Corporate and Global Leadership
Corporate Leadership
Alberto Ayulo
Senior Vice President, General Manager
Alberto has proven success in implementing world-class, progressive management and organizational strategies. His experience includes leading operational turnaround efforts, increasing top-line growth, and strengthening P&L results in both the private and public sectors. He has a demonstrated track record with enhancing revenue, margin, and EBITDA through multiple disciplines such as Customer Relationship Management, Policy Deployment, Lean and Six Sigma Initiatives, People Development, Organizational Development, and Strategic Planning & Deployment.
John Bailey
Senior Vice President, Technology and Innovation
John Bailey is passionate about activating collaboration technologies that enable people around the world to build a better future. He is responsible for AVI-SPLs Technology and Innovation group, focusing on envisioning and implementing UCC Strategy and Practice, driving innovation programs, and supporting global deployment strategies. He brings over 30 years of industry experience to the team, and most recently spent 21 years with Whitlock as Vice President of Technology and also served as the President of the Global Presence Alliance. John received his bachelor’s degree from Elon University.
Eric Ball
Senior Vice President, General Manager
Eric leads the dedicated and talented professionals of the Northeast (US) Region. Customer and employee satisfaction based on a culture of continuous improvement is the cornerstone of Eric’s 25 years of success in systems integration and services industries. This emphasis has consistently yielded revenue and profit growth above market expectations. Eric received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Kelly Bousman
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Joel Dougherty
Senior Vice President, Business Transformation and Optimization
Joel Dougherty is responsible for leading our global experts through functional and performance system requirement considerations that enable AVI-SPL to reach its best possible future state. Joel oversees and manages system implementation, change management, training, and adoption. With AVI-SPL for nearly 30 years, the last nine as Regional Vice President of the North Florida Region, Joel has had an excellent track record of collaboration, achieving results, developing employees, and remarkably high customer satisfaction.
Jeff Faber
Senior Vice President, General Manager, International
Jeff Faber is a 37-year veteran of the AV Industry and serves as Senior Vice President, General Manager, International of AVI-SPL, joining the company upon the acquisition of Sharp’s Audio Visual in 2017. Jeff leads our international markets, enhancing team and operational synergy for our multi-national customers in a world-class and consistent manner. Jeff has a profound ability to articulate the corporate vision and core values to instill a high-performance culture and is committed to upholding AVI-SPL’s integrity and long-standing reputation.
Patrick Hannon
Senior Vice President, Global Procurement
Patrick Hannon is responsible for leading the Global Procurement Team for AVI-SPL. He and his team work to develop and strengthen the strategic relationships with partners to drive engagement toward their mutual success. Additionally, Patrick and his global team work to drive efficiencies in procurement through strategic sourcing and effective operational and logistical processes at a global level. Patrick joined the company in 2011. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
Adam Howkins
Senior Vice President, Global Services
Adam Howkins has a passion for delivering measurable excellence for customers, Adam has over 20 years of experience building and leading high performance teams within technology services organizations. He leads our Global Services line of business and is responsible for the implementation of operational strategy, service integrity and the continuous development of the support and services we deliver to our customers.
Mark Linton
Senior Vice President, Systems Integration
Mark Linton brings over 20 years of experience in the audio visual industry leading the systems solutions line of business for AVI-SPL globally. He strives to drive consistent global project delivery focused on world-class customer experiences. Mark directs the department’s efforts by developing industry-leading standards, best practices, tools & training programs driving quality management throughout all aspects of the project lifecycle.
Ken Peterson
Senior Vice President, General Manager
Ken brings over 10 years of senior leadership experience in the integration and services industry. His background experience focuses on the development and implementation of market strategies, building high-performing teams, and driving operational excellence. As SVP/GM of the Southeast region, Ken and his Southeast region team are responsible for executing on company strategy, building a strong core culture where employees thrive and delivering service excellence and great value to our clients.
Julian Phillips
Senior Vice President, Global Workplace Solutions
Julian Phillips and his team bridge the gap between architecture, design, corporate real estate, and technology through unique and compelling partnerships which deliver integrated experiential solutions for customer engagement and workplace transformation around the world. Prior to the merger, Julian was Executive Vice President at Whitlock. He was the original founder of GPA (Global Presence Alliance) and was chairman and a board director at AVIXA (The Audio Visual and Integrated Experience Association) for 7 years.
