Education

Faculty Program Award Recipients

Nelson Baumgratz, CTS-D

InfoComm International® presented Nelson Baumgratz, CTS-D, with the 2012 Educator of the Year Award.

Baumgratz has been an AV professional for more than 30 years, specializing in diverse areas from transmitter design and manufacturing, to IT consulting and systems design. Baumgratz currently runs and co-owns EAV – Engenharia Audiovisual, an AV engineering design company located in Brazil. Baumgratz has been a member of InfoComm University faculty since 2008, teaching dozens of classes throughout Latin America and during InfoComm trade shows in the United States. Baumgratz also serves as a faculty advisor at FAPCOM, a technology and communication school in São Paulo, Brazil, helping to develop a two-year technical degree based on InfoComm curricula.



Educator of the Year Recipients

2012 Nelson Baumgratz, CTS-D
2011 Steven J. Thorburn, CTS-D, CTS-I
2010 Max Kopsho, CTS, MCSE
2009 L. William Nattress III, CTS-D, CTS-I
2008 Peter H. Putman, CTS
2007 Paul Depperschmidt, CTS
2006 John Campanella, CTS-D
2005 Roy A. Hermanson, Jr., CTS-D, CTS-I
2004 Mario Maltese, CTS-D, CTS-I
2003 Gary Kayye, CTS
2002 Bill Sharer, CTS
2001 Joel Rollins, CTS-R
2000 Gordon Moore, CTS
1999 Mike Weems, CTS, MCP
1998 Scott Sharer, CTS, BA, MFA
1997 Steve Thorburn, PE, CTS-D, CTS-I
1996 Spencer Bullins, CTS
1995 André LeJeune, CTS
1994 Duffy Wilbert, CTS
1993 Fred Dixon, CTS

 

 

Each individual selected as Educator of the Year:

  • taught or developed an InfoComm International program
  • taught an InfoComm International seminar program during InfoComm Exhibitions
  • published industry training/education books, manuals or pamphlets
  • is an InfoComm International member
  • holds a valid CTS designation

Fred Dixon Service in Education
Award Recipients

Kim Milliken
Luke Rawls, CTS
Fred Dixon, CTS
Mike Weems, CTS, MCP
Terry Friesenborg, CTS
Mario J. Maltese, CTS-D, CTS-I

 

 

The Fred Dixon Service in Education Award is bestowed upon an individual who exhibits excellence throughout his or her entire body of work.