Jon Sidwick, Managing Director, Maverick AV Solutions, has left the company the company after 23 years’ service. Sidwick certainly played his part in transforming a local projection supplier on a shabby Reading industrial estate into an AV solutions business with a lot of crossover with IT and a pan-European market in professional AV, smart signage and collaboration. Jon’s successor will be Joel Chimoindes, the current vice president of Maverick AV Solution. Joel will continue to manage the European senior management team and 19 specialist country divisions Sidwick said: “Maverick has been in my DNA for over two decades since I started…
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Joel Chimoindes, VP of Maverick AV Solutions, took on the role in May of this year from near 30-year veteran Jon Sidwick. At the time of his appointment, Chimoindes said: “Maverick is a brilliant business, and this is due in large part to the team spirit, collaboration culture and focus on innovation which Jon has instilled throughout the countries.” Having now been, officially, in the post for three months, how does Chimoindes assess his new job? While he actually started to make the transition into the top job at Maverick a year ago, and spent the last last few months…
Technological Innovations Group (TIG), has appointed Nena Dreher as its new UC Sales Manager for the DACH region. Nena will be the go-to technical expert for TIG’s UC team across the DACH region, focussing in particular on the Enterprise product range from Crestron. Her in-depth knowledge of the entire Microsoft ecosystem, and UC/AV sales experience with brands like Cisco, Poly, Citrix, LifeSize and Blue Jeans, serves as a huge benefit to assist TIG customers in choosing the best solutions to suit their specific UC needs. Paolo Visintini, Sales Director of TIG’s Unified Communications division, says: “We are excited to have…
ZetaDisplay AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: ZETA) is launching a new partnership with Irish company Kastus® to provide its patented antimicrobial surface-coating technology. The new technology developed by Kastus® and soon to be integrated into the ZetaDisplay product portfolio has proven to be effective against surface bacteria on treated surfaces and can be applied to touchscreens and displays where multiple users will be sharing screens. Independent studies have shown that up to 99.99 per cent of surface bacteria and fungi including antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as MRSA and E. coli were blocked. Chief Commercial Officer of ZetaDisplay Laila Hede Jensen explains: “We are…
Philips Professional Display Solutions and integration specialist, Bimagotec, bring a touch of class to HARFID’s HQ, creating new levels of collaboration and enhanced presentation abilities using 26 LED and interactive display installations including videowalls and touchscreen installations Located in Essen, a picturesque former mining town, just north of Dusseldorf, HARFID is one of the fastest growing and most reputable construction businesses in Germany, serving customers in the areas of structural engineering, residential home building, department store development, commercial constructions, and civil engineering work. From humble beginnings in 2008, two years before the city was awarded the prestigious European Capital of…
Despite the spread of the virus, the uncertain future of the economy and the currently fruitless search for a vaccine, the AV sector is forging ahead with solutions for the new normal. In our interview with Tim Griffin he alludes to opportunities that exist for integrators and resellers, including drive-in cinemas. theatres and restaurants – and just to underline the point, here is an example. Meyer Sound powers drive-In experience Tupelo Music Hall in Derry, New Hampshire transformed their business operations and parking lot into the “Tupelo Drive-In Experience”, producing some of the first live concerts in the United…
BrightSign has announced two new solutions, BrightLink and BrightMenu, to help retailers, restaurants and other businesses safely operate in the face of new health regulations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. BrightLink is a new touchless solution that eliminates the need to physically engage with touch-interactive digital signage. By simply scanning a QR code, customers transfer control of the experience to their phones to browse or interact with content as they normally would, eliminating the need for physical contact. BrightMenu uses very similar BrightSign technology but delivers a one-way experience whereby patrons scan a QR code and receive the restaurant’s…
What would have happened if the Covid-19 pandemic had broken out 3 or 10 years ago? Video conferencing was nowhere near as prevalent or accessible. Collaboration, as a market, was in its infancy. The concept of agile working was just that – a concept, and far from realisation. Availability of collaborative technology is almost universal, bur not without its problems, and with even the UK Cabinet conducting meetings via Zoom, the issue of security has leaped into the foreground. Leading contenders In the last few years, the number of solutions competing in the collaboration sector has escalated, but two have…
At ISE 2020, in an industry first, Crestron provided a glimpse at what they have in store for the future. Ranjan Singh, Executive VP, Product and Technology talks about what motivated the company and discusses their technologies that will lead the way. In planning our ISE stand, Randy Klein, Crestron’s President and CEO, wanted show attendees to gain insight into what’s next for the AV industry in a way that’s never been done before. Because innovation has always been our driving force, we thought about how auto manufacturers showcase concept cars and decided that approach could work for us, as…
Jon Sidwick, Managing Director, Maverick AV Solutions, has announced he will leave the company this month after 23 years service. Sidwick certainly played his part in transforming a local projection supplier on a shabby Reading industrial estate into a an AV solutions business with a lot of crossover with IT and a pan-European market in professional AV, smart signage and collaboration. Jon’s succesor will be Joel Chimoindes, the current vice president of Maverick AV Solution. Joel will continue to manage the European senior management team and 19 specialist country divisions Sidwick said: “Maverick has been in my DNA for over two decades since…