The Videopro Podcast

How do you bring innovation to one of the biggest and oldest industries in the world? Cities.  Where we live, how we live, and why we choose to live in certain places is a key part of what makes us human and the services offered by these cities makes up the ecosystem of our lives.  Sophia's role takes the innovation lens to this enormous concept and her playground is one of the most successful developments in Australian history, Queensland's booming Springfield.

Graham Evans began his career in the AV industry with Videopro and after many years moved to Australian AMX distributor AVT.  Graham has contributed a lot to the AV industry and still stays involved working with different businesses and appearing in industry conferences such as Integrate to talk about important issues.   

Mel Marsden is an interior designer that has come up through several firms before founding her own, CoMUNiTI.  Along that journey Mel has focused in on workplace strategy and looking at building spaces that help people work and live.  COMUNiTI's mantra is Shaping Spaces that Shape Lives which clearly comes across in this interview.

Darren Combie has spent much of his life in the public service, spanning a decade in Canberra, time in the QLD government as the Deputy Director General for Infrastucture, Policy and Planning and most recently as a Prinicipal in the professional services firm E3 Advisory.  Darren is also the current President of the Planning Institute of Australia.  This conversation explores Darren's clear passion for town planning and city building - we sit down to discuss everything cities and liveability, and explore where cities have come from, and where they are going.

Katanya Shanzy is a Workplace Industry veteran, spanning years of experience across technology deployment within companies such as Suncorp and Lexmark. We discover how she ended up in the industry, her thoughts on working from home during the pandemic, “water cooler chat” and the importance of good communication.

Tim Dixon is the Business Development Manager for Shape, a fitout and refurbishment construction company in Queensland. We discuss his diverse journey to his current role, challenges experienced during his career, who he admires and discovering his culinary passions.

Marty Moore of Your CEO Mentor has a goal to increase the quality of leaders globally.  Underpinned by a succesful career as the CEO of a large Australian energy company, and with studies at both QUT and Harvard Business School, he is achieving this through the very popular podcast the "No Bullshit Leadership Podcast" and the online course series "Leadership Beyond the Theory."  His pracitcal approach to teaching combined with a unique ability cut through to the core issues quickly has cemented his popularity and credibility on all things leadership and business.

Stuart Craig is royalty in the AV industry - starting out in the family business Audio Telex, he has grown into an Executive position with global player Crestron Electronics where he has been instrumental insetting up the APAC business.

Richard Humphrey's is the IT Manager for Gold Coast college The Southport School.  We talk about his career journey, the technology stack used by the school and how the school reacted to the Covid-19 and the shift to remote learning.