Hein Jessurun Lobo

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About me

Curriculum Vitae
University: Learning by Doing,
Knowledge by Practical Experience
Nationality: Dutch
Marital status: Married / no children
Drivers licence: B and C
Work experience: 30 years

Theatre Work Experience
For the past 30 years I have put heart and soul into various technical, operational and leadership functions and 27 years at the Dutch National Opera and Ballet. During this period I developed myself from Stage-Technician up to 2e Technical Stage master and then up to Head/Coordinator Operators Stage Control Systems Design, Development and Training. With a high thinking level on HBO/WO level. Responsible for the technical / rigging preparing, programming and operating all technical software electro-mechanical flying and horizontal control systems.
And in the last 14 years I was a Project team/workgroup member at all the 4 major internal technical renovations for the Stage Technical Installations. Our philosophy was/is, as long you have the experience and knowledge in your organisation, use it. With the objective of preparing a financial, procurement and facilities belonging to recoverable and technical sustainable solution should lead to an improvement of the health & safety aspects, and the software stage control options, technical maintenance, as well an increase in the artistic possibilities of the stage technical installations.
And I was at the Dutch National Opera & Ballet on the forefront of renewing the technical department to the 21th century.
In the field of organization, internal Health and Safety, optimizing daily operations, professionalism and internal training of the stage technical operators/technicians.

Februari 2016 and Still Dipl. Ing. Software Design Stage Technology SBS Bühentechnik Dresden Germany.
From a Operators Point of view design & development of the overall operational quality of the Stage Control System COSTACOwin Software.
Coordination of the realization of the software especially on User friendliness, operational-functionality, extended user possibilities, screen visualise and strengthening the reliability and safeness of the system;

September 1997 – May 2013 Head Operators Stage Control Systems Dutch National Opera & Ballet Amsterdam
Overall Responsibilities: Writing, controlling and design & development of the demands for all the 11 different Stage Technical Installations in total 250 drives and had to make them operated in one control system. At the moment Unican GmbH software Open Cue. All 11 technical installations are now fully running on this Control System, electrical and hydraulic.

2e Technical Stage master
Full responsible for managing/schedule stage technicians on daily basis building/rigging preparing scenery, light and sound. On all aspects of stage operations, ensuring the highest standards of Health and Safety and quality of performance.
Activities: - In preparation phase, advice and control the complete scenery on technical specifications, for example on all the suspension, connection points, weight, position in stage tower,. And how to build, break and store, etc.
• In consultation with 1st Technical Stage Master and Production manager, preparing the complete schedule for the stage crew staging, building, hanging, rigging and setting of all scenic elements preparing for rehearsal and performances;
• Technical responsible for all rehearsals and this was special in Amsterdam, after the morning rehearsals (Opera or Ballet) between removed 0 scenery changes for evening shift.
• General knowledge and experience in ground support systems, engineering, carpentry, harnesses - artist flying, lighting, sound, special effects, and video projection

Technical Head/Coordinator Operators Stage Control Systems
• Managing the overall operational continuity of the Stage Control Installations / production
• Coordination the realization of the technical stage control software over the 25 years company`s as VST MANTronic, WaagerBiro WBTronic, Visual Act and Uncian Open Cue < design especially user friendliness, functionality, screen visualise, extended user possibilities and time strengthening the reliability and safeness;
• Supporting the Stage Control Operators, in the preparation of a production, close contact with the technical director and Head Maintenance Department.
• Responsible for supplying technical and artistic possibilities for Stage management and Operators;
• Training / Educating and support the Stage Control Operators (18) and maintenance department;
• On daily basis analyse the overall functionality and the reliability of the theatre technical installations and also helping, creating, designing separate equipment installations who were specially made for a production;
• Daily technical advice/communicate to the Deputy Head TD Department and Head Maintenance Department.
On rigging, construction, operating, safety & health and artistically;
• For the benefit of the several projects “Renovation Stage Technical Installations (Oct. 1996 – Oct 2012”): writing the complete functional requirements/demands for the specifications stage control software;
• Writing internal work-documents and manuals, procedures and schedules in Microsoft Office/Word/Excel;
• Continuous internal monitoring, design and development of the stage control software. This never stops.
• And last but not least I am also an Operator of the Stage Control Systems / Installations for more than 22years. On the highest technical level programmed 220 productions operated more than 3000 performances.
• Lead and provide full internal training and assessing the 18 stage technology operators;
• Lead Discussion during project work involved with the management;
• Coordinate the implementation. Monitor progress;
• On directives and instructions of management managerial decisions on project and organizational matters;
• Independently take initiatives and decisions relative to work and unforeseen circumstances;
• Support in conducting correspondence with suppliers;
• Keeping the central archive;
• The mature meetings, prepare agendas, collection and transmission of documents;
• Taking minutes at project / operator meetings and made sure of the follow-up appointments and action items;

September 1986 – September 1997; operator Stage Control System at Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Perform safe and controlled movements under high pressure. Depending the Performance (project) safe fixing/rigging and hoisting/lifting the scenery elements.
Responsible for all programming and execute the stage technical installations / software stage control systems.

