The Daktronics Experience

Our Creative Services team has been cooking up some great content over the past few months and we wanted to catch up with Diane Gonzales, Executive Producer at Daktronics Creative Services to hear all about it. She joins Justin and Matt along with new team member Buddy Rose, Creative Account Manager at Daktronics. Buddy shares his new role with the company and some exciting things he’s already been able to work on.

Links:

• Diane’s previous episode: https://podcast.daktronics.com/e/122-getting-creative-using-digital-signage-with-diane-and-mark/
• Daktronics Creative Services Website: daktronics.com/creativeservices

The United Kingdom marketplace has everything from spectacular Out of Home installations to sports’ biggest stages. Justin and Matt sat down with the Managing Director of Daktronics UK to hear all about these types of projects and what’s next for this marketplace.

Links:

• Wembley Stadium Project Highlight: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/search?k=wembley%20stadium&project=177028-001&media=WP-18324
• Piccadilly Lights News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/piccadilly-circus-replacing-iconic-digital-signage
• Tottenham Hotspur News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/tottenham-hotspur-selects-daktronics-for-new-stadium

If you’ve ever wondered what’s on the horizon for venues to learn from their audiences to improve the fan experience at live events, you might want to look into CrowdIQ. Or maybe you’re looking for a picture of yourself in the crowd at a specific event, in which case you could look up the FanCam and zoom in. To hear more about each of these scenarios, Justin and Matt spoke with Chief Revenue Officer for FanCam + CrowdIQ Rachel Goodger.

• CrowdIQ's Website
• FanCam's Website

Justin's FanCam Picture

Harvard University delivers productions for 300+ events per year! To take a peek behind the curtain of how they make it all happen, Justin and Matt are joined by Imry Halevi, Associate Director of Athletics, Content & Strategic Communications at Harvard University. Learn how the university developed their productions from in-venue to broadcasts as well as how they maximize the use of technology to tell a story for each sporting event.

Links:

• Daktronics Live Book Webpage: daktronics.com/livebook
• Daktronics Installation Photos at Harvard: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=harvard%20university
• Imry's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/imryh 

When details are critical and information needs to be as accurate as possible, Daktronics delivers. Justin and Matt are joined by Tye Dato, AV Channel Sales, and Phil Reyes, Senior Director of Government Systems and Channel Management, to hear about the company’s approach to government and military clients. They cover everything from the detailed level of assembly to installation, service and support.

Links:

• Daktronics Military and Government Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/transportation/government-and-military
• Daktronics Narrow Pixel Pitch Webpage: www.daktronics.com/npp

Our control solutions are always advancing, and that includes the expansion of All Sport Pro Baseball. To hear about the details and how it makes life easier for game-day production staff, Justin and Matt talked with Chris Johnson, Daktronics product manager for All Sport.

With new displays on the way to the University of Minnesota, Justin and Matt chatted with Mike Wierzbicki, Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs, to hear more about the project. He also shares his background and what it’s like working at the university, the multiple uses of certain areas of Huntington Bank Stadium and how this technology will bring more excitement surrounding their live events.

• Daktronics News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/gopher-athletics-gets-upgrade-with-seven-daktronics-displays-installed-at-huntington-bank-stadium-at-university-of-minnesota
• Huntington Bank Stadium: https://gophersports.com/sports/2022/10/18/huntington-bank-stadium

As the Clippers get closer to the completion of their brand-new arena in Los Angeles, Justin and Matt caught up with Daktronics Project Executive Luke Tingle to hear about the progress and what fans can expect to see in 2024. This includes details of the largest double-sided halo in an arena setting and much more about this massive project. 

• News release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/la-clippers-intuit-dome-halo-board-highlights-largest-order-volume-in-daktronics-history
• Intuit Dome Highlight page: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/major-league-sports-installation/intuit-dome

Building a connection with your audience might be as easy as collecting a database of existing and historical pictures and information. To hear how this database can be leveraged in different ways for schools, universities and even businesses, Justin and Matt visited with Roger Imhoff, national sales for TouchPros. He shares his path to working for TouchPros and how the product has delivered an interactive Hall of Fame as well as bringing it to light on Daktronics video displays.

Links:

• TouchPros Website: www.touchpros.com 

When you’re bringing a new arena to your campus, you obviously want the best for your student-athletes and fans. Justin and Matt visited with Zach Dayton, Deputy Athletic Director at Fairfield University, to hear how he took on this challenge and all of the details that go along with it. 

Links: 

• Fairfield University News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/fairfield-university-partners-with-daktronics-for-new-leo-d-mahoney-arena