AVI-SPL is a multi-office provider of collaboration and audio video technologies, and managed AV services to businesses and organizations. The company installs equipment related to

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and

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, digital media systems, audio,

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s, and provides onsite staffing. AVI-SPL is headquartered in

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, and as of April 2020, employed 4,300+ people among 69 locations worldwide, including offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany and United Arab Emirates, with a local presence in other EMEA, LATAM and APAC countries.

Products and services

AVI-SPL provides audio visual technology for video calls and digital workplace collaboration to support work from anywhere. AVI-SPL supports staff working in the office and at home. AVI-SPL also provides audio visual technology to help companies create immersive experiences.

Company history

AVI-SPL was formed in 2008 from a merger of Audio Visual Innovations, Inc. (AVI) and Signal Perfection Ltd. (SPL). That merger was facilitated by equity financing from the Silver Lake Sumeru investment division of

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. AVI was founded by Martin Schaffel in 1979 in

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. AVI-SPL began as Audio Visual Innovations in Florida in 1979. SPL began in Columbia,

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. In 1998, the company was acquired by Production Resource Group (PRG). SPL designed, integrated and installed collaborative communication systems for a variety of organizations. Both companies earned recognition in the 2000s. SPL won a number of awards during this period, including the Best AV Projects Award from ARCHI-TECH magazine from 2004 to 2006. Also in 2006, AVI was named by Systems Contractor News magazine as the top systems integrator in North America, a year during which it had earnings of $216 million. SPL was named the 2005 “Integrator of the Year” by Christie Digital. AVI and SPL brought 800 and 400 staff, respectively, to the merger, and as a result, became the largest AV integrator in the United States. In January 2012, AVI-SPL acquired Iformata Communications, a video

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specialist company. AVI-SPL purchased both Iformata's Video

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(VNOC) and its VNOC Symphony management platform. Iformata, based in

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, was founded in 2004. In September 2016, AVI-SPL founded a new branch office in Germany, AVI-SPL Deutschland GmbH, based in

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in the

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area. On November 30, 2016, AVI-SPL announced it had acquired Anderson Audio Visual, a systems integration company with offices in California, North Carolina, and Texas. On October 4, 2017, AVI-SPL announced it had acquired Sharp's Audio Visual, with 8 offices in 6 Canadian Provinces. On July 23, 2019, AVI-SPL announced it had acquired Digital Video Networks - a top audiovisual (AV) and unified communications (UC) provider in the southwestern United States. On April 7, 2020, AVI-SPL announced Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin) had completed its acquisition of AVI-SPL and the subsequent merger with Whitlock, an existing Marlin portfolio company. In December 2021, AVI-SPL acquired SKC Communications, an audio-visual and unified communications provider. In February 2022, AVI-SPL acquired Sonics AVI Ltd., an audio-visual integration firm in Dublin, Ireland. In January 2023, AVI-SPL acquired AdTech Systems, an audio-visual integration firm operating in New England. Later in January, the company announced the release of a sub-brand AVI-SPL VideoLink, to represent the organisations suite of video services. The brand will focus on enterprise video services. In December 2023, AVI-SPL completed the incorporation of AVI-SPL Japan Private Limited.

Awards and recognition

*2024: AVI-SPL recognized on CRN 2024 Elite 150 Managed Service Provider List *2023: AVI-SPL wins Cisco 2023 Reimagine Workspaces Partner of the Year - Americas *2023: AVI-SPL recognized as the top systems integrator by Systems Contractor News. *2022: AVI-SPL wins the Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) award for 2022 Outstanding Mature Program of the Year *2022: AVI-SPL wins the Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) 2022 Inaugural Systemic Enablement of the SAM Program award *2022: AVI-SPL Middle East wins LAVNCH

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2022 Out of This World award for Museum of the Future

Current management team

AVI-SPL is led by a team of executives, including: *John Zettel – Chief Executive Officer *Martin Schaffel – Founder, AVI (Audio Visual Innovations) *Chad Gillenwater – Founder, SPL (Signal Perfection Limited) *Mark Payne – Chief Financial Officer *John Murphy – Chief Operations Officer *Dale Bottcher – Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing *Steve Benjamin – Executive Vice President AVI-SPL is a founding partner of the AV Global Alliance, the company has a worldwide footprint that encompasses 30 countries and currently includes 28 partner companies."AV Global Alliance Expands to 28 Partners"
(March 2011).

References

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