The Daktronics Experience

Join Justin and Matt as they go behind the scenes with Digital Artist Gerry Shaw. He shares what he does on a daily basis and the programs he uses. He also talks about the importance of creating content for the specific displays and their dimensions, such as ribbon displays, and how the Daktronics Creative Services team helps customers see what a new display might look like in their venue. And that took us on a turn as we learned it can be hard to say the word “previsualization.”

• Daktronics Creative Services YouTube Channel

Adam Kaminski joins Matt to talk about his role as a Daktronics Control Systems Specialist including training key operators on their new system after it’s installed. He also talks about other Daktronics services he helps to provide at all levels of events from high schools to the pros. He even shares a fun story about what it was like working on the new system at Wrigley Field for the Chicago Cubs.

• Wrigley Field – Chicago Cubs project highlight video: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/video-gallery/Wrigley-Field

Bringing new and exciting engagement opportunities to live events is at the core of CUE Audio’s plan. Ira Akers, the company’s co-founder and vice president of sales, visits with Justin and Matt to explain more about their inception, what they can do and a few projects they’ve worked on recently.

• CUE Audio website: https://www.cueaudio.com/

Mike Dewsnap, game-day producer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, visited Brookings for the Daktronics Football User Group and stopped in to talk with Matt about his life in event production from college to the pros. He gives some advice for those looking to get into event production, shares what he learned during the user group event and tells us what he’s most excited about for the upcoming Bucs season.

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers end zone video displays: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos/details?cid=122036#pn=WP-20267

Before the 2019 March Madness tips off, Dustin Culhane, Daktronics professional services manager, joins Justin and Matt to talk about the company’s involvement in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Daktronics equipment is at 11 venues for 52 games this year.

• March Madness blog post: https://blog.daktronics.com/2019/03/13/march-is-madness-for-daktronics-not-just-college-basketball/

Daktronics Services Manager Stephanie Walker joins Justin and Matt to talk about how LED display customers can prepare for the upcoming baseball season in 2019. Details are shared about getting displays up and running, control systems prepared, data and stats queued up, and more.

• View all baseball checklists under the “Maintenance” dropdown section on our baseball support page: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/support/sports/baseball

Mark Eisenstadt, supervisor of Daktronics Application Engineers and Event Producers, sat down with Justin and Matt for a conversation about his journey from on-site event producer to a supervisor, event production trends and how Daktronics can help bring an engaging game-day experience to life.

• Mark’s ESPN Story: http://www.espn.com/nfl/feature/featureVideo?page=jumbotron

Justin and Matt are joined by Steve Ackermann, Daktronics Event Producer Supervisor, to talk about event production. He talks about his history with Daktronics and how the company partners with customers to create exciting game-day experiences for their fans and much more.  

Referenced in this episode (links):

• Steve’s contact info: 608-556-1641 | [email protected]