Other work experience:
April 2014 and future; Consultancy for Design & development Software Stage Control Machinery, Project Management, Technical Advisor, Coordinator Technical Theatre Projects, Senior Specialist Stage Systems.

January 1989 – November 1991: Intermediary Technical advisor for the American director/designer Robert Wilson at the Hamburg State Opera for the production Parsifal
- In two-year period until the première, managing and coordinate the complete stage technical design.
- In continuous consultation with the technical direction of the Hamburg State Opera to achieve technical/artistic requirements of director Robert Wilson.

Between 1982 and 1986 I worked for:
- City Theatre in Arnhem, Pop Culture House Stokvishal in Arnhem, Art Company Theatre aan de Rijn in Arnhem

Work related References:
Frans Huneker, Technical Director National Opera & Ballet on 0031 (0)20-5518089 / removed
Randy Earle Senior Theatre Consultant at Pantechnicon LLC USA Mobile removed . removed

Developer, Lecturer & instructor practical training Fly Operators Software for Powered Theatrical Lifting Equipment
Language skills (spoken and written): Dutch – English – German

Overview of my professional education, studies, courses, work experiences and achievements

Education and additional studies and courses:

1982 and ongoing the University of Learning by Doing a Master degree in “The knowledge of Practical Experience”
1977 – 1981 High school in Arnhem, Netherlands
1991 – 1992 Certification Stage Technical Installations, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1991 – 1999 Certification (expired) - Crane, Reach and forklift truck driver, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993 – 2010 Private Studies and on-line training: Lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other production areas within the entertainment industry, Cable Structures, Development & Trends in Aluminum and Steel structures, Machinery Risk Assessment, Standards for and Writing of Specifications, Procedures, Protocols, User manuals, Electric Safety in Controls and Functional Control Safety (SIL), Working on Heights, CEN CWA 15902, NPR, NEN, DIN, EN, ISO, VDE studies, Risk assessment & evaluation.
2000 – 2013 Internal courses: IOSH, LOLER, COSHH, Manual handling, Safe use of equipment, Lean
2000 – 2010 Advanced Motion Control Courses (Vertically and Horizontal), Amsterdam – Stockholm
2002 – 2002 VCA Course 'Basic Safety in Industrial Installation' Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 – 2003 3 day European Practical Lifting Guidelines, Utrecht Netherlands
2005 – 2005 Internal Course at work - AutoCAD in general
2006 – 2007 Basic General Electro Technic, Amsterdam Netherlands
2007 – MBO 4 Certification Master in Stage Control Machinery certificate completed
2007 – 2007 Rigging Masterclass Hoist & Trust school, Amersfoort Netherlands
2007 – 2013 Internships periods at several productions with the Light or Sound Department

Designer, Teacher & Instructor: Practical knowledge for Operators of Stage Control Machinery

Working experience:

1982 – 1983 Stagehand, Light & house-technician at Musis & City Theatre, Arnhem, Netherlands
1983 – 1984 Stagehand Light & Sound at the Stokvishal, Arnhem, NL
1984 – 1985 Stagehand, Light & Sound at Traveling Art Company Theatre on the Rijn, Arnhem, NL
1989 – 1991 Intermediate Stage Technical Advisor for Robert Wilson at Hamburg State Opera, Germany
1986 – 1993 Stagehand & Hand counterweight specialist at Dutch National Opera & Ballet Amsterdam, NL
1993 – 2000 Operator Stage Control Machinery at Dutch National Opera & Ballet Amsterdam, NL
1997 – 2013 Project Team member “Renovation Stage Technical Installations – Stage, Light & Sound”
in 4 summer maintenance phases 2000- 2003 -2006 - 2010 at Dutch National Opera & Ballet
1999 – 2013 Project Leader Stage Control Machinery Writing Specifications, Design & Development; etc. at Dutch National Opera & Ballet Amsterdam, NL
2000 – 2013 Flys Operation Manager Stage Control Machinery, Dutch NO&B, Amsterdam, NL
2000 – 2013 Project manager writing protocols, procedures, details and documentation of Rigging Equipment, at Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, NL
2000 – 2013 Authorized Internal Teacher, Developer & Lecturer for BMT (= Certified training for Operators of Powered Theatrical Lifting and Horizontal Stage Equipment) at Dutch NO&B, NL
2003 – 2013 Stage System Manager & Project Team member: Mechanical / electrical engineering to install and places of motors, switch cabinets, pulleys and steel wiring, replacement of old fly bars with new Prolyte. Summer Maintenance of the installations, primarily on mechanical and control functionality, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, NL
2007 – 2013 Renewing the Stage, Light & Sound departments to one operations department bringing them into the 21th century in the field of organization, internal Health and Safety, optimizing daily stage operations, internal training for the stage technical installations and internships at the Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, NL
2005 – 2013 Helping out 2e Technical Stage Master at Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, NL

1986 – 2013 Travelled with the Dutch National Opera & Ballet all over Europe and with the National Ballet also all over the world.

