Staff
| Tony Marra | |
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Founder and President of Thermal Relief Design, Inc., Tony hails from Niagara Falls, NY, where he started his career in the music business installing Disco’s in western NY area. However his love for live sound brought him out to LA in the late 70’s and eventually touring the world with Ted Nugent, Rod Stewart, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello to name a few. Eventually the glamour of the rock concert wore and Tony relocated his family to NYC to head up Soundcraft NY in the late 80’s. And with the help of JBL’s purchase of Soundcraft, Tony started his first Authorized Service Center, TLM Electronics, Inc. in Pleasantville, NY. But when the snow and cold finally got the better of them, the Marra family packed up and headed to Las Vegas and TLM, a New York corporation became TRD, a Nevada corporation. Continuing his long relationships with British manufactures’ such as Soundcraft, Focusrite, and Drawmer, Tony continues to push Thermal Relief Design, Inc. into the new millennium. |
| Rick Hahn | |
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Rick was born in Battle Creek Michigan and then raised in Kalamazoo, Comstalk and Colon until he was 8 years old. Finished Elementary and began Jr High in St. Cloud, MN, only to move again to Sioux City, Iowa for 2 years, and then finally to Waco, Texas where he finished High School. He didn’t stop there… living just about everywhere west of the Mississippi, Rick’s now settled in Las Vegas !
Early in his career Rick played Rhythm and Lead guitar, sang lead and background vocals before finally finding his true calling as an Audio/Recording Engineer and Electronics Repair Technician. Rick’s repaired Amusement/Vending/Pro Audio gear for many years and looks forward to continue his career here at Thermal Relief Design. |
| Erika Earl | |
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Born and raised in Arizona, Erika moved to Las Vegas at an early age. Her family consisting mostly of muscians and entertainers, inspired her to persue a career in Music. Always energentic and eager to learn, Erika moved to Calif. to work for Jonathan Little of Little Labs building recording studio equipment. Once learning all the aspects of the manufacturing side of the business, Erika set her goals on the creative end and moved to So. Calif. to work at Distillery Studios recording music. Under the tutlidge of Mike McHugh, Erika now quickly learned all aspects of the recording process. After leaving So. Cal and returning to Arizona, Erika went on to assist and engineer many recording projects. Some of her credits include Ladybug Transistor’s self titled 4th album and John Rauhouse’s Steel Guitar Rodeo among others. After a small hiatus from audio she now has returned to Las Vegas and joins us at TRD eager again, ready to now learn the service side of the Music Industry. |
| Lori Marra | |
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Lori was born, raised and educated in Buffalo, NY. After recieving a MBA from the University of Buffalo, she set out west for California to persue a career in finance. After a few lesser jobs she finnally landed a career with CitiBank N.A. where in time she was eventually promoted to Vice President. Citibank moved her to New York City, where with her new husband Tony they formed TLM Electronics. Lori finnaly tiring of the cold, managed to get CitiBank to move her back again to the west… this time Las Vegas, NV. After finally leaving CitiBank many years later, Lori worked quite a few stints in other financial institutions before settling at Chase Bank here in Nevada, where she is a mortgage broker. Of course on early mornings, nights, and weekends you will find her behind the desk at Thermal Relief Design, where she runs all the financials of the company. |
