Latin America. Avixa announced election results for its 2018 Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee (LSC). Jeff Day, CEO of Bluewater Technologies, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Avixa Board. Avixa members also elected Samantha (Sam) Phenix, Vice President of Research and Development at Planar Systems, and Wallace Johnson, CTS, Vice President of Business Development, Mertzcrew, to the Board.
In addition, the Leadership Search Committee (LSC) appointed Shaolei Liu, Managing Director of Beijing Oriental Prime Connections Film and TV Technology Co. Ltd., and Martin Saul, CEO of ICAP S.A., to the Board of Directors. Martin is the second Latino to hold this position at Avixa.
Melody Craigmyle, Vice President of Marketing for Almo Professional A/V, was chosen by the members to serve on Avixa's Leadership Search Committee. Avixa's current Chairman of the Board, Gary Hall, CTS-D, CTS-I, made two additional appointments to the LSC: Virginia Daugherity, Director of North American Partners, Sonic Foundry, and Michelle Grabel-Komar, Vice President of Sales for Full Compass Systems.
"As we embark on a new and exciting future as Avixa, our volunteer leaders continue to play a pivotal and guiding role in advancing our partnership and the industry at large. The dedicated men and women who serve on our Board of Directors provide their time, effort and considerable knowledge to meet our goals of creating an industry hub and helping to foster market growth around the world," said David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD, CEO of Avixa.
He added that "the task of identifying future corporate governance volunteers falls to the Leadership Search Committee. The quality of the talent and caliber of our Board members is a testament to the hard work and commitment of the LSC. My team and I are pleased to be led by such dedicated professionals. We look forward to working with the new Board and LSC as we continue on this journey."
