Eric Kohl
About Eric Kohl
Eric Kohl is the Lead Cloud Engineer for Realtime/Unified Communications at Chevron in Houston, Texas, with over 30 years of experience in video conferencing, pro AV, and event production.
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Eric Kohl is currently serving as the Lead Cloud Engineer for Realtime and Unified Communications at Chevron in Houston, Texas, United States. He specializes in combining Webcasting, Video Conferencing, and Unified Communications to enhance productive communication and collaboration within the organization.
Current Role at Chevron
Eric holds the position of Lead Cloud Engineer - Realtime/Unified Communications at Chevron. In this role, he is responsible for delivering effective communication solutions using advanced technologies. Additionally, he serves as the Global Video Conferencing Infrastructure Architect, focusing on designing and maintaining global video conferencing infrastructure to ensure seamless virtual meetings across the company.
Past Experience at Chevron
Previously, Eric worked at Chevron as part of the Global Webcasting and Events team from 2017 to 2021. During his tenure, he managed various webcast and event productions, enhancing the company's virtual event capabilities. From 2008 to 2015, he served as an Executive Support Analyst and Video Conferencing Deployment Consultant. His work involved deploying and supporting video conferencing systems to facilitate high-level corporate communications.
Experience at Compaq and Hewlett-Packard
Eric's extensive background includes notable roles at Compaq and Hewlett-Packard, where he spent over a decade. At Compaq, he worked as a Technical Analyst for the Global Boards of Advisors for seven years and as an Executive Briefing Center Technical Analyst for nine years. His responsibilities included system design in briefing rooms and supporting technology demos. Additionally, at Hewlett-Packard, he provided executive IT/AV support from 1997 to 2008, enhancing corporate IT and AV infrastructure.
Industry Expertise
Eric brings over 30 years of experience in Video Conferencing, Pro AV, Event Production, corporate briefing centers, and executive environments. He is proficient in end-to-end video conferencing systems like Cisco/Polycom, integrated system design, and AV Integration. His expertise also extends to Crestron/AMX, V-Brick and V-Brick REV, encoding, Cyviz, and the Webex platform. Eric's extensive knowledge ensures high-quality communication and collaboration experiences for executive-level environments.