GoVision (www.jumbo.tv) provides affordable day or night, larger-than-life video broadcast for outdoor and indoor events nationwide through state-of-the-art LED walls and a fleet of custom-built mobile units. GoVision’s fleet ranges from GoBigger, the world’s largest mobile high-definition LED screen, to GoTron, a 9’ x 12’ screen perfect for events with smaller crowds and budgets, and everything in between. The company has had a prominent role in countless national events, including the inaugurations of Presidents Bush and Obama, the Olympic Torch Relay, Dallas Cowboys halftime shows, the Texas Rangers’ World Series celebration, the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Anniversary Jamboree and the George W. Bush Presidential Library groundbreaking. The Argyle, Texas-based company is the screen provider of the NCAA Final Four, Texas Motor Speedway, Dallas Cowboys Stadium Plaza, the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, the University of Oklahoma and San Jose State football teams, and several PGA tournaments.
Curtis was largely responsible for the creation of the portable daylight large screen industry. He co-founded Motion Graphics, the pioneer of the category, in 1991, and
purchased the business outright in 1992. Three years later, Curtis merged the company with BCC Video’s Jumbotron division to form Screenworks, now the industry’s largest player. He sold his interest in Screenworks in 1998 to concentrate on other opportunities.
In 1995, Curtis was the original investor in Field Source, Inc., which created unique relevance marketing programs for companies such as PepsiCo, Coors and Nestle. The
business was acquired by The Mosaic Group in 1998.
Curtis is an investor in various real estate partnerships and venture capital funds. A graduate of Texas Christian University, Curtis is a past member of the TCU Board of
Trustees and is only the second individual in school history to serve as president of both the TCU Frog Club and the National Alumni Association. He has been tabbed to receive the university’s prestigious President’s Service Award in April 2011. Curtis and his wife, Nicole, are Patron and Lifetime members of the Clark Society.
Curtis was the first winner of the Innovation Impact Award, presented in January 2011 by the NFL and the North Texas Small Business Alliance, for embodying the
characteristics of leadership, innovation and social responsibility. In 2009, Curtis was among a select group of leaders appointed to the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host
Committee. He is a founding member of the Argyle ISD Education Foundation Board. He and Nicole have four children and live in Flower Mound, Texas.
Throughout his career, McKinnon has negotiated deeply rooted, long-term relationships with Fortune 500 clients such as American Airlines, Ford, Motorola, Lockheed Martin, Valero, FedEx Office, Sabre and Dell, to name a few. McKinnon has developed a passion for aligning tactical initiatives between sales and marketing organizations that has fueled double, and in many cases triple, digit growth.
McKinnon oversees all aspects of GoVision’s sales and marketing as well as serving in a key management role on both day-to-day and strategic operations of the company.
A native Texan and graduate of Texas Christian University, McKinnon was a three-year letterman for the TCU football team and loves to hunt, fish and coach youth athletics. He and his wife, Kim, have two children and live in Coppell, Texas.
Brady Haass joined GoVision in 2003 as an account executive after graduating from Texas Christian University with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Radio, Television, Film and Speech Communications. In this position, Brady gained valuable sales experience in the growing audio visual industry. He accumulated a strong base of nationally recognized clients and contributed to GoVision’s marketing efforts as the company was in its infancy.
In 2006, Brady was promoted to the director of sales position and began to manage and train a full-time sales staff while still increasing GoVision’s national sales effort with such prestigious clients as the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama, Tostitos’ Fiesta Bowl and Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Justin Eaton joined GoVision in 2003 as its operations manager. In this position, Justin oversees all aspects of the mobile units at client events, from beginning to end. He coordinates all technological elements needed for each show, along with the screens and/or mobile units, and on-site staffing.
Eaton is an experienced audio/visual manager who approaches each project with a strong eye for detail. He rose quickly within the audio/visual field, beginning his career as a video engineer/projectionist with a Dallas-based A/V company. Working primarily on traveling projects, he began his career overseeing the set-up and operation of video systems, projection and video walls.
Eaton was later recruited to join Audio Visual Headquarters in Dallas as a video engineer, projectionist and QC manager. He coordinated the entire production for a number of high-profile events, including road shows for Bristol Myers and Kraft, and general sessions for Internet World and the National Homebuilders Association. Eaton coordinated the entire production of each event, including lighting, sound, video, labor and all other A/V requirements.
Brett Amman joined the GoVision staff in 2008 after 5 years of working in the golf operations industry. Brett moved to Dallas directly after finishing college at the State University of New York – Cortland with a degree in Sport Management, where he won the national club lacrosse championship in 2006.
With his first responsibilities being a mobile LED screen operator/salesman, Brett was moved and began a true focus on sales and the development of the GoVision Golf product. Amman’s passion for the sport of golf and the industry created a perfect fit for the roll of working with and implementing LED screen technology with numerous PGA Tour events, Champions Tour Events and PGA of America Championships. When the busy travel and work schedule allows, Brett finds as many chances as possible to escape the Texas heat to enjoy skiing where ever he can find it.
Jeff Williams joined GoVision in 2007, and now oversees all personnel and logistics for every show and large event. His intense attention to detail and ability to lead personnel through complex events has allowed GoVision to retain over 99 percent of its customers. Williams has delivered the NCAA Final Four Men’s Basketball Championships in both 2008 and 2009, several huge events at the new Cowboys Stadium – including the UNC vs. Texas basketball game, Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clotty fight and Tim McGraw Super Bowl XLV concert spectacular – as well as the eight plaza screens stationed at Cowboys Stadium for each home game and most special events.
Williams finished his education locally at the University of Texas-Arlington after a storied baseball career at Wichita State University, which included two trips to the College World Series and one National Championship in 1989. From there, Jeff played minor league baseball from 1990-1998, including some time in Triple A. He and his wife, Holly, have two children and live in Argyle, Texas.
Adam Vahl brings more than eight years of experience in large-screen video display and production with Daktronics, Inc., to his new position as Video Technician for GoVision. Vahl’s technical skills and expertise will bolster the company’s production team both on-site at key events, and at the home office. Vahl is a native of Lake Benton, MN. He earned his B.A. degree at Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, MN) in 2002.
Steve is most recently a graduate of the University of North Texas. Prior to earning his B.A., he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1997 – 2003. Some of his interests away from work include weight lifting, spending time with his family, and reading.
Kim Hinnrichs joined GoVision as Officer Manager after serving as the Executive Director of the Argyle, TX, Chamber of Commerce for the past four years. In her new role, Hinnrichs will oversee all aspects of the headquarters office and assist with several internal priorities, including sales, marketing and operations. Hinnrichs attended the University of North Texas in Denton.
She graduated from Texas A&M University (too many years ago to list) and is a licensed CPA in the State of Texas. She has worked for the Texas Comptroller as a sales tax auditor, a Fortune 500 company as a sales tax manager, and a manager at a national consulting firm specializing in state tax.
Kristy has also served as treasurer for the Argyle Education Foundation for two years and sits on the children’s council at Argyle United Methodist Church.
She resides in Argyle with husband Roger and one son. Kristy enjoys doing things with her family and church when she is not crunching numbers.
