Haley Miller Coots

Haley Miller Coots is a professional audio engineer who works for SE Systems, a sound and event production company that has offices in Winston-Salem, NC and Charlotte, NC. SE Systems provides sound, staging, lighting and production services for major festivals, concert series, venues, and touring performers and bands. Some of their more well known clients include Merlefest, IBMA Wide World of Bluegrass, and The Tangier Center in Greensboro, NC.

Coots has toured as audio engineer for Alison Krauss and Union Station, run sound at both Merlefest and IBMA among other festivals, and worked with both the Winston-Salem and North Carolina Symphonies on the Pop Series concerts, particularly the bluegrass and Americana oriented collaborations. Haley is married and has two young daughters.

In her interview, Coots talks about getting started, women in the field, family life, work-life balance, mentors, and gives advice for people entering the field.