Jim Carstensen

Jim Carstensen cut his teeth as a Cal Poly intern at Walt Disney Imagineering and ended up being the primary electronic engineer for Epcot's Imagination pavilion. He joined Alcorn McBride as VP of Engineering in 1992, spending 32 years engineering show control, audio, and video systems for theme parks all over the world. Since 1990, he has also been an Associate Professor at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches electronic engineering classes.