 The PRO AV 60: 17 Bread-and-Butter Integrators Forget rankings. We asked AV companies to tell us what makes them great and picked the 60 that stood out. These AV integrators represent the heart and soul of the pro AV industry–small- to medium-size companies doing
$1 million to $30 million a year and working in a breadth of vertical markets. A handful say they focus primarily on corporate
projects, but overall their specialties vary. TSI Engineered Systems, for example, says its primary specialty is sports and
entertainment. MW Audio serves the financial market in particular. And both Boston Light & Sound and ACIR Professional
say they're big in the performing arts. We've peppered this listing with select pieces
of advice or insight from several of the companies featured. All are worthy of the PRO AV 60. [...]
Audio Visual Resources
Williston Park, N.Y., www.avres.com What's Your Best Advice for Succeeding in Pro AV?
"You can
never beat the economics of doing the job right the first time. This entails the orchestrated and synchronous convergence
of well trained, equipped, and motivated AV specialists; all the required product; and all the necessary information to "do
AV." This happens only with a well documented Quality Management System."--Audio Visual Resources http://www.proavmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=1093405
AVR
Vice President Lorrie Morrow and Executive Assistant Irene Sasso join Female Audio Visual Executives (FAVE) June 18, 2009 AVR encourages support for the newly formed
organization, and the balance and improvement its promotion promises to bring to the industry. “FAVE aims to encourage
young women to go into the AV field as a career, to offer them scholarships, and to provide networking opportunities and continuing
education for more seasoned AV professionals.” For more information, or to join, see www.faveinternational.org. Mario J. Maltese, CTS-D, CTS-I, CEO of AVR comments, “I welcome, encourage, and fully support the mission of
FAVE. From the perspective of a veteran of the industry of 40 years, a business owner, educator, and student of the human
systems that form the processes that makes up any company, this is a worthy quest. “I have been fortunate to observe the positive results when women
have assumed both the official and unofficial leadership positions in a company, and have always felt that a 50-50 population
of male and females is a preferable mix from the standpoint of organizational health and resiliency. “I honestly believe that many of the ills companies
suffer today can be helped in part by the natural skill sets women professionals bring to the table. Yet firstly they have
to be at the table, and secondly must be positioned to exert their influence and leadership. Working with their male counterparts
can be both daunting and inhibiting at times. It is hoped that the strength in networking that FAVE can provide can facilitate
this, and provide the education and communications needed for both subcultures.”
By
InfoComm International, April 3, 2009 FAIRFAX, Va. -- April 2, 2009 -- InfoComm
International, the leading professional audiovisual trade association, presented its new Young AV Award to Steve Garber, President,
BP Marketing Group LLC and James Maltese, CTS-D, CTS-I, President, Audio Visual Resources, Inc. (AVR). The awards were
presented at the InfoComm 100, a new conference designed to bring together top AV industry thought leaders and volunteers. The Young AV Award was created by InfoComm to recognize up-and-coming professionals in the audiovisual
industry. These debut award winners are held in the highest esteem by their AV industry colleagues of all ages. 
Source: PRO AV Magazine
Publication date: April 1, 2008
By Amy Florence Fischbach
...."On every job his company works on, Mario Maltese,
owner of Audio Video Resources in Williston Park, N.Y., makes it common practice to transfer files to the owner upon completion
of a project. “They paid for our time to program it, and we think they should own it,” says Maltese, CTS-I, CTS-D,
who specializes in design/build, testing, and verification. “A lot of integrators like to keep it close to their vest
and keep the owners in a bit of a hostage situation. We've gotten a lot of work from customers whose integrators have
told them that they have to go through them to upgrade the control system. They then pay us to reprogram the whole thing.”
...
Maltese's experience is a case in point. By focusing
on quality control and customer service, he hasn't faced lawsuit in his 40 years in the business and has had only three
claims on his 7-year-old business' $2 million policy. The former cofounder of Tamco Systems and senior faculty member
at the Infocomm International Academy attributes Audio Video Resources' lack of litigation to its emphasis on customer
service. “If you have a strict focus on quality and pleasing the customer, your risk is almost nil,” he says.
May 2, 2008 – James E. Maltese CTS-D, CTS-I President, and Mario J. Maltese CTS-D, CTS-I CEO based in Williston
Park, NY, were selected to participate in an elite Faculty Excellence program, sponsored by InfoComm International®.
InfoComm International is the trade association representing the $75 billion professional audiovisual industry.
“James and Mario are two of the leading instructors in the InfoComm Academy,” said Randal A.
Lemke, Executive Director, InfoComm International. “Their participation in this week’s
two-day event dedicated to promoting student-driven learning is a sign of James’s and Mario's commitment to
excellence.”
Both James and Mario will be teaching at InfoComm
08 and applying this new knowledge and teaching skills, including the IPD's Design 212, Design 312, and seminars
IS 19 commissioning for the Designer and Installer, and IS 83 Commissioning for the Technology Manager.
InfoComm will be held June 14-20 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seminars at the show are taught by industry
experts and are a major educational opportunity for the AV industry.
With almost 50,000 enrollments since 1997, InfoComm audiovisual education
and certification programs are the AV industry's leading professional development resource. InfoComm Academy®
offers an extensive range of AV courses designed and taught by InfoComm expert faculty members representing the entire spectrum
of technical, sales, management and professional disciplines.
Courses are taken online, at the Fairfax, Virginia headquarters, around the world,
and at InfoComm 08. Last year’s Show saw more than 8,600 course registrations. On any given day there are over 3,000
students enrolled in InfoComm training and certification
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