The large meeting room adoption challenge, with Pleneo CEO, James Knight
A candid conversation on why Pleneo was created — and why scaling medium and large meeting rooms needed a new mindset, not just better devices.
Pleneo represents a deliberate reset: a new operating model, a new audience, and a clearer focus on outcomes over components — aimed at helping organizations grow their collaboration environments without growing complexity.
James Knight, CEO, Pleneo
In an interview with Inavate APAC, James Knight, CEO of Pleneo, speaks with editor Hurrairah bin Sohail about the thinking behind Pleneo and the decision to create a new brand alongside Xilica. Knight explains that while the industry has made huge progress in small rooms, medium and large spaces remain operationally fragile — delivered as bespoke projects that don’t scale well for IT and UC teams. Pleneo was created to tackle that gap directly, with a software-first platform designed around predictable room behavior, repeatable deployment, and lifecycle management at scale.
