Automation Unplugged Podcast

AU #264: Director of Control Rooms at Barco Discusses the Complex Command-and-Control Market

Episode Summary

Welcome to Episode 264 of Automation Unplugged. Today’s show features Dan Gundry, Director of Control Rooms - Americas of Barco Control Rooms. Dan is an experienced technology professional and a well-respected voice in the critical command-and-control market. Dan currently manages North American sales for Barco’s control room group. Dan regularly speaks at industry events, educating on command-and-control best practices, human factors engineering, and risk management for technology projects. He is also a strong advocate for the control room vertical market within AVIXA and the larger ProAV technology industry. Dan hosts NOC Your SOCs Off!, a podcast focused on the critical control room marketplace. In 2023, Dan was named an “AV Living Legend” by Commercial Integrator magazine. We live-streamed this interview on social media on Wednesday, April 17th, at 12:00 pm EDT.

Episode Notes

SHOW NOTES

During our time together, we discussed:

• What a Mission Critical Control Room is and the typical custom data processing and AV setups
• Examples of control rooms from movies, and the time Dan worked with a 3-letter agency that only communicated via fax
• The market opportunities that come from working in a niche market, along with the risks and challenges
• How AI is changing the game for control rooms and information processing

I really enjoyed this conversation, and I hope you do as well. Let's tune in to this interview with Dan Gundry.

To get transcripts, resources of what was mentioned in the show, and more visit: onefirefly.com/au264

About One Firefly

One Firefly, LLC is an award-winning marketing agency that caters to technology professionals in the custom integration, security and solar energy markets. One Firefly is headquartered in Davie, Florida with staff located throughout North America and has been operating since 2007.