Roy Machado is the Creative Director and Supervising Sound Editor for DAPG. He also founded the company in 1994.

With over 15 years of experience in film/television and advertising, Roy has brought well-rounded knowledge to clients such as Lions Gate Films, New Horizons, Universal Pictures, NBC TV, Fox TV and Hasbro Games. He has composed music, sound designed and mixed audio for hundreds of movie trailers, TV spots, toys, games and corporate video productions.

As part of the team here at DAPG, Roy continues to expand his knowledge in all aspects of audio and post production. He studied music performance and composition as well as radio/television and film at the University of North Texas. He enjoys playing the guitar, working out, and spending time with his family.

Brad Dale joined DAPG in 2007 as a Music Supervisor/Composer after spending seven years as Chief Sound Designer at AMS Production Group.

Brad is a cross-genre music composer who has worked with numerous major labels and artists. Some of his credits include original music composition for the “I Am Second” campaign, dialogue editorial on Catacombs (Lions Gate Films) and his work is published throughout multiple international electronic music record labels. With over a decade in the music and post production industry, Brad has produced cutting edge sound and music for clients including Sony Music Group, Microsoft, Universal Music Group, BBDO, GSD&M, Warner Brothers and Apple.

Brad studied jazz, composition and music of world cultures at the University of North Texas and sound design at Full Sail Recording Arts Academy. In his free time he writes music, performs with his band, travels and enjoys being outdoors.

Jeremiah Gray came to DAPG in 2003 as an intern and became a full time audio engineer in March 2006. He is also the Facility & Rental Department Manager.

Since coming to DAPG, Jeremiah has been lead voiceover recordist for several video games including Borderlands, Dragonball Z: Budokai 3, Brothers in Arms-Earned in Blood and Spikeout. He also serves as the audio production manager for various accounts such as Wal-Mart, Texas Rangers, Sleep Experts, Viewpoint Bank, Capital One, Boy Scouts of America and The Pampered Chef. His role also includes managing all of the facility equipment upgrades, all location recordings, and handling the rental of all field audio production equipment. For a credits list,  Click here

Jeremiah graduated from the Masters Recording Program at the Conservatory of Recording Arts in Phoenix, AZ in 2003. Through his ongoing work at DAPG Jeremiah continues to advance his skills and knowledge in both audio and post production. In his free time he enjoys working on his house and spending time with his family.

Rene Coronado joined DAPG in 1999 as an Audio Engineer and became Lead Sound Designer soon thereafter.

In his role as lead sound designer his responsibilities include creating custom sound effects and foley for a large array of websites, TV shows, films and live events. From the beginning René has worked closely with the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers on both broadcast and in-game presentations. In addition to several others, he was the lead sound designer in the film El Descubrimiento (The Finding), which won the Juried Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival in Mexico City in 2009.

Rene has also been an ADR recordist for Fox TV, Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures, and he was audio team lead for voice recording on video games such as Brothers in Arms-Earned in Blood, Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 and Spikeout Battlestreet.

Rene graduated with an AAS in Sound Technology from South Plains College in 1999. As part of the team here at DAPG, René continues to expand his knowledge in all aspects of audio production. He currently writes articles about audio for video on BrightHub.com.

Cherie Schnieders joined DAPG in 2009 as Associate Producer/Administrative Assistant.

Cherie worked in Los Angeles as a freelance production coordinator for music videos and commercials, working with labels such as Sony BMG, Island Def Jam, Capitol Records and RCA Records. She has also worked in post production for television at Warner Brothers. Since moving to Dallas in 2006, she has worked in the media department for a church with over 14,000 members. Her role here at DAPG includes interfacing with clients, managing production schedules, accounting and expanding DAPG’s marketing efforts.

Cherie graduated with a BA from Texas Tech University in 2001. She enjoys working out and spending time with her family.