Thrive ’25: broadcast production monitors facing the live audience and blue-lit stage

Sean Sullivan / Live Event & Broadcast Producer

Every moment has a story.Make it worth watching.

I'm Sean Sullivan. I produce live events, broadcasts, and experiences that bring people together around a message.

01 / The newsroom / Syracuse → Baltimore

Built under
pressure.

At CNYCentral in Syracuse and FOX 45 in Baltimore, I learned to keep a live story moving. Five-hour morning broadcasts. Breaking news. Live remotes. A plan that could change while we were on air.

The broadcast archive

CNYCentral / Syracuse — historical newsroom footage

02 / The transition

Different room.
Same instincts.

FOX 45 news control room with multiview feeds and rundown workstation — News / FOX 45 control room

Two presenters on a multicamera broadcast studio set from the recovered portfolio — Broadcast / Studio production

AHEAD Accelerator 2026: blue-lit stage-ready configuration, without a live audience — Live events / AHEAD Accelerator 2026

TEN Events — studio broadcast production

03 / Broadcast thinking / TEN Events

Build the system.
Direct the show.

At TEN Events, my work grew from webcast production into production operations and leadership of studio broadcasts and creative services. Technical direction, show-calling, studio workflows and prepared teams all serve the same thing: a broadcast that feels intentional to the people watching.

04 / Live events / Show in progress

Now think
bigger.

TEN Events group production — show in progress

One message.
An entire experience.

In a general session, the stage, screen, sound, cameras and transitions need to feel like one production. I connect the creative and technical decisions around what the audience should take away.

05 / Show control

The audience
comes first.

The audience doesn't see the rundown. They experience the show. Every camera choice, every transition, every cue exists to help the people watching understand the moment.