Meet Our Team.

Jack Cali leads Drivesoft’s product development, bringing practical car-audio and vehicle-installation experience to electronics, software and integrated controls. His work connects the circuit board, enclosure, wiring and user interface to the finished vehicle.

From early in-car computing systems featured on MTV’s Pimp My Ride to limousine controls, surveillance systems, school-bus stop-arm systems and wheelchair locking solutions, Jack has developed products for a wide range of vehicle applications. His current work includes Orion amplifiers, equalizers and crossovers, alongside Drivesoft switching, lighting, siren and mobility systems. He follows projects from the first concept through fabrication and installation, with attention to how the complete system works and can be serviced.

His manufacturing experience also grew outside car audio. While running his audio store, Jack developed water filters in his spare time, learning filtration stages with raw GAC carbon and carbon blocks. His first filter injection mold in 1999 introduced him to designing around the molding process. He later used deep-drawing tools to make a stainless-steel filter cover with etched names and logos. Needing material cut for that project brought him into Troy Tillinghast’s shop and began their fabrication relationship.

“Like Prince, I’ve got my team of artists—but I still play every instrument. Purple is intentional. We create at the highest frequency.”

Iggie helps advance key opportunities, strengthen business relationships and keep important initiatives moving through the right channels.

His work with Southern Electronics brings industry relationships and distribution experience to our wider team.

Iggie Perrin IV works alongside his father at Southern Electronics, helping keep the day-to-day operation moving. His work covers website development, incoming and outgoing products, and warehousing.

He joins our wider team in Operations & Digital Development, connecting the web side with product flow and warehouse coordination. His business-development background complements that hands-on operational work.

Enrique M. Stiles brings extensive experience in acoustics, loudspeaker design, materials and audio manufacturing. A founding member of Integrated Audio Technologies, he connects transducer and mechanical design with the requirements of a finished product. His work with ADS USA continues the a/d/s/ legacy he helped design.

His career includes engineering leadership at ADS Technologies for a/d/s/, Orion and PrecisionPower (PPI), along with roles at Pioneer, Altec Lansing, McIntosh and Boston Acoustics. A Cornell University engineering graduate, Enrique’s work includes patented loudspeaker technologies, THX-approved speaker designs and products recognized with CES Design Innovations awards.

Enrique advocates keeping files offline. The running joke: his password is #rootbearfloat.

Mark Busier is an electronics engineer whose work spans car audio, semiconductor applications and LED lighting. A member of the original Orion engineering team, he led the company’s engineering efforts in the late 1980s and helped develop the NT amplifier series.

His wider background includes ON Semiconductor’s ThermalTrak audio output transistor application note, an amplifier bias-compensation patent and a co-inventor credit for an LED-driver patent. In 2024, Orion announced his return to lead engineering for U.S. production and the revival of the NT series in Phoenix. His experience connects amplifier design with the behavior of the components inside it.

Chad Morrison brings decades of experience in industrial instrumentation, CAD design and electrical control systems. He began his career with IAS in the New Orleans area and helped teach instrumentation during the 1990s. His work expanded into designing and wiring instrumentation shelters and fiberglass equipment enclosures for refineries and industrial facilities. His background includes PLC controls and long-running work with Valero in Norco, Louisiana.

Chad also helped Jack establish his first store operation at New Orleans Auto Sound on Jefferson Highway in New Orleans, which Jack acquired after working there as an installer. As an early collaborator, he assembled the first software interface for Jack’s early in-car computer prototype, using LiteStep scripts before the project carried the Drivesoft name. He was also an early financial backer, funding Drivesoft’s programs during its formative years.

Chad was also Jack’s regular pit-crew wingman at Crank It Up shows and major car-audio competitions. His shared history with the team connects industrial controls expertise with early Drivesoft development and years on the car-audio show circuit.

Chad’s special qualification is translating Jack’s ideas—and Jack’s language. It can start with scribble-scratch on a napkin at Hooters. Chad sees the idea in it, helps give it shape, and says, “Yeah, that sounds like a great idea.” Jack is off to Never Never Land, and another company starts taking shape.

