ABOUTLive events are complex. Good support should make them feel simpler.
Altissimo exists to help organizers create live events that feel polished, supported, and ready to succeed without unnecessary complication. Our role is to bring preparation, communication, adaptability, and real-world execution to the moving parts that make an event work.
WHY ALTISSIMO EXISTSBuilt around the realities of live events
Altissimo Event Services and Staging was built around a simple idea: live events need more than equipment alone. They need preparation, communication, adaptability, and a team that understands how the moving pieces come together in real time.
We created Altissimo to support organizers who want an event partner that is both professional and practical. A team that can help translate ideas into an event environment that works for performers, audiences, sponsors, stakeholders, and the crew behind the scenes.
Our perspective on what makes events work
A strong event experience is not only about what looks good from the outside. It is also about what feels organized, reliable, and well-supported behind the scenes.
Successful events are built on more than what the audience sees from a distance.
Production should support the event, not complicate it.
Professionalism matters, but so does approachability.
A strong event experience should feel intentional from the first conversation through the final load-out.
WHAT MAKES OUR APPROACH DIFFERENTWe look at the event as a whole
Altissimo brings a broader perspective than a typical rental provider. We do not just think about equipment. We think about the end user, the audience experience, the needs of the organizer, the realities of the site, the pressure points of event day, and the details that help everything feel connected.
Because we have experience on both the production side and the organizer side, we understand that successful events require more than technical execution. They require support that helps pull the whole picture together.
THE TEAM BEHIND ALTISSIMOReal people who care about the details that make events work
Hank OsterhoutCo Owner / Event Producer
With 15+ years of experience, Hank brings a client-oriented and organizer-focused perspective to live events. His strengths include festival organizing, site coordination, artist coordination, sponsorship development, and stage management, all of which help support the bigger picture of what an event needs to succeed.
As the creator of Halfway to Everywhere, Hank understands firsthand what organizers are balancing behind the scenes. His approach is rooted in helping clients think through logistics, sponsorship support, site flow, and event-day coordination in a way that keeps the event practical, audience-ready, and financially grounded.
Cory AndersonCo Owner / Production Coordinator
With 10+ years of experience in live event production, Cory brings a detail-oriented approach to coordination, communication, audio engineering, and technical execution. His background in FOH engineering, technical operations, artist-facing work, and crew leadership helps shape an approach that looks at the event as a whole, from audience experience to safety, flow, and the details that make a production feel right.
Cory is especially strong in environments where precision matters, communication needs to stay clear, and the event has to hold together under pressure.
Alex BorkLead Engineer / Electrician
With 20 years of experience in live audio and production, Alex Bork brings deep technical knowledge and a steady hand to every event he supports. He has run audio consoles throughout North America in settings ranging from 70,000-person festivals to intimate club rooms like Jazzhaus in Lawrence, Kansas, giving him a broad perspective on what it takes to deliver great sound in any environment.
When Alex is on site, power and audio are in steady hands.
Altissimo is built by people who care about getting it right. Our strengths are different, but they work together toward the same goal: helping live events feel more organized, more manageable, and more professionally supported.
Lets build something strong
If you’re planning an event and want a team that values professionalism, communication, and practical execution, we’d be glad to learn more about what you’re creating.