By R.V. Baugus Brad Gessner, CVE, ASM Global’s Senior Vice President, Convention Centers at the Los Angeles Convention Center, bid a retirement adieu to the industry earlier this year after a sparkling 42-year career in public assembly venue management. Let’s just say before he left t

By R.V. Baugus Lisa Harrington, CEO & Founder of Abiding Strategy, kicked off IAVM’s virtual VenueConnect as the Opening Keynote speaker with a presentation titled “Leadership in a Crisis” before an engaged audience of 610. So, just what exactly is this crisis, you ask? Tsk, tsk,

By Tyler Koonce Henderson Engineers, a national building systems design firm with more than 800 employees nationwide, welcomes Chris Constant, PE, as director of code consulting within Henderson’s fire and life safety group. Constant is a fire protection engineering veteran with more

By R.V. Baugus Jenny Stephens, principal and director of marketing for Denver-based Perkins&Will, has the distinct pleasure of guiding a panel discussion at the popular Empowered Women in Leadership session that takes place at VenueConnect20 on Friday, October 30 at 10:30 a.m. The

From Ticketing Business News Jared Smith is stepping down as global chairman of Ticketmaster at the end of the year after more than 17 years with the ticketing giant. In August, Smith was promoted to chairman of the combined North America and International teams as it looks to become