Brad Sousa

Chief Technology Officer at AVI Systems

San Diego County, California, United States

About Brad Sousa

Brad Sousa is Chief Technology Officer at AVI Systems. Location: San Diego County, California, United States.

Industry authority on visual collaboration, Unified Collaboration, digital media, video over IP, collaboration within classified applications, and visual collaboration for healthcare and distance learning. Brad’s experience and expertise makes the difference between integrating collaborative technologies, and create enterprise-wide adoption that changes organizational cultures and accomplishes broad organizational strategic initiatives. Brad is a key note speaker at symposiums and workshops addressing the application of technology in education and the effects on academic outcomes; the use of classified and unclassified visual collaboration; how enterprise collaboration and adoption of visual communications improves productivity and ROI. Pioneered the use of MPEG multicast for statewide and district-wide distance learning applications with notable programs such as Hacienda LaPuete’ USD (three time recipient of the Smithsonian Award for Technology in Academics), the Modern Red School House (Kayenta USD) and The Cascade Consortium (distance learning network supporting central Washington State). Selected Executive Briefings - Sandia National Laboratories – Emerging Technologies for Visual Communications Briefing - NNSA Technology Summit – Video at the Enterprise - Managing Implementation of Bring-Your-Own Device and Mobility with Video (Mobility to Telepresence) - US Navy Spawar - Microsoft Lync, Polycom and Cisco Interoperability for Collaboration - Integration of Skype for Business and video/voice for unclassified spaces - Emerging Technologies in Healthcare - National Labs IT Symposium - Pervasive Collaboration for Classified and Unclassified Communications - TBSr/George Washington University - Knowing the ROI of Visual Collaboration in Higher Education - Department of Energy - Understanding Skype for Business integration with video and voice - Creating Pervasive Adoption of Visual Collaboration in the Financial Services Industry

Skills

  • Video Conferencing
  • Enterprise Software
  • Telepresence

Additional experience

  • Member Board of Directors

    AVIXA Foundation

    Started January 2023