MINNEAPOLIS – Feb. 6, 2025 – AVI Systems, a leader in communication and collaboration solution design, integration and support, today announced the promotion of five leaders from within the company. These promotions are part of the company’s strategic evolution to support rapid growth and further position AVI Systems as a trusted, strategic advisor to its customers.
“Since 2022, AVI Systems’ growth has outpaced the industry, and we’ve expanded from 28 branch offices to 41 locations nationwide. The pace of our growth is not slowing,” said Roger Patrick, Chief Operating Officer. “We remain committed to operational excellence and empowering our customers with innovative technology solutions every step of the way.”
To manage continued growth, AVI Systems evolved its operational leadership structure led by Patrick. This evolution ensures the company has the right leaders in place to drive innovation, implement best practices across the company’s locations, and scale to meet growing customer demand.
The following senior leaders have been promoted:
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John Bagnell has been promoted to Executive Vice President, reporting directly to Patrick. In this role, John will oversee all AVI regional business units in the United States, fostering continuity and collaboration, driving regional growth, and aligning to AVI’s value proposition. |
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Shannon O’Reilly and Roland Schlegel will both serve as new Senior Vice Presidents reporting to Bagnell. In their new roles, long-time AVI Regional leaders, O’Reilly and Schlegel, will expand their oversight and support in existing regions, mentoring Regional and Area Vice Presidents, driving strategic growth plans, and ensure best practices across their expanded regions. |
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Michael Safranski has been named Senior Vice President of Operations, reporting to Patrick, where he will lead AVI’s Integration, Delivery, and Managed Services teams to ensure alignment across all service lines and adoption of standards and best practices. This represents an expansion of Safranski’s current role as VP of Managed Services. |
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Keith Yandell has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Innovation. In this role, Yandell will continue to oversee the Practice Team, emerging technologies and offerings and AVI’s own Innovation Vault, which is showcased at each AVI LIVE event held nationally. In addition, he will establish a new vision for AVI’s customer experience centers. Yandell will also report to Patrick. |
“AVI is committed to an environment of continuous innovation, continuous improvement, and employee and leadership development,” added Patrick. “These industry veterans have consistently proven themselves and brought exceptional expertise and dedication to AVI Systems. In their expanded roles, AVI is well-positioned to meet the challenges of rapid expansion and deliver world-class communication and collaboration solutions to our customers.”
About AVI Systems
AVI Systems helps organizations create more human impact through the design, deployment and support of audiovisual and unified collaboration systems. With 41 locations in the United States and the ability to do business nearly anywhere in the world, we work with thousands of organizations who value the power of visual communications and strive to enable people and teams to communicate and collaborate. The solutions we create accelerate decision making, improve human interactions and create immersive digital experiences. For more information about AVI Systems, visit www.avisystems.com.
