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P R O J E C T I O N L I G H T S & S TA G I N G N E W S
American Audio Visual Center, Inc.
AAVC corporate HQ.
Who:
American Audio Visual Center, Inc. (AAVC). Within AAVC is Team Staging.
Left to right: Duane Tornquist, corporate VP, sales & marketing; Jeff Winkler, senior VP & COO; Jim Carlson, president and CEO; Sherry
Bower, controller; John Radonovich, senior VP and & CFO
What:
Audio-visual and multimedia staging company providing turn-key presentation,
multimedia and staging support for corporations, producers, meeting planners, associations,
product launches, corporate meetings and events.
Where:
Scottsdale, Ariz., with operations in Los Angeles, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego,
Dallas and Atlanta.
When:
Founded in 1993 by Jim Carlson.
Front of house at an AAVC show.
An American Audio Visual Center show for Abbott Vascular
Full time employees:
200
Recent clients include:
Washington Mutual, Abbot Vascular, Sun
Micro Systems, Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, Hyatt
and Starwood.
Recent company highlights include:
A show for Commonwealth Financial
Network at the J.W. Marriot Desert Ridge
Resort and Spa featuring two 12’x16’ RP
screens, two Barco R12+ projectors, Folsom
Screen Pro, Grass Valley Turbo, two
cameras and 25 moving lights.
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Degrees of separation:
COO Jeff Winkler was general manager of
Audio Visual America/Stage Sound; Doug
Hunt, vice president of Team Staging,
staged the Academy Awards for 19 years;
Duane Tornquist, senior vice president
of sales and marketing was previously at
A&M and Capitol Records; John Radonovich,
senior vice president and CFO, was the
former CFO of Bobbie McGee’s Restaurant
chain before joining AAVC in 1997.
Motto:
“Extreme Customer Service.”