Rolando Díaz Rodríguez
Audiovisual Designer × Emerging Technologies
Arecibo, PR → Barcelona 30rolo@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/rolando-diaz-av-film

Videographer and multimedia specialist (Magna Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico) working at the intersection of cinema, live AV and emerging technology. From documenting the opening of Universal Epic Universe to building local-AI systems and photo-to-3D pipelines from scratch. Candidate for the Master in Design for Emergent Futures (IAAC · ELISAVA · Fab Lab Barcelona).

Skills

Camera & Live AV
Sony FX3 / FX6 / FX30 / A7 · LED walls · projection · live show production · broadcast
Post & Design
Premiere Pro · After Effects · Photoshop · Lightroom · color grading
3D & Code
Blender · Python · local LLMs · computer vision · model-viewer / GLB · UXP
Emerging
Local AI systems · autonomous agents · photo→3D pipelines · physical computing (Raspberry Pi, Hailo)

Education

B.A. Communications
University of Puerto Rico — Magna Cum Laude

Languages

Spanish — native · English — native

Selected Projects

SOFI · local AI companion

Voice, vision, wake-word and memory running 100% on owned hardware — research on technological sovereignty.

LIFTED · photo → 3D

Pipeline turning flat product photos into interactive web 3D + an AI lead-qualifying agent.

AI plugin for Premiere · UXP

Honest music-video FX (datamosh, VHS, 16mm grain) served as a system.

GameHub · open source

Game launcher + modding workshop exploring remix culture.

Experience

Video Specialist · Operator & Editor
Universal Epic Universe — Universal Studios, Orlando
2024 — 2026

Part of the AV opening team of the most technologically advanced theme park in the world. Sony FX camera operation, live-show production and documentation, video for events, LED walls and projection systems. Edited in Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and Lightroom.

Audiovisual Lead Technician
Encore Global — Ritz-Carlton & JW Marriott Grande Lakes, Orlando
2023 — 2026

Led technical teams at high-level corporate events: LED walls, projection, professional audio, technical direction, production logistics and live problem-solving.

Photographer & Cast Member
Walt Disney World Company, Orlando
2021 — 2022

Commercial, portrait and event photography in very high-volume environments. Directing people, studio lighting and guest experience.

Freelance Videographer · Multimedia
Buena Vibra Group — San Juan, Puerto Rico
2017 — 2018

Audiovisual content for brands, events and conferences. On-location shooting, professional audio and creative support.

Focus — toward the MDEF

Cognitive sovereignty (local, open, embodied AI) · designing futures from the margin (Caribbean, climate, diaspora) · spectacle as civic infrastructure. Speculative design, executed.