Reflect Founder Schmitt, COO Sanders Move On In Wake Of CRI Merger May 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes It looks like the inevitable shakeout has now happened in the wake of Reflect Systems merging and being rolled into Creative Realities, with Linkedin notifications popping up that show President and Founder Matt Schmitt has left the blended company, along with COO Bob Sanders. Schmitt left after 20+ years with Reflect back in February, while …
Now I’m REALLY Going To Miss Next Week In Barcelona … May 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes Dinners and cocktail party invites regularly come along ahead of out-of-town trade shows, and while I often regret being able to go, few invites I have to turn down hurt as much as this one – a night at the Camp Nou watching Barcelona’s storied men’s football team (the women’s side is also awesome). The …
Electrosonic Co-Founder Bob Simpson Passes Away, At 82 Years April 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes The co-founder of the much-respected pro AV design firm Electrosonic – Bob Simpson – has passed away, peacefully, at the age of 82. I know of the company but never met the man, so I will hand this off to the material in the announcement this afternoon … Mr. Simpson who went by Bob was …
OOH Media Vet Kym Frank Added To Digital Signage Federation Board March 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes OOH media veteran Kym Frank has been added to the board of the non-profit Digital Signage Federation (DSF), taking over for another board member to fully meet the commitment. Frank has some 20 years of experience and insights in the OOH/DOOH sector, and brings the benefit of being super-smart and hyper-connected. She is currently the …
New Broadsign Hire Adds Serious Subject Matter Expertise To EU Team March 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Non-exec level hires don’t tend to get chronicled on Sixteen:Nine because the analytics reliably show few readers are interested. But once in a while there are new appointments that are interesting and notable. In this case, a company is bringing on serious subject matter expertise. Broadsign has hired on Savvas Tombouloglou as an account executive …
D’Alessandro Stepping Down At Diversified; Unisys Vet Hutto Hired As New CEO March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes The (very) big pro AV integrator Diversified has a new person at the top, with word this morning that founder Fred D’Alessandro is slowing down and transitioning to a role as Executive Chairman, clearing the way for Unisys veteran Eric Hutto to be the newly-hired CEO. D’Alessandro, the announcement explains, “will now focus his energy …
Saccoman Steps Back From AdMobilize Leadership; Focused Now On NFTs And Crypto March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Miami computer vision firm AdMobilize has announced big management changes, with founder Rodolfo Saccoman stepping back to just have a seat on the board and be an active advisor, while a pair of long-timers with the company take on CEO and COO roles. The executive changes, says PR, is the culmination of a transition …
Uniguest Brings On CIO With Deep Travel Tech Experience To Drive Product And M&A Strategies March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes If a digital signage solutions company decides to go hard at a well-defined vertical market, it really helps to have people on board who know that industry and the technologies that underpin it. So I’m impressed by a new executive hire announced by Nashville-based solutions provider Uniguest, which has long made the hotel sector a …
When I’ve Written How Videos Are Important In Digital Signage Marketing, I Didn’t Mean This … March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the awesome things about working remotely, and particularly now as an independent contractor, is I don’t think I’ll find myself at a company meeting being compelled to go outside and dance in a music video. All power to the extroverts at every company who’d be all over this, but I would be finding …
High Five: Pro AV’s Merson Group Organizing, Funding Critical Supplies Trucks For Ukraine March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes Well done to the Glasgow-based traditional and digital signage firm Merson Group, which is using its resources and business ties to help out Ukrainians from a distance. Taking pains to stress this is not a “look at us/virtue-signalling” thing, the company has a post up on Linkedin talking about what it has been doing since …
