Niko was born and raised in Hammon, Indiana, outside of Chicago. While in high school, Niko worked at Dunkin Donuts, a small Ice Cream Shop and Papa John’s pizza – serving in the fast food industry while in school seems to be a Symphony requisite. After graduating from Lake Central High School, Niko attended Columbia College and earned a BFA in Audio Arts and Acoustics with a concentration in live sound reinforcement – graduating in 2012.
Niko worked as a freelance audio engineer and performed as a guitarist for the first few years after college. He also had an internship at Audio Integrated Services – a live event audio/video company. In 2015, Niko moved to Los Angeles and began working in the smart-home & audio/video industry installing systems and programming universal remote. In 2016, Niko joined Symphony as a service technician and has now worked his way up to programming Crestron automation systems and servicing some of our largest projects. In Niko’s free time, he still enjoys producing and recording music as well as building computer and computer gaming.