Galante Moves To Corum August 22, 2012 by Dave Haynes The company that recently picked up the assets of MediaTile and eLiquid Media (aka firmChannel) has now grabbed a guy from another company going through all kinds of upheaval, Patrick Galante, until recently of Zoom Media. Corum Digital Corporation has appointed Galante as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, responsible for overseeing all sales …
Signagelive’s Raffi Vartian Now Daddy Vartian August 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes Congratulations to signagelive’s Raffi Vartian and his presumably long-suffering partner Genevieve on the birth yesterday of their daughter, Eleanore Lucine Vartian. Quoting Raffi from Facebook: 8 pounds, 1 ounce. 100% gorgeous. Mom and baby are doing great. Dad – just barely hanging on. I THINK Eleanore is their first child. They live in Chicago.
Ardinger Leaves Nanonation; Joins University Tech Transfer Arm August 1, 2012 by Dave Haynes Brian Ardinger has left Nanonation, and this was his first day on the job as an advisor at a tech business accelerator. “I’m starting a new gig as the new “Entrepreneur in Residence” at NUtech Ventures,” Brian told me in an email. “NUtech is the technology transfer arm of University of Nebraska. They’re trying to make …
Jobs: Business Development Director at Capital Networks July 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes Digital signage and broadcast software company Capital Networks Limited, based in suburban Toronto, is looking for a Director of Business Development. Here’s the job post: About Capital Networks Ltd. Since 1991 we’ve supplied creation and content management software and support services to the demanding Broadcasting and Cable Television industries, specializing in local news and automated …
He’s Five July 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes Happy 5th birthday to Adrian and the team at DailyDOOH, which I am told is a blog that also provides some coverage and insight about the digital signage sector. Must have a look sometime. ;-] photo credit: neonzu1 via photo pin cc
Flanigan Signs On With Pro-Motion Group As VP Comms July 23, 2012 by Dave Haynes Paul Flanigan slipped me the happy news last week that he was signing on with Pro-Motion Technology Group as the company’s VP of Communications. If you are quietly wondering who Pro-Motion is, that’s the point of Paul getting involved. The Detroit-area company describes itself as “the nation’s largest supplier of completely integrated communications solutions” and notes its …
Kyle Porter Getting TechStars Love In Boulder July 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes When Kyle Porter left his business development gig at Nanolumens last fall I thought that was too bad on a couple of counts. He was leaving a company I thought was about to hit a major growth spurt (that took no particular brilliance to see). And he was leaving the sector, which was unfortunate because …
Adcentricity Promotes New Network Partnership Director July 10, 2012 by Dave Haynes Éva Pusztahegyi is now the Director of Partnerships at Adcentricity, tasked with “acquiring new partnerships in the Location-Based Digital Out-of-Home space” as well as managing the ones already in place. Adcentricity says it represents nearly 100 partners across North America, with over 200,000 digital location-based screens. Pusztahegyi has been with the company since 2008, and …
Zoom Media Chops Exec Team July 10, 2012 by Dave Haynes As reported by Gail over at DailyDOOH, Montreal-based OOH and digital OOH company Zoom Media has pretty severely trimmed its management team, with founder and chair François de Gaspé Beaubien taking over in Canada and the U.S. No longer on the team are: Judy Kenny, president, sales and marketing for the US and UK; Catherine Warburton, senior …
Chief Tweaks Canadian Sales, Goes Direct June 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes I’ve long known and thought of Dave Galos as the Chief guy in Canada, and now he really is the Chief guy in Canada. The company, which makes the mounts displays and other gear get hung off of in digital signage projects, had been partnering with EIKI Canada to sell and distribute products via ChiefMounts …
