ISE 2018 – Interview with Dave Haynes, Sixteen:Nine – Meeting Rooms

By | November 15, 2025

Last Updated on November 15, 2025 by Craig Allen Keefner

Dave Haynes, Sixteen:Nine: “The pure play guys have a real advantage”

With his finger on the pulse of the industry, no one knows quite as much about digital signs (or about selling salt—trust us and watch the video) as Dave Haynes, the founder and editor of the Sixteen:Nine blog and the Meeting Room Signs website.

Meeting rooms are the gateway drug for digital signage companies wanting to enter that world. Getting in opens up many other opportunities as well.

Haynes stresses analytics and can’t disagree with that.  With digital signage in search of ROI (still), traffic and audience footfall analytics would seem to be their big card to play, yet I don’t think it has been played.

Maybe I should ask Dave Haynes why that is…

Author: Craig Allen Keefner

Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk