{"id":3402,"date":"2018-03-15T08:55:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T13:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2018-03-15T08:48:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T13:48:26","slug":"an-aira-update-with-greg-stilson-aira-agents-leadership-and-explorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3402","title":{"rendered":"An Aira Update: With Greg Stilson, Aira Agents, Leadership and Explorers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8279\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3402-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>blind Abilities presents an update on all things Aira. Join Jeff and Pete with their guest, Greg Stilson, Director, Aira Product Management, as he joins the podcast once again, this time to share his thoughts around his recent career change to Aira. Hear Greg\u2019s story of how he first learned of Aira, and how that grew into a passion for the product, and eventually his decision to come on board. Greg is joined by a cast of contributors who also share their ideas and opinions about Aira, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, as Aira unveils their new Horizon glasses which should appear in the hands of Explorers later this year. Set a few minutes aside as Blind Abilities offers an update on Aira, the product, the agents, the Leadership and, most importantly, the Aira Explorers who offer their live comments from the Aira Explorers What\u2019s App platform! <\/p>\n<p>The following participants contributed their comments to this podcast:<\/p>\n<p>* Aira Team Members:<br \/>\nGreg Stilson, Director Product Management<br \/>\nAmy Bernal, Vice President, Customer Experience<br \/>\nEmily Hill, Agent Analyst<br \/>\nPatrick Lane, Agent Analyst<br \/>\nCarlos Duarte, Aira Customer Care Agent<\/p>\n<p>* Scott Brockman, CEO, Memphis International Airport <\/p>\n<p>* Aira Explorers:<br \/>\nBrooklyn Rodden<br \/>\nStacy Fuehrer<br \/>\nCeleste Whelk<br \/>\nRobert Stigile<br \/>\nHope Paulos<br \/>\nBlaine Deutscher<br \/>\nCheela Daniele Robles<br \/>\nJuanita Herrera<br \/>\nCheryl spencer<br \/>\nAleeha Dudley<br \/>\n Tiffany Manosh<br \/>\nVeronica Martinez <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aira.io\">Check out more on Aira, and subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8281\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3402-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AiraGreg.mp3blind Abilities presents an update on all things Aira. Join Jeff and Pete with their guest, Greg Stilson, Director, Aira Product Management, as he joins the podcast once again, this time to share his thoughts around his recent career change to Aira. Hear Greg\u2019s story of how he first learned of Aira, and how that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[485,17,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aira-presents","category-bapresents","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/aira_logo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-SS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3313,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3313","url_meta":{"origin":3402,"position":0},"title":"You&#8217;re Invited&#8230; To a virtual Super Bowl party with Aira on Sunday Feb. 4th 6PM to 10:30 PM EST.","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"February 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"You're Invited... 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