Meet Danny Dobriansky


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Danny Dobriansky
Toronto, Ontario Canada

“If you ever need a partner in crime Danny Dobriansky is the guy!" so says longtime friend, Andy Stinton. "I’m not saying that I would want to be locked up with him in an Ecuadorian jail but after 11 years of producing events with him, I want him in my corner. Keeping a creative and technical team under control while dealing with the client is a true art. In the fast-paced world of live events, Danny has often been the on-site voice of sanity that has kept many of us from hurting ourselves,” says Andy with a grin.

Danny Dobriansky has been in the live event business since he graduated from the audio-visual technical program at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario Canada in the early 1980’s. His degree in hand, Danny went on to work as an audio-visual representative in a hotel. He literally learned the ropes both selling and setting up the equipment. Many a night saw Danny taping down cables and moving banquet tables around.

Today, Danny is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and a partner of Stronco Audio Visuals. In his 11 years there, he has helped build the company into one of Canada’s top 10 Audio Visual Companies.

In 1998, Danny became President of the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Toronto Chapter whose membership was well over 500 and was the tenth largest chapter in the world. MPI globally had well over 17,000 members at that time. MPI is a meeting planning association made up of 50% meeting planners and 50% suppliers.

Danny has served on many committees and boards over the years and is the only audio-visual member to be recognized in 1998 as the MPI Supplier of the Year and was also awarded the prestigious President’s Award in 2003.

With over 20 years in the staging business, Danny brings a unique viewpoint to the Creative Cow Live Events & Staging forum and as a person who is involved with the sales aspect of an event, he also has a wealth of hands-on technical experience that he is able to translate this to the staging crew. He truly can see both sides of the coin.

Danny has staged events for a wide list of clients that includes Wal-Mart, Kodak, CIBC, GM, and the American Psychological Association.

You can find Danny Dobriansky hosting in Creative COW's Live & Stage Events forum.