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AV/IT Amplifier

Hosted by Ryan Gray · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 138 episodes

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Higher education institutions rely on audio-visual (AV) and information technology (IT) solutions as a key backbone for modern teaching and learning. The AV/IT industry plays a critical role in providing these solutions, and it is important to highlight the latest trends, innovations, and perspectives in this sector. The podcast “The AV/IT Amplifier” aims to fill this gap by featuring interviews with people from Higher Education Institutions and the AV/IT Industry who have an idea, concept, perspective, event or product that would be helpful or interesting to the target audience of higher education technology managers. The host of the podcast is Ryan Gray, Assistant Director of IT at Yavapai College. “The AV/IT Amplifier” podcast will have a bi-monthly schedule with two recordings per month, each being split in half to provide for weekly episodes. Each episode will be targeted for 30 minutes to be about the length of an average commute. The first half of each recording will

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Ryan Gray hosts AV/IT Amplifier, a education show with 138 episodes published.

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137: Reliable as F*** with Philipp Gude

Jun 3, 202629mEp. 1370

In this episode of The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast, Ryan Gray sits down with Philipp Gude of GUDE Systems during the final run up to InfoComm 2026. Philipp shares the story of GUDE as a family company, founded by his father

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136: You Never Go Full Bald with Chris Kelly

May 6, 202634mEp. 1360

Chris Kelly returns to The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast for week two with Ryan Gray, and the conversation picks up right where the first one left off: part Higher Ed AV Media strategy, part neurodivergent team therapy session

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135: The Managing Editor with Chris Kelly

Apr 29, 202634mEp. 1350

Chris Kelly returns to The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast for a conversation about media, volunteerism, accessibility, and what it means to help amplify voices across the higher education AV community. Chris, Senior IT Support

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134: They Don't Sit in the Classroom Like I Do with Mike McHugh

Apr 1, 202631mEp. 1340

Mike McHugh is back for Part 2, and this half of the conversation opens up into something bigger than a technical discussion. Ryan and Mike talk about what it really takes to stay current in a field that never stops movi

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133: It Might Just Be Future Mike with Mike McHugh

Mar 25, 202630mEp. 1330

In Episode 133 of AV/IT Amplifier, Ryan Gray talks with Mike McHugh of Goshen College about what it means to build a career, and a legacy, at a small institution where everybody knows everybody and the work is always per

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Special: HETMA Presents... Live Keynote from the HETMA Virtual Conference

Feb 25, 202658m0

Recorded live as the Friday keynote on Day 3 of the HETMA Virtual Conference, this AV/IT Amplifier crosspost pulls a fast moving hybrid conversation from sister show HETMA Presents, combining #Roadto10K and This Month in

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132: The AV Nerd with Tom Segers

Feb 18, 202628mEp. 1320

Ryan is back on the ISE 2026 show floor for Part 2 with Tom Segers, an AV professional supporting Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium across multiple campuses. Tom shares what it looks like when a hobby

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131: Work Together To Make Some Difference with Tom Segers

Feb 11, 202629mEp. 1310

Recorded live at the HETMA booth on the show floor of ISE 2026, Ryan sits down with Belgium based higher ed AV leader Tom Segers from Thomas More University of Applied Sciences. They talk about what it looks like to supp

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130: Catch You On The Flipside with Issac Abbs

Jan 28, 202628mEp. 1300

Isaac Abbs returns for week two and the conversation leans hard into the human side of senior leadership: how an introvert survives a job that demands constant presence, how you build buy in like a coach building a locke

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129: Trust Drips In and Pours Out with Isaac Abbs

Jan 21, 202630mEp. 1290

Ryan Gray is joined by Isaac Abbs , Chief Information Officer at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. Isaac walks through what the CIO role really demands in higher ed—leadership, clarity, and the ability to solve

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128: If You Think Nobody Cares, You're Wrong with Thomas Eastlack

Jan 14, 202630mEp. 1280

Week two with Thomas goes deeper into the inner mechanics of growth: how confidence gets built (and rebuilt) in real time, how “needing people” can be both a strength and a signal, and what it looks like to stop outsourc

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127: Don't Lose Yourself with Thomas Eastlack

Jan 7, 202633mEp. 1270

After a stretch of inconsistency, Ryan kicks off 2026 with a simple promise: the show is back, and the conversations are the fuel. In this in-person episode, he sits down with Thomas Eastlack , a familiar face at Yavapai

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126: Wish You Were Asked? 2025

Dec 31, 202535mEp. 1260

We close out 2025 with a listen back to some of our favorite guests this year and their answers to the questions they wish to be asked. Stay tuned for new episodes of The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast in 2026! Connect with Rya

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125: RTM Higher Education Fall 2025

Nov 12, 202537mEp. 1250

Recorded on-site in Austin, this cross-conversation episode (in partnership with RTM Business Group’s Inside Innovation) brings together fast takes from the Fall Higher Education CIO Congress. We open with RTM’s Mica Spa

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124: Gray Matter Moment: Leadership Odyssey

Oct 15, 202523mEp. 1240

Sometimes leadership doesn’t begin with a grand vision—it begins with a text. In this introspective Gray Matter Moment, Ryan Gray records from the shores of Puerto Peñasco during his family’s annual October trip and refl

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123: The Dude with BC Hatchett

Oct 8, 202528mEp. 1230

BC Hatchett returns for week two with a laid-back, life-and-leadership conversation that ranges from higher-ed purpose to… blacksmithing. We kick off with Halloween costumes (the Dude abides), detour through first jobs a

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122: The Godfather with BC Hatchett

Oct 1, 202527mEp. 1220

This week, Ryan catches up with BC Hatchett, Director of Classroom Technology at Vanderbilt University and co-founder of HETMA. They talk about shifting from “manager” to “leader,” handing the reins to the next crew, and

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Crossover - HETMA Presents... David Lopez

Sep 24, 202554m0

Special Crossover this Wednesday - Your podcast with Ryan fix will be sated! Today on HETMA Presents..., Ryan sits down with David Lopez, Global Director of Education Strategy at ScreenBeam, to unpack how wireless displa

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121: If It's Broke, Fix It with Dustin Myers

Sep 17, 202530mEp. 1210

In this second half of Ryan’s conversation with Dustin Myers of John A. Logan College and HETMA, the discussion dives into the balance of professional commitments, personal life, and community involvement in higher educa

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120: Trying to Figure Out How to Control That Chaos with Dustin Myers

Sep 10, 202530mEp. 1200

Dustin Myers—Manager of Technology Support at John A. Logan College and HETMA’s two-year at-large board member—joins Ryan to talk about running lean teams that still deliver big results. He breaks down how a 10–11 person

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