Independent Technical Service Providers Council Emerges at InfoComm 2012
The Independent Technical Service Providers Council (ITSP), announced in Nov. of last year, emerged officially at InfoComm 2012. This Council is comprised of companies that focus predominantly on delivering services to the AV Industry, rather than product sales. The members focus on providing installers, staging techs, engineering, programming, calibration, repair/maintenance services, documentation/CAD, project management and other services.
InfoComm sponsored a Booth for the Council, along with Cisco and Immediate Connections. Duffy Wilbert, senior vice president of member services at InfoComm International, hosted a ceremony and welcomed the group officially on Wednesday afternoon.
More than 17 companies showed up to find out how to join the group, and showed much enthusiasm that such a council existed to represent them. This will bring the count to over 40 members or more. There were a record 22 member companies in attendance at the inaugural yearly Council meeting. Mark DelGuidice, CTS and council chair, (Wire Wizards Integration), Patty McGoldrick, (Immediate Connections), Carl Craver (Viper Cabling), Thomas Knauss, (KMK Technologies) and Scott Welsh (AV InSource) also attended most of the other Council meetings.
The group also handed out a new ITSP Member Directory, which gives dealers, VARs, consultants and others a direct reference guide to qualified service providers across the U.S. and Canada.