Todd Vrzal, Riverview Systems Group’s long-time Systems Integration Director, still remembers one of his first jobs at Riverview – the then technical challenge of installing slide projectors. “If that does not date myself, I don’t know what does,” Todd jokes. Today the work continues to grow in complexity with the Systems Integration Division designing and installing […]

February 9, 2017

Riverview Systems Group, Inc., the award-winning, full-service provider of engaging and innovative live events, has re-launched its corporate website. Unveiled in conjunction with the company’s 30th anniversary, the redesigned site boasts a heightened visual approach and renewed focus on the company’s impressive history of event design and production for top brands around the world. Click […]

As a company that often prides itself for making its clients’ live event dreams come true, Rebecca Van De Vanter holds the unique position in making Riverview’s dreamers’ vision come true. In her own words, her role is largely to function as a go-between for our design services team and the physical end product that […]

For many at Riverview, you see Director, Service & Repairs Mike Noble everyday as that fun guy, usually with a screwdriver in hand, expertly maintaining our technical arsenal. What you may not know is that back in the late 1980s Mike was a touring lighting technician for such artists as The Beach Boys, Barry Manilow, […]

At Riverview we’re always busy, but apparently it’s not just us, but the whole industry. An article in the current issue of Exhibitor Magazine reports on a recent survey from Exhibit Surveys, Inc. and Lippman Connect that finds the majority of event organizers predict a busy 2017. Among the noteworthy data-points: 58 percent of the […]

Earlier this year Team Blue partnered with Trademark Events providing production design and execution for the Xamarin Evolve 16 corporate event — the largest cross-platform mobile event in the world, where over 1,500 developers, industry leaders and Xamarin experts converged to advance the state of the art, discuss mobile strategy and define the future of apps. What was remarkable was […]

To say that few apps have ever had the impact Pokémon GO has had in the last two weeks is an understatement. According to figures from AppInstitute.com in the next 15 minutes from when you read this line Pokémon GO will have been downloaded 72,998 times and Nintendo and game developer Niantic would have earned […]

As the Director of Field Operations, not much escapes Michelle’s notice. A stickler for details, the 20-year-veteran is responsible for ensuring that all Riverview Systems events have the proper personnel and labor attached to them. Additionally, she manages all travel, outsourced freight, and everyday operations. “Our entire field staff works tirelessly, and around the clock, […]

Creativity is something that runs in Scott “Scotty” Robinette’s family. Both his grandfather and dad were audio engineers. Although as Senior Field Specialist for Riverview, his work is vastly different from that of his father and grandfather, it is nonetheless intensely creative and crucially important to the success of the live events the company produces. […]

NAB 2016 — Las Vegas, NV APRIL 19, 2016 – Riverview Systems Group, the award-winning, full-service provider of engaging and innovative live events, is pleased to announce that Johnathan V. Regnier, the company’s Sr. Creative Manager, was honored at the 2016 NAB Show as a StudioDaily 50 award recipient. The new award sponsored by industry […]

One of the mission’s of our blog is to offer readers a closer, more personal look at the people who drive the company. This month we turn our attention to 20-plus year veteran Franco Berardi, who shared with us his experiences working on the recent Zimmer-Biomet projects, as well as what drives him creatively. Q. […]

You hear it all the time, content is king.  No surprise there, but more often this year than ever before content is driving production design, rather than the other way around.  Clients demand wide aspect ratios and display technologies to fit with their content desires and formats, and we as content providers have to muster […]

With Super Bowl 50 taking place in our Northern California backyard, the worldwide spectacle of it all reminds us of the value that live events bring to brands seeking to energize and extend their messages and reach audiences beyond the game viewers. Throughout the Bay Area, companies have created events of every flavor looking to […]