Alan C. Brawn – CTS, DSCE, DSDE, DSNE, DCME, DSSP, ISF-C

Alan C. Brawn is a principal of Brawn Consulting, an AV and digital signage business consulting and outsourced services firm with national exposure to major manufacturers, distributors, integrators, and associations in the industry. Alan is an industry veteran and a recognized author for leading industry publications. Alan is an Imaging Science Foundation fellow. He holds AVIXA CTS certification and is a participating faculty member. Brawn was awarded the AVIXA Fred Dixon Lifetime Achievement in AV Education in 2015. He is a founder and past Chairman of the Digital Signage Federation and Legacy Award Recipient and in 2018 the DSF Educator of the Year award was named after him.

Jonathan Brawn – CTS, DSCE, DSDE, DSNE, DCME, DSSP, ISF-C

Jonathan Brawn is a principal of Brawn Consulting, an AV and digital signage business consulting and outsourced services firm with national exposure to major manufacturers, distributors, integrators, and associations in the industry. Jonathan has extensive experience in AV and digital signage systems design and integration, as well as expertise in the development of educational programs. Before joining Brawn Consulting, Jonathan was Director of Technical Services for Visual Appliances and he successfully ran his own design/build group, Brawn & Associates. Jonathan holds CTS certification and is adjunct faculty at AVIXA. He received the AVIXA 2012 Young AV Professional award. Jonathan’s work in industry standards is extensive having sat on the AVIXA PISCR (Projected Image System Contrast Ratio) task group, helping develop the industry ANSI standard for system contrast. He is currently the moderator of ISCR (Image System Contrast Ratio) creating the contrast ratio standard for commercial displays. Jonathan currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Digital Signage Expo, and helps create the educational curriculum for the organization. He is a founding director of ISF Commercial, a display calibration certification body. He provides articles for industry publications including Systems Contractor News, Sound and Video Contractor, and The Digital Signage Magazine.