Bill Ramalho
Senior Vice President, Information Technology
Bill Ramalho leads AVI-SPL’s internal digital transformation journey, leveraging 20+ years of senior-level IT leadership. He has an exceptional track record of building modern, high-performance IT organizations and delivering transformative data and technology capabilities that drive impactful business outcomes. With an emphasis on business partnerships, he combines business and technical acumen to lead business, data, and enterprise architecture for our internal technology roadmap. Bill’s previous experience includes implementing global systems for PwC and IBM Global Services, Healthcare and Education.
Shelley Salys
Senior Vice President, General Manager
Shelley Salys oversees AVI-SPL Central Region business operations. Aligning with company vision, culture, and industry & workplace transformation, she leads her team to provide customers with best-in-class partnerships, creating innovative digital technologies and reliable services solutions. Shelley brings more than 20 years of leadership experience and expertise in the industry. She has held various roles across functions and lines of businesses during her career since joining the company in 2004.
Brad Weintraub
Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Accounts Program
Brad Weintraub leads the Global Strategic Accounts Program (GSAP). Brad grew the program through strategic alignment with top global and enterprise customers across all sectors and geographies. He works to build lasting relationships with GSAP customers to co-create value with them. He also has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications, AV, and UC industries. Previously, he founded an AV and software solutions company. It grew into one of the SCN Top 50 before it was acquired by an electrical and technology contractor.
Global Leadership
Brian Fallon
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific
Brian Fallon brings over 15 years of experience in the audiovisual industry to his role as Managing Director, Systems Solutions and Services for Asia-Pacific. Having been based in Asia for more than 10 years, he is focused on bringing AVI-SPL’s industry-leading standards and best practices to the region, as well as leading a rapidly growing team focused on delivering service excellence and great value to our clients.
Michael Kellaway
Managing Director, United Kingdom
Michael Kellaway is responsible for defining and overseeing the strategic direction of AVI-SPL UK. With 20 years of industry knowledge, Michael is an experienced, growth-oriented leader in the AV and unified communications and collaboration (UCC) industry. He leads AVI-SPL’s UCC services in the UK market, identifying and answering future customer needs, and expanding the company’s world-class talent through development and acquisition. Michael brings a blend of knowledge, creativity, customer-centricity, motivation, and history of success and works closely with the leadership team to promote the company vision and drive key transformational objectives
Phil Marlowe
Managing Director, Middle East
Phil Marlowe is responsible for all day-to-day sales, technical, and service operations in the Middle East. He started with AVI-SPL as an installation technician and became the first expatriate employee for AVI-SPL when he relocated to Dubai in 2008. Today, with over 18 years of experience in system integration and services, Phil drives growth by utilizing his technical expertise and ensuring his team is empowered with the tools and knowledge needed to deliver operational excellence and customer success.
Andrés MartÃnez
Managing Director, Mexico
Andrés MartÃnez leads AVI-SPL’s strategy to broaden the company’s footprint in Mexico. Andrés leverages his team’s experience of more than 34 years to implement global standards and exceed client expectations. He is an IT engineer with a master’s degree in Finance, which adds to his consulting background. His business management skills make Andrés an ideal fit to implement AVI-SPL’s best practices in the Latin American region. He was previously the CFO at Multimedia Integración de TecnologÃa.
Mala Prasad
Regional Director, South Asia
Mala Prasad comes to AVI-SPL with 22 years of experience in the broadcast media and audio-visual industry. She is a strong professional who is skilled in business management and strategy, operations, finance, and international trade. Mala brings extensive experience in establishing and managing system integration operations in the Indian sub-continent. As a business leader who believes in teamwork, Mala is focused on building and growing the AVI-SPL team and footprint in South Asia, and delivering excellent services to our customers in the region.
Brad Turpin
Managing Director, Canada
Brad brings 30+ years of experience in the AV industry to his role as Managing Director, Canada. As an accomplished senior executive, Brad leads Canadian offices, regions, and functions with a focus on maintaining our commitment to high client satisfaction, while driving profitable growth, championing strategic initiatives, and growing employee experience.