The Daktronics Experience

Justin and Matt recently sat down with Jim Vasgaard, National Sales Manager of Spectacular Projects for Daktronics, to hear more about our video wall applications and how they are perfect for the military niche including command centers, conference rooms and other areas. Jim is leading our efforts in this area with our narrow pixel pitch products, how they’re compliant for these applications, their operational requirements and more.

• Daktronics LED Video Walls: www.daktronics.com/videowalls
• Military Niche Brochure: https://p.widencdn.net/ywljuy/BROCHURE_Military-and-Government-High-Resolution-LED-Displays 

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Justin and Matt sat down with Patti Phillips, CEO of Women Leaders in College Sports, to talk about their organization and their goals. Patti shares her journey to becoming CEO of the organization, changing their name, their move to Kansas City, their annual conference and so much more.

• The 40th Anniversary of Women Leaders in College Sports: https://40th.womenleadersincollegesports.org/

• Learn and Lift Leadership Series Videos

• Member Circles

• Women Leaders Performance Institute

To talk about the integration of statistics for baseball with our systems, Justin and Matt sat down with Tony Kuck, Daktronics Product Manager for Live Events Show Control. The conversation covers the new Data Studio Baseball offering for MLB and MiLB, the new data available to the sport, how teams can use that information to tell a story for their fans and more.

• MLB Package Overview
• MiLB Package Overview

Ahead of baseball season, Justin and Matt are joined by Dustin Culhane, Daktronics account service manager, to talk about getting everything ready for the season. He talks about preparations from a team’s perspective as well as from Daktronics' perspective, the checks our services team performs, display washing, preparing content and more. He even shares what happens when he attends a baseball game as a fan. (Hint: a Daktronics employee always notices the video displays.)

• Texas Rangers project: https://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Texas-Rangers-Introducing-Nine-LED-Displays.aspx
• Cincinnati Reds project: https://blog.daktronics.com/2019/12/04/cincinnati-reds-first-to-install-all-hdr-system/
• Chicago Cubs display washing video: https://www.facebook.com/Daktronics/videos/10154157074024434/ 
• MySupport - set up an account and request display washing: www.daktronics.com/mysupport  

What’s going on behind the scenes of professional baseball? During our Baseball User Group in Brookings, SD, Matt sat down with Tim Gunkel, Executive Director of Ballpark Technology and Procurement for the New York Mets, to find out. He shared his experience in baseball, how his team is focusing on the fan experience and what activities they employ, and his thoughts on the user group where teams are actively sharing ideas and learning from one another.

• New York Mets project photo: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos/details?pn=WP-19900&cid=137135
• What’s new in baseball blog: https://blog.daktronics.com/2020/03/06/6-things-to-know-for-the-2020-mlb-season/

As Daktronics prepares to exhibit at Integrated Systems Europe 2020 in Amsterdam, Jason Melby joins Justin and Matt to talk about the show. Jason works in International Marketing for Daktronics and covers our presence at the show, what we’re bringing to our stand, his favorite parts of the show and more, including interesting technology that he’s seen in recent years.

• Daktronics Webpage for ISE: daktronics.com/ise
• Daktronics ISE News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Daktronics-Showing-New-High-Brightness-Chip-On-Board-Product-at-ISE-2020.aspx

To talk about the lifetime of LEDs, Shannon Mutschelknaus, engineering manager of Daktronics Laboratory Services Group, joins Matt and Justin to share his knowledge on the topic. The conversation goes into the 100,000-hour expectation, how LEDs are tested, what causes LEDs to fail and even the longest-lasting light bulb that’s still lighting up a fire station in California.

• 100,000-hour myth article: https://www.machinedesign.com/news/article/21815599/100000hour-leds-just-not-true
• The Centennial Light in California: https://www.centennialbulb.org/

The Daktronics Experience Podcast has reached its one-year anniversary! So, for this episode, Executive Producer Jesa Pace interviews Justin and Matt to find out what they do here at Daktronics. The conversation goes into their experiences starting the podcast and sharing some of their favorite moments from the past year.

Links:

• Lane Munson Podcast: http://podcast.daktronics.com/e/38-the-difference-between-4k-and-hdr-with-lane-munson/
• Mercedes-Benz Stadium Podcast: http://podcast.daktronics.com/e/6-preparing-for-the-big-game-a-talk-with-scott-jenkins-gm-of-mercedes-benz-stadium/
• Safety Dance Podcast: http://podcast.daktronics.com/e/32-the-safety-dance-with-safety-team-members-albert-joel-and-scott/
• Mike Dewsnap Podcast: http://podcast.daktronics.com/e/11-a-career-in-event-production-with-mike-dewsnap/

Event production has some differences from MiLB to MLB. Justin and Matt sit down with Garret Young, production manager for the Houston Astros, to hear his journey into event production, some of the fun things he’s been able to create for his game days and his exciting first season with the Houston Astros.

Links:

• Astros content reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krIIgOwWK-w
• RoughRiders blog post 1: https://blog.daktronics.com/2018/05/03/roughriders-are-rockin-the-fan-races/
• RoughRiders blog post 2: https://blog.daktronics.com/2018/05/31/where-my-teddy-at-a-roughriders-original/