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A LEADING AUDIOVISUAL (AV) COMPANY

Nearly 1,500 Employee-Owners, Creating Better Outcomes for Our Customers

Transforming the

Modern Workplace

We’re not satisfied with the status quo, nor are our customers. We invest in the development of our people, always striving for better. Our goal is to move beyond where AV integrators have traditionally lived—focusing more on outcomes and moving our clients’ businesses forward.
 
For customers across industries and geographies, AVI delivers next-generation visual collaboration solutions built with a people-first approach. 
 
The employee-owners of FORTÉ leverage unrivaled technical experience, talent, and commitment in delivering customized AV solutions that empower you to seize opportunities and imagine new possibilities.

The FORTÉ Story

 Founded in 1974, FORTÉ has grown from humble beginnings into the world's largest global communication and collaboration solutions provider. As an employee-owned company, everyone who works at FORTÉ has a stake in your success. We hold ourselves to high standards and commit to delivering exceptional work to our clients. We do this while holding ourselves accountable to our core values of integrity, elevation, curiosity, oneness and stewardship.

More than 4,000 projects completed annually
1,300+ employee-owners
4:1 ratio of support staff to sales staff

FORTÉ GOES FURTHER

Together we design your communication and collaboration solution from the ground up. And before it's installed, we validate it by building and testing it at one of our Regional Deployment Centers. With more than 40 locations in the United States, and the ability to operate in 177 international cities in 50 countries, FORTÉ is the largest global communication and collaboration solution provider. You can count on us to deliver.

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FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE

Just as we design our AV solutions to last, we’ve built FORTÉ for the long haul — laying a financial foundation strong enough to weather volatile markets; investing in systems, infrastructure, and personnel; and by making AVI a 100% employee-owned company.

Our focus on stability, transparency and shared success not only provides security for the future, it’s the ultimate warranty for our customers.

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Leadership Team

John Bagnell

John Bagnell

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Josh Braun

Josh Braun

VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

David Bunting

David Bunting

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHEAST REGION

CRAIG GUDORF

CRAIG GUDORF

VICE PRESIDENT, BRAND MARKETING

TRAVIS KJERSTAD

TRAVIS KJERSTAD

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH CENTRAL REGION

DON MASTRO

DON MASTRO

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

TOM MELMS

TOM MELMS

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, MIDWEST REGION

JASON MOULDEN

JASON MOULDEN

MANAGING DIRECTOR, MICROSOFT SOLUTIONS

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CHRISTOPHER MOUNTS

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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Shannon O'Reilly

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

ROGER PATRICK

ROGER PATRICK

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

MICHAEL SAFRANSKI

MICHAEL SAFRANSKI

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

JASON ROBERTS

JASON ROBERTS

VICE PRESIDENT, WORKPLACE STRATEGY

ROLAND SCHLEGEL

ROLAND SCHLEGEL

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

BRANDON SORENSEN

BRANDON SORENSEN

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, WEST REGION

JEFF STOEBNER

JEFF STOEBNER

CHAIRMAN AND CEO

JOE STOEBNER

JOE STOEBNER

FOUNDER

JOY TODD

JOY TODD

VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES

ROBBY TURNER

ROBBY TURNER

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTH REGION

ZACH VALIGURA

Zach Valigura

VICE PRESIDENT, INTEGRATION & DELIVERY

KEITH YANDELL

Keith Yandell

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, INNOVATION

INDUSTRY LEADING QUALIFICATIONS

Our technical experts boast impressive credentials, enabling them to see the big picture with sharp vision and helping to ensure that no details are overlooked. Credentials Include:

  • CTS, CTS-I, CTS-D
  • Microsoft O365
  • Azure
  • Dynamics
  • PMI - PMP
  • CAPM
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Microsoft Solutions Business

FORTÉ enables our customers to take full advantage of today's communications technology through our Microsoft Solutions business (Magenium). As a leading Microsoft Solutions partner, our experts have capabilities in the AI-powered workplace, Teams Room configuration and monitoring, 
Microsoft Voice, Microsoft Places, and Premier Services +.

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FORTÉ PARTNERS

We are authorized to integrate and service products manufactured by the world’s top providers, including Sony, Crestron, and Microsoft. This allows us to provide the optimal solution for each customer. It gives you one point of contact for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of any component of your AV technology ecosystems.
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