Southern California's #1 Audio Visual
& Event Production Services Company
We are a full-service Event Technology & Production company specializing in Audio, Video, Sound and Lighting.
Our Services
Event Technology (Audio, Video, Sound, Lighting) & Production Services
Staging, Rigging & Power Scenic Design Entertainment Services Speaker & Content ManagementAV Equipment Rentals
What We Do Best Live Events Corporate Meetings & Conferences Entertainment Production & Support Sporting Events AV RentalsOur Promise
To deliver powerful audiovisual experiences on and off the main stage and playing field while providing rewarding professional partnership to our clients, agency partners, planners and producers. It is our mission to continually elevate our standards and never settle for less than excellence.
Meet Our Team
A group of highly talented AV professionals with a passion for what they do and a desire to exceed client & project expectations on all levels.
Operations Manager
Steve Boyd has been in the industry for 25 years with an undergraduate degree in Communications and an MBA in business. He started his AV career in Houston, Texas as a technician and quickly moved into the role of assistant director of AV and eventually a director. He then moved to Colorado to become the director of AV for the Broadmoor Hotel where he spent over 18 years.
Aside from work, he loves to golf and enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family. He listens to Def Leppard, AC/DC, and any classic rock.
Audio Engineer
John earned an Associate Degree in Audio Technology at Hutchinson Technical College in Minnesota. He has worked in the industry for over 25 years as an Audio Systems Technician for a variety of companies including Clearwing in Phoenix and Milwaukee, performing as A1 for numerous concerts and festivals across the country. John also worked for Starlight and Lighthouse Productions for a number of years, helping him enhance his skills in other areas of the industry.
Logistics Manager
Trevor started his career in the industry with tech theater in High School, then moved onto Film in College. His professional AV career started in 2016 with AVMS, where he started as a Technician and worked his way up to Operations Manager at one of the highest grossing resorts. Trevor brings to Power Plus his extensive experience in the hospitality industry, having worked at high end resorts & hotels. He has a great reputation for providing high levels of service to his clients that matched the level of service they got from their five star/five diamond partners. Outside of work, he is a HUGE movie buff and was even a Manager at Blockbuster (a while ago). He loves spending time with his fiancé, his cats and dog, and playing disc golf during his free time. His favorite artists include Snarky Puppy, Streetlight Manifesto, and the Foo Fighters.
Audio Department Manager
Brandon started his career in the AV industry at Legoland as an Entertainment Technicians in 2007. He holds a BA in the Visual and Performing Arts from Cal State San Marcos. Outside of work, he loves cars, hiking, going to concerts, mountain biking, dogs, his family & beautiful wife, Valeria. His favorite band is Young the Giant.
Warehouse Technician
Pablo has attended Palomar College and recently graduated from UC Berkeley where he studied International Relations. New to the audiovisual industry, Pablo has shown to be a great leader with a positive attitude. When he isn't helping the team in the warehouse, he enjoys live music events, breweries, and playing video games. His favorite artist is Bad Bunny!
Managing Accountant
Carrie brings over 25 years of finance experience to Power Plus Productions. A Bringham Young University alum, Carrie enjoys problem solving and having been a small business owner herself, she has developed qualities of being a highly motivated and skilled Accountant and Financial Operations Director. On her free time, she thrives being in nature, whether it is a walk in the park, camping or gardening. She also enjoys designing, drawing, and upcycling furniture! A Fleetwood Mac fan, a mother, and grandmother - we're lucky to have her!
Warehouse Technician
Warehouse Technician
Lighting & Rigging Technician
Billy is an ETCP arena and theater rigger. He has been working in the industry for 20 years and rigging for 10 of them. His experience ranges from single truss shows to events encompassing 700+ hoists, massive outdoor structures and multiple rope access rescue teams. When not at work, he enjoys camping in the mountains.
Sales Manager
Greg joins Power Plus Productions with over 25 years of audiovisual experience. He has a background in theater, operations, and sales. On his free times he enjoys playing the drums, cooking, and camping. His favorite band is James Gang.
Backline Manager
Chris Perez is a member of our BackBeats Backline team. With over 23 years in the industry, Chris began by selling guitars and repairing guitars. He has been with BackBeats Backline since its inception, over 15 years ago. He enjoys playing music and golfing.
