I am Tanya Houston, the CEO of Wildwood Plus, a specialist PR and marketing agency I founded in 1994. With well over 30 years of experience in the industry, I am committed to supporting women in the technology and AV industry. As the co-lead for the AVIXA Women's Council in the UK, I focus on making connections, amplifying voices and creating opportunities to support women and allies working in, and dreaming of a career in, AV and its associated industries.
At Wildwood+, we work with manufacturers, service providers, consultants, designers and installers helping to tell their stories and make connections. We are also agency for AVIXA, CEDIA and ISE - and we love to help make connections and grow businesses together.
Andy was a deeply committed tech-head who had played with a broad range of AV technologies since well before there was something called AV. He hungered to know how and why things work, and stumbled on the fact that he had a talent for explaining what he'd learned, so he taught and wrote about all kinds of technologies, in books, magazines, manuals, seminars, and online. He worked in AV, broadcast, live production, IT, publishing, consulting, and events. In the early 2020s he wrote the new editions of the CTS, CTS-I, and CTS-D Exam Guides. The most fun part of what he did was the research into developing technologies to see how they could fit into the future of AV and IT. Most recently, he became heavily involved in initiatives to improve the sustainability of the technologies we use in the audiovisual industries.
Vale Andy Ciddor — AV.technology
A University of Central Florida double-alum with a Master’s in Digital Media, I'm a content creator who loves bringing people together over shared interests. As AVIXA's Coordinator of Digital Content, I produce articles on a myriad of technology topics. I've also worked on virtual reality projects, transforming Romanian folk tales into VR narratives.
