Board - Women of DS - Women of DS

Founders

Andrea Varrone, DSCE
Andrea Varrone has a track record of developing highly effective relationships throughout the digital signage industry. Varrone is currently Show Director of the Digital Signage Expo where she oversees sales and management of the award-winning tradeshow. Using her extensive audiovisual knowledge and relationships, Varrone has led the show to its current status as the top international event for the digital signage industry. Varrone is passionate about bringing together women in the digital signage industry to create lasting business partnerships and friendships.

Megan Dutta, DCME
Megan A. Dutta is an experienced digital signage professional focused on creating and executing communications strategies. As Editor of SCN Magazine, Dutta puts her passion for the audiovisual industry into every page, covering events from Digital Signage Expo to InfoComm. Prior to her work at SCN, Dutta was the Marketing Communications Manager at Peerless-AV. Dutta is an active member and volunteer of Women in Consumer Technology and AVIXA Women's Council. She was featured in Dealerscope's 2017 40 Under 40 and is the recipient of AVIXA's 2017 Young AV Professional Award.

Advisory Board

Brandy Alvarado
In her short AV career Brandy has helped establish rp Visual Solutions (RPV) as the #CreativeVisualStructures behind many renowned digital signage projects. Her concept of marketing is a melding of art and science: creativity executed through a disciplined process. She’s noted as saying, “Creativity enables you to stand apart from your competitors. A disciplined process structures your marketing efforts to generate sales leads and revenue.” At RPV she wears many hats - Director of Marketing and Communications, Advertising Director, Social Media Maven, Event Planner, Trade Show Coordinator, Travel Planner, Sales & Pipeline Manager, Content Curator, Blogger, and Business Development Manager.

Jennifer Hetzel, DSCE
Jennifer Hetzel, DSCE is an experienced solutions sales professional with a demonstrated history of helping clients use the latest technologies to inspire better brand and retail experiences. Deeply experienced in digital signage and visual display systems and strategy, Jennifer is currently Director of Business Development at Creative Realities, Inc, where she manages client relationships with a focus on large-scale digital signage deployments. Prior to her work at CRI, she worked at large digital signage manufacturers such as Allure Global, NEC, and RiseDisplay.

Ann Holland
Ann Holland is Vice President of Marketing at BrightSign, LLC.

Gina Spatafore
Gina Spatafore began her audiovisual industry career at NEC in 2011 where she served as the company's Public Relations Specialist. Because of her passion and strong communication skills, Spatafore quickly rose through the ranks, serving in a variety of marketing and sales roles; she now serves as the company's Tradeshow Manager where she plans and executes the company's event strategies. Spatafore is an active member of the InfoComm Exhibitor Steering Committee.