Joe Way
Executive Director, Digital Spaces,
UCLA
Dr. Josiah Way is the Executive
Director, Digital Spaces at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
known as a revolutionary visionary and innovator in the audiovisual industry.
As the leading educational technology thought leader, Joe was recognized as the
2019 AV Professional of the Year, 2023 AV Living Legend, 2008 Businessman of
the Year, and is named to multiple top industry and influencers lists,
including the 2024 global Top 100 Innovators and Entrepreneurs, 2024 Who’s Who
in America, 2023 Top 50 UC Professionals, and 2019 and 2022 Top 30 Higher Ed IT
Leaders lists. He is a highly sought keynote speaker and writer, most
acclaimed for his innovative design of the technology standard for hybrid
instruction and business development within the higher ed vertical. Joe is
the cofounder of the Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance (HETMA)
and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Higher Ed AV Media, host of the Higher Ed
AV Podcast, and writer of the Business of AV monthly column. Dr. Way authored
the bestselling book, Producing Worship, and is a regular contributor to
multiple leading AV-industry publications, while also serving on numerous
corporate and higher education advisory boards. Joe has over 30
years’ experience in education, technical production and the arts, and
organizational leadership and management. He has been featured in Forbes
Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, ABC and PBS Television, Yahoo News, and
consulted for high profile organizations like the United Nations, US Department
of Education, and over forty Fortune 500’s. In his free time, Joe enjoys
cruising the lake on his boat with family and friends, golfing PGA West, and
perfecting his Traeger meat-smoking techniques. Oh, and he once won his fantasy
football league.