AV Power Up! – rAVe [PUBS]

This week, two of the AV industry’s most well-known and respected women appear on AV Power Up with host Corey Moss and the Crew: Cory Schaeffer, Director Systems Solutions at QSC, and Jan Sandri, President at FSR, Inc. Both of them are representative of what every person, and not just women, should want to aspire to […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Sandy Ciarlo and Megan Powers as they welcome their guests: Amy Barzdukas – Vice President, Global Solutions Marketing at Polycom John Greene, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Advanced AV On this episode (Megan’s 2nd!) we have two great people on with us, one who is a VP that talks and tweets day, night […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Sandy Ciarlo and Megan Powers as they welcome their guests: Mike Shinn (@axpmike) – Vice President of Customer Relations at IMS Technology Services and co-host MHO show Chris Neto (@chris_neto) – Audiovisual Consultant at AV Helpdesk, Inc. and co-host MHO show Along with our guests, we welcome our new Crew member Megan […]

Join Crew members from AV Power Up past and present: Corey Moss (@Cbmoss): Crew I (2015) co-host/producer, Crew II (2016) Host/producer Christa Bender (@AVChrista): Crew I (2015) Host Katye McGregor Bennett (@katyemcgregor): Crew II (2016) co-host Justin Watts (@PaladinMachina): Crew II (2016) co-host Deron Pinchback (@DPinchback23): Crew II (2016) co-host Joey D’Angelo (@joeyaudeeo): Crew II […]

Join the Crew: Katye McGregor Bennett, Corey Moss and Justin Watts as they welcome their guests: Vin Bruno – CEO at CEDIA Tim Sinnaeve –  Director, Barco Residential Barry Sheldrick – Director of Sales at Meridian Audio Alison Maxson – Press and PR Specialist, Americas at Barco Yes, big news – Katye McGregor Bennett is back! Even bigger – […]

Make sure you listen to Part 1: Connecting Video, Collaboration and the Good Enough Proposition  The Crew returns for this Part 2 with their guests: Paul Zielie – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Jeremy Elsesser – COO/CIO Level 3 Audio Visual Vic Bhagat – Head of Technical Marketing at Logitech After listening to Part 1, […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: Paul Zielie – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Jeremy Elsesser – COO/CIO Level 3 Audio Visual Vic Bhagat – Head of Technical Marketing at Logitech In this Part 1 we focus mainly on the discussion of video conferencing and collaboration as this discussion continues to expand […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Eric Larsen – Director of Marketing at TEAC/TASCAM Keith Charley – Sr. Software Manager at Sony Interactive Entertainment The Crew opens The Sound Bar (after business hours) to talk with their guests, first to find out all about Keith Charley, from the very beginning when […]

Join the Crew: Host Katye McGregor Bennett (yes, you read that right!), Corey Moss and Justin Watts as they welcome their guests: Vincent Bruno – CEO at CEDIA Joey Kolchinsky – Founder, Managing Director at OneVision Resources Yes, for the first time in 2016, the host mic has been turned over to our CEDIA Crew member Katye McGregor Bennett to host this […]

So did you happen to “catch” Part 1?  Well if so, you’re ready for Part 2 as the Crew welcome back their guests: Alesia Hendley – AV Tech/Operator/Berry Center at Cypress Fairbanks ISD (in Houston, TX) Sal Biondio – IT Executive Support Services at Prudential Financial (and former AV guy) Jeremy Caldera – AV industry […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Joey D’Angelo and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: Alesia Hendley – AV Tech/Operator/Berry Center at Cypress Fairbanks ISD (in Houston, TX) Sal Biondio – IT Executive Support Services at Prudential Financial (and former AV guy) Jeremy Caldera – AV industry pro, whereabouts unknown for now On this part 1 we begin with a new segment […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Joey D’Angelo and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: Mario Maltese – Executive Director at The Association for Quality in Audio Visual Technology, Inc. (AQAV) @AQAV_AV9000 Bill Nattress – Director of Channel Strategy-Paging at Biamp Systems @Biamp We talk nothing but quality in AV on this episode, and with this there are four guarantees: We […]

Host Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Joey D’Angelo  and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: TJ Adams (@AVTEEJ) – Director of Installed Systems Product Management at QSC Malissa Dillman (@MalissaDillman) – AV Freelancer Jeremy Caldera (@jeremy_caldera) – AV Freelancer In an AV Power Up first we welcome not one, but two people who have the designated AV Freelancer title and if […]

Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback and Joey D’Angelo as they welcome their guests: Alison Maxson – Press and PR Specialist at Barco John Greene – VP of Sales and Marketing at Advanced AV In a continuation of the discussion from the previous episode, we invited Alison Maxson, one of the AV industry’s chief Snapchatters (and a new C-Level of the […]

Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Katye McGregor Bennett, Deron Pinchback, Sandy Ciarlo and Joey D’Angelo as they welcome their guests: John Greene – VP of Sales and Marketing at Advanced AV Josh Srago – Design Engineer at TEECOM Aaron Nicholson – Co-Founder at Studio Transcendent The last show was “All About the Sound,” this one – The Vision. The Crew […]

Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Sandy Ciarlo and Joey D’Angelo as they welcome their guests: Eric Larsen – Director of Marketing at TEAC/Tascam Trace Ritter – Owner/CEO at Ranch Road Recording Mike Loss – Guitarist for the Drunk Naked Pirates The title says it all as this one is all about the sound with […]

Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Brady Bruce – CMO at InFocus Joan Vandermate – Head of Marketing at Logitech Video Collaboration Group Marty Sexton – Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Polycom Vijita U.G. – Marketing Communications Specialist at Stewart Filmscreen Kelsey Ohlegher (@KelseySocial) on a […]

Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Deron Pinchback, Sandra Ciarlo (the new!) and guest Crew member Mike Shinn as the welcome their guests: Dave Schwartz – VP, Sales at Oblong Industries Jake Corlett – Regional Manager-North Central at Biamp Chris Bledsoe – Sr. Director Evangelism & Developer Programs at Bluescape Kevin Zevchik – U.S. Manager […]

Join the Crew:  Corey Moss, Johnny Mota, Justin Watts and guest Crew member Jeremy Caldera as they welcome their guests: Paul Zielie (@paulzielie) – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman John Greene (@jgreenesix) – Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Advanced AV InfoComm? What else? We hear the industry is starting to gear back up from the break so we […]

Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Johnny Mota and Victoria Barela as they spend time talking with: AVI-SPL: CEO John Zettel, CEO, Dale Bottcher Sr. VP, Sales and Kelly Bousman, Sr. VP, Marketing Crestron: Jeff Singer, Director, Global Marketing and Dennis Fink, Technology Manager, Audio Solutions Pexip: Amy Kim, President of the Americas […]

So what do you get when you do a podcast at the largest AV trade show in the U.S and invite many of your former Crew members and guests? Join the Crew: Host Corey Moss, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts and Stacy Kringlen as they welcome their guests: Round 1: Kelly Perkins (AVI Systems), […]

Join the Crew on this special InfoComm 2016 podcast: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Victoria Barela and Christa Bender as they welcome their guests: Jason McGraw – Sr. Vice President of Expositions at InfoComm International Brad Grimes – Director of Communications at InfoComm International Penny Sitler – Marketing Manager at Draper, Inc. Here we are less […]

Join the Crew:  Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Linda Civitillio – VP Unified Communication & Collaboration Solutions and Microsoft Surface Hub Practice Leader at AVI-SPL Michael Brown – Global VP Sales at Oblong Industries Chris Bledsoe – Sr. Director Evangelism & Developer Programs […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Jeremy Caldera – Lead Audiovisual Design Engineer at Zdi Kelly Perkins – Marketing and Communications Manager at AVI Systems HiPhi Phil Cordell – Director of Engineering at M3 Technology Group Hope Roth (on a call-in) – […]

In this special extended podcast, not only do we have three terrific guests but we also have two excellent guest Crew members! Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Johnny Mota, Stacy Kringlen, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts along with guest Crew members Alison Maxson and Gina Sansivero as the welcome their guests: John Antanaitis – Vice President, Marketing at Polycom Penny Sitler – Marketing Manager at […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Johnny Mota, Stacy Kringlen, Victoria Barela, Deron Pinchback and Justin Watts as the welcome their guests: Scott McGarrigle – Founder, President and CTO at Utelogy John Greene – VP, Sales and Marketing at Advanced AV Leonard Suskin – Sr. Consultant at Shen Milsom & Wilke On this episode we talk with our guests, John […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Victoria Barela and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Paul Zielie (@paulzielie) – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Justin Watts (@PaladinMachina ) – Program Manager, AV Engineering at Google Alesia Hendley (@thesmoothfactor) – AV Tech/Operator/The Berry Center at Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Houston, TX Christina Engh (@missenghwyoming) […]

So it’s been one year, and 51 episodes later here we (still) are. We began on March 26, 2015 (never said it was an official one year anniversary) with our very first episode “Power It Up!” with a Crew consisting of host Christa Bender, Corey Moss, Chuck Espinoza, Hope Roth, Stacy Kringlen and Johnny Mota […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew: Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Vincent Bruno – CEO at CEDIA Mark Cichowski – CEO at Clarity AV International, Inc.  Yes that’s right, it’s time for Vin Bruno to return to AV Power Up to talk about the latest and greatest of what’s taking place at CEDIA, […]

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Gary Kayye (@gkayye) – Owner and Founder at rAVe [Publications] Debra Simmons – Sales Director, Retail and Advertising, NA at Barco Alison Maxson (@Aliemaxme) – Press & PR Specialist – Americas at Barco Stephanie Gutnik – Director of Marketing […]

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 […]