David A. Silverman • dsilverman@testa.com
A publishing veteran, David has been editing magazines and books about the AV, photographic and printing fields since 1970. He has also written articles for more than a dozen magazines. Silverman is a former Associate Publisher of Audiovisual Communications magazine, PEI and other publications, and conceived and edited the first InfoComm (then NAVA) Trade Show Daily in 1977.
Kate Blessing • kblessing@testa.com
Kate Blessing, Assistant Editor of Sound & Communications, is a cum laude graduate of State University of New York, New Paltz, with a BA in Journalism and a BS in Visual Arts. She has studied in Spain and Australia, has experience writing for print and web, and has extensive experience in social media.
Pete Putman • pputman@testa.com
Pete Putman, CTS, is the president of ROAM Consulting L.L.C., which provides training,marketing communications and product testing/development services to manufacturers, dealers
and end-users of displays, display interfaces and related products. He has an MS degree in
Television and Film, is a Senior Academy Instructor for InfoComm and was named InfoComm’s
Educator of the Year for 2008. Pete is a member of The Society of Motion Picture & Television
Engineers (SMPTE) and Society for Information Display (SID). Pete authors the monthly column, “AVent Horizon.”
Shonan Noronha • snoronha@testa.com
Shonan Noronha, EdD, an independent producer and training consultant, works in collaboration with corporate communications, HR, IT and AV departments of large enterprises to deliver multimedia content across disparate networks. Shonan is credited for the information mapping and GUI design of interactive content distributed via the internet and on a variety of media. She is also the author of books and articles about television, AV, instructional technology, multimedia and music. Shonan authors the monthly "Sign Age" column. In addition, Shonan is Editor of IT/AV Report.R. David Read • dread@testa.com
David started his career in communications as a messenger
boy for Western Union and advanced to the position
of telegrapher in 1949. He became a telegrapher/wire-chief
for Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railways, and then
a microwave and automation technician. He has worked
for Rauland-Borg, Dukane Corp. and the pre-Telex Altec
Lansing, as well as helping NSCA organize its educational
programs. A member of the AES and ASA, an associate
of USITT and a frequent participant in BICSI proceedings,
Dave is also a participating member of the Morse Club
of America.Jim Stokes • jstokes@testa.com
Jim Stokes has worked in all aspects of AV media since 1960, on both the business and production sides. He has designed and built recording studios as well as a heart/lung electronic diagnostic amplifier for listening to heartbeats and respiration, used for patient education in hospitals. In addition to being an AV technician for two Minnesota community colleges, Jim was recognized by the American Lung Association with two first-place national public relations awards for radio spots he produced about respiratory health.David Lee • dlee@testa.com
David Lee,
PhD, is CEO of Lee Communication Inc., Orlando
FL. A licensed minister, David has an extensive academic
background in the field of communications, and more
than 25 years of experience as a systems integrator,
specializing in houses of worship. Concentrating on
international projects, he has covered more than 50
countries, including projects in Asia, Africa, Europe,
South America and the United States. David writes
the monthly “House of Worship: Business,” and is a
member of Sound & Communications’ Technical
Council.
Peter Mapp • pmapp@testa.com
United Kingdom-based Peter Mapp, FASA, FAES, is principal of Peter Mapp Associates. A chartered engineer and physicist, he also is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society. Peter was named the 2009 NSCA University Educator of the Year.
David McNutt • dmcnutt@testa.com
David McNutt is senior partner at The McNutt Group, a technology and management consulting firm. He holds two master's degrees, including an MBA from the Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business-University of Chicago, and he is Assistant Professor at Columbia College Chicago, a four-year college providing graduates for the professional AV industry. He writes the monthly column, "Down to Business."
Tony Warner • twarner@testa.com
Tony Warner,
CTS-D, CSI CDT, LEED AP is director of the Audio-Visual Design
group for RTKL, a 60-year-old worldwide planning,
architecture, design and creative services organization.
Based in Baltimore MD, he has worked on projects for
such clients as the US State Department, the US House
of Representatives, the National Institutes of Health
and the US Naval Academy. Author of “Architectural
Perspectives,” he is a member of Sound & Communications’ Technical Council.