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Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Christa Bender, Johnny Mota, Stacy Kringlen, Victoria Barela and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Bradford Benn (@BradfordBenn) – Vertical Market Manager – Themed Entertainment at HARMAN International Jeremy Caldera (@jeremy_caldera) – Lead Audiovisual Design Engineer at Zdi George Fournier (@GeorgeVFournier) – Senior Sales Engineer at FSR Inc Rich Prevete […]

It was in May of 2015 that we did a show titled “We’re Talking a WIN for the AV Industry” – it went like this: Welcome to the episode that gets right to the point — women, AV and the newly formed InfoComm council whose mission is as follows: To provide a global community of […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew: Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Katye McGregor Bennett and late to the party guest Crew member Mike Shinn as they welcome their guest: Vincent Bruno – CEO at CEDIA On this special podcast episode that’s hosted by Katye the Crew talks with Vin about numerous topics  beginning […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew: Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Katye McGregor Bennett as they welcome their guest: Linda Civitillo – VP, Unified Communications and Collaboration and Microsoft Surface Hub Practice Leader at AVI-SPL (@avisplinfo) -AND- New Crew member Victoria Barela (@barelAVictoria_) On this episode we talk to Linda about the […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Katye McGregor Bennett and (guest Crew member) Christa Bender as they welcome their guests: Brad Grimes (@BGrimesDC) – Director of Communications at InfoComm International Paul Zielie (@paulzielie)  – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Chris Bundy – (@Cbundy711) – Sr. Brand Manager at […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Stacy Kringlen and (guest Crew member) John @jgreenesix Greene as they welcome their guests: Alison Maxson (@Aliemaxme) – Press and PR Specialist at Barco Bill Nattress (@BillNattress)  – Director of Channel Strategy – Paging at Biamp And… A special appearance by Chuck […]

Welcome to a special pre-ISE episode and join the Crew: Corey (@Cbmoss) Moss and Hope (@BeerAndPie) Roth as they welcome their guests: Jeff Singer – Director, Global Marketing at Crestron Electronics Tim Hymans – EMEA Marketing Director at Crestron International Host Corey Moss along with Crestron Master Certified programmer Hope Roth are joined on this special podcast […]

Welcome to a very special show and join the Crew: Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Katye McGregor Bennett, as they welcome their guests: Stephen Arnold – Composer, Owner of Stephen Arnold Music Greg Barnhill – Songwriter, Performer Stephen Arnold is a jingle writer, often referred to as “the least known, most heard composer in […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew: Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Katye McGregor Bennett, Stacy Kringlen and our guest co-Crew member Mike Shinn as they welcome their guests: Hailey Klein – Director of Marketing and Communications at Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) Victoria Barela – Intern at ZDI (soon to be an employee!) On […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Katye McGregor Bennett and Stacy Kringlen  as they welcome their guests: Paul Zielie – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman John Greene – Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Advanced AV Just think, the story of your life – 1.3 billion dollars […]

Welcome to a brand new season of AV Power Up! Join the Crew Corey CB Moss, Hope BeerAndPie Roth,  Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Katye McGregor Bennett as they welcome their guests: Cory Schaeffer – Director, Systems Solutions at QSC TJ Adams – Director of Installed Systems Product Management at QSC (how does that fit on the business card?) Joey […]

Join Crew members Corey Moss (@Cbmoss) and Johnny Mota (@JMOTA3) and KMB Communications’ Katye McGregor Bennett (@katyemcgregor) as they talk about current stories in tech and rAVe Radio Shows – The WEEK (which they did together) as well as AV Power Up. They begin with three stories – as in the podcast show techXchange (27 minutes): […]

Join Host AV Christa Bender and the Crew Corey CB Moss, Hope BeerAndPie Roth, Vaddio Stacy Kringlen and Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota  as they welcome their guests: Jan Sandri – President at FSR Cory Schaeffer – Director, Systems Solutions at QSC Marika Acquino – Technical Recruiter at Tier PM (and the Power Crew women double as guests too) Christa, the host who has been the most […]

Join Host AV Christa Bender and the Crew Corey CB Moss, Hope BeerAndPie Roth, Vaddio Stacy Kringlen, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Hot Jobs Rich Prevete as they welcome their guest: Sean Brown (@SonicSean) Sr. Vice President at Sonic Foundry If by chance you haven’t seen it yet… Yes, it’s finally here and yes – it’s here too. On this […]

Join Host AV Christa Bender and the Crew Corey CB Moss, Hope BeerAndPie Roth, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Hot Jobs Rich Prevete as they welcome their guests: Alan Vezina (@fancysandwiches) CTO at Jydo Ben Hackett (@benhnw) COO at Jydo Justin Watts (@paladinmachina) – Program Manager at Google Yes, if you are one of the many programmers in the AV […]

