Joé Lloyd

🎯 Role Overview 🔸AV Systems Designer / Solutions Architect 🔹Crafting bespoke audio-visual systems tailored to client needs. 🛠️ Core Responsibilities 🔸Designing customized AV solutions with precision and technical depth. 🔸Creating comprehensive technical documentation. 🔸Acting as a technical authority during business development. 🔸Managing multiple projects while balancing account managers' expectations. 💻 Specialization in Video Conferencing Platforms 🔸Expertise in designing AV systems for: 🔹Microsoft Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms, Webex Rooms, Google Meet Rooms 🔧 Technology Stack 🔸Solutions built using leading AV brands: 🚀 Design Philosophy 🔸Integration of the latest corporate AV trends. 🔸Focus on innovation, security, and scalability. 🔸Incorporating networking and security into AV designs. 🔸Ensuring alignment with user experience through close collaboration with teams and clients.

In my current role at the Office of Public Communications for Broward County, Florida I am responsible for directing and producing original/creative internal and external video programming, including script development, on-camera interviews, computer animation, music, professional narration and overall scheduling of production activity. I also manage the audio-visual program staff and manage all operations supporting the broadcast/webcast of government meetings in the Governmental Center, the Emergency Operations Center or other designated areas. My team also provides meeting support for the Government Center and the Emergency Operations Center. 

Brad Berridge in an American sound artist and designer. His theatrical sound designs and original compositions have been heard in theaters across the United States. His work as the Creative Director for the sound art collective, Push The Button has been heard across the U.S. and Eastern Europe. Brad is a member of USA 829 (Theatrical Designers Union), The TSDCA (Theatrical Sound Designer's and Composer's Association) and a former Associate Artist for WAM Theatre. He currently serves on the advisory board for St. Petersburg College’s MIRA (Music Industry Recording Arts) program. Brad was named to the 2020 BizBash 500 Must Know Event Pros and the 2019 BizBash Most Influential Event Professionals in Entertainment and Music. Currently, Brad is the Director of Sound Operations for Feld Entertainment, overseeing the sound for all of their productions (Disney on Ice, Marvel Universe Live,  Jurassic World Live, and the rebirth of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus). Feld Entertainment productions play in 50 countries to 30 million people every year.

Life is miserable without work. But when work is soulless, life suffocates and dies. If all businesses are to be real businesses, then perhaps all offices should be studios. If fostering creativity is the goal for business, then the work environment should offer a more collaborative atmosphere. The creative economy needs independent thinkers who have the freedom and ability to think creatively.

Technology Project Manager with multidisciplinary experience in Smart Buildings, Building Automation, Physical Security, Low Current Systems and Professional AV. Experienced in leading end-to-end technology projects throughout the full project lifecycle, from planning and design coordination to on-site implementation, commissioning and successful handover. Having progressed from hands-on engineering and automation roles to project management, I have developed a practical understanding of both the technologies I deliver and the business objectives they support. This enables me to bridge engineering teams, stakeholders and business priorities while maintaining a strong focus on quality, reliability and successful project outcomes. As a PMP® certified professional with master's degrees in Informatics Systems and Business Administration, I combine engineering expertise, structured project management and business knowledge to balance technical excellence with strategic decision-making throughout every stage of project delivery. For me, success is measured not only by meeting scope, schedule and budget, but by delivering solutions that perform reliably, create long-term value and continue to support business objectives long after project completion. Throughout my career, I have collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, vendors and clients across domestic and international projects. I believe successful projects are built on careful planning, transparent communication, accountability and disciplined execution. I also leverage AI to enhance project planning, decision-making, documentation and delivery efficiency while maintaining sound engineering judgement and professional responsibility. I am committed to continuous learning and professional development, continually improving project delivery to keep pace with evolving technologies, industries and business needs. My goal is to deliver reliable technology solutions, build long-term professional relationships based on trust and consistency, and create lasting value for clients, organisations and stakeholders.

Life-long learner, incessant tinkerer, and eternal optimist. Yes, I committed to what we now call the AV industry in 1981, and here I am still inspired by its people, products, and possibilities. Along the way I have participated in ways I couldn't imagine at the start of my career in the design, deployment, commissioning, and operation of systems as varied as comms for a satellite tracking station, to sound reinforcement for a Pope. My path eventually brought me to product development where I have worked alongside some of the brightest minds in AV, leading to over 140 innovative products of my own. But there's still much more to learn, and that's why I'm here on Xchange. A wise person once said that when two people exchange a dollar, they both still have one dollar. But when they exchange ideas, they both have two ideas. Let's talk.

Hello everyone! I am Gibran, and I am the social media manager at AVIXA. I will be chatting with all of you here and sharing insightful topics from the AV industry and the Xchange with the social media world.