Brenda Caplen Joins Gearhouse ICS

Brenda Caplen, formerly of Evaluate Interactive Event Systems and Conference Communications, has joined newly-formed ICT solutions provider Gearhouse ICS. ICS offers a complete conference and event solution, from registration to audience response systems and continues to present new services as they become available.

Caplen's 17 years of experience in the Southern African conference and events industry through its busiest and most prolific period -- gained on sizeable projects such as the World Parks Summit, World Summit on Sustainable Development, and 18th World Petroleum Congress -- is proving an invaluable addition to the ICS team. Caplen joins Thabiet Waggie, Ashraf Omar, Ofer Lapid, and Nasser Abbas as Director and handles the Johannesburg operation as part of her remit.

"In Thabiet, I saw the opportunity to get involved with someone with the same business approach and beliefs as myself." she explains, "We had already been collaborating on a number of jobs informally and with the establishment of Gearhouse ICS, he saw the potential of adding my specialized experience to the ICS mix as well."

Brenda's experience with audience response systems, speaker management, simultaneous interpretation services, radio frequency identification, and delegate registration systems fits well with the ICS offering and complements Thabiet's vision of providing a truly comprehensive conference and IT service.

"This is a dynamic new space to explore, with enormous scope for growth," says Caplen. "I am excited and invigorated by the new challenge. My passion has always been to find ways of integrating new techniques and ideas into something fresh and innovative to make the lives of event organizers, speakers, and delegates easier and more streamlined. Gearhouse ICS offers me that opportunity on a much larger scale."