The Minds
Where The Technology Begins
Brian Evans
I was raised with the mantra, “Scientia est Potentia” accurately translated, “knowledge is powerâ€. I endeavor to live to that potential by bringing a lifetime of academia and scholarship along with vision and entrepreneurship to all my work.
I started my career at the Nuclear Weapons Laboratory at the Sandia National Labs in the early 1970’s. The Sandia National Laboratory was not new to me as I was raised there by my parents who were physicists. My work in analytics led me to do my graduate work combining economic science, analytics and engineering.
At the beginning of 1975 I went to work at the Department of Commerce developing econometric models specifically on what became the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Those models are the foundation of Dallas’s decade long building boom, 1975 ~ 1985 and its distinctive profile.
I came to Rhode Island in 1980 to work for Textron. Prior to starting, I made a decision to venture on my own in the new ‘computer industry’. I started a computer company called Systems and Solutions, a computer systems house. By 1983 we had become a leading pioneer in software engineering for the personal computer industry and had developed three major relationships, the Naval War College, a small fledgling company in Cranston Rhode Island, Mearthane Products Corporation and Governor Phillip Noel.
The Naval War College relationship was to integrate the ‘micro-computer’ into the ARPANET which gave us the foundation for later platform integrations on the new ‘INTERNET’.
Mearthane contracted me to design an entire MRP system to run their factory. That development project took over a decade and became the core delivery system of analytics that propelled Mearthane’s exponential growth.
With the partnership of Governor Phillip Noel, we became focused in medical information technology, went on to build two software companies, specializing in medical systems that went public in 1984 and again in 1988. That led to our development of the electronic data interchange and the national standard format allowing providers to transmit, to Blue Cross, United Healthcare, CMS Medicare, etc., electronic claims. In 1994 we were purchased by the Blue Cross Blue Shield PNS network.
It was these relationships and technology sectors that led me to the exciting world of the LED. Today, we design and manufacture some of the most impressive LED displays used by corporations around the world.
We are now ready for tomorrow and are designing the most impressive displays for the consumer at home.
Matthew A. Knee
Matt has been involved in the out-of-home business since 2006 when he joined North American Electronic Displays, Inc. (NAED), as their Operations Manager. He went on to co-found and run Operations for Superior Digital Displays a New York based digital media firm with 8 spectacular LED locations in Times Square and helped to build that business to several thousand screens owned and exclusively represented by Superior Digital Displays. In 2018, Matt launched GCG Media Services, a media consultancy dedicated to the entire lifecycle of media assets.
Matt has been an instrumental part of many sign development and installation projects throughout the United States. Consulting for several large landlords, management firms, media operators and installation companies. His passion for creativity and finding solutions to problems makes him the perfect fit for the outdoor industry.
When Matt isn’t finding creative solutions to signage problems, he can be found spending time with his wife and children. A resident of New York’s south shore of Long Island, Matt enjoys being in nature and staying active year-round.
Jeanne Sullivan Evans
Jeanne brings a wealth of communications, social media and customer relations to the Global Team. She is deeply rooted in the Rhode Island business community and has been so since her first entrepreneurial launch, Promotion with Motion. Promotion with Motion pioneered the first large format high resolution digital LED mobile billboard which served numerous companies.
PWM served as brand ambassador for Yuengling Brewery, Cox Communications, Food Democracy.org, Berkshire Hathaway, CES Boxing, Alex and Ani, Providence College Friars, etc.
In addition Jeanne was the visual background for Dave Bautista, former MMA star.
Prior to her launch into the entrepreneurial world Jeanne served the senior executive committee of the lottery giant, GTECH. In her capacity she headed the documentation center and was responsible for all domestic and international lottery proposal development and deployments.
Jeanne is a double major graduate of Rhode Island College with degrees in Mass Communications and Musical Theatre.