ASM Global has named Jessica Ragsdale Vice-President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Ragsdale comes to ASM Global after eight years with Microsoft, most recently working with their global diversity and inclusion team. For ASM, Ragsdale will be working within a team to turn i

By R.V. Baugus Many who read this are too young to remember that once upon a time when you went to fill your gas tank at the pump you had no option but to let an attendant do the job for you while you remained in your car. Crazy, huh? OK, let’s move this forward to get more of o

By Toni-Ann Burke accesso Technology Group has added 15 North American operators to the roster of clients for its accesso ShoWare box office ticketing suite. The new partners include Silverton Casino in Las Vegas; Biltmore Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario; UIS Performing Arts Center in Spri

By R.V. Baugus Not enough that long-time industry veteran and former IAVM Chair Randy Brown, CVE, retired after meritorious service leading the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but the end of the year also marked the retirement of the venue’s second-in-

Evansville-Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. (“Visit Evansville”) announced the hiring of Alexis Berggren as incoming President and CEO. A nationwide search guided by the local Visit Evansville Commission was conducted in recruiting Berggren. Joe K