Capital Networks Tweaks Management Team As Trainor Eases A Bit More Into Retirement May 23, 2017 by Super User One of the nicest (and funniest) men in digital signage is continuing his slow-motion slide into retirement. The founder of 26-year-old Toronto-based software firm Capital Networks Limited, Bil Trainor, has elevated several members of his management team into executive positions, while staying on as CEO. Effective today, the senior leadership team will now include Jim Vair …
Parisien Joins Quividi As Chief Strategy Officer May 9, 2017 by Super User The French video analytics company Quividi has signed on well-known DOOH technology veteran Daniel Parisien as its Chief Strategy Officer. Parisien will oversee Quividi’s strategy and business development globally and be the chief evangelist for the organization, reporting directly to CEO Ke-Quang Nguyen-Phuc. I don’t normally write about new hires because page view counts clearly indicate few readers …
Coates Hires McDonald’s POS & Kiosk Chief As New U.S. GM January 24, 2017 by Super User New hires at digital signage companies don’t seem to generate many page views on Sixteen:Nine, but this one might be different – a company focused on digital services for QSRs has hired the woman who was previously McDonald’s Director of Global Point of Sale and Self-Order Kiosk. Kim Moore is now the U.S. General Manager of …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Blackman, Integrated Systems Europe January 11, 2017 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is coming up at the start of next month in Amsterdam, and Mike Blackman is the guy who has built ISE up to be the largest pro AV show on the planet. It’s also the biggest digital signage show in terms of footprint and exhibitors, though signage is just one element of …
Reflect Hires Major Client As New CEO January 10, 2017 by Super User In an interesting, slightly odd twist, Dallas-based solutions provider/softwareco Reflect has appointed the guy at the center of one of the company’s higher profile projects as its new CEO. Lee Summers started with Reflect last month, having come over from Nebraska Furniture Mart, where he was Manager for Marketing/Technology and responsible for choosing Reflect’s in-store digital media …
Davis-Taylor, Amos and Rasor Added to DSF’s 2017 Board January 3, 2017 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has announced the results of its 2017 Board of Directors elections, with three familiar industry names joining the shadowy cabal at the federation’s mountaintop retreat somewhere in Iowa. Five At-Large Director seats on the board are filled by reinstated board members who will serve a second term and continue to closely guard the …
Thanks To Many, Many, And Merry Christmas! December 21, 2016 by Super User I’m still at it today and tomorrow, and maybe even Friday – but my guess is a lot of industry people are already in holiday mode, or imminently so. With that in mind, I wanted to get a note out while there are still people at their desks, and reasonably sober. First, thank you to …
Will There Be A Pantenna Under The Tree For You? December 20, 2016 by Super User This deserves a big audience – the annual festive season video from the folks at signage solutions provider Telecine in Montreal, sent out this afternoon in an email blast. Your host is Telecine owner James Fine. Very well done!
Back At HQ October 17, 2016 by Super User And we’re back … Have been traveling much of the last two weeks, so posts have been spotty, and there’s stuff to catch up on. Look for posts on Samsung’s system on chip platform going to the Tizen OS, NEC adding Raspberry Pi support for its displays, an upcoming webinar with Canonical and BroadSign, the …
New Scala Board Is Unsurprisingly STRATACACHE-Heavy August 24, 2016 by Super User STRATACACHE CEO/Owner Chris Riegel cleared out the board last week when he acquired rival software CMS firm Scala, and the company has now announced a new board, which does includes a Scala veteran. Gerard Bucas was the CEO of Scala from 2002 to 2011, and was as part of that a longtime board member. Everyone else is, not …
