Who: Entertainment 1
What: Event production and touring supplier.
Where: Chatsworth, CA
When: Founded in April of 2006.
Number of Full-Time Employees: Four.
Products Offered: Full line of production gear featuring cable assemblies; lighting, rigging, audio and video equipment; power distribution; and expendables.
Current Clients Include: Mariah Carey, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
Recent Company Highlight: E-1 has exceeded projected starting sales by a factor of three.
Claim to Fame: CEO/President Jim Crisman was known as the “God of Thunder” when he was out on tour as a sound engineer with the likes of Poison, Cinderella, White Snake, KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Richard Marx and Cheap Trick, among many others. He says: “I spent my life being able to move a crowd of people with the low end of a metal band. If you can’t feel the band, then why be there to see them?”
People might be surprised to know: After touring for 18 years, Crisman was vice president of the entertainment division of Coast Wire & Plastic Tech. CFO/Vice President Billy Davila was with Set Wear.
Motto: “We’ve been where you are, and we know what you want and we have what you need”
