent bands in the region. From there he endeavoured to learn and operate as a lighting and soundman where a chance to replace the bass player turned into a 7 year touring, music and production partnership with fellow musician, Rob Jardine of Thunder Sound and Lighting, Thunder Bay. Full Bio Andrew "Andy" Strachan Andy started his lighting career in 1992. While studying Lighting Design and gaining his electrical qualifications, he worked in theatres in Newcastle and London on shows such as Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story and Doctor Doolittle. Andy then worked as a freelance lighting technician based in London where he helped deliver lighting and rigging for corporate and special event shows across the UK and Europe. Full Bio Mathew Ilott Mat’s career in the entertainment industry has spanned the last 20 years, working in the Television, Corporate, Theatre and Concert Touring markets. He began working for an in-house film & television department of a large Pharmaceutical company. It was during this time that he developed an interest in lighting and subsequently progressed to work for Essential Lighting, a leading corporate & event company. Full Bio Rob Badgerow Rob Badgerow joined Christie Lites in January of 2001 and brings over twenty nine years’ experience in the industry. He has developed many relationships and gained valuable knowledge in customer service as well as expert hands on knowledge of the equipment we provide. Full Bio Peter Eady Peter has worked professionally in the entertainment industry steadily for the last 35 years. He started in the business taking classes at the Manitoba Theatre School while living in Winnipeg. He attended Sisler High School, in the notorious North End, and he and a few other outcasts produced plays and films instead of joining the football team. Full Bio Olivier Alarie It all started in 1999 when Olivier Alarie was a student in Civil Engineering at La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa. He volunteered as a stage hand to setup the lighting rig at the Festival Franco-Ontarien in the Bi-Ward Market. His aptitudes, energy, hard work and creativeness did not go unnoticed for long and in June of 2004 he was recruited as an account representative for Christie Lites. Full Bio Warren Flynn “If you combine all the best lighting techniques from live theatre, television, film and concert tours into one package, then you are guaranteed to get a better show. You can’t and don’t want to limit yourself to one way of thinking, it’s just that simple!" This sums up the industry philosophy of Warren Flynn, a 25-year veteran of the lighting industry. Full Bio Terry Crain Terry has had a long and successful career in the stage lighting business since his first start as a stagehand for the circus. He spent time on the road for Electro Tech from Nashville on tours with Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, Alabama, Willie Nelson, The Judd's and others. He has worked as a freelancer with many production companies regionally and across the US and served as a Rigging Coordinator for the Orange County Convention Center. Full Bio Norman "JR" Sander I started my professional career in 1980. My first show was Bob Seger at the Checker Dome in St. Louis and I never looked back. I worked at TERI Productions setting up Staging, Roofs and Lighting from 1980 to 1992. Dec of 1992 I started at Bandit Lites as a warehouse manager, implementing the policies and procedures of preps, books and stickers. Inventory Control Manager, Production Team Captain, and Client Representative for 21 Years. Full Bio Ben Kantorovich Ben Kantorovich's Bio will be forthcoming. Full Bio Mark Broedling Mark Broedling, born in Apple Valley, California then relocated with his family to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997 where he’s been in the technical entertainment industry since. Mark went to school for Advanced Theatrical Theatre where he earned his Diploma. During his time in the industry he has worked in positions such as stagehand, assistant electric, head electric, production electrician, programmer, lighting designer, lighting director, production designer, technical director, and production coordinator. Full Bio Sani Crljen Graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1989, Sani Crljen chose employment in the sales profession. His first sales experience was in the world of office equipment and supplies. This grew to include all aspects of running a small business as the owners added more and more responsibilities. Sani was recruited by Huntly Christie in the summer of 1993. The company was a lot smaller then and like many employees Sani had multiple duties. Full Bio Michael Ferguson Michael Ferguson was born in California, raised in Portland Oregon, educated in Victoria, BC and now lives in Seattle, WA. Michael has been working in the lighting industry since 2003, which at this point is 18 years, which makes him feel very old. Michael works in many sectors in the lighting industry, from theatrical, music, corporate and even some film. Full Bio Nathan Tomlinson Since graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA Design and Production, Nathan Tomlinson has been increasingly involved in endeavors (Theatrical, Concert, and Corporate genre) that have expanded his professional creativity in Lighting Design, Scenic Design, and Production Management. Full Bio Shannon Scott Shannon began his “Lighting” career working for a residential lighting company in North Alabama. Rewiring home lamps, installing ceiling fans, and in between the usual warehouse work - shipping and receiving. That is where he got his foot in the door in 1996 working for Theatrical Lighting Systems, starting out in shipping and receiving, and also commencing to learn the craft of being a show Lighting Tech. Full Bio COVID-19 DIVERSITY ABOUT US GALLERY RENTAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTACTS Privacy Policy Employee Login © Copyright 2021 Christie Lites website by cybertech .