Michel Gamache
Technical Director and Project Manager with 20+ years of experience delivering complex AV and infrastructure projects across live events, permanent installations, and touring productions.
Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams of up to 30 people on multi-million dollar projects in constrained, high-pressure environments — heritage buildings, non-purpose-built venues, and international sites.
Experienced in coordinating across cultures, authorities, and supply chains. Available for international mandates.
Approach: each project begins with a clear-eyed read of constraints — schedule, venue, jurisdiction, team — and a plan that holds up under pressure. The goal is always an opening night that looks routine from the outside.
Equally at ease in a heritage building, a purpose-built amphitheatre, or an adapted warehouse space. Comfortable operating in English, French, or through interpreters in cross-cultural environments.
Background spans both client-side infrastructure management and production-company technical direction — providing fluency on both sides of the project relationship.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Cultural Event Production · École du Show-Business · 2007
- Construction Electricity · CFP Pavillon de l'Avenir · 1996
- Firefighter II (NFPA 1001) · École nationale des pompiers du Québec
- Christie Digital J-Series — Intermediate & Advanced · Christie Digital
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SYSTEMS
AV integration (video, audio, lighting), IP networking & fiber infrastructure, show control systems, large-format projection, live broadcast
TOOLS
Vectorworks, Microsoft Office / Google Suite, AutoCAD
MANAGEMENT
Multi-site coordination, vendor management, budget oversight, technical team leadership, scheduling, risk management
LANGUAGES
French (native), English (professional)