Originally from Dublin, Ireland where John was Head of Production for a major Advertising Agency. He moved to San Francisco in 1992 to work in Advertising and in 1994 he founded and opened One Union Recording Studios. More recently John worked again with famed studio designer Carl Yanchar to design 5 New State of the Art Recording Studios in One Union’s beautiful historical San Francisco red-bricked building. In 2017, under his guidance, One Union completely rebuilt the entire facility down to bare bones and back again designing a totally new ATMOS facility; completed in September 2018. Since 2010 John has also served on the Board of Directors of San Francisco Fleet Week, John is an avid collector of Tequila and a Tequila Master.

Joaby Deal started working at One Union just months after it opened its doors in 1995.  He came on as an intern and rose through the ranks to assistant, and eventually Senior Engineer.  At this point, he’s been at One Union for more than half of his life!  When asked how he feels about working at one place for so long, Joaby says, “I kind of grew up here; it’s like a second home to me.  To be honest, I really can’t imagine working anywhere else.”

After spending over ten years in Los Angeles, Andy relocated to his favorite city to further his audio career. Since his interview and acceptance of a position at One Union all in one day, the diversity of his job is something he values very much. “I’ve always been a tech head, I learn the gear from back to front. That’s my passion. With One Union’s constant gear upgrades I get to play with new gear all the time.” he says. “I love to work with cutting edge technology and share with our clients the highest quality audio available today.” Wearing many hats, Andy has been hard at work designing, programming and upgrading all the studios at One Union, but is still highly committed to his engineering work. He especially looks forward to recording ADR and AVO for films and TV shows such as The Orient Express, Somebody’s Gotta Do It, Silicon Valley, and Deadliest Catch with Mike Rowe. Andy has been creating awesome work for clients such as Honda, Chevron, Warriors, Juniper Systems, Dockers and The Bay Club to name a few.

Michael received a dual Bachelor of Music degree in Sound Recording Technology & Music Business from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and secured an internship at One Union; flying across country to start his professional career. After completing his internship, and after taking a brief hiatus, Michael returned to One Union as assistant engineer. Two years later Michael continues as Executive Producer and Scheduler. Most avid about audio post production, Michael is excited to be surrounded by world class engineers and facilities.