AVI-SPL

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 video conferencing and telepresence, digital media systems, audio, security systems, control rooms, and provides onsite staffing.

AVI-SPL, Inc.
TypePrivate
PredecessorAudio Visual Innovations, Inc. (AVI)
Signal Perfection, Ltd. (SPL)
Iformata Communications
FoundedTampa, Florida, United States (April 17, 2008 (2008-04-17))
FounderAVI: Martin Schaffel
SPL: Chad Gillenwater, William Parry and Fred Curdts
HeadquartersTampa, Florida, United States
Number of locations
63 offices (2022)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Zettel, CEO
ServicesAV design and integration, remote / onsite managed services, enterprise video
Revenue$1.3+ billion (2020)
Number of employees
3,782 (2022)[1]

AVI-SPL is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and as of April 2020, employed 3,700+ people among 63 locations worldwide,[2] 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.[3]

Products and services

AVI-SPL provides audio visual technology for video calls and remote 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's office in Cypress, California

AVI-SPL was formed in 2008 from a merger of Audio Visual Innovations, Inc. (AVI) and Signal Perfection Ltd. (SPL).[4] That merger was facilitated by equity financing from the Silver Lake Sumeru investment division of Silver Lake Partners.

AVI was founded by Martin Schaffel in 1979 in Lakeland, Florida.[5] AVI-SPL began as Audio Visual Innovations in Florida in 1979.[6]

SPL began in Columbia, Maryland.[7] In 1998, the company was acquired by Production Resource Group (PRG).[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

In January 2012, AVI-SPL acquired Iformata Communications, a video managed services specialist company. AVI-SPL purchased both Iformata's Video Network Operations Center (VNOC) and its VNOC Symphony management platform. Iformata, based in Dayton, Ohio, was founded in 2004.[11]

In September 2016, AVI-SPL founded a new branch office in Germany, AVI-SPL Deutschland GmbH, based in Dreieich in the Frankfurt 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.[12]

On October 4, 2017, AVI-SPL announced it had acquired Sharp's Audio Visual, with 8 offices in 6 Canadian Provinces.[13]

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.[14]

In December 2021, AVI-SPL acquired SKC Communications, an audio-visual and unified communications solutions provider.[15]

In February 2022, AVI-SPL acquired Sonics AVI Ltd., an audio-visual integration firm in Dublin, Ireland.[16]

In January 2023, AVI-SPL acquired AdTech Systems, an audio-visual integration firm operating in New England.[17] 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.[18]

Awards and recognition
  • 2022: AVI-SPL wins the Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) award for 2022 Outstanding Mature Program of the Year [19]
  • 2022: AVI-SPL wins the Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) 2022 inaugural Systemic Enablement of the SAM Program award [19]
  • 2022: AVI-SPL earns 2022 Microsoft Gold Cloud Productivity Competency [20]
  • 2022: AVI-SPL Middle East wins LAVNCH [CODE] 2022 Out of This World award for Museum of the Future [21]
  • 2022: AVI-SPL wins rAVe 2022 Readers' Choice Award for Favorite Integrator [21]
  • 2021: AVI-SPL listed as top integrator by SCN for 17th consecutive year [22]
  • 2021: Rosie Green of AVI-SPL wins AV Awards 2021 AV Professional of the Year Award [23]
  • 2021: AVI-SPL earns Cisco Customer Experience (CX) Specialization [24]
  • 2021: AVI-SPL wins AVIXA AV Experience 2021 Best Immersive Experience Award [25]
  • 2021: Global Accounts Management program wins 2021 SAMA Outstanding Mature SAM Program of the Year [26]
  • 2020: AVI-SPL Symphony wins Commercial Integrator 2020 Best Award for large-scale control systems [27]

Current management team

AVI-SPL is led by a team of experienced and qualified executives,[28] 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 [6]
  • John Murphy – Chief Operations Officer
  • Dale Bottcher – Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing
  • Steve Benjamin – Executive Vice President

AVI-SPL's leadership team is committed to providing customers with the best possible experience and delivering innovative AV and UC solutions that meet their needs.

AVI-SPL is a founding partner of the AV Global Alliance,[29] the company has a worldwide footprint that encompasses 30 countries and currently includes 28 partner companies.[30]

Social media

AVI-SPL communicates through a number of social media outlets, including LinkedIn,[31] Twitter[32] and Facebook.[33]

The AVI-SPL Blog[34] covers AV news in categories devoted to video conferencing and tele-presence,[34] AV over IP networks,[34] AV in education,[34] and company events, initiatives and other announcements.[34]

References
  1. "SCN Top 50 2022". AV Network. NewBay Media, LLC. November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "SCN Top 50 2022". AV Network. NewBay Media, LLC. November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. "Office Locations". AVI-SPL. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  4. https://www.svconline.com/news/avi-and-spl-complete-merger-370747
  5. "AV Hall of Fame: Marty Schaffel" Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Creative Mac.
  6. "Our People and Culture". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  7. "Audio Visual Innovations merges with Signal Perfection". bizjournals.com. 2008-04-14.
  8. "Production Resource Group, L.L.C. Acquires Signal Perfection, Ltd. For $6.6 Million" (August 1998). PrivCo.
  9. "Audio Visual Innovations merges with Signal Perfection". (April 18, 2008). Tampa Bay Business Journal.
  10. Wells, Melissa (August 2008). "Tech Files: Trend Spotting" Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Tampa Bay's Maddux Business Report.
  11. Berndtson, Chad (January 27, 2012)."Video VAR M&A: AVI-SPL Buys Iformata" Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine. CRN Magazine.
  12. "AVI-SPL Acquires Anderson Audio Visual - AVI-SPL". AVI-SPL. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  13. "AVI-SPL Acquires Sharp's Audio Visual, Becomes First National Provider of AV and Collaboration Technology Solutions in Canada". AVI-SPL. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  14. "Marlin completes acquisition of AVI-SPL, merger with Whitlock". AVI-SPL. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  15. "AVI-SPL Completes Acquisition of SKC Communications". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  16. "AVI-SPL to Acquire Sonics". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  17. "AVI-SPL Acquires Adtech Systems". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  18. Magazine, A. V. "AVI-SPL VideoLink enterprise video sub-brand launched". AV Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  19. "AVI-SPL Recognized by the Strategic Account Management Association with Two Excellence Awards". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  20. "AVI-SPL Earns Microsoft Gold Cloud Productivity Competency". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  21. Beckett, Steph. "Announcing the 2022 rAVe Readers' Choice Awards Winners – rAVe [PUBS]". www.ravepubs.com.
  22. "SCN Top 50 Systems Integrators 2021". AVNetwork. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  23. Campos, Guy. "The AV Awards 2021 winners have been announced!". Avinteractive.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  24. "AVI-SPL Earns Cisco Customer Experience (CX) Specialization". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  25. "AVIXA - The Wall at Edmonton Public Library". avxawards.secure-platform.com.
  26. "AVI-SPL Recognized by the Strategic Account Management Association for Outstanding Mature SAM Program of the Year". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
  27. "Commercial Integrator's 2020 BEST Awards Winners". Commercial Integrator. June 11, 2020.
  28. "Our people and culture".
  29. "AV GLOBAL ALLIANCE" (PDF). avispl.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  30. "AV Global Alliance Expands to 28 Partners" Archived August 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (March 2011).
  31. "AVI-SPL on LinkedIn".
  32. @avisplinfo on Twitter
  33. "AVI-SPL". www.facebook.com.
  34. "Blog". AVI-SPL Digital Enablement Services Provider.
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