2. Technology Director
• Working within the Senior Management Team
• Overseeing the engineering team
• Overseeing the Interactive team
• Working directly with exhibitors to cater for
their technical needs
3. Personal Challenges
• Time management
• Communication skills
• How to control emotions
• Technical knowledge
4. Examples of work
" Communicating with outside companies:
• Secured 10 iPads from Apple’s European loan pool
• Negotiated hire of the comms system for the event
• Held meetings with Pufferfish to try and secure a
puffersphere
5. Examples of work
" Planning:
• Looking at the long term picture and creating action
plans
• Interfacing with other departments to link technical
aspects to their plans
• Discussing exhibition requirements and working out a
solution
7. Management Vs Risk
Management
“The first step in the risk management process is to
acknowledge the reality of risk. Denial is a common tactic
that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful
planning.” Charles Tremper
8. Management Vs Risk
Management - DTT
Management: Risk:
• Fantastic experience • Compromise IPTV
• Unique • Waste of resources
• Highlight of the event • Constraints
• Utilises skills • Illegal
• Learning process
9. Management Vs Risk
Management - OB
Management Risk:
• Fantastic experience • No show
• Learning • No parking space suitable
• Relationships with OB • No OB truck available
companies from most likely source
• Utilises skills • Waste of resources
• Time
