A yellow rolling ladder standing in a dark studio beneath a lighting grid and a timber roof, with six round pools of light on the floor

About

Alex Martin
Based in
Los Angeles, California
From
Aspen, Colorado
Education
BS Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College, 2025
Honors
High Distinction in Computer Science
Harvey Mudd Scholar
Citizenship
United States and United Kingdom
Contact
ajm@radarcontact.net

I got my start in technical theatre in 2014 as a spotlight operator on a youth production of The Hobbit in Aspen, Colorado. I stayed with it through high school, working in school, community, and professional theaters, and learned the trade from the designers, electricians, and stagehands who made the theatre a welcoming and instructive environment.

In 2021 I moved to California to attend Harvey Mudd College, where I studied computer science with a concentration in classics, focused on archaeology. Alongside my degree I worked on developing a 3D bioprinter as part of the CµTE Lab, a biomedical engineering research group, and spent time on film sets as a camera production assistant. I also kept working in theatre throughout, as a technician at Garrison Theater and as a lighting designer and electrician for the colleges' dance concerts.

After graduating in 2025 I worked for a time as a machine learning engineer before deciding to pursue lighting as a career. I now live in Los Angeles, where I work as a field technician for Digital Dots and design lighting for dance.