Fred Saurmann

Experience

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  RET Percussion

  Jan 2002 - Jul 2007

  Sales Representative, Technician

  Sold electronic drum kits and worked as a technician in the manufacturing department.

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  SoundCheck Music

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Sales, Teacher

  Sold musical items and instruments as well as maintained a steady flow of guitar, bass and drum students.

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  Cartridge World Decatur

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2011

  Master Technician, Manager

  Managed the day to day operations and oversaw the production of product. I was part of the team that specialized in remanufacturing and troubleshooting ink and toner cartridges. I also did some basic troubleshooting and servicing of customer printers and the many printers we tested cartridges on in house.

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  FarCorner Studios

  Oct 2009 - now

  Engineer/Producer

  Production of multiple projects spanning the genres of Alternative Rock, Contemporary Christian Hip-Hop/R&B and Country

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  First Christian Church

  Jul 2014 - now

  Maintaining and overseeing the areas of audio, video and lighting for the facility as well as overseeing and managing the volunteers in those areas. I work closely with the worship arts director to keep the vision consistent. I also maintain our IT infrastructure with an elite group of IT professionals and volunteers. Oversaw the creation and production of the weekend worship services. I worked closely with the other members of my team to ensure that the services we created were engaging and fully supported the teaching every week.

  • Production Manager

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Technical Director

    Apr 2010 - now

  • Interim Worship Arts Director

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2015