Women In AV Asking Sector To Get Involved To Help Sandy Victims November 14, 2012 by Dave Haynes The group Women In AV, which has a pretty self-explanatory handle, is promoting some modest efforts to help the victims of Sandy in some modest but compelling ways. They have distributed a letter asking the AV industry to pitch in, starting with some donations that will help people who don’t have liveable homes (or in …
People: Girgis Leaves Pattison Onestop November 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes Not too surprisingly, at all, Mike Girgis has left Onestop Media Group – 18 months after the company he started was acquired by Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Canada’s biggest pure-play out of home media company. Girgis is best known as the guy who got the Toronto subway system equipped with screens on its station platforms – …
Stop Spreading The News; I’m Not Leaving Today October 15, 2012 by Dave Haynes Purely because I let people know I was going, and even had flights booked weeks and weeks ago, I’m selfishly using my creaky little soap box to let said people know I am NOT in New York this week for all the various conferences and cocktail parties for and about digital place-based media stuff. Briefly, …
People: Kosmidis Joins Capital Networks October 11, 2012 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Capital Networks has a bunch of nice, very experienced people in its crew, and it has added another one as its new Director of Business Development. Angelo Kosmidis had been at Sharps Audio Visual for several years leading the integrator’s digital signage efforts, but has signed on now with Capital to develop new business …
Flixio Switches On New Web Presence October 8, 2012 by Dave Haynes Lots of companies issue press releases when they revamp their websites, and in just about every instance, my reaction amounts to: “Well, that’s nice.” Or less delicately put: “Yeah, so …” However, I pay more attention when it is a creative shop, and I was rewarded with good stuff when I got an email from …
People: Post Acquisition, Atley Last Of Key Execs To Leave Adcentricity October 3, 2012 by Dave Haynes I wondered about the status of Jeff Atley, one of the founders of Adcentricity, when there was a news piece a couple of weeks ago and I poked around the site and did not see his name listed in the management team. It’s official now that the other co-founder of the Toronto Digital OOH company …
Scala Hires Major Mr. Smartypants To Run Advanced Analytics September 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes So the conventional wisdom in competing in a highly, highly competitive vertical like retail is to hire a big shooter business development guy or well-connected, packaged-out exec to get some big, senior meetings and slap a pile of backs. Scala may well also be doing that, but an announcement today reflects a markedly different approach …
People: Comqi Announces New CFO/COO September 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes ComQi has announced Ifti Ifhar is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, a gig based in the software and distribution gear company’s New York offices. Ifhar is described as a seasoned finance, operations and administration executive with a broad experience of building robust infrastructures and A teams for fast growing global companies. …
People: Gurley Leaves Symon, Focusing On Mobile Again September 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes Steve Gurley has left his Senior VP position at Symon Communications to go back into start-up land – focused again on mobile marketing. Gurley is contacting people via LinkedIn to say his new company – yet to be named – “will be focused on helping client companies take advantage of the mobile marketing, mobile payment …
Symon Beefs Up Senior Team With Three Hires August 28, 2012 by Dave Haynes Symon Communications has been beefing up its sales leadership, bringing on three keys in key roles in August. Dave Carbone has left from Hewlett Packard and joined Symon as Director for National Accounts in North America. “Dave has a long track record of large enterprise success in implementations around the world, and we are confident that …
