Faculty
Dave Lester
Adjunct Instructor
Live Experience Design
Dave Lester has been in the live event industry as an audio engineer for 36+ years, over 28 of which have been with ShowCo and CLAIR Global. He has spent many years as a System Engineer/Audio Engineer controlling concert sound systems. He has been the FOH mixer for artists such as P!NK, John Fogerty, Wall Flowers, Blondie to mention a few. He has also been the monitor engineer for artists such as Alanis Morissette, Boston, Judas Priest, White Zombie, and many others.
He has spent the last 22 years as the Director of Education and Safety at CLAIR Global. There, he has created curriculum for an intensive 12-14 week education process for new and existing road staff on proprietary technologies, new technologies, company protocols, culture, performance, and safety processes.
He has consulted with Universities and Colleges in the development of curriculum for their programs. Dave has taught as an adjunct professor at Millersville University for several years, helping to create pathways and opportunities for students from Millersville and the local community.
Dave is also one of the founding members of the Event Safety Alliance, an organization that promotes life safety and helps create and set safety standards for the live event industry.