We’re thrilled to announce the addition of several exceptional industry pros to serve as Xchange Advocates! We've expanded our North American and APAC teams and formed a team representing the EMEA region.  Complementing the strong representation from our veteran LATAM advocates, these individuals will help to foster engagement across the global community and communicate valuable insights and opportunities to shape its growth and feature sets.

Please welcome…

• Benedict Onodu, CTS, MBCS, UK
• Cong Wei Chua, Singapore
• Craig Park, US
• Fabio Biccari, Italy
• Marc Rémond, Singapore
• Patrick Angielczyk, Canada
• Racheal Aye, Uganda
• Sara Quarantelli, Sweden

If you attended Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), you may have caught a session featuring advocates from our APAC and LATAM teams. Here are their post-show recaps offering their experiences on serving as an Advocate:

• AVIXA Xchange: Building a Global Digital AV Community – Insights from ISE 2025
• My Experience at ISE 2025 ; Speaking, Learning, and Connecting
• A solo 2 días de comenzar ISE 2025 en Barcelona | AVIXA Xchange

The conversation, again led by @Sanj Surati, will continue at InfoComm as @Kristin Bidwell, @Virginia Molina, @Matt Pana and @Paul Konikowski, CTS-D, CISSP take the stage Wednesday, June 11th, at 4 PM for “AVIXA Xchange Advocates: Build a Thriving ProAV Community.” After the session, you'll have a chance to meet them and other attending Advocates!

To quickly locate Advocates’ posts, visit Xchange Advocate or look for content bearing the Xchange Advocate badge and click. You’ll see a curated collection of thought leadership on various topics from around the globe!

We invite you to connect with each of these industry leaders and follow their activity across the community as they offer valuable insights and expertise while advocating for and building awareness of the AV industry.

Here’s the full roster of active advocates:

APAC Region

• Alexis Bou Farhat, CTS-D, CTS-I, ELV Project Manager, IMAR Trading and Contracting
• Aneesh Krishnankutty, Project Manager, MSI Projects
• Cong Wei Chua, Technology Solutions Architect, PTS Consulting
• David Allara, Managing Director, konnectus
• Marc Rémond, Partner, Strategic Pathways
• Mohannad Mousa, CTS, Project Manager, Maktabi Tech
• Urmil Vaidhya, AV & ACOUSTICS DESIGN CONSULTANT, AV Design Solution Engineer, Casaplex

EMEA Region

• Benedict Onodu, CTS, MBCS, Senior AV/IT Specialist with Experian
• Fabio Biccari, Chief Marketing Officer of Voome
• Racheal Aye, CTS,Audio Visual Presales Engineer with Blue Crane Communications
• Sara Quarantelli, Segment Marketing Manager for healthcare and education, Axis Communications

LATAM Region

• Angel Barco, Gerente General, BRCO
• Antonio Vaca, Project Manager, Dextra Electronics México
• Camila Chavarri, Head of Marketing, Newtech Group
• Cesar Rodriguez, Subdirector Nacional de Innovación TI, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina
• Eduard Gonzalez, Product Manager, EXPEX
• Eduardo Andres Travi,Product Manager, Footprint Global
• Juan Carlos Medina, CTS, Director ejecutivo de Viewhaus
• Virginia Molina, Head of Marketing, Proyecciones Digitales S.A.

North America

• Alison Maxson, Senior Marketing Specialist – Visual Systems, Panasonic Projector & Display
• Craig Park, FSMPS, Assoc. AIA, Director of Digital Experience Design, Clark & Enersen
• Kristin Bidwell, Owner & Principal Consultant at Audiovisual Consulting Team (AVCT)
• Matt Pana, Director, Media Technology, ISDA
• Paul Konikowski, CTS-D, CIS Manager, Cronos Consulting
• Patrick Angielczyk, A/V Technologist, Mohawk College

For more details on the program, read Introducing the Xchange Advocate Program.

If you are interested in becoming an Advocate or would like to nominate someone, please do so here: Advocate Nominations Request