David Bianciardi founded AV&C or Audio, Video and Controls in 1999 where he leads a team of designers, developers, and engineers that deliver software-driven installations to enhance storytelling, placemaking, connectivity and responsiveness. And I am really excited to hear more about what all of that means how an AV programmer like myself can start applying these ideas. Highlights From This Episode Conversational engagement resonates more with guests than Power Point slides and how technolo...
Jul 23, 2018•54 min•Ep. 20
Jason Jaworski is a veteran of the US Marine Corp and has over 20 years experience working in Government and Military Systems for multi level classification video conferencing, command, control and operation centers. He is currently VP of Federal Practice at Unassailable Solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 16, 2018•37 min•Ep. 19
I first met Ryan Howard while working on a rather complicated AV project at Goldman Sachs in New York City where he was playing the role of superhero programmer for AMX’s Professional Services. Since then he has held been a design engineer and consultants and most recently circling back to GS as VP technology. He recently founded Storied Systems that designs systems strategies and environments for storytelling at a human scale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 09, 2018•38 min•Ep. 18
Mark Day has held many positions in the Las Vegas AV scene including installation, sales and programming. He is currently President of Idea Box, a design and installation company he founded in 2009. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 02, 2018•47 min•Ep. 17
Dave Silberstein has a long history working with AV manufacturers like Audio Video Corporation and Crestron Electronics where he worked as a Director for almost 20 years. I remember the first Crestron courses I attended in NJ around the year 2000, he was a big part of getting to know what that company was all about and how their technology worked. He is currently VP of Technology at Wyrestorm, a manufacturer of pro AV signal distribution and control solutions and I am really excited to speak wit...
Jun 25, 2018•43 min•Ep. 16
Dave Schoenbeck has a long history in managing and operating retail stores like Toys R Us and is one of the founders of Babies R Us where he served as senior VP of operations for 10 years. So what does that have to do with software? For more than a decade he’s been helping business owners in AV and beyond reach their goals as an executive coach. When I started this podcast, I did not realise how much shifting to software defined systems affects the business models. But the words ”as a service” k...
Jun 20, 2018•27 min•Ep. 15
Paul Harris has been CEO of Aurora Multimedia for over 20 years. When I worked in AV in NYC, I remember Aurora as an independent AMX and Crestron programming company that started making interesting hardware solutions. Now Aurora has a complete line of AV distribution products, touchpanels and control processors. They were one of the first companies to adopt a software defined approach with the perhaps the industry’s first non-propriety control system, with WACI or Web Accessible Control Interfac...
Jun 08, 2018•42 min•Ep. 14
Jeremy West began his career in broadcast and theatre, working for Sky Australia and several theater companies as well as his own video production and software company. He’s worked as an AV engineer for AMX Australia and is currently revamping the way AV is done at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 01, 2018•43 min•Ep. 13
I first met Frank Damiano in an AMX training room in Horsham PA around the year 2000. And since then, he has been Founder and CTO of Damiano Global Corporation, an independent control system and audio DPS programming company. His company has developed AV management software called DGnet that looks like a software defined solution to a hardware defined problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 25, 2018•43 min•Ep. 12
Lee Rivers talks about how programmers can guarantee AV project success by working directly with consultants and end users. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 18, 2018•29 min•Ep. 11
Frank Pellkofer has been CEO at several companies in the AV IT space and board or committee member of several organisations including the Order Of Odd Fellows whose mission it is to improve and elevate the character of man. The Petaluma music festival which funds musics in local schools and the Mid-Pacific Information and Communication Technologies Center, that helps improve career pathways for thousands of students. He is currently CEO at Utelogy, A Software-Defined Platform to Control, Manage ...
May 11, 2018•50 min•Ep. 10
Steve Greenblatt is probably least known for being one of my former employers. His AV career began by spending a few years working as a Systems Engineer for Crestron, then he went on to found what was probably one of the first Independent AV Programming companies, Control Concepts. With over 21 years in business, Control Concepts is one of the longest running AV programming business out there. He is also host of AVNation’s A State Of Control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
May 04, 2018•40 min•Ep. 9
Micha Van Der Stoop started his career at Cisco where he was involved with everything from designing and implementing their internal office networks to business development for Cisco’s Proof Of Concept Lab. He also he worked at Shell Global Solutions where he was responsible for the global Reference Architecture and Solutions designs for AV, collaboration and CCTV. He is currently Managing director at IDM Solutions, a Consulting & Design firm in the Netherlands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Apr 27, 2018•47 min•Ep. 8
Eirik Calissendorff has spent most of his career working on some of the largest mega yachts in the world. He also spent some time working as a software developer for a data analytics company called Tibco Spotfire. And I’m guessing that while he was working as an ETO, he had some ideas and eventually decided to execute on them and develop Plejd. Plejd is a control system for entertainment and comfort systems, lighting, shades and heat and things like that. If you go to the https://www.plejd.com, ...
Apr 20, 2018•42 min•Ep. 7
We have two guests on the show today, Wes Hatchett CEO and Nick Melin, VP of Customer Success at Control Envy. Both experienced in the world of AV and software. Along with a great team, they’ve taken that experience to form Control Envy. Control Envy is an automation, control and monitoring platform that takes a software first approach to provide custom solutions that are gorgeous and full of insights and data. Control Envy runs on many platforms and ticks all the boxes of being a software defin...
Apr 13, 2018•40 min•Ep. 6
Colin Birney has had an interesting career path working for both AV integrators and consultants and on the other side of the equation too for large end users like Hess Corporation and Google. He’s had a nice mix working in AV and IT as well as some time in the film industry as a sound editor. He currently works as a consultant and has some great ideas on how to manage and support AV projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 06, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 5
Jonathan Mangnall has a long history working with video distribution systems. He was Sales Director at Endeleo which was acquired by AMX in 2006, which as you all know way acquired by Harman in 2014. And our guest remained on a Sales Director and VP of Enterprise Sales through that time. Just last year he decided to shift gears and embrace software defined AV by founding U-topia Technologies, which distributes Utelogy’s AV control and management platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Mar 30, 2018•39 min
Jim Spencer works in the trenches as a university support technician. But don’t let that title fool you. He’s introduced some pretty innovative ideas that we dig into in the interview. He started his career in HiFi getting involved of everything from sales to installation and service then moved on to working as a lead technician for a commercial integration company before landing at the University of Notre Dame where he helps support their technology needs. Here is one of Jim's presentations on ...
Mar 23, 2018•47 min
Justin Kennington has a background in hardware engineering, he spent some time working for Google and also as a technology manager for Crestron’s DigitalMedia products before moving on to Aptovision and creating the Software Defined Video over Ethernet Alliance, a.k.a. SDVoE. SDVoE aims to create a standardized hardware and software platform for AV signal distribution. Because it is software defined, it could have a lot of consequencens for the way we do things in AV. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Mar 23, 2018•34 min
Tim Albright is arguably the most successful podcaster in AV. He started his career in radio, and somehow wound up becoming and AV consultant. He’s also worked as a control systems programmer and university technology manager before founding AVNation. AVNation is a network of AV professionals whose goal is to further the AV industry through education and knowledge. They do that through blog posts and covering industry events and they are most well known for podcasting. Their flagship podcast, AV...
Mar 23, 2018•1 hr 12 min
