Customer Profile
Neoma Business School has the ambition to be an innovative challenger to the world’s leading business schools. The school is divided into 3 campuses in France in the cities of Reims, Rouen, and Paris. Neoma Business School offers an extensive portfolio of programs ranging from marketing, communication to accounting, finance, management for over 9,000 students.
Customer Challenges
For several years, one of the keys to its development is the Experiential Education project (ExE Project). To carry out this project, there is a need for educational tools to alternate both theoretical and practical learning approaches in the same place.
Last year, the school installed two “augmented learning rooms” in which the audiovisual equipment is organized around Kramer’s VIA wireless gateways and Kramer Control interfaces.
Kramer’s Solution
To achieve these goals, the managers of Neoma BS set up two interactive training rooms, one on the Reims campus and the other in Rouen. A wireless-based exchange and display system has been set up on 9 workstations that can each accommodate 6 students, with a room broadcasting solution on four central screens, all controlled by two touch screens.
The different workstations are equipped with our VIA GO solution and RC-306 keypads. Two VIA Connect Pro are used for broadcasting in the room without the workstations. A SL-240C controller and two KT-107 touch panels allow the Kramer Control solution to manage the room. A central rack accommodates a VS-1616 matrix switcher, which manages the HDBaseT distribution of video streams, as well as all the VIAs and the IP network part. The software application VIA Site Management is used to manage all the VIAs on both sites.
Results & Customer Feedback
The two classrooms are very appreciated and the professors are neck to neck to book a slot in the calendar to use them. When they enter the classroom, they realize that it offers them innovative possibilities, so that many of them have revised the format of their lesson. A professor revised his pedagogy to make the most of the opportunities offered by the room, enhancing the pleasure of learning and the experience quality.
A graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, Doug has been in the Technology industry since 1976 and actively oversees Fearing’s daily operations. Along with his wife, Lois, and three others, Doug started Fearing’s in a 600 square-foot facility in Portage, Wisconsin. In the 25 years since, the company has grown to over 30 employees with offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doug likes to say he’s a “TV Technician with a dream� going back to his history with the family’s original business-Fearing’s TV and Appliance.
Doug values time with family, watersports, hiking, snowshoeing and skiing. In addition to being a devoted member of his church, Doug serves as Board President for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County, Board member of Schools for Haiti and Scripture Chair of the Gideons-Portage camp.
A graduate of MATC, Lois oversees Fearing’s daily book keeping along with various HR responsibilities.
Along with Doug, Lois is deeply connected to community outreach, serving as a Board member and Fundraising Committee Chairperson for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County. She also serves on the Schools for Haiti Fundraising committee. In addition, Lois’ ongoing passion and commitment to provide care for the elderly comes from her 10-year history of working in a Reedsburg, Wisconsin Nursing home.
Lois enjoys singing, hiking, sunny days on the pontoon, and spending time with her 4 grandchildren.
Ehren drives Fearing’s technology by continually seeking out trends to enhance capabilities while supporting Sales, Engineering and Installation teams. Throughout his years with Fearing’s, Ehren’s talent and vision have joined forces to create a wide variety of projects and strategic solutions that exceed expectation.
Ehren loves music, family time, movies, nature, sustainability efforts and electric vehicles.
With 10 years with Fearing’s and over twice that long in the industry, Ben continues to lead, coordinate, and develop the Commercial AV team.
By consistently delivering an outstanding experience and outcome, Ben contributes to the Fearing’s legacy of long-lasting partnerships that truly make a difference. Whatever the Commercial AV need may be, Ben and team deliver at the highest level.
Ben is an avid fisherman and photographer. He enjoys coaching his sons and other youth.
Chris has been with Fearing’s for 20 years and in the industry for over 2 decades. As a Certified leader in Sales Acceleration and trained in EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems), Chris successfully utilizes his skills to lead the Fearing’s Salesforce. Chris and team are motivated and driven to develop new client partnerships while continuing to reinforce loyal long-term relationships with ongoing Service excellence.
Married for 19 years with 3 children, Chris enjoys skiing, hiking, fishing, boating, hunting, camping and golf. He’s also been actively involved as a Youth Football and Softball coach for his family and others.
