At the InfoComm show last month, the 2015 InfoComm Service Awards we given out. The award winners are selected by the InfoComm Awards Committee, a group comprised of association volunteers, except for the Volunteer of the Year, which is determined by staff. rAVe would like to congratulate each of these award winners:

Adele De Berri Pioneers of AV Award

Brian Critchley
Founder and Managing Director (retired)
Digital Projection

The InfoComm International Adele De Berri Pioneers Award highlights important contributions made by industry individuals to the science of AV. The award calls attention to the AV and information communications industries by recognizing pioneers who made scientific breakthroughs resulting in new AV technologies that impacted the manufacture and sales of novel products enjoyed by audiences worldwide.

CTS Holder of the Year Award

Byron Tarry, CTS LEED AP
Director, Enterprise Solutions
Sharp’s Audiovisual

The InfoComm CTS Holder Award calls attention to the AV industry by recognizing Certified Technology Specialist holders (CTS, CTS-D and/or CTS-I) who are achieving rewarding and successful careers in the audiovisual and information communications industries.

Educator of the Year Award

Paul Zielie, Jr., CTS-D, CTS-I
Manager, Enterprise Solutions
Harman/AMX

The InfoComm International Educator of the Year Award highlights important contributions made by an individual to the professional development, education and training of the AV industry. These contributions have impacted audiences worldwide. The Educator of the Year Award is presented annually for outstanding achievement in AV education for that particular year.

Fred Dixon Service Award in Education

Alan Brawn, CTS, ISF-C
Principal
Brawn Consulting

The overall purpose of the Fred Dixon Service in Education Award is to call out an individual who association members and the industry recognize as worthy of a lifetime achievement award in AV education. It is bestowed upon an individual who exhibits excellence throughout his or her entire body of work and to someone nearing or at the end of his/her educational career. It is not awarded annually; rather it is based on a given year and whether there is an appropriate candidate for such a prestigious award.

Volunteer of the Year

Ron Camden
Vice President of Global Sales
Biamp Systems

Two Women in AV Award Winners

Heather Callaway, CTS-D, RCDD, LEED AP
Principal
SiteReady Design

Wendy Cox
Director, Product Group Development
Milestone AV Technologies

The InfoComm Women in AV Awards call attention to the AV industry by recognizing women who are achieving rewarding and successful careers in the audiovisual and information communications industries.

Young AV Professionals Award

Jeremy Caldera, CTS-D. CTS-I
Lead Audiovisual Design Engineer
Zeller Digital Innovations

The InfoComm Young AV Professionals Awards call attention to the AV industry by recognizing that young people are achieving rewarding and successful careers in the audiovisual and information communications industries.

In case you missed InfoComm, you can see all our 2015 coverage here.