About Us

rAVe [PUBS], founded in 1998 by Gary Kayye, is a news organization that provides coverage of the commercial (ProAV) and residential (HomeAV) audiovisual trade industries via e-newsletters, blogs, video, social media and a variety of other mediums.

The target audience for rAVe’s publications is what we call “AV Insiders” — AV dealers, integrators, consultants, designers, etc. that deal in the sale, specification, design and installation of audiovisual products. We do not target what most people call “end users,” though a small percentage of rAVe’s readers may qualify as such, especially on the ProAV side.

rAVe is an opinionated news organization, providing news and commentary that reflect the opinions of its authors. We believe that all news is heavily affected by the views of its author, so we state up front that ours is going to be. We are also heavily biased toward the AV integrator/dealer’s perspective since, well, that’s our audience. However, we do NOT get paid by manufacturers, or anyone, for running off our editorial mouth. We run what we run based on what we think, and that’s it.

So whose opinions are you getting? Want to disagree with someone? Check out our current list of employees and contributors. Visit each individual’s page to learn a little more about them. They’d love to hear from you.

BlogSquad

Ajish Raju

Ajish Raju

Ajish Raju is co-founder and CEO of Lausdeo. He loves traveling, trying new cuisines and gadgets. …
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Alexis La Broi

Alexis La Broi

Alexis Bryant La Broi has had a career in professional audiovisual and technology services for 25 ye…
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Anthony Coppedge

Anthony Coppedge

Agile Sales & Marketing in B2B Tech | Certifications in Agile Coaching, Agile Leadership, and Ag…
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Carter Music

Carter Music

Carter Music is an integration account manager at Integrated Production Solutions (IPS). IPS is an a…
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Dr. Frederick Ampel

Dr. Frederick Ampel

Dr. Frederick J. Ampel has been involved in the professional A/V industry for more than 40 years, wo…
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Jacob Blount

Jacob Blount

Jacob was a Project Manager at THE rAVe Agency and an Assistant Editor for rAVe [PUBS]. He worked on…
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Joel Rollins

Joel Rollins

rAVe Rental [and Staging] contributor Joel R. Rollins is the founder of Steamroller Digital and is…
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Johnny Mota

Johnny Mota

Johnny Mota is a systems integrator in northern California. He writes for rAVe [Publications] as a m…
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Lee Distad

Lee Distad

Lee Distad is a rAVe columnist and freelance writer covering topics from CE to global business a…
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Mark Coxon

Mark Coxon

Mark Coxon is an AV industry native and blogger for the rAVe BlogSquad. You can reach him directly a…
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Michael Katz

Michael Katz

As the Chief Relationship Officer at Zignage (a high availability enterprise class CMS software and …
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Morgan Lawrence

Morgan Lawrence

Morgan Lawrence is Director of Communications. Email her at morgan@theraveagency.com
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Tony Sprando

Tony Sprando

Tony Sprando has worked in the AV industry since 1994. For the past 20 years, he has designed commer…
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