Pike AV is a one-person engineering practice. I design, program, commission and service professional audio-visual systems — and I stay on the job until the system does exactly what the client was promised.
I am Aleksei Shchukin. I have been in the AV industry since 2009 and programming control systems since 2012. Before starting Pike AV, I ran AV design and delivery for corporate headquarters, museums and international events — first building the audiovisual department at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, then leading a 30-person integration team that delivered systems for Shell, Huawei, Ericsson and Sberbank.
That background means I have sat in every seat on a project: budgeting, drawings, procurement, rack build, code, commissioning, client training and the service call two years later. Most AV problems happen in the gaps between those seats. With Pike AV, there are no gaps — you talk to the person writing the code and signing off the room.
I work directly with end clients, and also as a subcontractor to integrators who need programming or commissioning capacity on a deadline.
Commercial and residential. Boardrooms, auditoriums, control rooms, museums and showrooms on one side; home theaters, media rooms and whole-house control on the other. Bring me in for a complete system, or for the one stage of a project that has stalled.
Control code and user interfaces that non-technical people can actually operate without a cheat sheet taped to the table.
The step that decides whether a project ends cleanly. I verify the system against what was specified, then document it.
System design that survives contact with the building — costed, drawn and coordinated with the other trades.
AV traffic behaves badly on a network that was not built for it. I configure the parts that carry audio and video.
Someone to call when the board is meeting in ten minutes and the display is black. Contract or per-visit.
A room that never worked right, an integrator who left, source code nobody has. I pick these up regularly.
Every project runs the same way, whether it is a single huddle room or a floor of them. You know the cost and the schedule before work starts.
I look at the space, the existing kit and the network, and ask what the room has to do. You get a written scope and a fixed price or a rate and an estimate.
Signal flow, rack layout, equipment schedule and a user interface concept, reviewed with you before anything is ordered or built.
Rack build, installation supervision, control programming and DSP work. Weekly progress notes so nothing surprises you late.
Testing against the scope, punch list cleared, staff trained, documentation and source code delivered to you. Then a service plan if you want one.
Seventeen years of delivery work, from rack technician to running an integration department, before going independent.
Design, programming and service of AV systems across the Greater Austin area — first as a remote contractor, then full time after relocating to the United States. Rebuilt the company's project documentation forms and built internal tools that automated routine engineering paperwork.
Founded and led the audio-video department, delivering more than 30 major systems for the offices of Huawei, VK, Gazprombank, Shell, Ericsson and Sberbank. Scope covered lighting control, media facades, professional audio, video conferencing, building networks, interactive installations and digital signage. Mentored over 30 engineers, programmers, designers and technicians, and built the warranty and maintenance offering the department ran on.
Built the multimedia and audiovisual department from scratch at Russia's largest museum, supporting every permanent exhibition and event. Ran the full delivery cycle: budgeting, design, supplier negotiation, construction oversight, installation, documentation and training. Operated the world's largest stationary projection installation and the center's cinema hall.
Hands-on years: installation, cabling, networks, control programming and live event support. AV design and management for the G20 Summit, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and the FINA World Aquatics Championships.
Events and venues where the system had to be right the first time, in front of an audience, with no window to fix it afterwards.
AV design, engineering, installation and operator training for summit venues — conference audio, video distribution, interpretation and press facilities under a fixed, immovable date.
Show and exhibition AV: video walls, playback, lighting control and live production support across runway and presentation spaces.
Audio, video and display systems for a championship broadcast environment, coordinated with production, timing and venue operations teams.
Systems delivered for the offices and venues of:
Over 40 manufacturer certifications. If your rooms are built on something not listed here, ask — the list is what I use most, not the limit.
Design and documentation in AutoCAD, Visio, draw.io and Miro. Project delivery in MS Project, Jira and Excel.
Send a short note about the space, what it needs to do and when you need it working. I reply to every enquiry personally, usually the same day. Site visits across Central Texas; remote programming and commissioning support anywhere in the US.