On the heels of returning from ISE 2023 in Barcelona, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Control Concepts' Steve Greenblatt and Brittany DiCesare on their takeaways from this year's show. 

The trio discusses the following:

• ISE 2023 in comparison to other trade shows (2:33)
• Diversification and interoperability in the industry (13:21)
• AV industry's shift toward experiential (17:57)
• …and much more!

Watch or listen to the discussion in full above. Visit CommercialIntegrator.com for more exclusive coverage of the ISE show in Barcelona.

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Paul Dexter, founder and CEO of Jetbuilt. Dexter provides insight and data into our annual State of the Industry report.  

The duo discusses the following:

• the ebbs and flows of the economy that make or break your business (1:57)
• the impact of a recession on the AV industry (3:52)
• how interest rates are affecting the integration ecosystem (6:23)
• the chip shortage and its impact (14:14)
• selling software (26:53)
• …and much more!

On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Ron Berty, business development manager at Matrox, about some common misconceptions when it comes to video-over-IP transmission and AVoIP implementation. A one-size-fits-all approach does not apply when it comes to IP transmission of AV content, and Berty explains why.

In addition to tackling the misconceptions around AVoIP transmission, the duo discusses the following:

• What an interframe codec is, and how it differs from a high compression codec (4:23)
• Latency and network topology (11:10)
• How to synchronize real-time data in the control room with the cloud (15:54)
• …and much, much more!

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On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with founding board members of the newly created Women in AV/IT (WAVIT) organization. Hear from Gina Sansivero, VP of marketing & corporate communications at AtlasIED and industry-legend Cory Schaeffer, who serves as an advisor to WAVIT.

In this week's podcast, the group discusses WAVIT's origins and mission to empower women in commercial AV and IT industries:

• WAVIT's origins (2:27)
• WAVIT's tagline & mission (8:58)
• DEI in industry (18:26)
• How to get involved (24:52)
• Mentorship (26:50)
• …and much more!

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On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Dan Gundry, VP & managing director of VuWall, USA and Angela Nolan, CEO of Vistacom. Gundry shares his personal great reset after working at Vistacom for 20 years. Vistacom was recently named Commercial Integrator's 2022 Integrator of the Year.

Here, the duo discusses the following:

• The importance of both employers and employees not taking each other for granted (8:44)
• Aligning the long-range and short-term goals of employees with the goals of the company (10:42)
• How to have a difficult conversation with your boss (15:24)
• How to keep reputation intact after leaving a company (21:20)
• Separation agreements (27:30)
• ..and much more!

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On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Iowa State's Mike Pederson, on the fever for 4K and 8K video resolutions.

Here, the duo discusses the following:

• Why 4K and 8K specs are a buzz in the display world than others (1:36)
• What are the limits of human visual acuity? (3:53))
• Applications where 4K and 8K add value (6:00)
• High Dynamic Range vs. Standard Dynamic Range (7:46)
• Is Content King (13:30)
• Best practices for being a consultative strategic partner (16:20)
• ..and much more!

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On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Mike Casper, CEO at Azumo, on the supply-chain and potential solutions for vendors in this podcast. 

The duo discusses the following:

• The prospects of a recession coming into 2023 and beyond (2:28) 
• Brand equity in sourcing (9:21)
• The most critical decisions business leaders are going to have to make in the supply-chain (13:16) 
• Partnering with large-scale manufacturers (19:11) 
• Navigating the supply-chain crunch (23:58)
• ..and much more!

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On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Jay Phillips, chief revenue officer at Userful. Phillips, an expert on disruptive innovations, platform-based approaches and software-as-a-service models delves deeper into these topics in this podcast. 
In the video above, the duo discusses the following:

What is a platform approach and why it's important (2:27)
Software-as-a-Service and the future (4:55)
What's happening in the cloud and how it's disrupting the industry (6:16)
How to be more of thought leader and embrace disruption (14:29)
Open Standards and the AV industry landscape (16:48)
Supply Chain (24:44)
How integrators can modernize their approach to attract enterprise organizations (27:12)

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On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with Alan Brawn, principal of Brawn Consulting and CI's very own monthly Brains & Brawn contributor. With 70% of purchasing decisions happening before a salesperson gets involved, the role of a salesperson is changing and the marketing goes hand-in-hand with the product itself. The duo discuss the following:

• the ideal customer profile (4:42)
• the difference between sales and marketing (8:14)
• methodologies marketing and sales people in the commercial AV industry and integration companies should be implementing (13:54)
• and much more!

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 On this episode of the Commercial Integrator AV+ podcast, Dan Ferrisi, host and editor-in-chief, chats with industry luminary Hal Truax, VP of sales and marketing at Hall Technologies. The duo discuss some of the challenges with unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), such as video quality and bandwidth; compatibility and interoperability between devices and much more. 

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