I have been working in the Audio Visual industry for over 20 years now. I am currently an AV System Design Engineer. I have experience with system integration, installation, service and system design of A/V VTC systems mostly for conference rooms, higher education classrooms, operations centers, command centers, auditoriums, team rooms, huddle spaces and executive offices. Most of my experience has been with military and US federal agency customers in the Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia areas. Have done a lot of design work with secure teleconferencing systems, presentation and collaboration systems.

I am a tech entrepreneur and angel investor. At iRevo we build SaaS (Software as a Service) platforms and applications for a variety of video applications. The three offerings that would relate the most to this forum are our Digital Signage (iDS) and Aldo Contact Center and Embeddable Audio/Video for interactive Kiosks with AI and GuestVerse software for engaging hotel guests on TV and cell phones for commerce while delivering superior guest experience. I am based out of Silicon Valley for the last 40 years (minus a few years in Singapore and India) with deep background in video domain, from Systems and Chips to SaaS and Applications via Cloud. I did my first startup in 1991 that built chips for live video capture and merging it with graphics, which later created a category called video scaler! As an Angel and a VC, I have invested in over 50 companies with exit valuation of almost a billion $ and was active participant or lead in exiting 4 other companies as a board member or investor. I am very good at connecting the dots and thrive by bringing new products and technologies to market.

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.