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Advanced AV Press Releases
July
6,
2009
Advanced AV Announces Executive Personnel Changes
November 17,
2008
Advanced AV Delivers Optimal Performance with New ISC-F Certification
August 12,
2008
Paul Grafinger New President of Advanced AV
August 4,
2008
Advanced Technologies Group Launches Content Creation Department
July 31,
2008
Advanced AV Builds the Winning AV Rack
System at InfoComm 08
July 11,
2008
Advanced AV Joins the U.S. Green Building
Council
Advanced AV Announces Executive Personnel Changes
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – July 6, 2009
– Advanced AV
is proud to announce the promotion of Michael Boettcher to President.
Mike started at Advanced AV nearly 10 years ago. Through his strategic
management, he built the Service Department into the most successful
business unit in the corporation, as well as the leading AV service
department in the region. Mike will build upon the success of outgoing
president Paul Grafinger, who will continue serving as CEO of the
company.
Advanced AV is also delighted to announce the
appointment of Greg Gardner as Vice President of Operations. Greg has
over 20 years in the AV industry. Most recently, he successfully led the
operations of Advanced Staging Productions over the course of the last 7
years, making them a driving force in the industry.
About Advanced AV:
Advanced AV is an InfoComm CAVSP Diamond certified
integrator of professional audio-visual systems for business, education,
government, and worship. Founded in 1985, AAV has set the standard for
engineering-led audio-visual systems integration and has remained on the
cutting edge of emerging technologies, such as, rich media, digital
signage, and streaming video. Headquartered in West Chester, PA, this
company serves the entire mid-Atlantic region. For more information,
check out
www.advancedav.com.
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Advanced AV Delivers Optimal Performance with New ISC-F Certification
Advanced AV’s Certification Shows Its Commitment To Providing The Best Service In Video Technology
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – November 17, 2008 – To show its dedication to the advancement of the audio-visual industry and its client base, two Advanced AV employees, Dennis Drass and Rob Palandro, have received ISF-C certification. “The ISF-C certification, as with other certifications, is important to the AV industry because it establishes standards and practices related to video imaging,” says Dennis Drass, Field Technician, Advanced AV, West Chester, PA.
“Advanced AV is always committed to excellence, and sees the value in spending time and money on educating our employees,” says Drass. This certification ensures that end-users will get top quality service from their Advanced AV integrator as well as gain peak performance from their equipment. “Customers are becoming more and more sensitive to video quality due to the mainstreaming of home theater and accessibility to top end displays for the home,” says Rob Palandro, Field Technician, Advanced AV, West Chester, PA. “As a result we in the AV industry have a tougher job of ‘wow-ing’ people with our systems – learning how to calibrate a system so it operates at its full potential goes a long way to making that happen.”
This extensive ISF Commercial training covered various display technologies, such as, LCD, DLP, and plasma and the advantages and disadvantages of those technologies. The certification process also covered how to calibrate the displays to attain optimum performance.
“Most display technologies only look so-so out of the box, but the ISF-C course taught us how to make them look great,” says Drass. “That makes a huge difference for a client, and gives them the most bang for their buck!” The ISF-C certification provides clients with confidence that they're getting the very best performance from their AV system.
Rob attended the ISF-C certification training at Panasonic in North Jersey and Dennis took the class at InfoComm’s headquarters in Fairfax, VA. “The ISF-C certification is just one of many examples of Advanced AV's commitment to providing our customers with the most knowledgeable and experienced staff,” says Palandro. To continue to provide expert quality to Advanced AV’s clients, Drass and Palandro both plan to continue their professional education.
About Advanced AV:
Advanced AV is an industry-certified integrator of professional audio-visual systems for business, education, government, and worship. Since 1991, they have set the standard for engineering-led audio-visual systems integration and have remained on the cutting edge of emerging technologies, such as, rich media, digital signage, and streaming video. Headquartered in West Chester, PA, this company serves the entire Mid-Atlantic region. For more information, check out www.advancedav.com.
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Paul Grafinger New President of Advanced AV
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – August 12, 2008 – Paul Grafinger current CEO of Advanced AV has assumed the position of President today replacing Jay Armand. Mr. Armand is no longer employed by the company or any of it’s affiliates.
About Advanced AV:
Advanced AV is an InfoComm CAVSP GOLD certified integrator of professional audio-visual systems for business, education, government, and worship. Founded in 1985, AAV has set the standard for engineering-led audio-visual systems integration and have remained on the cutting edge of emerging technologies, such as, rich media, digital signage, and streaming video. Headquartered in West Chester, PA, this company serves the entire mid-Atlantic region. For more information, check out www.advancedav.com.
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Advanced Technologies Group Launches Content Creation Department
ATG takes its digital signage division to the next level
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – August 4, 2008 –Advanced AV’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) has initiated a content creation department to offer templates and content for clients to enhance their digital signage solutions. “We wanted to offer a cradle to grave solution for our digital signage clients and content creation extends our present customer service capabilities to the next level,” says Kris Vollrath, Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Technologies Group, West Chester, PA. Vollrath oversees this new department, which expands the services of ATG’s digital signage solutions.
