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Stephen McKay has been helping the Hospitality industry with AV services and products for over 15-years – now he’s doing it with Almo ProAV. As the Senior VP of Special Markets at Almo ProAV his role is to help Almo’s integrator partners sell and integrate products and services into he Hospitality market (i.e. hotels, dorms, hospitals, etc). And, […]

I was joined by Almo ProAV‘s Todd Heberlein to talk about how his role is to help ProAV integrators get into the digital signage market. Digital Signage happens to be the fastest growing segment of the ProAV market (growing by double-digits for the past four years in a row) but a lot of AV integrators […]

Gary caught up with one of DSE’s biggest exhibitors, Sharp’s Gary Bailer  to talk about their plans for the biggest dedicated digital signage show on earth – happening at the end of this month in Las Vegas. In addition to launching three new monitor series (including one that can be mounted in any position you can imagine), Sharp […]

In today’s podcast, Gary is joined by Almo ProAV Director of Business Development Rob Ziv, who talks about the state of A in AV. Gary’s “AV Starts with A” webinar for Almo last week, was a huge hit and they continue their offline discussion after the webinar in his podcast. They talk about Dante, networked AV and where […]

Michael Maniscalco, co-founder of ihiji speaks with me about all the new upgrade to ihiji that was shown at ISE. Everything to new services, to more budget friendly pricing. We also talk about Invision Lite, Mac Addressing, updated mobile app, VIP partnering ,and more! All on this episode of AV Insider.

Jennifer Davis, CMO of Leyard  is a member of the InfoComm Leadership Search Committee and, although InfoComm is known for their giant trade show each June, their education, certification and leadership development is second-to-none for commercial AV professionals. Jennifer’s committee is trying to find the future leaders of the proAV community and many of them come from the […]

I was joined by Eric Olson, Almo ProAV s Business Development Manager, who explained how they are now offering control system programming services for not only Crestron and AMX but also for Extron  too. Almo is aiming this service to smaller integrators that may not have their own on-site programmer or if they need help with lager systems designs. In addition, they’ll even […]

In this super-short episode, Rich Prevete (@RichardPrevete) joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) at a local brewery, Stickman Brews. Christa and Rich start the show off by discussing the types of beers that they are drinking. Then then go on to see where Rich is with his AV training. Christa reveals that she has been focusing […]

I caught up with InFocus CMO, Brady Bruce, and, in addition to talking about his ISE impressions, I asked him when he thought Collaboration Boards, like his Mondopad, will become the norm – rather than the upgrade – to a meeting room. I asked him when he thought we’d hit the tipping-point – his response was candid. If you […]

I had a chance to followup, post ISE, with one of my favorite industry thought leaders, Nureva CEO, Nancy Knowlton, today and we not only talked about their ISE 2017 experience – and what she thought was the most important benefit of the show for her – but, I also posed the question: “How can we accelerate the implementation […]

In the spirit of Social Media crowdsourcing, in this Selling AV I make a special request. Give it a listen and then chime in below in the comments section.

Sometimes in AV sales, it’s hard to develop rapport and break through the resistance a potential client may initially put up to “being sold”. With that, this week I go against the traditional “ABC” selling philosophy, and instead say to “start with free.”

Victoria wrapped up ISE with LiveInstall Founder, Kris Gamble – he designs AV smart homes in the UK. He talks technology as well as one of the AV industry’s most popular hashtags – do you use it? What is it? Listen and you’ll know!

If you’re looking for a seating company in your home theaters, Gabi Wolper hopes it will be Fortress Seating. Listen and hear why!

Ken Hecht, MSE Audio VP of R&D, joined Victoria at ISE to talk about their Dante networking integration and the future direction of audio.