Amanda E. has spent four years supporting PCB stuffing and assembly for Drivesoft, Orion and Easy Lock. She works at the assembly bench alongside the team, placing components and keeping the table organized so boards, parts and work are ready for production.

Her daily work includes preparing boards, making sure components are in place and helping get shop equipment ready for operation. She coordinates the work at her table and makes sure the team has what it needs to keep assembly moving. She also maintains inventory spreadsheets and tracks parts availability so the team has the components it needs for production.

Brian H. is Performance Audio’s master repair technician, installer and shop manager. He combines troubleshooting and repair with vehicle installation and the daily work of keeping the shop running. He has also handled three Orion relocations and helps connect the team with local people and resources when setting up a facility.

Brian also inspects each piece of raw aluminum as it arrives, checking material grades and specifications before it goes into production. He cuts aluminum heat sinks for different amplifier sizes and prepares aluminum parts for other components the team produces.

An old-school car-audio competitor, Brian brings practical experience and plenty of ingenuity to the bench. He can turn a pile of spare speaker parts into a system that gives the trunk lid a workout. The team jokes that his toolkit only needs duct tape, three toothpicks, a spork and a pack of Doublemint.

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Nelson Murphy is part of Drivesoft’s limousine installation and repair support team for Las Vegas clients, including Bell Transportation and Presidential Limousine. He brings hands-on vehicle installation and service experience developed through car audio and 12-volt electrical work.

A longtime friend and early installation mentor to Jack Cali, Nelson taught many of the wiring techniques behind Jack’s first vehicle projects. Their shared shop experience included starter-interruption circuits, door-lock triggers and early custom remote-start installations.

Vincent “Vinnie” Carollo brings dealership-trained mechanical expertise to European and exotic vehicle service. A former Porsche Certified Master Technician, he trained at Universal Technical Institute and developed his Porsche experience at dealerships in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

He opened a single service bay in 2014 and launched Vinnie’s Exotics as a full-time, full-service operation in January 2015. Today, the business operates as VEX European in Baton Rouge, servicing European and exotic vehicles including Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini, Ferrari and McLaren.

A good friend of Jack’s, Vinnie earns his personal recommendation: Jack considers VEX one of the standout exotic repair shops in Louisiana and the surrounding region.

Wesley Cato opened Anything Car Audio in 2002, serving the New Orleans area with competition-focused audio installations. His work expanded into upholstery and custom interior fabrication, bringing handcrafted interiors and integrated audio together at Anything Car Audio & Upholstery in Boutte, Louisiana.

A close friend of Jack’s, Wesley is part of our wider specialist vehicle team for custom interiors, upholstery and audio installation. Jack has personally recommended his work for projects where the finished interior needs to be ready for the show floor.

Shawn H. combines car-audio installation and competition experience with broad electronics repair skills. In the mid-1990s, he worked at Cardenal Car Stereo, handling installations, sales and vehicle interior work. He also represented the shop in sound-pressure-level (SPL) competitions with his Blazer.

Regular trips delivering Cardenal’s repairs to PrecisionPower (PPI) in Tempe became his route into working for PPI. That background connects hands-on vehicle installation, competition audio and amplifier service with the repair work he brings to the team today.

Shawn also specializes in repairing classic upright arcade machines. From car-audio amplifiers to old-school game cabinets, he has a knack for getting stubborn electronics working again.

Candice Constantine leads business operations for EZ Lock, overseeing the administrative side of the mobility operation and keeping the day-to-day business organized. Her responsibilities span the work outside the production shop, supporting the team that builds and ships disability and mobility products.

She and Todd continue a family tradition in adaptive mobility that stretches back more than four decades. Candice provides the business coordination that supports the shop’s work and the wider operation.

While in California through mutual friends, Candice happened to stop by West Coast Customs and became acquainted with Q. Years later, Q spent time with the EZ Lock group at a party while in town working with Jack. Afterward, he brought the product’s missing-code problem to Jack’s attention. Candice and Jack first met when she pulled into his driveway to pick up Q.

