Danielle is the video manager at CTS and is your main point of contact for all video production needs, from producing a public announcement with your CEO to filming a highlights reel at your next company event. Danielle leads a team of videographers, editors, producers, vision switchers and camera operators at CTS ((https://xchange.avixa.org/users/cts-corporate-technology-services). Clients include big 4 banks, big 4 accounting firms, state government and top 10 ASX listed companies. Danielle brings 12 years of broadcast experience, including video journalism in the outback, producing in one of Australia’s leading newsrooms, and operating at an internationally syndicated sports broadcaster. Career highlights include: - Filming the Uluru Statement From the Heart (2017) - Accompanying the Northern Territory government on a diplomatic trade mission in China (2016) - Interviewing former prime ministers, Olympians, and international popstars Certifications include: - Writing and directing for Documentaries (AFTRS) - Sound for Film & Television (AFTRS) - Bachelor of Arts – Media & Communications (University of Sydney)

John has over 41 years in the AV Industry spanning all disciplines of Design/Engineering/Consulting, Programming, Integration and Manufacturing. He is currently the Director, AV Sales and Engineering at PIVIUM in Phoenix, AZ. John has been involved in AV product manufacturing and integration at Blonder Tongue and Smith Meeker Engineering (1981-1986), Partner and head of AV Consulting/Design with Shen Milsom & Wilke (1987-1994), a Principal at Cerami Associates (1994-1996) starting their AV Consulting/Design division, a Founding Partner and CEO of MDCI (1996-2016) leading thousands of AV Design Engineering and Programming projects and a Founding Partner/CEO at I-Create (1996- present) IP intellectual properties, NFTs, video games. John was the Director of Engineering, CAD and Software Services for AVDG (2018-2021) whereas he helped and Directed the Engineering, Programming and CAD teams in the AVDG expansion in Los Angeles, Chicago, Tennessee and New Hampshire. John's historical project responsibility covers over 6000 completed projects spanning corporate, residential, education, government, and military environments to date. John is the co-author of the InfoComm CTS-D course developed in 1996 and the sole author of the 1st re-write/update in 2006 where he was awarded InfoComm Educator of the Year for 2006. John is a Masters Certified Crestron programmer having programmed Crestron systems since 1988 and was the very first third party programmer for Crestron. John is proficient in XCode, AutoCAD, Photoshop, DTools and many graphic development programs. CTS-D, CTS, Crestron Silver Masters, MTA-R, MSA-R, DMC-D, DMC-E, DMC-T, CTI, CSS-D, CSS-T CLC-C Certified.

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.