Lighting Designer
Charles "Chuck" Weyant brings with him over 35 years of audiovisual experience. Originally from Pennsylvania, he graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Communications and Theater in theatrical lighting design. Chuck also has taught architectural lighting and video production lighting at American Intercontinental University, and architectural lighting at the Atlanta College of Art. He has given over 100 seminars on lighting to schools and professional groups. In his off-time, he enjoys hiking, biking, swimming, and painting. He also enjoys a coffee shop and a good book.
Account Manager
David "Duck" Burns brings over 30 years of Sales, Design and Operational Experience to the Power Plus Productions team. From opera to country, hip-hop to metal, dance and theatre, television and corporate events - Duck has worked them all. Originating from Atlanta, Georgia, Duck enjoys traveling the world and has during his 30+ years for shows.
Office Administrator
Heidi joins Power Plus with 14 years of experience as an office manager/administrator. Heidi's experience also includes scheduling and promoting local bands for concerts and charity events. With the stage name "Heavy Metal Heidi," she was also a bass player and has played both upright and bass guitar in everything from a symphony orchestra to heavy metal bands.
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, camping, traveling, singing karaoke, reading, movies, concerts, and comedy shows. She loves riding with her husband on his Harley Davidson and taking her 1965 Rat Rod Chevy Truck out for burnouts and car shows.
Production Manager
Born and raised in Salt Lake City, UT, Jason Hatton brings almost 3 decades of live event experience. Having worked all sides of event production, as a client, venue technician and vendor, Jason has delivered shows throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. This adds up to a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to plan and execute successful, impactful live events. Working the past 15 years as a Technical Director/Production Manager, he is well equipped to make every show the best that it can be. Jason currently resides in Draper, UT with his wife and enjoys spending time with his kids, grandkids, dogs and guitars.
Account Manager
Born in Arizona, John made his way to Utah to attend college at the University of Utah. With over 27 years of experience in the industry, John started through his love for music. In his earlier years, John played piano and even bass in a band. His fondest memories as of recent have been working with the Utah symphony. On his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, skiing, and golfing. With an 11-year old, a 6-year old and one out of the house - he has his hands full but always gets the job done!
Backline Technician
Jonathan is a member of our BackBeats Backline team with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. A graduate from the University of Utah with a Jazz Composition Degree, Jonathan is a true musician! An avid drummer, he also enjoys skiing, golf and art.
Backline Technician
Jordan is a member of our BackBeats Backline team in Utah. Jordan has been playing live music in the industry for 18 years and has been on the stage hand side for 5. As a musician himself, he takes pride in helping other musicians feel at ease and confident when he is working a show. Jordan enjoys playing the drums, piano, guitar, and bass, to name a few. Recently, during the pandemic, Jordan even took up making hot sauce! Look out for that soon!
Lighting Designer
Josh started in the industry back in 2013 working in nightclubs running lights and audio. He then moved into larger stage productions later that year with local events and tour concerts as a stage hand. Josh has has been working as a lighting designer on corporate events for over eight years, freelancing on shows as small as a two light front wash, all the way up to engineering and operating over a thousand fixtures. He has a passion for music and loves to go fishing as much as humanly possible.
Production Manager
Kevin found his passion for the industry in his high school theater. He honed his craft at the Starlight Musical Theatre in San Diego, and then took his experience to the high seas, where he worked for both Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean as a Rigging Specialist, Production Manager and ultimately the Fleet Supervisor for Automated Rigging and Stage systems. Since getting married and coming ashore, he joined Power Plus in 2014 where he currently oversees the Lighting, Rigging, Power and Staging Departments. He and his wife have a newborn son, allowing him to put his interest in photography to great use.
Marketing Director | Account Manager
A San Diego native, Krystal joins Power Plus Productions with 5 years of in-house audiovisual and event production experience. Previously, she worked in the sports industry selling partnerships and events within Major League Soccer and the National Football League. Krystal holds a Bachelors of Criminal Justice from San Diego State University and Masters in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco. In her free time, she enjoys going to the beach and the zoo with her husband and two kids.
