Hicham Bitar
Jeddah
Summary
Experienced professional with 30+ years in sound mixing, lighting design and operation, rigging and staging, testing and commissioning, stage management, show calling, warehousing and storage/equipment management, cinema operation, movie screening, and control room setup. Head of Strategy responsible for technical design and delivery management strategy. Reviews contractors and consultant teams, writes scope of work, and manages outcomes while fostering positive relationships. Skilled in creating creative and easily understandable sales requests for clients. Creates comprehensive rider requests that anticipate technical needs. Utilizes AutoCAD 3D models, drafting, mapping, and sketching designs for event planning. Ensures technical equipment kit is updated to meet international standards.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Director
SELA STUDIOS
01.2020 - Current
- Demonstrating and applying over 30 years of experience and sound understanding of the discipline all of which includes but is not limited to: sound mixing, lighting design and operation, rigging and staging to testing and commissioning, stage management, show calling, warehousing and storage/equipment management, cinema operation, movie screening and control room setup
- Head of strategy: setting technical design and delivery management strategy
- Reviewing of contractors and consultant teams, writing their scope of work and managing the outcome while building positive relationships with all designated teams
- Creating the sales requests with creativity and easy understanding to clients and potential clients
- Creating the rider request and foreseeing all technical requests in one document to promoters
- Issuing AutoCAD 3D models, drafting, mapping and sketching designs for much better view of event, scope and location
- Setting and updating technical equipment kit to meet all internationally proven standards
Head of Sound Department
MAESTRO GROUP
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Building up team department and structure, responsible of all technical operations in and outdoor events
- Supervising buying and hiring of equipment as necessary to provide sound services for rehearsals and shows
- Keeping up to date with new equipment and engineering breakthroughs in the industry with a view to continual improvement of sound quality, maintenance and replacing of equipment as necessary
- Management of staff, staffing levels standards of operation and discipline
- Ensuring the sound department meets the expectations of the production, directors, conductors and producers
Head of Technical
CREATIVE EDGE
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Managing sound department and all video and lighting operations
- Working on Saudi TV new programs: live on air morning shows and news based live evening shows (for example: Master Chef Arabia)
- Developing Saudi Basketball Federation and Saudi Equestrian Club technical strategies
Senior Sound Engineer
LEBANESE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
01.1988 - 01.2011
- Sound engineer for Star Academy Live on Air on LBCI
- Mixing: live recording, monitor, front of house
- Sound engineer for majority of concerts in the Arab region
- expert operator on digital consoles Digico, Midas Pro Series, SSL C 100, YAMAHA CL3
- Professional expert in ProTools sound software for editing and playback
- Multi-track mixing and mastering, post production works
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Ascencia Business School
Dubai And France 09-2024
BACHELOR OF ARTS - COMMUNICATION ARTS
LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Lebanon 01.1993
Some College (No Degree) - Sound Reinforcement For Technicians
SYNERGETIC AUDIO CONCEPTS
Mineapolis - USA 11.2006
Sound Designs
D& B AUDIOTECHNIK
Baknag - Germany 02.2017
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MAPP ON LINE
01.2009
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WAVES
01.2020
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SHURE
01.2006
Skills
- Production improvements
- Implementation oversight
- Production updates
- Mobile application development
- Talent recruitment
- Implementation planning
- Enterprise resource planning
- Business intelligence
- Performance optimization
- Schedule management
- Technical leadership
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 24 staff members for Boulevard city and boulevard world AVL design, build and operations
- Achieved cost efficiency by introducing free lancers for seasonal tasks.
- Collaborated with team of professionals in the development of super dome Jeddah acoustic designs
- Resolved procurement issues through evaluation excel sheet counting for quality and quantity criteria.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- supervised and implemented AVL systems in AL Ula orange festival
Locations
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Personal Information
Title: TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Worldwideeventsprograms
- RIYADH SEASON, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 01/01/21
- DAKAR RIYADH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 01/01/19
- EGAMES RIYADH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 01/01/19
- SUPERCOPPA JEDDAH, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 01/01/18
- MASTERCHEF ARABIA, Saudi Arabia, 01/01/14
- QATAR SUMMER FESTIVAL, Qatar, 01/01/15
- BEYONCE CONCERT, Adis Ababa, Ethiopia, 01/01/07
- ELISSA ON TOUR (THE WHOLE TOUR), UAE, 01/01/16 - 01/01/19
- STAR ACADEMY TOURS, Bahrain, 01/01/05 - 01/01/07
- ROTANA KUWAIT FEBRUARY FESTIVAL, Kuwait, 01/01/11
- MOHAMED ABDO ON TOUR, Yemen, 01/01/10
- QATAR SONG FESTIVAL, Qatar, 01/01/06
- ROTANA SUMMER FESTIVAL, Lebanon, 01/01/13
- QATAR CULTURE FESTIVAL, Qatar, 01/01/07
- BAHRAIN SPRING OF CULTURE, Bahrain, 01/01/07
- STUDIO EL FAN, Lebanon, 01/01/92 - Present
- YA LEIL YA EIN, Lebanon, 01/01/15
- HILA W HTALA, Lebanon, 01/01/05 - 01/01/07
- SURVIVOR, Lebanon, 01/01/05
- STAR ACADEMY, Lebanon, 01/01/03 - 01/01/11
- WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, Lebanon, 01/01/04 - 01/01/10
- DEAL OR NO DEAL, Lebanon, 01/01/04
Certification
- MBA - Asencia business school - 2024
- Certified Senior technical director, Sela - 2020 till present
- sound engineering - 1990 till present
- protools, AVID - 2005 till 2020
- Qlab operator - 2010 till present
- D&B optimization SSO - germany - 2018
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
French
Upper intermediate
B2
Timeline
Technical Director
SELA STUDIOS
01.2020 - Current
Head of Sound Department
MAESTRO GROUP
01.2016 - 01.2020
Head of Technical
CREATIVE EDGE
01.2011 - 01.2016
Senior Sound Engineer
LEBANESE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
01.1988 - 01.2011
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MAPP ON LINE
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WAVES
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SHURE
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Ascencia Business School
BACHELOR OF ARTS - COMMUNICATION ARTS
LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Some College (No Degree) - Sound Reinforcement For Technicians
SYNERGETIC AUDIO CONCEPTS
Sound Designs
D& B AUDIOTECHNIK
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