Kiosk Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Inductees (All-Time)

The Kiosk Industry Group Hall of Fame recognizes individuals whose long-term contributions have materially shaped the self-service, kiosk, accessibility, automation, and interactive technology industries. It exists to document and honor sustained impact over time, not short-term success or product cycles.

Inductees are selected based on decades of leadership, technical innovation, industry building, standards development, accessibility advancement, and real-world deployment experience. Many of those recognized were active in the industry before kiosks, digital signage, and automated retail were widely understood or commercially established.

The Hall of Fame serves as a historical record for a specialized but influential industry, highlighting the people whose work helped define how the public orders, pays, navigates, accesses services, and interacts with technology in shared spaces. It reflects the industry’s evolution from early public terminals to modern, inclusive, mission-critical self-service systems.

And don’t forget products and projects —

• Best of 2025 TIG Awards — our winners for 2025 excellence — kiosks, digital signage, software, accessibility — Recognizing excellence and communicating those projects is one of our jobs here at Kiosk Industry. Here are our candidates, so far…

2026 Hall of Fame Inductees

• Dave Gonsiorowski — Over 20 years advancing self-service engagement and large-scale deployments through WebRaiser and Flextronics

• Gower Smith — Widely regarded as a father of automated retail through ZoomSystems; still active in the industry

• Howard Horn — Founder of Advanced Kiosks with more than 25 years of practical kiosk deployment experience, beginning with early H32 platforms

• Heinz Horstmann — Co-founder of SiteKiosk and original sponsor of Kiosk Industry Group; SiteKiosk celebrates 30 years in business in 2026

• Christoph Niehus — Co-founder of SiteKiosk and long-time leader in secure kiosk software and device control

• Kenneth Larsen — Founder of KT Group; among the first to deploy self-service kiosks into the legalized U.S. sports-betting market, including Churchill Downs, DraftKings, and Wynn Casinos; also known for landmark legal precedent against anti-competitive practices

• Neil Farr — Managing Director of Working Solutions (Creative IT) Ltd since 1997 and CEO of Acquire Digital

• James Winsor — Early U.S. kiosk industry contributor through Arral Industries and later automation ventures including AVT

• Scott McInnes — Founder and CEO of four successful kiosk-centric companies: Envision Kiosks, Paykiosks Internet Terminals Inc., DVDNow Kiosks, and TapSnap

• Manfred Wilner — Transaction printer and kiosk peripheral technologist with 27 years at Swecoin and Zebra Technologies

• Bruce Bailey — Accessibility specialist and retired member of the U.S. Access Board, with long-standing influence on ADA considerations in self-service

• Gregg Vanderheiden — More than 50 years advancing accessibility and inclusive technology, primarily through TRACE

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Business 

• Kodak Moments – Our first Business Inductee.  See PRnewswire release.  No business has made a greater impact on the kiosk industry than Kodak Moments,” said Craig Allen Keefner, Kiosk Industry Group Manager and curator of the Kiosk Hall of Fame. “Kodak Moments was the original global provider of kiosks.”

