Staff

Tony Hersch – President – Chief System Designer – Slave Driver
Tony has been a live sound engineer and system designer since 1979.  Tony got the entertainment bug in 1977 and started as a followspot operator for nightclub acts.  From 1979 to 1989 Tony served in the USAF, officially as an Explosives Technician but he spent most of the time doing live shows for the USO and Air Force Entertainment.  After the service, he served as the mixing engineer for top regional talents playing the nightclub circuit.  Tony provided his expertise at Community Loudspeakers from 1992 to 1997 as the Tour Sound Product Manager and Product Specialist. Then in 1997, he formed Audiobahn to serve the church market. As the chief system designer for Audiobahn, Tony now designs some of the best audio systems in the world for houses of worship. His innovative designs have even been published in trade magazines. Still, Tony mixes at his church each week as well as at large outdoor events throughout the year.  He also loves to golf but he really is not that good…

Marc Schwartz – Sales Manager - Graphic & Web Design – Websurfer – W(h)ine-a-holic
Marc has been an accomplished audio engineer in the industry since 1995 working within a vast range of musical genres. Prior to joining the Audiobahn team in January of 2001, Marc was a touring sound engineer with national Christian artists. After a brief two-year hiatus from Audiobahn to explore a career as a lead Audio Technician with a large Corporate Audio/Visual company, he was finally persuaded to return to us to head the in-house Sales Force and manage the online retail division of Audiobahn, the Church Sound Store. Marc still enjoys freelance audio engineering since the "itch never really goes away".  In his spare time he enjoys making us all laugh with stuff he finds on the net and eating exorbitant amounts of garlic as an obvious ploy to avoid any confrontations regarding work.

Joe Dobry – Project Manager – Joe D’Pro – Perpetual Single Guy
Since having joined Audiobahn in December of 2002, Joe has overseen the installation of hundreds of projects. Joe manages an extensive workload of estimating and project management for numerous projects at any given time. His extensive knowledge of audio, video and stage lighting system design and installation has proved invaluable to Audiobahn. In his off time, Joe continues to hone his skills as a live sound engineer and a semi-pro golfer.  He also loves to use the Audiobahn corporate card whenever humanely possible for anything BUT official business.

Craig Schmeltzle – Service Manager - Fixes Everything Electronic Known to Man
Craig has been working as a bench/field repair technician since 1973. He has been a live sound engineer both on-tour and for local events. His experiences include component level electronic repair, troubleshooter and all around “answer” guy. Craig joined Audiobahn in June of 2001 as our Service Manager. Most manufacturers currently certify him as a warranty repair technician for both analog and digital systems.  He also holds training certificates for virtually everything electronic.  Plus he LOVES to fix keyboards and TV’s so please send in as many as you can at the same time, then call him asking questions regarding how to change channels and adjust the volume controls.

Kellie Hersch – VP of Operations – Problem Solver – Organizational Freak - Chili Specialist
Kellie has a Masters Degree in Art Education and a minor in theatre from Kutztown University here in Eastern PA. Since joining us in March of 2003, Kellie has been busy keeping all the boys in line at Audiobahn as well as managing all administrative functions.  She is basically the glue that holds this place together as well as color coding EVERYTHING.  Without her we would all wither away and die.  She is well known for occasionally providing us with FANTASTIC chili as well as letting everyone know when lunchtime is over.  She is also married to the boss so she gets special treatment which normally disgusts the rest of the employees.

 
 
 

Rob Bona - Systems Technician - Last Known Living Relative of Bigfoot (Gigantopithecus)
Rob is an alumni of Full Sail Recording Studios. He has been a live sound & monitor engineer for Regional and Touring Artists since 1990. Rob has been friends with Tony for over 17 years and they have worked together on and off for the duration of their relationship.  Rob has been a part of the Audiobahn team full-time now since 2005. He is a multi-faceted installation technician with skills ranging from complete audio, video and stage lighting systems to elaborate telephone infrastructures.  Plus… he can bench press a Volvo.

 
 

 

 
 

Tony Bilotta – Customer Service Manager – New Guy
Having just joined Audiobahn in March 2008, Tony is the new guy.  He is also the friendly voice you hear when you call.  Tony is a knock-your-socks-off sax player since before birth.  He is honing his skills at customer service as well as shipping/receiving.  Being the second Tony in the office is not easy.  We still don’t know what to call Mr. Bilotta since both "Tony" and some form of profanity are usually in the same sentence. We don't want to confuse the two.

 
     
 

Dave Lanzone – Installation Technician – Digital Guru – Creamy Italian
Dave just graduated Valley Forge Christian College with a degree in Church Music and Music Technology.  An UNBELIEVEABLE bass player, Dave is also a fantastic live and studio recording sound engineer.  He is a master at digital mixing platforms and ProTools.  Dave is getting himself set for a great new career, a new wife and new digs.  He also loves to be rubbed on the back in a circular motion with creamy Italian dressing.  Kind of creepy if you ask me…

 
     
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