Video Systems Engineer · UAE & GCC

One video engineer
for the whole show.

Main-stage video on canvases up to 30,720 × 2160 px, fed by 8+ 4K outputs. Hire your screens and hire me to run the video end to end, or let me bring in an LED team from my contacts as well. From the first meeting with the LED team to the last cue, one person owns the video.

The VideoGuy character: black hoodie and cap, comms headset, laptop in hand
Live from FOH
Burj Khalifa · Etihad Arena · Ain Dubai · Riyadh

Who I work with

Two ways to work with me.

For production & AV companies

Your screens. My system. Your client.

You've got the LED and the crew. I join as your video lead for the job, wearing your shirt if you want me to. I map the canvas, set up the processors, switcher and playback, and run video operations from FOH so your team can focus on everything else.

  • White-label: your client stays your client
  • Works with the kit you already own or rent
  • Canvas plans and signal flow sent before load-in
  • Book me for one show or a whole season
Book me for a show

For event owners & agencies

Hire the video engineer directly.

Hire your screens and hire me to run the video end to end, or I'll bring in an LED team from my contacts and handle that too. Before you pay for anything, I'll tell you what will work and what won't.

  • Only what's needed gets hired, without cutting the corners that hurt a show
  • Straight answers, not yes-to-everything
  • LED through people I trust, if you need it
  • Or hire me as a consultant to check your spec and quote
  • One number to call, from the first meeting to the last cue
Plan my event
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What changes when someone owns the video

Video as a line itemVideo with an owner
ContactThree people, three answersOne engineer, first meeting to last cue
CanvasA technician seeing it for the first time on show day, and it takes timePixel map agreed with the LED team before load-in
ExpertiseLearning on your showMain stages up to 30,720 × 2160 px, 8+ 4K outputs
EquipmentToo much, or too littleOnly what's needed, nothing that risks the show
CommunicationYes to everything, then it doesn't deliverEducates you on what works and what doesn't, upfront
FailureBlack screen, then panicBackup path live, one button away

Work

Recent shows.

Filmed from my side of the desk. Tap a show to open it.

From the reels

The stuff nobody sees until it goes wrong.

Short animated explainers on the problems I solve every week: tearing, sync, main and backup. Turn the sound on.

Main & backupWhy every show runs two paths
TearingWhat genlock fixes on a big wall

Services

Everything between the source and the screen.

01

Video operations, end to end

You hire the screens, I run the video. Canvas, processors, switcher, playback and show run, all owned by one person.

02

LED through my network

Need the screens as well? I bring in an LED team I trust and run it all as one job.

03

Show consulting

I check your spec and your quote, so you get the right equipment: not overcharged, and not so cheap it puts the show at risk.

04

Canvas & pixel mapping

Main-stage canvases up to 30,720 × 2160 px across 8+ 4K outputs, mapped to the pixel. Content teams get one exact template.

05

Switcher operator

Presentation switchers and LED processors with layers, presets and scaling set so every cue is one button.

06

Resolume & media servers

Show playback, loops, stingers and countdowns on Resolume or other media servers, with a mirrored backup ready.

07

PPT / Keynote operator

Main and backup decks, confidence screens, timers, Zoom speakers and Slido, each on its own labelled machine.

08

Just me

No equipment, no package. Hire me on my own to operate on your system for the show.

Kit I run

  • Analog Way
  • Resolume Arena
  • NovaStar · NovaLCT
  • PowerPoint & Keynote
  • Zoom
  • Slido
  • Genlock & sync

How a show runs

Four steps. No surprises on the day.

  1. Step 01

    First meeting

    I sit down with you and the LED team to get the exact requirements: venue, screens, outputs and run of show.

  2. Step 02

    System plan

    Canvas map, signal flow and a kit list in one document. I explain what works and what doesn't, and content teams get exact resolutions.

  3. Step 03

    Setup & test

    On site I map the processors, set the presets, sync the walls and test the backup path before doors open.

  4. Step 04

    Show run

    I run video operations from FOH, handle the changes nobody planned, and hand back a clean system at the end.

Briefs I quote every week

Sound like yours?

Plan my show

Tell me about the show.
I'll figure out the rest.

About a minute. If you don't know an answer, pick "Not sure". Working that out is my job.

Prefer to talk?

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What do you need from me? *

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Pick at least one.

Event type *

Pick the closest one.

Pick a date, or tick "Not confirmed yet".

Screens *

Pick one, "Not sure" is fine.

Video setup
Switcher
Playback server
Laptops
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About

Behind VideoGuy is Aslah.

I'm a video systems engineer based in the UAE. The character in the hoodie is me, or close enough.

I've run video in front of Burj Khalifa, for Formula 1 at Etihad Arena, for Black Coffee, at Ain Dubai, and at sports and national-day shows in Saudi Arabia. In between there are conferences, award nights, product launches and plenty of projection mapping.

I'll also tell you early when something won't work. Saying yes to everything is easy; delivering it on the night is the job. What I like most is the part nobody notices: the canvas lines up, the backup switches cleanly, and the show looks exactly as planned.

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