Phil Cohen New Head Of Digital Signage Federation January 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has done its annual board vote, and Phil Cohen of Care Media has been pegged as the new Chairman. Consultant/trainer Alan Brawn becomes Chairman Emeritus, Kim Sarubbi of Saddle Ranch Digital shifts to Vice Chairman and Ken Goldberg (Real Digital Media) is the Secretary/Treasurer. Carre Dawson (Harris), Jeff Dowell (3M), Brian …
Senior RIM Guy Signs On As ScreenScape CTO January 10, 2013 by Dave Haynes It has been tough, as a Canadian, to see Research In Motion go on a downward slide in the past couple of years, but the waning popularity of BlackBerries and resulting staff reductions has been a bit of a boon for other technology companies. I have met some ex-RIM people at tech sector networking events …
ComQi’s NYC Office Pitches In To Fix Sandy’s Mess December 21, 2012 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nice item to wrap things up and take a few days off to eat too much and have an extra glass or three … Some of the people at the NYC offices of software and distribution gear company ComQi took Wednesday off and headed out to Far Rockaway, out by JFK Airport, to …
Lyle Bunn Takes The Cake December 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes I could have all kinds of fun about consultant Lyle Bunn being the icing on the cake for a project, but I will just do a straight read here and say he was in for a visit to the Toronto-area offices of Capital Networks last week, and they figured out somehow or other that it …
Posterscope CSO: OOH Measurement Still In Dark Ages December 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes One of the top thinkers, and one with particular clout, weighed in Wednesday about the necessary mash-up of mobile and Out Of Home. James Davies, Posterscope’s U.S. and U.K. Chief Strategy Officer, reinforced his long-held assertion that mobile was the key to transforming OOH into two-way engagement. Davies was speaking at an Advertising Club of …
Stratacache Shifts VP As Asia-Pacific Presence Grows December 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE is getting serious about building up business on the other side of the Pacific – having opened an office in Hong Kong and now shifting a guy from the US to run the Asia-Pacific region. The Dayton, OH-based firm has appointed Stephen Choi to the newly-created role of SVP of Asia-Pacific. He’s moving from …
Digital Wayfinding Firm Jibestream Wins Canadian Innovation Honour November 29, 2012 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based wayfinding software firm Jibestream won a competition that saw the small firm dubbed one of Canada’s most innovative companies. The contest involved an audience of more than 500 investors, entrepreneurs, and business analysts at a Canadian Innovation Exchange event Wednesday in Toronto. The CIX event was a real-time stock trading game that involved raising virtual …
People: Koolen Joins PRI AS EU Consultant November 29, 2012 by Dave Haynes Digital signage software vet Robert Koolen has joined Platt Retail Institute as Advisor on EU Business Strategy, providing management consulting and business development services for companies on the other side of the Atlantic that are trying to build up business over here. “Opportunities for local growth in many parts of the EU are limited because of …
Meet The Sponsors … November 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes We are so far ahead of schedule in terms of planning the 2013 Preset Group DSE Mixer it’s almost weird. It’s November, and the sponsors are in place, and we have the budget together, a venue tentatively booked (great place), and an events planner who will soon start, well, planning. We’ll probably get the tickets …
Sold Out DailyDOOH Awards Set For Next Week In UK November 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes Tickets are now sold out for the DailyDOOH Gala Awards, an event billed as the “First Annual International Awards Totally Dedicated to Digital Out of Home.” The black tie evening is next Thursday in London in what would be locally described as a very posh establishment, the main hall of the Banqueting House – …
