Research into ultrasound beamforming for the medical world might sound an unlikely place to start a life in AV, but it’s how CEO of BrightSign, Jeff Hastings’ career began. Back in the late 80s, the only way to enable doctors to view ultrasound scans was to use video captures on…
Michel Pronier emanates from humble, hard-working stock in northern France. He pursued engineering studies, graduating from the EUDIL (Ecole Universitaire Des Ingénieurs de Lille, now Polytech). This led to his first job at Enertec Instrumentations (part of Schlumberger) as a sales technician engineer. “I stayed there for three years, and…
At 10 years of age Ruben Rengel was interested in anything technology related, and just like children of that age he was bursting to ask questions about anything. “There must have been an engineer in me then, desperately wanting to get out. Because there was no internet, information wasn’t so…
Like many AV professionals, Joe Way came into the commercial side of AV via his love of music. “I wasn’t good enough to make it as a guitarist or anything that required real talent - however, I did have an ear for mixing. As a teenager, I was blessed to…
Claudio Lastrucci, co-founder of pro-audio manufacturer Powersoft, and the mastermind of the company’s R&D department, has been a significant leader in the progression of audio solutions in the AV industry for 25 years. It was while studying for a PhD in Power Electronics at the University of Electronic Engineering in…
Having worked at Imperial College for 18 years, Caroline Carter first started working with the Business School as the technology manager for its website and providing IT support. At the time Carter joined, the Business School was building a new school designed by Lord Foster and Carter was given the…
Dom Harter first stood behind a “rotten old” Studiomaster 16:2 with some 802s in a church when he was about 14, and was instantly hooked on mixing and PA. “That carried on through school where a few classmates came from industry families, so we were usually able to punch above…
The award-winning Lazarow has 11 years of experience working in interaction design, and his areas of expertise include projection mapping, motion capture, video systems and interactive lighting control. For the past seven years Lazarow has been an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. As a designer, he focuses on…
Kean’s family tree is smattered with artists, designers, and architects. “It took me a little while to get with the programme,” he says. “My initial forays into the arts were through music and theatre.” In 1996, shortly after graduating from Penn State, the Seattle, Washington-based Belle & Wissell, Co’s principal…
He has worked as a director, developer and producer, with a self-applied remit to create awe and wonder. In 1998, Grant founded visitor attraction design and build studio seeper in his first year at university. Frustrated by his New Media Production course that deemed CD-ROM design as the future, he…
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