Jonathan Bowling

Technical Director, Illinois State University
Christopher Kusek

Senior AV Designer, Professional Audio Designs

DeShawn Hendrickson

AV Live Events Manager, Boston University

Gerald Richardson

AV Manager, Young Communications

Federico Ferrari

AV & UCC Specialist, Globant LLC

Deborah Jones

AV/IT, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Works for Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London in the Studio Visual and Event IT department.
Ben Thomas

Head of Pro AV, Sr. Director of Publishing, MarketScale

Ben currently serves as the Head of Pro AV and the Sr. Director of Publishing for MarketScale, a B2B publisher and strategic marketing firm. He has over a decade of award winning experience in media publishing for large scale events, OTT & live streaming platforms, marketing, network television, and podcasting. Ben decided on his career path at the age of 7, and to date has led some of the most influential brands in the world including Intel, Nokia, Samsung and Segway, to billions of content interactions. A huge hockey fan (Go Stars!), and former contestant and current fan of Family Feud, Thomas resides in Dallas, Texas.
Carlos Cavalcante, CTS-D, CTS-I

Consultant, CAV Audiovisual

Strategic Executive and Engineer with over 30 years of experience leading pre-sales engineering and the delivery of high-complexity integrated systems (AV, BMS, and Fire & Life Safety/SDAI). My career is defined by technological convergence, leveraging a solid background in Computer and Industrial Automation Engineering to design mission-critical solutions that meet rigorous global standards. AVIXA volunteer in the CTS-D exam review. Amateur (and frustated) guitarist and mountain biker.