At The DAK Group, Ari Fuchs is a member of the firm’s management committee and is an integral part of the client service team where he specializes in advising middle market business owners in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, as well as equity or debt capital raises, restructuring and strategic corporate advisory services. Mr. Fuchs has more than 15 years of corporate finance experience and has advised both private and publicly-held clients on more than 80 M&A, financing and restructuring transactions totaling in excess of $2 billion in aggregate value. He has deep and extensive experience in the ProAV industry, having represented manufacturers, distributors, systems integrators and other service providers in a variety of transactional and corporate finance matters. He is a frequent contributor to industry and trade magazines including Commercial Integrator and the Electrical Distributor magazines.

Founder of DEXON USA, provider of video wall solutions, 4K60 video processors and seamless switchers.

Video Visions, Inc. designs, sells, installs and services single and multi-screen presentation systems for professional applications. Founded by Arthur Milanese in Philadelphia in 1973 under its parent name, Milanese Associates, Inc., it operated as manufacturer’s representative to market, sell and distribute professional media products. In 1986, Milanese Associates pioneered the application of video wall technologies, bringing the first video wall splitters and displays to America. Five years later, Video Visions, Inc. was formed specifically to design and manufacture quality video wall products in the United States. Today Video Visions, Inc. prides itself on being a professional audio visual company, specializing in video walls, large screen displays, digital signage and unified communications. As a direct dealer for all of the large name manufactures in the professional AV industry, our sales, engineering and technical staff are all manufacturer trained. Our installation crews are familiar with all aspects of the projects that they are working on, from working with architects for pre-install support, providing custom stands, brackets and enclosures, product installation and after install system servicing. Our team of experts have more than 100 combined years of professional audio visual experience. Video Visions, Inc. is a proud member of both Avixa International and The National Association of Broadcasters. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, with sales representation in New York and Florida, Video Visions, Inc. is a privately held certified small business and a woman owned enterprise, certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Great pride is taken on every project that we work on which permits our organization to be built upon repeat business, customer referrals and manufacturer referrals. We strive to offer quality products combined with professional design and custom installation services to allow our client’s access to a full service audio visual vendor. Customer service is paramount to us and an unsatisfied client is an unacceptable answer.

Michael Fay is owner/principal at GraceNote Design Studio, a pro audio and acoustic design consultancy. The author of Acoustic Essentials for Architects; and a member of SynAudCon (SAC); Audio Engineering Society (AES); Acoustical Society of America (ASA); AVIXA; AIA; Miramar College Audio Program Advisory Board; and former editor or Recording Engineer/Producer magazine.