Robin Brzoska, ATG’s Creative Director, is managing this new department that can offer clients the gamut of creative resources from creating templates and single pieces of content to developing a comprehensive look for the system and branding. “The content creation department enables us to extend our service further than previously possible. As part of the life cycle of the digital signage solution we are now able to address requests coming from our clients regarding content.” says Vollrath.
ATG’s Digital Signage clients are corporations and higher education facilities with in-house or ATG-hosted signage systems, as well as customer-oriented signage for retail and financial institutions. “Some clients want to get up to speed quickly and this gives them that ability,” says Vollrath. Advanced AV is one of a handful of audio-visual dealers with a dedicated digital signage division, and very few of those are providing content creation services. “It was a natural progression for us to begin offering this service to our clients, given our position in the industry,” says Vollrath.
About Advanced Technologies Group:
Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) is a division of Advanced Audio Visual Sales, Inc. ATG recommends and implements onsite audio-visual solutions that create high-impact platforms on which to communicate with target audiences and employ the most advanced IT-centric AV technologies. ATG fields the largest and most experienced group of information technology experts in its market. Offering a complete solution, ATG handles everything from assessing your communications needs to solution implementation and training, and now content creation. For additional information, please visit www.advancedav-atg.com.
About Advanced AV:
Advanced AV is an Infocomm CAVSP GOLD certified integrator of professional audio-visual systems for business, education, government, and worship. Founded in 1985, AAV has set the standard for engineering-led audio-visual systems integration and have remained on the cutting edge of emerging technologies, such as, rich media, digital signage, and streaming video. Headquartered in West Chester, PA, this company serves the entire mid-Atlantic region. For more information, check out www.advancedav.com.
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Advanced AV Builds the Winning AV Rack System at InfoComm
08
Beating out the
competition, Advanced AV shows off its audiovisual best
practices
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – July 31, 2008 – Facing 16 different criteria from judges and stiff competition, Advanced AV triumphed and created the winning AV Rack System for the AV Rack Integration Challenge for the InfoComm 08 convention.
"InfoComm commends Advanced AV for their first place finish in the AV Rack Systems Integration Challenge," said Jason McGraw, InfoComm International senior vice president, Expositions, Fairfax, VA. Back by popular demand, this competition is in its second year, drawing in scores of competitors and lots of attendee interest.
"The most challenging part of this competition for me was the race against time. The competition was so fast paced that I could not worry about our competitors," says Joe Barbo, Senior Field Technician, Advanced AV, West Chester, PA. System integrator teams competed in a 12-hour contest to design and build a fully operation audio-visual system. This challenge showcased InfoComm pro AV systems integrator members' design, installation, and programming through a competition judged by an independent panel of InfoComm CTS-I and CTS-D certified installation and design members. Excited attendees visited C2 hall to see the competitors in action and learn innovative techniques.
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Advanced AV's Kevin McGinniss, David Goldberg and Joe Barbo accepting the trophy for the
AV Rack Integration Challenge at InfoComm 08.
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"Advanced AV's team has a firm grasp on audiovisual best practices for rack building and performed well despite time constraints and quality competition," says McGraw. This year's informative conference was held from June 14th to 20th and the exhibit ran from June 18th to 20th. Nearly 35,000 audio-visual industry professionals attended this conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, making InfoComm 08, the largest show in InfoComm International history. "What sets AAV apart is that we are constantly challenging each other to be the best in our field," says Barbo.
Advanced AV also took home the award for best GUI (Graphical User Interface).
About InfoComm International:
Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, InfoComm International® is the international trade association of the professional audio-visual and information communications industries. Established in 1939, InfoComm has 5,000 members, including manufacturers, systems integrators, dealers and distributors, independent consultants, programmers, rental and staging companies, end-users and multimedia professionals from more than 70 countries. For additional information, go to www.infocomm.org.
About Advanced AV:
Advanced AV is an industry-certified integrator of professional audio-visual systems for business, education, government, and worship. Since 1991, they have set the standard for engineering-led audio-visual systems integration and have remained on the cutting edge of emerging technologies, such as, rich media, digital signage, and streaming video. Headquartered in West Chester, PA, this company serves the entire Mid-Atlantic region. For more information, check out www.advancedav.com.
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Advanced AV Joins the U.S. Green Building
Council
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – July 11, 2008 – Advanced AV has become a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Joining the USGBC reinforces Advanced AV's commitment to promote energy efficiency, the use of recovered and recyclable materials, and creating more productive and efficient ways to do business."
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices. USGBC is composed of organizations from across the building industry that are working to advance structures that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work.
About Advanced AV:
Advanced AV is an industry-certified integrator of professional audio-visual systems for business, education, government, and worship. Since 1991, they have set the standard for engineering-led audio-visual systems integration and have remained on the cutting edge of emerging technologies, such as, rich media, digital signage, and streaming video. Headquartered in West Chester, PA, this company serves the entire Mid-Atlantic region. For more information, check out www.advancedav.com.
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