About the Show Organizers
| Ivan Lysykanycz | Harry Snodgrass |
Ivan Lysykanycz
My enthusiasm for Pinball has gone far beyond a hobby. It’s what I do all day, everyday. Though I burn out on occasion and just unplug for a bit, there is nothing I’d rather do.
Born and raised in Allentown, Pa., my interest in pinball started at a very young age. It still brings a smile to my face when I think of a time when I did whatever I could to get a quarter. My brother and I would perform a circular search pattern throughout the general vicinity to find that one machine that would give the best bang for our loot. Back then there was a machine at every corner store on every block. It was quite a daunting task for a young lad. I remember seeing an op servicing a machine and I was mesmerized by it's complexity. I wondered how someone could fix such a thing. He did rack up a few credits for us when he was done.
I graduated in 1988 from LTI with an AS degree in Electronic Engineering. I started my career as a component level bench tech and quickly moved up to where the real excitement could be found, field service. This was probably the most challenging time I could remember. To take a newly designed product that was a poorly tested, under performer and make it work before an irate customer was painful. The satisfaction of successfully navigating through a design disaster became addictive. I rarely turned down a project and the harder they were the better I liked it. I eventually became an applications specialist where I could design solutions with well tested products but did tire of that pretty quick.
I bought my first pin in 2000 off of ebay like most of us. It was an Apollo 13 from Barry White actually. It was a good pin and I had no complaints. Of course over time a few issues had to be resolved but I knew no one that had any idea how to deal with this. Well I quickly realized that my many years of experience solved that problem. Man was I hooked and that’s when they began to multiply. Repairing and restoring became more interesting than playing.
Now I’m building a business that focuses on in home repair and providing the pinball community the best pins I can find. I fix them all but I hate EM’s. They are hard for me but I’m getting better. Just a box of door bells as my mentor says. I can’t seem to get that out of my head while I’m trying to figure out which ones. If you need my help don’t hesitate to ask. Feel free to hover about like a concerned parent, all my customers do. That doesn’t bother me in the least. How the hell did I get here!
Ivan Lysykanycz
Ivan can be contacted at ivan@pinfestival.com
Harry is a pinball enthusiast / Hobbyist and has a passion for everything pinball. Harry buys too many pinball machines and doesn't sell enough. He is building a unique collection of at least 1-2 titles from every Solid State manufacturer from each of their system versions. Currently he has covered Williams/Bally DMD, Stern DMD, Alvin G, DataEast, Stern early SS, Williams system 3, Atari, and Zaccaria. He is always looking for more unique machines so contact him if you have anything unusual.
His background is in the Entertainment and Internet industries. Harry has over twenty years experience in the entertainment industry as a Post Production Sound Supervisor, Sound Editor, and Sound Mixer. He currently works through a boutique post production facility in Burbank: Stage 2 Audio, which he is part owner. Snodgrass grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple University’s School of Radio Television & Film. After which he ventured to Hollywood where he eventually began a multi-faceted career in post production and new technology.
Highlights of his sound editing/sound supervision career -- over 100 film and television projects in all -- have included recognizable projects such as: NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, ROBIN HOOD MEN IN TIGHTS, HOT SHOTS-PART DEUX, ALIENS 3, AMERICAN PIE, BASEKETBALL, FOR RICHER OR POORER, and FLIGHT 93. He has held post-production sound editing and supervision posts at 20th Century Fox and Universal. During his careeer he has also completed audio restoration work on DVD re-releases of such classics of American cinema as REAR WINDOW, VERTIGO, TOUCH OF EVIL and THE BIG RED ONE.
Harry’s technology background also encompasses his role as Vice President Production of Activate and COO of Popcast – the precursor dot com companies to today’s popular YouTube and MySpace.
Harry Snodgrass, over the course of his career, has received four Emmy nominations and in 2006 he received his first win for his Sound Editing and Supervision work on A&E’s telefilm FLIGHT 93. Previously, Harry Snodgrass was nominated for his sound work on NBC’s mini-series, THE BEAST and A&E’s telefilm, FAITH OF MY FATHERS – the John McCain bio-pic.
You can check out his film credits at the following link:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811196/
Harry can be contacted at harry@pinfestival.com