132: The AV Nerd with Tom Segers

About this episode

Tom Segers discusses the intersection of hobby and career in AV, detailing the complexities of working in higher education AV environments.

Ryan is back on the ISE 2026 show floor for Part 2 with Tom Segers, an AV professional supporting Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium across multiple campuses. Tom shares what it looks like when a hobby becomes a career, and why being detail minded is not just a personality trait, it is survival in higher ed AV. From WhatsApp culture in Europe to the very real complexity of LED walls, 4K workflows, and teacher friendly BYOD realities, this episode stays practical and human. It ends on a simple truth that will feel familiar to anyone in our line of work: if nobody is calling, that might be the best news you get all week. Topics Discussed Supporting seven campuses with a small AV team When your hobby becomes your job The value and downside of being detail minded Communication habits and coordination in Europe WhatsApp as an operational tool at events What it really takes to make an LED wall succeed in teaching spaces Power, input, and workflow surprises with LED deployments The gap between BYOD policy and BYOD reality Duplicate vs extend mode issues in real classrooms Why lack of complaints can be a success metric in AV Connect with Tom Segers: LinkedIn…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Gray

Guest: Tom Segers

Topics covered

• AV in higher education
• career development
• communication in AV
• LED wall technology
• BYOD challenges
• team dynamics in AV

Keywords

• AV professional
• higher education
• WhatsApp culture
• LED walls
• 4K workflows
• BYOD
• AV team dynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thomas More University of Applied Sciences

Places: Belgium, Europe

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