Host AV Christa Bender and (her co-host/sidekick for this show) Corey CB Moss welcome KMB Communications CEO Katye McGregor Bennett to talk about something that is very important to her as well as her company, which is the campaign that is being conducted by retailer REI, who announced in October it would close its stores […]

Join Host AV Christa Bender and the Crew Corey CB Moss, Vaddio Stacy Kringlen, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Hot Jobs Rich Prevete as they welcome their guests: Michael Shinn (@axpmike) with IMS Technology Sal Biondio (the newcomer!) with Prudential Financial Mike is back! What’s the big deal? Well, this is his third guest spot on AV Power Up and […]

Join Host AV Christa Bender and the Crew Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Hot Jobs Rich Prevete as they welcome their guests: Christina Engh – Army Blackhawk Pilot turned UAS Brigade Advisor and former FAA UAS Integration Office employee who now eats drinks breathes sells and advises all thing drones. Katye (McGregor) Bennett – Strategic #PR, #ContentMarketing gal w/a twist. #AV & #Tech tweeting publicist […]

As with any technology industry, certifications carry a great amount of identity and weight in terms of recognition. The audio visual industry specifically focuses on certifications that provide a benefit to all who work within it – the integrators, consultants and manufacturers. There are, and will always be, those who call into question how an […]

When we talk about leadership, those many consider to be the leaders are the ones who contribute closely alongside others and choose to lead by example. Many prefer to support those who contribute and work hard to evoke change in positive ways. Challenges tend to present themselves as a given, however the way that we […]

OK, let’s get serious for a second. The audio visual industry has for some time faced the need for quality programmers. We know that there are very good ones that currently exist in the industry and while that’s all great, there is still room for improvement. The solutions themselves are still top notch and the […]

Have you ever been in a situation where the integration company, after you’ve awarded the job (and expected the A team), sends in the C team without tool kits (don’t tell Chuck), their own ladder, enough wiremold, and maybe even the wrong mounts? Have you ever been the integration company who was awarded the job […]

So a concert took place in northern Virginia this past weekend and while it might not have been Van Halen, it may have been the next best thing (actually these days, your brother’s garage band may be the next best thing). Dressed like buccaneers, these guys rock the house with great music you can dance […]

Welcome to the next installment of the show known for tech, humor and bacon, and this one truly shines. On this episode we have three great women, each one notable in their realm of business and industry. We decided to forego the normal show format (this show has a format?) and spend most of it […]

In Part Two Christa and the Crew welcome: – – Sara Abrons (@saraabrons) of rAVe Publications (And Bradford sticks around for more) While Bradford keeps talking, Sara joins us to talk about rAVe, blogs, bacon and minions – she also yells a classic line which you can’t miss. Let’s just say Hope immediately turned over […]

Months in the making (OK days), a birthday episode was put together and surprise guests were invited. One of the show’s co-hosts had a birthday on the day of this show’s recording and three guests arrived, all identities unknown to him. Just consider this the AV/IT/IoT (Technology!) “This Is Your Life” show. Join Host Christa […]

The live event is something that you may classify as a chance to see something special take place, be it a concert, a major speech or a presentation, and while you the attendee look forward to getting your “money’s worth” it’s the people who work behind the scenes who are the ones depended upon to […]

Technology. If we all lived in a perfect world (like Johnny), every single installation would go like clockwork, clients would all be happy, sales and customer service people would always go to work whistling with a smile (right Stacy?) and life would be one big selfie party. And then reality sets in – technology challenges […]

In an industry of many different talents and ages, the constant search for the best people for the job be it sales, installer, PM and more – certain tech knowledge and skills as well as the will to learn and keep learning are what many look for in a candidate for the job. Oh, and don’t forget those marketing, press and PR […]

Welcome to a special episode of AV Power Up as Power Crew members Host Christa (@AVChrista) Bender, Corey (@Cbmoss) Moss and Johnny (@JMOTA3) Mota welcome George Fournier (@GeorgeVFournier) of FSR Inc.  On this show we talk about: George’s background in AV as well as one of the best known and respected manufacturers in the industry, his young […]

After all of this time and all of the talk, we here at AV Power Up finally decided to do a show about that thing this industry likes to talk about and Hope and Johnny like to shout about. Yes, it’s the cloud! And according to our (cloud collaboration platform provider) guest’s website: The human […]

Here at AV Power Up, when we get our hands on certain topics there are two things you can be certain of, one – that our crew and guests will bring you excellent tech discussion on the subjects and two – that it will be approached as seriously as useless swag handed out at trade […]