15+ years in the design engineer audiovisual industry with a focus on Corporate AV & video conferencing.

George Chacko is an innovative leader with over 25 years of experience in educational technology, audiovisual, and IT fields. As the Sr. Director of Academic and Classroom Technologies at Pace University, George has transformed the learning landscape by designing and implementing state-of-the-art, technology-enhanced classrooms, event spaces, and digital signage. His leadership has been crucial in Pace’s adoption of HyFlex, hybrid, and remote learning models, ensuring the university remains at the forefront of modern education. In addition to his administrative role, George serves as an adjunct faculty member at Pace University, teaching courses in AV and IT. This dual role allows him to directly engage with students, providing hands-on expertise and bridging the gap between technology strategy and application. George’s approach is defined by his commitment to innovation and exceptional customer service. Overseeing the AV, Helpdesk, and LMS teams across three campuses, he fosters a culture of creativity, collaboration, and responsiveness, continually enhancing the learning experience for both faculty and students. His ability to anticipate the needs of modern education has helped Pace University integrate flexible, forward-thinking AV solutions that support both in-person and remote learners. Beyond his role at Pace, George is a dynamic contributor to the AV industry. He is the co-founder and president of NextLvL Learning, an organization focused on pushing the boundaries of educational technology and experiential learning. George also hosts the popular tech podcast Cables, Coffee, and Curveballs, where he engages with industry leaders and explores the latest trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the field. George holds both a Master’s in Internet Technology and a Bachelor’s in Information Systems, with a minor in Business, from Pace University. His technical expertise is demonstrated through certifications such as Certified Technology Specialist™ (CTS®), Crestron DM Certified Engineer – 4K (DMC-E-4K), and Crestron DM Certified Designer – 4K (DMC-D-4K). In every role he assumes, George remains focused on pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in educational technology, ensuring that students and faculty have the tools they need to succeed in an ever-evolving digital world.

Managing director at BPAV Technology Group Ltd. Seasoned AV consultant, Soundsystem culture enthusiast, productivity buff, music Lover, and part-time bedroom DJ with a life-long passion for audio visual technologies, and the wider world of audio, video and IT technology. With 15 years in the audio-visual industry, and a background of over a decade in performance audio.  BPAV Technology Group is a leading audio visual technology consultancy and specialist software development company for the AV industry. Supplying today's technology integrators, manufacturers, and organisations with expert independent technology consultancy and software development services. With a special focus on corporate audio visual solutions and workplace technologies. ⭐ For AV infrastructure owners 🚀 Supplying AV system owners with expert technology consultancy, ongoing support, remedial action and engineering services across their global AV estates. ⭐ For audio visual manufacturers 🚀 We develop custom third party plugins, modules, scripts and applications for new to market audio visual products. ⭐ For technology integrators 🚀 We help AV, and IT integrators deploy complex AV installation projects at scale by providing a one stop shop for outsourced engineering services. 🛠 BPAV Technology Group Ltd services… ⭐ Multidisciplinary Technology Consultancy 🚀 🔨 Audio Visual Consultancy 🔨 Audio Consultancy 🔨 IT Consultancy 🔨 Furniture & Lighting Consultancy 🔨 Technical Project Management 🔨 Tender / Bid Management 🔨 2D/3D CAD ⭐ [ControlLabs] Software - Specialist software development for the AV industry 🚀 🔨 Custom modules, plugins & scripts 🔨 Control System Programming 🔨 Custom GUI Design 🔨 Commissioning 🔨 DSP Programming ⭐ [ControlHub] Audio Visual Service Desk 🚀 🔨 Phone, Email, VC remote support 🔨 On-site engineering 🔨 Health checks 🧠 Specialising in… ✅ Collaboration spaces ✅ Video conferencing solutions ✅ Video walls ✅ Control systems ✅ Digital signage ✅ Video and Audio Distribution ✅ Interactive solutions ✅ Command and control ✅ IP camera systems ✅ Large scale audio systems ✅ Auditoriums ✅ Event spaces ✅ Meeting room solutions ✅ Meeting and presentation facilities 🧠 Supported systems… ✅ QSC ✅ Extron ✅ Biamp ✅ Aurora ✅ Crestron ✅ Kramer ✅ AMX ✅ Shure ✅ Atalona ✅ Lightware

Sales leader focusing on leveraging partnerships and distribution channels to promote cutting-edge video solutions across North American markets. B2B sales excellence with a strategic approach to vertical market penetration, resulting in expansion of brand presence. Expertise in creative direction, video production, and editing, combined with a warm and persuasive approach to client relations, continues to contribute significantly to success in the broadcast technology sector.

Appspace is the workplace experience platform for communications and workplace management. It’s the first to combine a modern intranet, space reservation, digital signage, and more – all in a single, easy-to-use platform.Now organizations can replace siloed products that are costly to integrateand unite their physical and digital workplace. More than 160 Fortune 500 companies, and 10 million on-site, remote, and frontline employees, are using Appspace to make work a more connected and engaging experience. Learn more at www.appspace.com

AVI Systems helps organizations maximize their audiovisual and unified collaboration ecosystems to enable communication and collaboration. The end result is human impact measured in productivity and efficiency. Founded in 1974 by Joe Stoebner, AVI Systems has grown from one office location in North Dakota to 33 locations throughout the United States. AVI is also the only employee-owned systems integrator with more than 1,100 employees as of May 2024. The company serves customers in all 50 states and, as the Regional Business Unit of GPA, AVI Systems assists multinational enterprises, providing design, delivery and installation services in 170 cities around the world. AVI's unique approach with its customers includes providing subject matter expertise in enterprise audiovisual solutions, unified collaboration solutions, Microsoft services, digital media and broadcast solutions, and visualization solutions. In addition, AVI Systems delivers a complete suite of managed services to ensure every solution remains up-to-date and functioning as it should. In 2024, AVI Systems announced the addition of its Velocity Logisitics Center in Dallas, Texas. This center enables AVI to develop and deploy meeting room, unified collaboration and digital signage solutions anywhere in the United States within weeks instead of months. An industry first!  

Audio Visual Technician | Immersive Experience Specialist | d3 Disguise Operator | Creative Technologist | Project Manager Museum of the Bible Beeple Studios - Beeple LLC

Everything You Need to Connect With Your Audience Every day, Ross powers live productions for billions of viewers. With the industry’s widest range of high-impact, high-efficiency solutions and services, Ross helps all manner of organizations create and share compelling content, from leading broadcasters to houses of worship, stadiums, corporations, education and governments. With approximately 1300 team members around the world and manufacturing facilities in Ontario and Austria and the most reliable service in the industry, we are here to turn your ideas, plans and strategies into reality.

As AVIXA's manager of editorial content, I bring to the role fourteen years of marketing experience and ten working predominantly in editorial and video content. I've spent many years in the entertainment industry working for Nickelodeon, Lucasfilm, Disney, and even a small theater in the heart of Florence, Italy. I love great stories and finding the perfect hook. I am also a stop-motion animation aficionado who makes puppets and writes books. And a lover of food... all kinds of food.