VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: Tech Exec Brian Williams of Viget Labs
By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF
August 7, 2010
Brian Williams, CEO of Falls Church City-based web consulting firm Viget Labs, was interviewed recently by Adam Fendley, a rising ninth-grader at George Mason High School. In the interview, Williams discusses the company’s background, clients and philosophy.
Williams started Viget Labs in 1999 with his father, Wynne Williams, and his brother, Andy Rankin, who serves as company president. Today the company has 40 employees in Falls Church and Durham, NC. Viget’s customers include athletic shoe manufacturer Puma, Choice Hotels International, Duke University, National Geographic, PBS Teachers, and environmental consulting firm ClearCarbon.
Why did Viget headquarter in Falls Church City? Because of the convenience for clients and employees offered by the close proximity to I-66, two Metro stations, and Reagan National Airport, says Williams, and because the City’s high quality schools were attractive to Williams and Rankin, each of whom has young children.
The interview is 20 minutes long and appears in two parts. Click on the players below to view the videos.
By Falls Church Times Staff
August 7, 2010
My, my, and only in 9th grade. Well done. These kids are amazing. When I was in 9th grade the major technology I had to master was an 8 track player.
This was a really good idea. More interviews with local businesses please….
Hope Adam continues on this course of interviews with our City businesses. It was a very interesting interview and clearly he has a talent for it with good questions and
a lot of good information for the viewer! Who’s next?
What a fine, adventurous and succesful young man. Father and son are both to be congratulated and thanks for the story.
Thanks for posting this! I was flattered when Adam asked, and I’m flattered to see this up on FCT. I was really impressed with Adam when he came in. Not only is he smart and skilled in filming & editing, he showed a lot of initiative coming up with the idea for the interview and seeing it through. I hope he does more interviews like this. Nice work, Adam!