2014 – …….. Freelance Flys Operations Manager, Flys Operations Specialist Stage Systems, Consultancy Design & development Software Stage Control Machinery, Theatre Stage Technical Project Management.
April 2015 – ……… Collaboration with the USITT on an article: The Flying Dutchmen “the Road to Automation”

Achievements:
2007 Initiator and in association with “Association of Performing Arts the VPT Netherlands” –
Founder of the Platform Operators Netherlands "PON".
2011 Awarded the “Silver Nail” (Zilveren Krommer) 25 years in the Performing Arts given by the Association of Theatre and Concert managements.

1994 – 2013 A short list of productions at the Dutch National Opera, whom I and on the highest possible technical level as a Flys Operation Manager, Coordinator Operators, Master Operator have prepared, designed, programmed, operate and execute. These productions, where on nationally and internationally level, some of the most technically difficult, important, innovating, artistically and well know productions there has ever been made. For the Opera:
Der Ring des Nibelungen individually Rheingold, Siegfried, Walküre, Götterdammerung and as Cyclus;
Montiverdi individually L'Orfeo, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria and as Cyclus;
Mozart/Da Ponte individually Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze de Figaro and as Cyclus;
Lady MacBeth van Mtensk; Rosa, a Horse Drama; Der Fliegende Höllander; De Neus; Wozzeck; Writing to Vermeer; Jevgeni Onjegin; Jenufa; L`Amour des Trois Organges; Doctor Atomic; Les Troyens; Romeó et Juliette; De legend van de onzichtbare stad Kitesj; Einstein on the Beach.

And just a small overview for the Dutch National Ballet: Romeo & Julia also on World Tour; Notenkraker en Muizenkoning; The Sleeping Beauty also on Tour; Giselle on World Tour; Cinderella

Worked on a day to day basis with artists, conductors and directors such as:
Karel Appel, George Baselitz, Anish Kapoor, Composers such as Alfred Schnittke, Wolfgang Rihm, Manfred Trojahn, Louis Andriessen, Rob Zuidam, Michel van der Aa,
Conductors: Mstislav Rostropovich, Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Marc Albrecht
Opera Directors: Robert Wilson, Klaus Michael Gruber, Willy Decker, Peter Sellars, Simon McBurney,
Choreographers: Rudy van Dantzig, Wayne Eagling, Martha Graham, Maguy Marin, Christine de la Chatel, Hans van Manen, Jiri Kylian, Krzysztof Pastor

On project management level worked with manufacturing companies as:
German: MAN Vossloh System Technology, Waagner-Bíro Stage Systems, Unican GmbH, SBS Bühnentechnik, Bosch Rexroth,
Sweden: Visual Act,
England: Stage Technologies, StageCo
Luxembourg: Cat Guddland,
Netherlands: Toorned & Partners, Peutz, Trekwerk, Ampco-Flaslight, Rolight, Toprek, Verlinde-NL, Prolyte, Mennes, Gunters & Meuser, TAO Rental
Additional skills:
Education and training “Knowledge by Experience or Learning by Doing” Specialised in high technical solutions across multiple disciplines including:
- Organization and Health & Safety
- Consultant for Stage Control Software & Machinery
- Technical stage master;
- Building very complex scenery;
- Staging and rigging re-enforcement.
- Automation development & training;
- 25 years experience as Stage Technical Operator;
- Writing specification for stage control software;
- Authorized teacher stage control machinery
- Carpentry and structure;
- Presenting, nominate and publicize the Company and or organization(s)
- Always open to learn new skills and pass on skills to other work colleagues
Industry awards:
I got the "silver nail award" for being working over 25 years in the theatre buisness from the Association of theatre and Concert Hall directors
Referees:
Frans Huneker, Technisch directeur National Opera & Ballet Amsterdam removed removed

Randy Earle Prof. Department of Television, Radio, Film and Theatre,San Jose State University. removed
Additional information:
Second to None
From a Stage Control Operators Point of view: Design & Development the overall operational quality of the Stage Control Systems.
At the moment the COSTACOwin Software of the company SBS Bühnentechnik Dresden Germany.
Complete Coordination of the realization of the Stage Control Software especially on User friendliness, operational-functionality, extended user possibilities, screen visualise and strengthening the reliability and safeness of the system.
The new Version / Upgrade will probably at the end of 2016 / beginning 2017.

Skills

Job Titles	Production Assistant (PA), Stage Manager, Production Coordinator, Production Support, Carpenter, Rigger, Theatre Technician, Automation / Flying
Years in industry	6+ years
Work Permits	EU