eXcellerate
January Excellerate! – What Does it Take to Hold a Great Hybrid Meeting?
1.13.2022 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Overview
As employees are returning to the office, they are requesting easier in-room conference technology to match the ease of using remote meeting platforms.
Brian Ficther, NWN Carousel Vice President of Visual Collaboration, along with industry expert Jimmy Vaughan of Microsoft, will discuss ways to enable effective hybrid meeting solutions for both remote and in-room participants.
Learn ways to enhance your conferencing solutions to allow all participants feel seen and heard!
Join us to learn more about:
- Tips for running great meetings before, during & after!
- Importance of MSFT certified devices and room accessories
- Easily integrate MSFT Rooms + preferred audio visual platform
- Options for plug-n-play video bars, MSFT Rooms & Collab Room displays
- Bring your best network connection – ways to optimize bandwidth
Presenters
Brian Fichter
VP of Visual Collaboration Engineering & Operations
Brian Fichter
VP of Visual Collaboration Engineering & Operations
Brian Fichter is on the management team for Carousel’s Visual Collaboration business practice, and leads Product & Service strategy, as well as, directly manages the national Video/AV Design Engineering teams at NWN Carousel. Brian’s responsibilities include technical best practice in several video disciplines including Audio Visual integration, Video Infrastructure, and Unified Communications. Brian works closely with the Sales Leadership as well as the cross functional Management teams to ensure teaming and quality control. He also has responsibility for vendor management and product advocacy at NWN Carousel. Brian has been in the Video industry in different technical capacities since 1998.
Andrew Gilman
CMO, NWN Carousel
Andrew Gilman
CMO, NWN Carousel
Andrew Gilman is the CMO and VP Alliances responsible for transforming NWN’s Company Branding and Storytelling, Corporate Communications, Press and Analyst Relations, Demand-Generation, Strategic Alliances, Field Marketing and Digital Marketing functions. Andrew brings over 15 years leading successful go-to-market (GTM) organizations for venture-backed, and publicly traded (B2B) technology companies, most recently as the Chief Customer Officer for Immuta – a pioneer in data governance for AI – where he led global sales and marketing resulting in their $20M series B. Prior to Immuta, he held several executive positions at Actifio including General Manager for their SaaS and Software portfolio, and as a founding member of the marketing team where he built and operated the demand generation, inside sales, corporate and channel marketing teams globally. Before Actifio, Andrew led solutions marketing for EqualLogic (acquired by Dell for $1.4B). Prior to Dell, he held a variety of product marketing leadership roles at EMC including leading marketing for the mid-range storage software portfolio, after graduating from EMC’s Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP). He frequently contributes articles to industry publications, can be found speaking at industry events and has served as an advisor to emerging technology startups. Andrew earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the Boston University School of Management, and lives outside of Boston with his wife, son and daughter.
Jimmy Vaughan
Partner Technical Specialist, USA Channel Sales, Microsoft
Jimmy Vaughan
Partner Technical Specialist, USA Channel Sales, Microsoft
Prior to joining Microsoft, Jimmy was with Crestron Electronics for nearly 20 years where his efforts exemplified the tradition of quality that Crestron has been known for since its founding. He along with Joe Sarrasin invented and led the development effort behind many of Crestron’s most popular products including Crestron Mercury, Air-Media presentation systems and Crestron Flex (a family of Microsoft Team Room systems and Teams Voice products).
Jimmy’s qualifications have been well recognized in both the Information Technology and Audio-Visual Integration fields. Jimmy has obtained both Microsoft MVP and Crestron Master programmer status; two highly recognized and complimentary accomplishments. As a result, Jimmy has developed and led technical instruction at such events as Crestron Masters and Microsoft Ignite, focusing on collaboration and IoT technologies.
Prior to working for Crestron, Jimmy was an award-winning television and web producer for a variety of notable organizations including: the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), MTV, Geraldo and Inside Edition.
In his free time, Jimmy has pursued an extensive history of travel which was inspired by his attending Semester at Sea (F93) where he sailed the circumference of the earth while visiting over 27 countries. He is also an avid drone pilot and gives time to help many animal rescue non-profits.
