Ian Stokes

Ian is the Director of Engineering for Gravity Media’s Australia-based operations. He is responsible for overseeing all engineering/maintenance aspects of the business, including projects, rental equipment and skill development of technical staff.

Joining the Gravity Media (as Gearhouse Broadcast) in 2012, Ian oversaw the implementation of the first supertruck built by the company in Australia, the success of which saw the production of four subsequent supertrucks.

During his time at Gravity Media, Ian has been involved in the onsite operations of the Supercars project, including developing the technical platform for multiple trucks. He has also successfully delivered projects including the Asian Football Championships, Winter Olympics and Australian Open Tennis for Channel Seven Australia, which operated out of the Remote Broadcast Centre.

More recently Ian project managed the phenomenally successful BP V8 Supercars Eseries and as other events for V8 Supercars, Riot Games, ESL and Tennis Australia. All of these (except Supercars) were large scale arena events for games including Fortnite, League of Legends and Counterstrike.

Before Gravity Media, Ian worked as a broadcast engineer for Cutting Edge Outside Broadcast and Global Television.