Later, a dinner at J. Alexander’s in Baton Rouge led to Jack, Mitch S. and Mike K. rebuilding her team’s product after its original code was lost. About 30 days after that dinner, they had reverse-engineered it without original paperwork; four months later, it was in full production.

Read how the EZ Lock rebuild began ↗

Todd Constantine leads the shop team responsible for assembly and shipping of EZ Lock and related disability and mobility products. He works with his crew to organize production, assemble the products and prepare finished units for shipment.

His role carries the family’s mobility experience into the daily work of the shop. Together, Todd’s production responsibilities and Candice’s business operations connect the practical work at the bench with the organization needed to keep products moving.

Quinton “Q” Dodson combines custom vehicle design, television production experience and decades of automotive industry relationships. An early partner and former co-owner of West Coast Customs, he became a recognizable manager and personality on MTV’s Pimp My Ride.

His prior experience with cameras, equipment and production meant he knew how to present a build as well as make it work. Q helped give Drivesoft its first national platform in car audio, bringing Jack’s engineering to a much wider audience.

Today, Q brings that combination of design, sales and relationship building to Drivesoft. His work takes him to major automotive events and international industry gatherings, presenting ideas, building contacts and helping companies discover what the team can deliver.

Q became acquainted with Candice when she stopped by West Coast Customs during a California trip through mutual friends. Years later, he was in town working with Jack and Southern Electronics on school-bus citation integration. While Jack stayed behind to work, Q spent time with the EZ Lock group at a party and learned about a product whose original code had been lost. He brought the issue back to Jack, leading to the rebuild Jack, Mitch S. and Mike K. would carry through to production.

Read how the EZ Lock rebuild began ↗

Jack’s running joke: Q’s GPS should point to the next car show, with no fast-food detours. Beignets, crawfish and foie gras remain open for negotiation.

David Gilmour is part of the Legacy Group, supporting public relations and sharing extensive knowledge of vintage Orion products and car-audio history. His familiarity with the brand’s earlier years helps the team communicate its legacy and connect with the enthusiast communities that have kept it visible. He also uses his enthusiast platform to promote the team’s work and reach the car-audio community.

His connection with Jack Cali reaches back to years of photographing Orion cars and exhibition booths at SEMA, CES and national events. That shared show history gives his work with the team a firsthand perspective on the brand’s past.

Tony Bennett is the team’s longtime partner for signs, printing and branded merchandise. His family-owned business, Tony’s Signs Screen Printing & Tinting in LaPlace, Louisiana, has served the community since 1987.

His connection with Jack Cali began when he taught Jack window tinting at age 14. Their shared interest in car audio grew into a business relationship that continued over the years. Tony produced Jack’s signs and banners and today handles printing for Orion Industries, supplying branded gear including T-shirts and hats.

Mr. Jim has been running J&J’s Machine Shop for three decades. J&J stands for Jim and Jane, his wife. At 82, he is still running his CNC shop and has products available on Amazon.

His machining expertise helped restore the original Orion look for the vintage line. He guided milling-bit selection, cutter sizes and spindle speeds, and taught the team how to operate machines directly from FANUC controller heads. His work goes beyond loading a file: he brings practical knowledge of tooling, machine setup and the cutting process to the finished part.

Jeff Stewart is the team’s in-house CNC machinist, turning prototypes and fabricated designs into finished parts. His work spans amplifier heat sinks, marine mounting plates and new mounting hardware for off-road vehicles, using large Haas VF-4-series machining centers.

His technical background also includes commercial audiovisual installation and structured cabling for networking, video, audio, conferencing, classrooms and auditoriums. An Arizona native and early Orion supporter, Jeff also contributes to the Legacy Group as a longtime Facebook community administrator.

Ryan Bollens brings hands-on loudspeaker manufacturing experience from Orion’s Tempe factory, where he ran the speaker assembly line and helped with testing, setup and production operations. He later carried that experience into his own small-scale speaker production, building products for an enthusiast following.

