Kiosk Industry Group Kiosk Hall of Fame President’s Club

The Kiosk Industry Group is pleased to announce the 2013 inductees to the Self-Service Kiosk Industry Hall of Fame Presidents Club.  These individuals have been recognized and voted in by their peers for truly having had a tremendous impact on the entire kiosk and self-service industry.

Big thank to Edward Crowley at URway Holdings for sponsoring the awards.  We were able to have nice awards and everybody liked them very much (including the one we shipped to Australia).

The inductees are:

• Frank Olea of Olea
• James Kruper of Kioware
• Sandy Nix with CTS
• Michael Smith founder of NeoProducts
• Edward Crowley with OneSource Interactive
• Ron Bowers Frank Mayer
• Peter B. Snyder Middle East Kiosks
• Thomas Smith of SelfService Networks
• Mike Mayer of Frank Mayer
• Hamed Shahbazi with TIO Networks

The manager of the Kiosk Industry Group Craig Keefner commented,”it’s important that along with encouraging the regulatory guidelines  and the best practice design engineering, that we recognize the extraordinary people that truly are the industry. And in particular this years group exemplifies the genuine players and drivers.”

The top vote tally went to Frank Olea of Olea. Here are some

Frank Olea of Olea Kiosk

words from Frank:

It’s an honor to be elected into the Kiosk Hall of Fame. When I started in his industry nearly twenty years ago at the ripe old age of 20 I never would have guessed it would grow into what it has today. Gone are the days of plunking down an Internet Kiosk in the middle of a retail store.

Customers are connected today unlike any other time in history. Our industry is evolving and our products have gotten more complex in an effort to allow

Pete Snyder accepting award from CraigK

customers to get better access to services quicker, and on their own schedules. My fellow inductees can tell you that in today’s landscape nothing trumps experience. Nobody really knows what the future holds but if I had to guess I’d say we’ll see Kiosks continue to evolve and market verticals continue to grow as more customers come to expect Self-Service. Companies will self-service to the limits within those verticals.