It's Simple.

We're aiming to change the industry by allowing everyone to learn. To learn a new skillset. To learn more in-depth details about a specific product or position. To learn something that interests them. Through on-demand and accessible training, we're hoping to lead the charge in providing expert-led training for the live event industry.

Meet our Founders

Jesse Madison

Jesse Madison is the Owner of The Fiber Guy Inc. and Purple Tally Productions Inc. With The Fiber Guy, he has specialized in Fiber Optic Training, Installation, Sales, Repair, and Consulting. Purple Tally Productions provides staffing, payroll, and labor logistics support throughout every state in the US. Beginning in 1996, Jesse worked as a live event and broadcast TV technician, specializing in Camera Operation, Motion Control, Fiber Optics, and Tech Managing. This combination of engaging the industry from both the labor and management perspectives has given him a clear picture of what it takes to succeed at any level.

Teaching Fiber Optic classes all over the country since 2014 is something he's very proud of. Sharing the learned skills around this technology and watching fellow technicians light up when they start grasping the concepts and asking great questions has become incredibly rewarding for him.

Michael Lange

A Network Technical Director from Madison, WI, Mike Lange specializes in live Sports/Entertainment broadcasts such as NFL on Fox and CBS, the ALDS on TBS, College Football, College Basketball, NBA, MLB, and many more. He's been in the broadcast industry for over 13 years, working on commercial production, news production, live sports, and corporate events. Currently, Mike provides cloud streaming facilities with AWS to companies such as Amazon, Graco Inc, independent production companies and more.

He's operated Grass Valley Kayak, Kalypso, Kayenne, K-Frame, and Ross Carbonite production switchers for Big Ten Network, FOX Sports, Fox Sports 1, Time Warner, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, CBS and others.