His work spans competitive car audio, vintage-speaker restoration, commercial AV installation and large sound-reinforcement systems. A longtime competitor whose vehicles include an Astro van, Ryan also brings extensive Land Cruiser and off-road vehicle experience. He contributes to the Legacy Group through his old-school Orion community and practical knowledge of the industry’s products and history.

Troy Tillinghast brings a family fabrication tradition to our Custom Fabrication team. His father, William “Bill” Tillinghast, started Custom Fabrication in Kenner, Louisiana, in 1974, and Troy carried that work forward into the next generation.

The team’s experience ranges from intricate parts for ocean liners to galleys and kitchens for Coast Guard cutters built by Bollinger Shipyards, a major U.S. cutter builder. Its work also includes outfitting law-enforcement surveillance vehicles and large command centers.

For more than two decades, Custom Fabrication has worked alongside Drivesoft and Southern Electronics on complete builds. Troy and the fabrication team provide raw materials, brackets, fasteners and the practical mounting and safety details needed to turn designs into finished products.

Jack first walked into Troy’s shop looking for material cutting for a water-filter project he was developing alongside his audio store. The project introduced Jack to injection molding and later deep-drawn stainless-steel covers with etched branding. That first practical job became the start of their long-running fabrication relationship.

Read how Jack’s water-filter project brought them together ↗

Eric Tillinghast represents the third generation of the Custom Fabrication family, following his grandfather William “Bill” Tillinghast and his father Troy. He is taking on the next chapter of the operation as Troy prepares to retire in the coming years.

He helps bring raw materials through cutting, forming and assembly into the parts needed for our product and vehicle builds. The team’s capabilities include aluminum and stainless-steel fabrication, welding, laser cutting, forming and shearing.

Working together with Drivesoft and Southern Electronics keeps fabrication, electronics and installation coordinated within one team, allowing complete packages to be built in house.

Mitch S. develops the firmware, applications and control systems that connect Drivesoft’s electronics to the products around them. His experience includes commercial automation, touch-panel interfaces and communication over RS-485, RS-232 and CAN bus.

Jack and Mitch first connected through mp3car.com’s in-car computing community, where Mitch’s MJS Gadgets products complemented Drivesoft. They began developing together in 2012. Mitch built Drivesoft’s first in-house RGB controller. Later, he contributed to early school-bus citation systems and helped bring board control into the team’s own software and firmware.

Working with Jack and Mike K., Mitch helps take projects from concept to finished product, spanning firmware, applications, system integration and the physical controls people use. He played a key role in rescuing development work after a previous company let Jack down, recreating missing editable design files so the project could move forward. He also worked with Jack and Mike to rebuild a client’s assistive-technology platform after its development files and firmware were lost. His current work with Jack and Mike includes organizing the team’s data for Drivesoft AI.

Mike K. has been Jack Cali’s friend and business associate since 2002. His development experience spans major programming languages, software platforms and application environments.

Mike was Jack’s software wingman as the early LiteStep implementation created with Chad Morrison evolved through Visual Basic, C/C++ and .NET. He went on to work almost exclusively on Drivesoft, developing AM/FM, TV and XM tuner controls, navigation integration, LED lighting patterns and shows, music playlists and playback tracking.

His work also includes server software for RidePay’s New Orleans taxi payment system and applications for assistive-technology products and school-bus citation cameras. Today, he works with Jack and Mitch S. on software and platform development, including the data groundwork for Drivesoft AI. His siblings also develop for Drivesoft and other companies.

Jennifer Cali is joining our software development team to help develop mission-critical and safety devices. She brings experience across multiple programming languages, including programming work for hospitals.

James Garner supports Asian markets and distribution within our wider organization. His role connects this regional focus with the team’s products and business relationships.

David Levine is part of our business relationships team within the wider Drivesoft organization.

Jim Jardine serves as our outside liaison to major manufacturers and vendors. He reaches out on the team’s behalf, builds business connections and helps bring the right parties together.

Jim brought the Orion deal together for Jack and continues to support the manufacturer and vendor relationships behind the work.