by Tom LeBlanc | Nov 20, 2014 | Insights, News
Anybody who read CI’s “40 Industry Influencers Under 40” article on the plane while traveling to Orlando, Fla., for 2014 CI Summit would have felt like they were at a celebrity gala during the Nov. 12-14 conference. Many of the young AV integration...
by Tom LeBlanc | Nov 14, 2014 | News
Despite projections that the government market will be the slowest-growing professional AV customer sector from now until 2015, it’s not all bad news.Government remains “an important and influential part of the pro AV industry with 12 percent market...
by Tom LeBlanc | Nov 13, 2014 | News
About five years ago, Jesse Abbott realized the company he founded was at a critical juncture. Not because Scarborough, Maine-based Advance Technology was failing. It was the opposite predicament.After launching as a security integration firm in 1994 and adding...
by Tom LeBlanc | Oct 23, 2014 | Insights, News
When I was 22 years old I was a nighttime writer, reporter and occasional copy editor for the Boston Herald sports department.I was a pretty quiet kid, particularly when I was intimidated, and that was absolutely the case surrounded by grizzled newspaper men who...
by Tom LeBlanc | Oct 10, 2014 | News
Invariably, when an AV integration firm executive is asked about business challenges they bring up that it’s hard to find good help these days. They’re not trying to be folksy. They’re saying that they can’t find their next generation of...
