InfoComm International presented its Harald Thiel Volunteer of the Year Award to Richard Derbyshire, CTS, of Shen Milson & Wilke. The award was presented at the InfoComm 100, a conference designed to bring together top AV industry thought leaders and volunteers.

Derbyshire is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of industry experience. He has been a strong advocate for the promulgation of InfoComm standards, serving as chairman of the InfoComm Standards Steering Committee. This Committee oversees the work of nearly a dozen task groups and 500 industry volunteers, who act as subject matter experts.  Derbyshire is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Shen Milsom & Wilke, where he leads many projects in the D.C. Metro area.

“Richard Derbyshire has provided countless hours providing direction to InfoComm’s fledgling standards development program,” said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., executive director and CEO, InfoComm International. “His meticulous attention to detail as one of the world’s leading design consultants has made him an effective leader and mentor to hundreds of audiovisual professionals. InfoComm is grateful that someone of his caliber has been willing to use his skills to create an industry dedicated to the creation of exceptional AV experiences worldwide.”

The Harald Thiel Volunteer of the Year Award uncovers and celebrates the volunteer who has contributed greatly to the Association and who is not recognized in other ways for that contribution. It is awarded annually for contributions made to the Association within the last one to two years.