Goldberg Heaves The Ice Bucket August 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes Embed code wasn’t allowed, so you need to click here to see Real Digital Media CEO Ken Goldberg outside the RDM offices in Sarasota, FL taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
DSE’s Gibbs, Colleagues Go Ice Bucket August 27, 2014 by Dave Haynes Andrea Varrone almost missed herself. Needs a round 2.
Monster’s Stephen Randall Releases Album May 29, 2014 by Dave Haynes Most people in the digital signage industry will know Monster Media’s Stephen Randall as the guy, via Locamoda and Wifitti, who was talking social media and social media visualizations waaaaay before it went mainstream. Fewer people will know he’s a well established singer-songwriter, and now he’s released his first album, and if you like what …
Digital Signage Creative Vet Dorsey Seeking Public Office April 14, 2014 by Dave Haynes Stephen Dorsey has been around the digital signage space for a bunch of years – running the marketing and creative team at PlayNetwork in Seattle as far back as 2000, and is currently running the strategy, creativity and production firm Dorsey Studios in Toronto. Now he’s taking a crack at a very different pursuit – politics. …
Ronin Gets New COO-CFO; Former CFO Joins RNIN Alumni Company (No Really) April 2, 2014 by Dave Haynes I don’t tend to cover management changes or new hires in this sector as my reader analytics tell me very conclusively that almost no one gives a crap. However, this one is kind of interesting. Wireless Ronin has appointed John Walpuck as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Darin McAreavey, who resigned …
The Preset Mixer Mix January 24, 2014 by Dave Haynes Here’s a different look at the mix of mixer attendees for the Preset Group event at DSE in a couple of weeks. First, when registering I asked what people do and they selected from a drop-down … Second, I did a sort of titles … this graphic represents about half the total but shows the …
DSF Announces New Board Members; Sarubbi Now Chairs Org January 6, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has announced four new board members – from a slate of nine – following an election window that ended in mid December. These guys will serve two-year terms as At-Large Directors on the board: Mark Boidman, Peter J. Solomon Company Steve Hargis, Bass Pro Shops Brian McClimans, Peerless-AV Rob Winston, Industry …
Flanigan Tapped To Head DSA November 1, 2013 by Dave Haynes Paul Flanigan is in and David Drain is out at the Digital Screenmedia Association, with Flanigan taking over as executive director and Drain taking on a different gig with Networld Media Group, which provides management services for the not-for-profit trade association. Drain is now s senior vice president of events for Networld. Flanigan “brings a tremendous …
Chowdhury Out As ComQi Chairman; Now An Advisor September 6, 2013 by Dave Haynes You could pretty much see this coming … Ajay Chowdhury went from CEO to Executive Chairman of ComQi back in March, and now he is merely on the company’s advisory board. The company has announced that Rob Keve, founder of the Fizzback Group, is the new Executive Chairman for the company. Rob will support the …
Full Digital Signage Advice Video Series Now Up August 8, 2013 by Dave Haynes It took me a while but all the Good Advice video pieces shot at the Preset Mixer last March (or was it Feb???) are now up on the Preset Group website. There are 12 videos from video folks, all addressing the simple premise of providing good advice to people new to this industry. Pat and …
