About Image Engineering

The Image Engineering story begins with the Suehle Brothers – John, Joe and Andy. From a young age they tinkered with a/v equipment, lasers and pyrotechnics in their parent’s basement and backyard. Over the course of nearly forty years, what started as a hobby has turned into a venture they could have never imagined. In 1998, the Suehle Brothers decided to take their passion and turn it into a profession, with Andy becoming the first full-time employee at what originally started as Advanced Entertainment Technologies (AET) and working out of Joe’s basement.

In 2000, AET acquired Image Engineering of Boston, a renowned company specializing in laser entertainment. Since then AET has done business as Image Engineering and the growth has continued exponentially. Image Engineering has moved several locations since the early days in Joe’s basement, now residing in a 60,000 square-foot headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland with a staff of over 40 full-time employees and an expert network of freelancers throughout the nation.

Image Engineering’s success comes from the values the Suehle Brothers built the company on, where relationships with clients are the company’s biggest assets. Whether it is one show or a yearlong tour, Image Engineering strives to give clients an unprecedented experience. From a dedicated warehouse team, to innovative engineers, creative thinkers and committed account representatives, we ensure expectations are blown away.

With a look to the future, Image Engineering is focusing on pushing the boundaries and setting a higher bar in the laser industry, concert touring, sports entertainment, architectural lighting and event production.

Our Team

Joe Suehle President
Andy Suehle Executive Vice President,
Client Relations

John Suehle Executive Vice President,
Engineering
Andrew Zoll Pyrotechnics Assistant

Andy Becker Manager, Compliance
and Corporate Safety Officer
Anthony Fanticola Account Executive

Ariana Pazdersky Compliance Coordinator
Ashley Spear Laser & SPFX Programmer

Ben Suehle Project Manager
Charlotte Flury Marketing Coordinator

Claire Bowman Manager, Engineered Products
Connor Newell Sr. Manager, Engineering Operations

Corey Hartsoe Technician/ Truck Driver
David Carrodine Vice President,
New Business Development

Derek Armstrong Manager, Warehouse Operations
Ethan Alexander R&D Electrical Engineer

Greg Bosse Director, Logistics
Greg Edwards Warehouse Technician

Hannah Dauses Project Manager
Ian Bottiglieri Vice President,
Operations

Jackson Jaisler Pyro Specialist
Jade Palmer Human Resources Manager

James Radko Mechanical Engineer
Jared Zamutt Technician

Jason Kunz Senior Design and Rendering Specialist
Jennie Scott Senior Project Manager

Joe Zellhofer Assembler
Justin Prochaska Warehouse Technician

Katherine Thomas Coordinator, Compliance
Katie Hanbury Administration

Kelly Kamp Director, Touring Operations
Kevin O’Brien Fabricator

Lydia Musser Project Manager
Luke Eisner Laser & SPFX Programmer

Megan Gannon Manager, Themed Entertainment New Business
Michaela O’Gallagher Manager, Creative Services

Mike Adamek Director, Account Management
Nick Hock Director, Research & Development
and Installations/ Integration

Mya Tamburello Safety Coordinator
Natasha Woodmancy Administrative Assistant

Phil Keller Senior Project Manager
Phil Payne Manager, Asset Deployment and Maintenance

Rich Petkevis Senior Technical Director
Quinn McDonald Laser & SPFX Programmer

Richard Snader Pyro Specialist
Riley Friedman Fabricator

Sam Weber Lead Technician
Tim Small Manager, Pyrotechnics & Field Services

Vino Gnanamuthu Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Zack Paul Lead Technician

Timeline

1988
First Laser Purchase / Built
1992
First Laser Show for a Public Audience
1996
Joe, John and Andy, known in the industry as the Suehle Brothers found Advanced Entertainment Technologies, Inc.
1998
Andy begins working in Joe’s basement, the first office of AET, Inc.
1999
AET, Inc. performs its first show for the sports market providing pyrotechnics and lasers for the Baltimore Blast’s season opener.
2000
AET, Inc. acquires Image Engineering of Boston, MA and moves headquarters to Baltimore, MD
2001
The Washington Wizards become the first professional sports client, Image Engineering provides close proximity pyrotechnics for their home opener.
2003
Image Engineering Acquires Laser Force of Milwaukee, WI
2004
The Baltimore Ravens become the first NFL franchise to work with Image Engineering
2005
Image Engineering is brought on by the Ravens to provide player introductions for every home game.
2008
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, becomes the first large scale architectural projection project
2008
The Baltimore Ravens task Image Engineering with designing a player introduction different from anything being done in the league. Image Engineering’s signature flame tower is born.
2010
Image Engineering Makes it Saturday Night Live Debut Providing Lasers for Jay-Z’s Performance 2011- Image Engineering launches the Light Vector Laser brand
2011
Light Vector Laser Used for Heineken National Commercial Campaign
2011
Ceelo Green becomes first Laser Tour for Image Engineering and Light Vector Lasers
2012
Image Engineering Becomes Laser Provider for America’s Got Talent
2012
Beam Composer is introduced to the world, finally giving Lighting Designers the ability to have full control of a laser from their console.
2013
Kevin Hart’s Let Me Explain World Tour includes special effects created by Image Engineering
2013
Image Engineering works with European Artist Jesper Kongshaug to design a month-long laser display mimicking the Northern Lights on the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
2015
Light Vector Lasers debut the Vector Beam a full color linear laser array
2016
Image Engineering provides all team score and post-game celebration pyrotechnics for Super Bowl 50
2016
Light Vector Gen2 the second generation of the Light Vector Scanning Laser is Launched
2016
2016 tour with For King and Country, Light Vector Lasers driven by Beam Composer are used for the Twenty-One PilotsEmotional Roadshow tour, the 2016 Cage the Elephant Tour, Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Future Now Tour and the 2016 US Open Tennis
2016
Beam Composer Maestro, the second generation of the Beam Composer Control Software is Released
2017
Image Engineering purchases all remaining Syncrolite SXL fixtures, now operating the largest Syncrolite fleet in the world.
2017
Image Engineering Opens second warehouse facility in Southern, PA adding 30,000 sq ft of storage, manufacturing and preparation space.
2017
Image Engineering experiences great West Coast growth adding the Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Lakers and Vegas Golden Knights as clients.
2018
Image Engineering joins forces with Doug Adams and Why Not Ventures to create Image SFX, a touring company under the Image Engineering umbrella solely focused on concert touring
2019
Image Engineering moves into new 60,000 sqft facility south of Baltimore.

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