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Sam Hillyer's work experience began in 2010 with internships in the sound departments of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Lookingglass Theatre Company. In 2011, they worked as a Mechanical Design Intern at Fisher Technical Services. The following year, they served as a Controls Engineering Intern at Stage Technologies. In 2013, Sam started working as an Automation Technician at The Light Group and then moved on to Cirque du Soleil. In 2015, they joined TAIT as a Controls Integrator and later took on the role of Manager, Controls Integration and Testing. Finally, in July 2021, Sam became the Head of Show Programming at TAIT.
Sam Hillyer attended South Windsor High School from 2006 to 2009. After completing high school, Sam pursued higher education at DePaul University from 2009 to 2013. At DePaul, Sam earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree with a focus on Theatre Technology.
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TAIT sets the standard for world-class live experiences. We bring extraordinary ideas to life, collaborating on visionary concepts and delivering precision engineering, technical innovation, manufacturing, and production. We engineer complex movement for artists, brands, performing arts spaces, and venues around the world with our industry leading show control and automation technology. We are a global team of planners, creative engineers, fabricators, technologists, and producers, with over 1400 employees in 20 office locations. We have worked in over 30 countries, all seven continents, and even outer space. Our clients include Taylor Swift, Cirque Du Soleil, The Metropolitan Opera House, NASA, National Geographic, Beyoncé, and The Olympics. In addition to the core custom project business, the TAIT Group includes like-minded companies operating as one cohesive group in the live experience space. Our team shares a passion for creating ground-breaking experiences, and together, our work makes lasting memories for hundreds of thousands of people. The TAIT Group includes productionglue, Kinesys, ITEC Entertainment, and the Thinkwell Group.