2012 Young Turk of CE Award

Brent Baer, Executive Director of Marketing, Atlona

With more than 17 years of experience managing and directing marketing strategies, programs and projects, Brent has succeeded in taking the reigns of Atlona, which was standing at the edge of the gap between small business and a thriving international corporation. In his role of executive marketing director, he has led the company by connecting departments in a seamless fashion. Brent's execution of merging sales planning and forecasting with marketing communications strategies has resulted in a more professional and aggressive Atlona. Brent has giving the company balance as it grows its retail and commercial divisions. Brent's passion, drive and determination has led Atlona to come out swinging for 2012, with several new channel programs that position Atlona as a major player across multiple vertical arenas. Congratulations to Brent for blazing trials in the industry and becoming a Young Turk of CE (Consumer Electronics).

2012 CES Innovations Award – LinkCast Wireless HD Audio/Video System

Since 1976, the prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards has given consumer technology manufacturers and developers an opportunity to have their newest products judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade press. It's the place to see, touch, feel and understand the future of consumer technology.

The Atlona LinkCast™ Wireless HD Audio/Video System is designed to provide hassle-free, low-cost installation, eliminating unsightly cables for conveniently connecting any HD source to projectors, LCDs, plasma, etc. Shares HD content among all devices with full home coverage, through walls up to 40ft.

Category: Multi-Room Audio/Video
http://www.cesweb.org/awards/innovations/2012-innovations-honorees.htm/

Atlona Technologies LinkCast Wireless HD Station

The LinkCast Wireless HD Audio/Video System WINS Electronic House 2012 "Product of the Year" award. The LinkCast Wireless HD was designed to provide hassle-free, low-cost installation, eliminating unsightly cables for conveniently connecting any HD source to projectors, LCDs and plasma displays. It has the ability to share high definition content among all devices in full home coverage, through walls with no line of sight required.

http://www.electronichouse.com/product/details/linkcast_wireless_hd_Station1/

CEDIA Names 2011 Manufacturers' Excellence Awards Winner

Atlona's KIT-PROHD3 is designed to diagnose 99% of all digital connectivity issues in A/V systems, saving both time and overhead for electronic systems contractors everywhere. With the KIT-PROHD3, installers say goodbye to wasting valuable time and money, ripping apart walls with multiple testing equipment in order to troubleshoot install issues.

Winning Product was: KIT-PROHD3 Atlona Custom Installation Testing Kit

Residential Systems Honors Product Designs

Residential Systems magazine editorial director Jeremy Glowacki presented 20 CEDIA EXPO 2011 exhibitors with Resi Awards for their industrial designs.

Winning Product was: KIT-PROHD3 Atlona Custom Installation Testing Kit

Atlona AT-PRO2HD88M-SR HDMI Matrix Switcher

The Atlona AT-PRO2HD88M-SR is a true 8x8 HDMI matrix switch. The AT-PRO2HD88M-SR unit features eight High Speed HDMI inputs, and eight independently switchable Twisted Pair outputs, which are in turn used to feed eight separate receiver modules (included). The AT-PRO2HD88M-SR has the ability of equalization, amplification and re-clocking the signal to ensure HDMI accurate signal transmission through long cables without quality loss. The transmission distance of HDBaseT Twisted Pair (CAT5/6) outputs can reach up to 330ft @ 1080P.

Winning Product was: AT-PRO2HD88M-SR HDMI Matrix Switcher

Dealerscope 40 under 40 Award

Chris Bundy, Director of Marketing, Atlona Professional and Industrial

Before joining Atlona Technologies in 2006, Chris worked in video music production, rental and staging, and marketing for retail and small businesses. Using this experience, he was able to develop the company’s marketing and public relations departments during the first few weeks on the job!

Chris worked to build the Atlona brand from unknown black boxes to a leading source for signal management solutions. Most recently, he turned several separately sold products into a digital connectivity kit that diagnoses and repairs most problems in digital AV systems. The kit is now the second-best selling product in the company.

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AV Technology End-user Award

The first-annual AV Technology End-User Awards recognize innovations that specifically benefit end users, technology managers, and facility directors in all commercial sectors. A panel of esteemed judges selected the winners based on ease of use, reliability, overall network impact, and return on investment. "We were very happy to work with some of the very best in Educational IT to develop this award winning interactive system" says Michael Khain, Vice President of Engineering at Atlona Technologies.

In the category of “Best Interactive & Remote Learning System,” Atlona was a winner for the deployment of its AT-LINE-PRO2 switcher/scaler and AT-HD4-V40SRS HDMI extender at the UCSD Arts Library. According to the judges, the UCSD installation was chosen because the “project and product application truly defines what an educational, interactive learning facility should look like and how it should operate.”

Read more at X2O Media

Atlona was the winner of the Commercial Integrator BEST award!

In the photo left to right:

Tom LeBlanc (Chief Editor of Commercial Integrator)
Ilya Khayn (President Atlona Technologies)
Ray Moore (PR and Events Marketing Manager)

Winning Product was: Matrix Switchers AT-PRO2HD1616M-SR