President
With his entrepreneurial spirit and love for technological know-how, Lane Rickard founded Power Plus in Salt Lake City in 1984. The business was moved to San Diego County in 1989 and incorporated in January of 2003. Lane realized the need for a full service entertainment production company that could provide first-class equipment and personnel at an affordable price.
Lane oversees all aspects of this flourishing and growing company with a hands-on approach to ensure that every client receives outstanding service, resulting in an unprecedented production. Lane directs the team to provide service with excellence, while making an impressive and everlasting impact. Lane is responsible for managing and maintaining Power Plus Productions growth and expansion by exceeding client expectations, continually finding ways to add value to the services provided, and constantly updating his expertise on the latest advancing technologies. The key to his successful formula is based on the premise that the engineering and production talent within the organization needs to be experienced and proven. Quality and success can only come from the "been there, done that" team that make up Power Plus Productions.
Through the years, Lane has enjoyed coaching his boys' sports teams and supporting his daughter's singing aspirations. He enjoys skiing, snowboarding, and camping with his wife and children when he isn't working around the house and yard.
Technical Director | Production Manager
Merrill has 30 years of experience in the audio/visual staging industry and has a keen understanding of all aspects of professional conferences and meetings, special events and breakout sessions. He works closely with the client to ensure the requirements meet the client’s expectations, fall within budget and include the appropriate skilled labor and scheduling to achieve the best possible production.
One of Merrill’s many strengths is his flexibility in handling last minute client requests, and he brings a “we can do” approach to whatever may be required. Merrill’s versatile background includes project manager, technical director, stage manager and production/stage design.
Audio Engineer | Logistics Manager
Originally from Maine, Michael went to school in Florida, toured regionally in Maine, NH, VT, and NY, then spent a few years with Royal Caribbean Cruise lines. He has spent some time in Vegas working on exciting shows like Madhattan, Saturday Night Fever, and Phantom the Las Vegas Spectacular. Michael has over 33 years of experience in the industry.
Video Technician
Steve began working in the AV industry in 2018. Prior to his hire, he went to school for game design and holds a Bachelor's in Game Art & Design. A San Diego native, Steve enjoys playing board games with his friends.
Account Manager | Production Manager
Patrick is a seasoned veteran with almost 30 years of experience in the Audio Visual Industry. After getting his start as a video technician at the University of Washington, Patrick jumped into the production industry in 1991. He worked his way through the ranks at The Audio Visual Factory in both operations and sales and served as a General Manager for two audio visual companies, from 1995 to 2007, delivering high end customer service to the convention and corporate meeting industry. In 2007 Patrick joined Power Plus generating new client opportunities, growing existing accounts, coordinating and managing on-site productions. He is a big football fan.
Vice President | HR
Rebecca has been with Power Plus Sound & Lighting for over 20 years. Starting as Executive Assistant to the President she advanced to Director of Human Resources in 2002 where she utilized her talent in locating qualified and talented personnel. In 2003 she was promoted to company Vice President where she continues to support HR, as well as helping to create and drive the development of the company’s marketing campaign to prospective new clients. Rebecca also spearheads local community outreach for the company, supporting several local non-profit organizations.
Accounting Manager
With over 25 years of accounting experience, Tammy has worked in the private, public and tax accounting, and non-profit sectors. Tammy joined our team in January, 2019, and holds the position of Accounting Manager. She holds a BS from SDSU in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting. Past industries include, software, farming, healthcare, mortgage banking and HR. Tammy enjoys spending time with her family and friends camping, boating, traveling and having fun.
Director of Operations
Tom brings over 23 years of experience in the events and technology industry to Power Plus. He graduated from California State University at Chico earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Music with an emphasis in Recording and Live Sound. He began his professional career as an audio engineer in the music industry and then moved into the production world where he worked his way through all facets of the industry from operations/sales to regional/national management and integration. Tom is responsible for planning and developing short and long term strategies; directing and managing the operational departments; planning and preparation of all operational activities for Power Plus events, as well as overseeing daily operations. Tom enjoys spending his free time with his wife and children where he is active in playing and coaching soccer and softball, and relaxing with friends and good music.
