Following an interview and selection process of nominated trade suppliers, CEDIA announced the approval of Stuart Tickle (pictured right) , owner of and managing director at AWE, and James Chen (pictured left), managing director at Kordz, as directors at its January meeting.
Tickle, who previously served as a director of the CEDIA UK board from 2003 to 2009, said: “It’s a huge honour to be elected to the CEDIA Board of Directors once again. CEDIA has a strong executive team headed globally by Daryl [Friedman, Global CEO of Cedia]. Having met most already, I am excited to be joining a dedicated board who are investing their time alongside other volunteers to help steer our industry and trade association in an even stronger direction.”
Chen is a US-Australian entrepreneur, author, and speaker with over 30 years’ experience in the AV industry. Last year’s CEDIA Fellow recipient, Chen has served on CEDIA’s Technology Council, Governance Committee, and Certification Commission, which creates industry accredited certification to ANSI and ISO/IEC 17024 standards for Professional Systems Technicians. He is now part of the RP23 video standards working group.