Rob Cross
Rob has served several roles in the entertainment lighting industry since attending college at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music in the early 1970's. Over the years he has worked in Drafting, Rigging Design and Installation, and Lighting Control System Design and Installation. He has been Regional Manager for Dimming and Control Manufacturers and Lighting Control specialist for architectural lighting agencies. In 1998 Rob founded Cross Light Inc. to specialize in Lighting, Control, and Automated Rigging for Architectural and Performing Arts applications.
Jack Gallagher
Jack Gallagher contributes over thirty-five years of experience in the Entertainment and Construction business. In recent years he created a national sales network for Strong Entertainment Lighting, as well as expanding their distribution in Europe, Australia, Africa and Canada. From 1987 until 2003 Jack built his own lighting and controls sales agency in Maryland and Virginia. His career includes theatre consulting, business consulting, factory regional management, dealer sales, technical direction. production design and teaching. Jack holds an MFA from Catholic University and an AB from Boston College. He is active in professional lighting and theatrical societies. His wife and he have three grown children and two grandchildren.
Jim Sjogren
Jim brings over thirty years of experience to Cross Light. For twenty of those years Jim was in the United States Air Force working with digital electronic systems. Now for the last ten years he has been working in the Midwest on theatrical lighting systems of most every major manufacturer. Mr. Sjogren has the qualifications and the experience to diagnose and repair electrical equipment down to the component level. This of course includes the diagnosis and repair of dimming systems, lighting consoles, and peripheral equipment.
Bev Ballard
Bev has been with Cross Light since it began in 1998. She has played an important part in the continued survival and success of Cross Light. Bev manages Customer Support, HR, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, and everything in between. She has attended Cincinnati State Technical College, and various workshops relevant to her work at Cross Light.
Jonathan Fuchs
Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music MFA program in Lighting Design. Prior to graduate school, he spent two years on tour as Assistant Electrician for Phoenix Productions' national tours of Grease and Smokey Joe's Cafe. So, any time "Greased Lightnin'" comes on, he starts to twitch. After three hundred performances, you would too. Before that, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his BFA in Lighting Design and Technology. In between all that, he worked at his local summer theatre in Naperville, IL, and the Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York City for two years apiece. He now lives in Cincinnati with his lovely wife, Samantha and their two boys, Alexander and Anderson.
Derick Sheehan
Derick received his MFA in Technical Direction from the University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music. Prior to joining the team at Cross Light, Derick was the Project Estimator and a Project Manager with PRG-Scenic Technologies in NY, handling Broadway, national tour, and movie scenery. Immediately following Graduate school, he joined the Production Management team at Gateway Playhouse on Long Island, NY. In addition to these positions he has worked in many theaters in the Chicago area.
