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On this episode of the AV+ Podcast, AV industry veteran Jeff Singer discusses how manufacturers and others in our industry can aspire to "own the room" with end-to-end solutions. Singer provides insights on how manufacturers can "own the room," what kind of pivots manufacturers, integrators and the industry, as a whole, need to make, and the skill sets needed to broaden. Joined...

On the heels of returning from ISE 2023 in Barcelona, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Control Concepts ' Steve Greenblatt and Brittany DiCesare on their takeaways from this year's show.  The trio discusses the following: ISE 2023 in comparison to other trade shows (2:33) Diversification and interoperability in the industry (13:21) AV industry's shift toward experie...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Paul Dexter, founder and CEO of Jetbuilt . Dexter provides insight and data into our annual State of the Industry report .   The duo discusses the following: the ebbs and flows of the economy that make or break your business (1:57) the impact of a recession on the AV industry (3:52) how inte...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Ron Berty, business development manager at Matrox , about some common misconceptions when it comes to video-over-IP transmission and AVoIP implementation. A one-size-fits-all approach does not apply when it comes to IP transmission of AV content, and Berty explains why. In addition to tackli...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with founding board members of the newly created Women in AV/IT (WAVIT) organization. Hear from Gina Sansivero, VP of marketing & corporate communications at AtlasIED and industry-legend Cory Schaeffer , who serves as an advisor to WAVIT. In this week's podcast, the group discusses WAVIT...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Dan Gundry, VP & managing director of VuWall , USA and Angela Nolan, CEO of Vistacom. Gundry shares his personal great reset after working at Vistacom for 20 years. Vistacom was recently named Commercial Integrator's 2022 Integrator of the Year . Here, the duo discusses the followin...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Iowa State's Mike Pederson, on the fever for 4K and 8K video resolutions. Here, the duo discusses the following: Why 4K and 8K specs are a buzz in the display world than others (1:36) What are the limits of human visual acuity? (3:53)) Applications where 4K and 8K add value (6:00) High...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Mike Casper, CEO at Azumo , on the supply-chain and potential solutions for vendors in this podcast.  The duo discusses the following: The prospects of a recession coming into 2023 and beyond (2:28)  Brand equity in sourcing (9:21) The most critical decisions business leaders are going to ha...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Jay Phillips, chief revenue officer at Userful. Phillips, an expert on disruptive innovations, platform-based approaches and software-as-a-service models delves deeper into these topics in this podcast.  In the video above, the duo discusses the following: What is a platform approach and why...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Alan Brawn, principal of Brawn Consulting and CI's very own monthly Brains & Brawn contributor. With 70% of purchasing decisions happening before a salesperson gets involved, the role of a salesperson is changing and the marketing goes hand-in-hand with the product itself. The duo d...

 On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with industry luminary Hal Truax, VP of sales and marketing at Hall Technologies . The duo discuss some of the challenges with unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), such as video quality and bandwidth; compatibility and interoperability between devices and much more.  For more exc...

 On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, continues our series of 40 under 40 honorees with two of TD SYNNEX's honorees: Anna Wrice, senior partner business manager of collaboration and Graham Kelly, senior manager, North American field sales. They discuss their career trajectories and the lessons they've learned that have shaped th...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with AV industry veteran Mike White on digital signage and how integrators can leverage the opportunities available to them. They discuss some of the challenges that have manifested from digital signage in the last few years and ways integrators can overcome those challenges to realize recurring...

 On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with superstar from CI's 40 Influencers Under 40, the class of 2022: Frank Padikkala, technical sales engineer at Audinate and chair of AVIXA's Diversity Council, on how to embrace one's own individuality. 

 On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with three more honorees from CI's 40 Influencers Under 40, Class of 2022: Steffan Ramage, vice president of sales and marketing, Pro-Tech Management , Alex Fortin, president, NDS Integration , Joe Dunbar, visual sales specialist at Starin . They discuss what ignites their passion for the i...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with two more of the AV industry's leading superstars from CI's 40 Influencers Under 40, the class of 2022: Mike Slamer, executive AV engineer at Warner Bros Discovery and Xzavia Killikelly, audiovisual design consultant, Conference Technologies, Inc. (CTI). They discuss their backgroun...

 On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with three more of the AV industry's leading superstars from CI 's 40 influencers under 40, Class of 2022: Andrew Gross, VP of Sales, Xyte; Cassie Wells, corporate sales manager, CCS Presentation Systems and Jenny Hicks, group head of technology, Midwich Group PLC. They discuss their b...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with four more of the AV industry's leading superstars from CI's 40 influencers under 40, Class of 2022: Cory Allen, director of services at Exertis Almo, Monique Rezaei, director of NA Channels, Teams Rooms at Microsoft, Britton Gates, associate partner and audiovisual consultant at Ne...

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Al Ayulo, senior vice president and general manager, west region, with AVI-SPL . The duo discusses how to build high-performing teams and how to make sure you’re attracting the right team members. What’s more, Ayulo stresses the importance of being on the lookout for prospective team additio...

 On this AV+ Podcast, Commercial Integrator continues its celebration of 40 under 40, Class of 2022 honorees. This episode features Alli Gritt, UCC practice program coordinator, AVI-SPL; Anthony Magarelli, director of engineering at AudioVisual, USIS AudioVisual Systems; and Samantha Potter, manager of commercial and install audio at Allen & Heath USA. The trio talk about their experiences wor...

Commercial Integrator continues its celebration of 40 Influencers under 40, Class of 2022. On this AV+ podcast episode, host and editor-in-chief, Dan Ferrisi is joined by 40 under 40 honorees: Kate Adkins, UX engineering manager, Root Integrated Systems; Eric Jingst, enterprise architect, AVI Systems; Kaylie Shaffer, senior manager of public relations, Crestron Electronics; and Annie Foster, assoc...

Commercial Integrator continues it's celebration of 40 Influencers under 40, Class of 2022. On this AV+ podcast episode, host and editor-in-chief, Dan Ferrisi is joined by 40 under 40 honorees: Chanan Averbuch, EVP of the Americas, Primeview Displays; Brittany DiCesare, client success manager, Control Concepts, Thomas Hauser, software engineer, AVI-SPL, David Pequeno, regional account manager...

This AV+ podcast continues our series of discussions with our 40 Influencers Under 40, Class of 2022. CI' s editor-in-chief, Dan Ferrisi, welcomes Joe Dolce, senior territory account manager at Panasonic Connect; Shannon Shamoon, global PR lead at Poly; and Jeffrey Franck, systems design engineer, Conference Technologies, Inc. (CTI), to the podcast. They chat about building skills sets and co...

This AV+ podcast kicks off a series of discussions with our 40 influencers under 40, Class of 2022.  CI's editor-in-chief, Dan Ferrisi, welcomes Steven Mason, Global Account Manager at AVI-SPL, Jennifer Goodyer, Sales Manager at RTSales, Inc, Jenn Steinhardt, AV Design Consultant at Shen Milsom & Wilke (SM&W), and Will DeWitt, Learning Environments Manager at The University of Souther...

Back by popular demand, Jeff Singer, a 20-year veteran of the AV industry and recognized marketing expert, joins this week’s AV+ podcast. CI’s editor-in-chief, Dan Ferrisi, and Singer discuss the changes in the commercial AV industry, including consolidation among integrators, as well as the shift to a service-based model in integration. For more exclusive interviews, visit Commercial Integrator.c...