Individuals

• Peter W. Jarvis of Storm Interface – As one of the founding directors and shareholders, Peter joined Storm Interface in 1986. Working closely with the Trace Research and Engineering Center, Peter created a range of highly tactile and audible system navigation devices.
• Matt Ater – Matt has over 30 years of experience in accessibility and is currently the vice president of Vispero. Matt is a DEI advocate, blind, and dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities. He speaks about digital accessibility, kiosk usability, and inclusion at conferences such as CSUN, Disability:IN, and more.  Matt has delivered keynote speeches, has been featured on Working Nation, and is an active board member of CTA.
• Marsha Mazz – currently the Director, Accessibility Codes and Standards at United Spinal Association, Marsha spent over 30 years with the U.S. Access Board. Marsha was instrumental in involving the KMA with the U.S. Board facilitating meetings and feedback.
• Rick Rommel – special recognition 2024
• Nicky Shaw – special recognition 2024
• Tommy Woycik – NEXTEP
• Ben Wheeler – The Kiosk Guy
• Traci Martin Murray – Vispero, Olea Kiosks, Ceroview
• Nigel Seed – NAS Consultancy & Netshift
• James Vande Castle [Media] – link
• Eric Dumouchel (posthumous)
• Tommy Wincent (posthumous)
• Frank Olea – Olea Kiosks
• James Kruper – KioWare
• Michael Smith – NeoProducts
• Edward Crowley – Five Point & URway
• Ron Bowers  – Frank Mayer
• Peter B. Snyder – KIS
• Thomas Smith – MontegoNet & SSN
• Mike Mayer of Frank Mayer
• Hamed Shahbazi – Info Touch then TIO now Paypal
• Gregg Kaplan – Coinstar
• Rick Malone – KIS now KIOSK
• Bradley Walker – Nanonation
• Janet L. Webster – USPS
• Cortlandt Johnson – IBM
• Greg Swistak – Factura now Ikoniq
• Doug Peter – St. Clair Interactive
• Alex Richardson – Lexitech then Netkey
• Lawrence Dvorchik – KioskCom Self Service Expo
• Lief Larson – Kiosk Magazine
• Francie Mendelsohn – Summit Research
• Peter Berens – Apunix
• Sylvia Berens – Apunix
• Craig Keefner – the initial comp.infosystems.kiosks Usenet group and the first website/association Kiosks.Org
• Special Recognition Award 2024
  • Nicky Shaw —  We recognize Nicky for her wonderful service as Chairperson of our Accessibility and ADA committee.
  • Rick Rommel – our first chairman and ex-Kodak. Still going strong
  • Special Recognition Award 2017 – Eckhard Reinman of Germany posthumous
  • Special Recognition Award 2017 – James Bickers posthumous

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2024

Nicky Shaw —  We recognize Nicky for her wonderful service as Chairperson of our Accessibility and ADA committee.  A couple of achievements for Nicky in that regard was the creation and adoption of Bylaws for the Committee.  Ironically part of the Bylaws was provision to limit a Chairperson to no more than 2 consecutive terms. Nicky also spearheaded the KMA involvement in HIMSS Healthcare conference. In 2024 we have a 10×30 booth across from Epic and over 7 demos of accessibility in patient care. Nicky will continue to represent Storm Interface on the Accessibility Committee in member capacity.

As US Operations Manager for Storm Interface, Nicky is responsible for developing Storm’s US customer base. She has special responsibilities to inform and support system specifiers and designers working to achieve more accessible kiosk deployments. Her initiatives within the kiosk design community have successfully engendered a belief and determination that accessibility can be achieved without compromising or detriment to the kiosk design ethos or concept. Nicky has been a passionate and long-term campaigner for improved accessibility to Information and Communication systems deployed in public spaces.

Rick Rommel — it’s only natural with our first business inductee this year Kodak Moments, that we honor one of the original “Bay Hill Bunch”. Rick, while with Kodak, served as our original president of the association. Unifying kiosk manufacturers is a tough row to hoe but Rick held them all together. At Kodak, Rommel was in charge of one of the largest retail kiosk projects in the industry, the deployment of more than 18,000 kiosks in the United States. Rommel noted the company has installed 35,000 photo kiosks worldwide.

Not many realize it but before Kodak, Rick worked for North Communications which was a premier kiosk provider in the 90s. North Communications was one of the original innovators in public access touchscreen technology, applications, user interfaces, kiosk design and manufacturing, secure transactions and network management circa 1986-2003, serving the public sector, banking and retail industries. Interesting to see their website still “live” (http://www.northcommunications.net)

Interestingly Rick grew up in Southern California and went to school at Loyola Marymount before heading east.  That happens to be the same storyline for Rick Malone of KIOSK.

Over the years Rick has been an advisor and mentor to me in the retail world.  Thanks Rick for all you contributed!

Nominations

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We wish to thank all the candidates and particularly our sponsor for the awards KioWare and James Kruper.

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