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Digital Signage Experts Group expands reach into EMEA

June 4, 2013

The Digital Signage Experts Group has announced the appointment of Carlos Bages?Riva as its Director of Operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Both the position and appointment are new as DSEG continues to expand the reach of its certification programs, currently numbering close to 16,000 participants across 63 countries to date.

Because digital signage has become a global phenomenon, Bages?Riva will focus his first efforts on marketing the fundamental Digital Signage Certified Experts course across the EMEA. He will promote the program, which is available in Spanish, French and English, not only as a live event, but also available as custom-tailored programs for companies, and in an online version.

Alan Brawn, co?director of the DSEG and chairman emeritus of the Digital Signage Federation, said in the announcement that he welcomes Carlos on board noting: "We are indeed fortunate to have someone with Carlos' stature and experience on the DSEG team. He is ideally qualified to step up and help DSEG aggressively promote the need for education and professional certification in digital signage around the world."

Bages?Riva said, "It is important to meet the growing need for professional development in digital signage in the EMEA market to help ensure the success of practitioners whose levels of expertise are varied. I relish this new role because it will give me the opportunity to help other professionals accomplish their objectives."

Paris born to Spanish parents, Bages?Riva studied in France, achieving an electromechanical engineering degree, and worked in the telecommunication industry at Ericsson. After three years' experience he earned a degree from Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris and he also graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and IESE in Spain.

Hired by service companies like CAP Gemini and then Atos, he kicked off his professional experience in the computer service market, according to the announcement. He worked for France Telecom group, the Amadeus Company located in Germany and the BT Group. In 2000, France Telecom selected Carlos to manage its Catalonian Telecom subsidiary as CEO in Spain.

From 2003 till today, Carlos managed his own company to work in both telecommunication and digital signage, working on projects for several companies as consultant. At his company all2com, Bages-Riva developed a DS/DOOH methodology, "Agile4com," based on the Agile recommendations and ITIL ISO standard, intended to guide digital signage integration from pre?project phase through post?project and to facilitate high-quality, on-time and on-budget implementations.

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