In a very prideful honour to the stakes that India holds in the global audio-visual industry, two leaders of Indian AV have been elected to the Board of Directors of AVIXA for 2025. The apex body of the global AV industry announced the election results for the 2025 AVIXA Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.
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One very prominent appointment is of Mradul Sharma – Founder-Managing Director of 3CDN Workplace Tech – who has been elected as Secretary-Treasurer of the Board by AVIXA membership.
The other important appointment is of Kaushik Mukhopadhyay – Founder-MD-CEO of AVID India & AVID UAE – who has been appointed Director to the Board. He is one among the eight Directors elected for the year 2025.
The other prominent appointment for the year was the election of Mike Stead, Director of Global Partnerships, GPA, to the AVIXA Leadership Seach Committee.
AVIXA members also elected to the Board Kristin Bidwell, CEO, Audiovisual Consulting Team (AVCT), and Nicholas E. Cox, Sr., Director, IT-AV, Support Team Lead, Mizuho Americas.
Cathryn Lai, Chair of the AVIXA Board of Directors, has appointed Virginia Daugherity, Poly SLED Collaborations Specialist, HP Poly, and Lainie Mataras, Senior Director of the Consultant Architecture and Design Group, Planar, to the Leadership Search Committee.
The Leadership Search Committee (LSC) appointed John Bailey, Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovation, AVI-SPL; and Tom Shen, President & CEO, Shen Milsom & Wilke (SM&W), to AVIXA’s Board of Directors.
The complete listing of the 2025 AVIXA Board of Directors is:
LSC Chair: Cathryn Lai, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Chair of the Board of Directors: Jatan Shah, QSC
Vice Chair: Tobias Lang, LANG AG
Secretary-Treasurer: Mradul Sharma, 3CDN Workplace Tech
Directors: John Bailey, AVI-SPL; Kristin Bidwell, Audiovisual Consulting Team; Christian Carrero, Kern & Stelly Medientechnik GmbH; Nicholas E. Cox, Sr., Mizuho Americas; Laila Hede Jensen, Zenova; Gale Moutrey, Steelcase; Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, AVID India & AVID UAE; and Tom Shen, Shen Milsom & Wilke.
“AVIXA is proud to welcome such talented leaders to its Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee. These individuals bring their unique perspectives from different areas of the industry and the world to enrich our association,” said David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD, Chief Executive Officer of AVIXA. “Their time and dedication to the industry is integral as AVIXA continuously evolves as a valuable resource for pro AV professionals.”
AVIXA thanks outgoing Leadership Search Committee Chair and former Chair of the AVIXA Board Martin Saul, ICAP Global, and outgoing Board members Dorothy Di Stefano, Molten Immersive Art; Nyere Hollingsworth, Grainger; and Bren Walker, Kirkegaard.
AVIXA also acknowledges and appreciates the contributions of outgoing LSC members Graeme Harrison, Bluesound Professional, Frank Pisano, Bluefin International, and Monique Rezaei, Microsoft.