Colin Bernard is the Director of Operations for Lectrosonics Canada based out of their RF support office in downtown Toronto. Colin joined OC Alexander in 1980 which became Sennheiser South Africa in 1985, with Colin as Director. In 1989, Colin worked for TC Electronic Montreal, as Manager Professional Division, then Manager of the Pro Division for Sennheiser Canada. He moved to Toronto in 1992, with the advent of live musical theatre’s multichannel wireless mic needs.

Colin has assisted theatre international sound designers/touring sound rental companies with frequency coordination on several large 48 channel wireless mic systems which launched in Toronto, then moved to NY’s Broadway, including Ragtime and Showboat’s multi city USA tours, plus supported Come from Away and Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour NY shows with Lectrosonics. He consulted Solotech for Celine Dion’s first 1994/95 world tour and frequency coordinated Phantom of the Opera’s 1994- 95 world tour.

Colin launched Lectrosonics Canada in 2006, situated near all major Broadcasters, Film and Video locations including Sports and Theatre Venues in Toronto, supporting many wireless mic/ IFB/IEM TV studio installations. Under Colin’s management, projects include frequency coordination of all of CTV TV News ENG camera wireless across Canada, reality TV shows Master Chef and The Amazing Race, numerous Musical Theatre installs, including Digital Encrypted wireless mic systems for TD Bank and Blackberry HQ and the House of Parliament.

Colin recently acted as Chairman of a special group of RABC (Radio Advisory Board of Canada) members consulting  ISED (Industry Canada), re the upcoming 600 MHz new rules for future spectrum allocated to professional  wireless mic use in Canada.

Ike Zimbel is a freelance RF Frequency Coordinator and Technician who has worked on major broadcast and sports events as well as touring with the likes of Shania Twain and Taylor Swift. A firm believer in the practical approach, Ike has been a speaker and trainer at numerous AES functions and has, to date, had eight articles on RF matters published.

Ike is the Canadian manufacturer’s rep for the innovative Radio Active Designs RF intercom system and an applications engineer for the groundbreaking Alteros wireless microphone system.

Ike’s Talk will focus on the practical and applied aspects of getting multiple wireless systems to work in the reduced spectrum available after the 600 MHz transition. Topics covered will include band planning, frequency coordination, and filtering for the new reality.

In his current role as the Director of News Technology for Corus Entertainment, Reza Saiphoo leads numerous engineering teams across the Global Television network, supporting 15 television stations, associated news bureaus and 48 transmitter sites. Throughout his 30-year career in the broadcasting industry, Reza has led various technical, operational and engineering teams through large, complex critical infrastructure changes, technical workflow integrations and business process improvements.

Currently he is working on innovative strategies to streamline technical workflows between radio and television stations in the same market and leading the 600 MHz repack for 17 TV transmitters across Canada.