Tom Young, Vice President, Marketing, J. R. Clancy, Inc. Tom first discovered theatrical lighting at age 15, and became involved with high school and community theatre. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Electrical Engineering, he worked for Skirpan Lighting and Berkey Colortran developing new lighting control systems. This included work on the first computerized lighting systems in the network studios in New York and Los Angeles. Tom became involved with rigging automation systems in 1989, including the opera houses in Brussels, Seville, Barcelona. For the past 12 years Tom has been with J. R Clancy in international sales and product development. Tom continues to travel extensively working on international projects. He’s also served as an ESTA Vice President and as USITT Director at Large.