Ray Hansen represents the new generation of dynamic speakers on technology, and its impact on the event industry. Ray has been an innovative leader and industry expert on interactive meeting technology and audience response systems for nearly a decade. Armed with a multimedia and web design degree from the Art Institutes International, Ray soon found himself working as an interactive meeting producer and designing event applications for a production company based in Minneapolis, MN and New York City. After being a part of 400+ meetings and events using technology, Ray has both a technical and practical understanding of how to maximize the interactive environment of an audience. In July of 2010 Hansen started appEvision and has been developing social, mobile applications to engage, educate and communicate to audiences of any size.
Hansen has been featured in many trade publications, webinars and association education sessions. Currently Ray serves as social media manager at MPI WestField, where he was named the 2008 Supplier Volunteer of the year.



