Leadership
After developing technical products and bringing them to market for over 25 years, conferencing industry veterans Craig Richardson, Steve Joiner, and Tom Drewes formed Aveo Systems with the goal of simplifying how these products are used, controlled, and managed by organizations.
What We Do
Aveo Systems makes it easy to control and manage audio visual systems. With Aveo's Mira Connect control solutions and Mira Portal cloud management platform, a professionally-designed control system is easily created — without the need for any programming. Simply select the equipment, enable the desired options, and the room is ready! Mira Connect enables integration partners to deliver professionally-designed systems without the programming complexity, bugs, and cost of traditional control systems. Users get an easy-to-use system with a common user experience across various rooms and equipment, improving their productivity and maximizing the value of their collaboration solution.
Who We Are
Craig H. Richardson / CEO
Craig began his career developing and implementing real-time digital signal processing (DSP) voice and video algorithms at Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI), a company founded by DSP pioneers Drs. Thomas P. Barnwell, Ronald W. Schafer, and Russell M. Mersereau. After Craig became President and CEO of ASPI, he focused the company (renamed ASPI Digital) on audio conferencing devices, including the EchoFree EF400, the first acoustic echo canceller product with integrated noise cancellation that automatically reduced the room noise transmitted to the remote participants, reducing listener fatigue and increasing intelligibility. Craig holds an SC.B. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in Digital Signal Processing from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Steve Joiner / Vice President, Engineering
Steve started his career at ASPI Digital developing software and hardware solutions, including the EchoFree EF200 and EF1210 audio conferencing products. He then went on to lead the engineering team that developed the Vortex audio conferencing processor, raising the bar for installed audio functionality and performance. He continued to lead the engineering team after ASPI was acquired by Polycom and led the development on the SoundStructure series of installed audio conferencing devices, a product family known for its was of use, performance, and quality. Steve holds a B.S. in Physics and M.S.E.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Tom Drewes / Vice President, User Experience
Tom comes to Aveo Systems with fifteen years of experience in software development for user interfaces and user experience design, most recently as Principal Engineer at Polycom. At Polycom, he designed SoundStructure Studio , as well as contributed to Polycom Group Series, Polycom Touch Control, and Polycom Trio. Tom holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Iowa and a M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His focus in recent years has been to improve experiences across the user spectrum, from the AV integrators of complex systems to the end users in collaboration spaces.
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