Welcome to Tim Hunter Design

After receiving both undergraduate and graduate degrees in theatre design and technology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Bill Groener spent the first 10 years of his nearly 35-year career working in a variety of lighting design and production roles. These included a faculty position at Williams College in Massachusetts and theme park design assignments for WED (now Walt Disney Imagineering) in Florida and California.

In 1984, Bill began a series of business development and management roles at major entertainment technology companies, serving as Executive Vice President/General Manager at Strand Lighting and National Sales and Marketing Manager at Elliptipar.

From 1994 until 2008, he established and operated his own manufacturer’s rep agency in New York, worked as the Manager of Barbizon’s NY based System Sales Group and eventually became Vice President/General Manager of the systems installation group at Production Resource Group. During this time, he also served as Vice President – Sales at Color Kinetics Inc.

Highlights of Bill’s career include prominent roles in several major installations, including the Morocco Pavilion in World Showcase at Epcot Center, NBC’s NYC Broadcast Center (Rockefeller Center), several Cirque Du Soleil production facilities, CNN NYC Broadcast Center, ABC Times Square Studios, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), Radio City Music Hall, the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.

Throughout his career, Bill has been actively involved in the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA). For ESTA, he has served in a variety of roles on the Board of Directors, has chaired the Technical Standards Committee and currently serves as the President of the association. He also serves on the boards of both The ESTA Foundation and the Southern Connecticut Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Bill’s goal at THD is to use his broad and diverse commercial experiences combined with his early training in design and production to better serve the needs and expectations of a unique, knowledgeable and demanding client base. His business development skills will open new market opportunities and his management skills and experience will help THD’s staff grow and develop to successfully meet and exceed both new and current client expectations.