Victoria caught up with Robert Bishop of Miravue at ISE and he’s a great guest – opinionated, technical and understands the future of AV (over IP). Although this is a longish podcast, it was recorded LIVE on the ISE show floor and you totally get a sense of how incredibly talented and smart Robert is. […]

Join Domenico Crapanzano and Victoria Barela as they discuss overcoming the struggles of troubleshooting technology that starts to become invisible in the install. With Domotz free Fing app, it will allow you to scan the network to pinpoint where the trouble stands beyond the wires. This year Domotz announces partnership with D-Tools and uses ISE […]

Ian Scott and Victoria Barela talk about RedX launching the SSA Amplifier to retrieve market feedback at ISE 2017. The big product launch will be at InfoComm 2017. The SSA Amplifier restores the original quality of the tube amplifier but maintains the energy efficiency of a class D amplifier. If you were not able to […]

Tune in as Kevin Main and Victoria Barela talk about new products shown at ISE, such as isolation transformers as well as voltage regulation technology. Torus Power holds meetings in booth to welcome international distributors and discuss the high interest shown in custom integration projects in Europe. To learn more about Torus Power products, visit […]

Join TJ Adams and Victoria Barela as they talk about new announcements made for QSC in 2017. At the booth, presentations and courses are offered. TJ gives a tip to the newbies entering the AV industry, encourages friendships with IT and AV members, and applauds young women entering technology and engineering world. For more details […]

Vijita U.G. and Victoria Barela discuss the ISE 2017 experience of the show floor. During her stay, Vijita enjoys not getting run over by Amsterdam bikers, being a part of the I-Don’t-Feel-My-Feet-ISE club, and being a “sophomore” at the trade show. With celebratory plans at InfoComm for Stewart Filmscreen, the booth is filled with attendees […]

Join as Daniel Adams and Victoria Barela discuss ISE’s various trends this year, one being AV over IP products booming. OneAV offers training on products and comes together with partners to create the best AV solution fit for the customer. This year, Daniel was able to explore the show floor and tell us about being […]

Tune in as Deric Wang and Victoria Barela talk about company’s successful first year at ISE 2017. Qbic Technology designs for room scheduling applications and work closely to provide API’s to partners in order to integrate their software with Qbic Technology’s hardware. Working closely with software developers, a complete AV solution can be formed. Visit […]

Ruud Michiels and Victoria Barela talk about the company’s solutions offered at the show such as security and communications systems. Products are offered for the conference systems, public address, and professional sound. Bosch Security Systems has been involved with the ISE show from the beginning and continues to offer training courses not only for their […]

Tune in as Fraser Park and Victoria Barela discuss how the Norwegian technology company launches Huddly GO at ISE 2017. Huddly provides the intelligent video processing platform for meeting spaces. Fraser talks about the company’s experience at ISE and its partnership with NEC’s InfinityBoards. Visit www.huddly.com for more information.

Join as the trio Vin Bruno, Gary Kayye, and Victoria Barela talk about Integrated Systems Europe 2017’s motivating management team made up of Vin Bruno with CEDIA, Dave Labuskes with InfoComm, and Michael Blackman of ISE. The pressures of the trade show life is revealed and recent strategic moves are explained revolving around the CEDIA […]

Tune in as Daniele Mochi and Victoria Barela rAVe about K-array’s new full range compact speaker, the KEF 26. This Italian manufacturer provides a great solution for subwoofer restrictions and KEF 26 is weather proof. K-array not only has crowds swarming over to see the new products, but attracts attendees with older speakers with fun […]

Chris Scurto and Victoria Barela discuss IP products offered by ZeeVee. Primarily for the commercial market, solutions include moving video across platforms seamlessly. ZeeVee strongly believes in education for the AV community, and releases a brand new IP course certified with InfoComm. To check out products and courses with ZeeVee, go to www.zeevee.com.

Tune in as Robin Ford and Victoria Barela talk about the excitement of their favorite trade show. Global Cache provides the hardware to enable WiFi, TCP, and IP enabled products to work with AV solutions of your choice. Fantastic for retro-fits and new-builts. To check out Global Cache’s services and solutions, go to www.globalcache.com.

Andrew Gordon and Victoria Barela discuss the great success of ISE 2017 as BlackTrax partners with Panasonic to present an attention-grabbing show. Using BlackTrax technology, the booth was able to integrate Airstage drones, Painting with Light’s video and audio content, Notch’s real-time content and effects, as well as the use of media servers provided by […]

Catch Tim Bigoness and Victoria Barela as they discuss D-Tools‘ experience at ISE 2017. At the booth, the company works with a number of partners that compliment the automated home, such as with furniture, audio, and screen companies, in order to demonstrate how the new D-Tools System Integrator software works with their products. The software […]

Hans Stucken and Victoria Barela discuss products that are shining in the booth this year. The Wings Engine Raw allows for uncompressed 8K data used a lot in the automotive market. Hans also highlights the newest projection screens being showed off at the show.