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Russ Berger is president of Russ Berger Design Group (www.rbdg.com), an acousti- cal and architectural design firm in Dallas, Texas, that has established itself as one of the industry’s premier studio/facility design firms. The recipient of eight TEC awards for acoustics and facility design, Russ has more than 2,500 projects to his credit, including recording, radio and television broadcast studios; facilities for entertainment and media content, audio, film, and post production; technical learn- ing environments for higher education; residential theaters; and corporate produc- tion spaces. Projects include NFL Films; National Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio and more than 70 public radio affiliates; dozens of studio facilities for NBC, ABC and CBS; Sony Music Entertainment; University of Southern California; University of Texas at Dallas ATEC; University of Miami; University of Nevada Las Vegas; Brigham Young University; Lakewood Church; Apple Computer; and the George W. Bush Presidential Library. He has provided studio design for many artists, including Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey, Don Henley and Steve Miller, as well as countless recording studios across the United States. His past experience in the studio as musician, engineer and owner gives him unusual insight as a consultant into all aspects and phases of technical facility design.
Russ is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and is past president and chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee of the National Council of Acoustical Consultants. Other memberships include the Audio Engineering Society and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Russ is one of the original licensees for performing TEF measurements, and is the 2007 recip- ient of the prestigious Heyser Award. He has lectured extensively on facilities planning, small room acoustics and studio design, audio electronics and audio monitoring. An advocate for education, Russ has taught graduate-level seminars on studio design and serves on several university advisory boards. He frequently contributes articles to industry journals and trade pub-
lications, covering topics on acoustics, architecture, and design.
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