DES MOINES

“I am focused on building a truly great company that will continue to be truly great when I leave.” These are the words of AVI Systems founder Joe Stoebner, who started our company in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1974 as an audiovisual equipment supplier. In 1979 Joe bought out the other four shareholders and became 100% owner. The steady growth of the company was spurred forward with strategic acquisitions and expansions. Since 1986, ten acquisitions and three expansions have occurred.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors, AVI
• Chairman, ESOP and Compensation Committee, AVI
• Former Rotary Club President, Bismarck, ND and Eden Prairie, MN
• Chairman of the Board, Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce
• President, Eden Prairie Community Foundation
• Founder, Habitat for Technology (eventually merged into Eden Prairie Schools Foundation)
• Funded Video Media Center for Communication to High School in China
• Received “Small Business of the Year” Award from the Eden
• Prairie Chamber of Commerce in 1998
• Named Northern State University “Alumni of the Year” in 1999

Received the “Charles DeBono Volunteer Appreciation Award” in 2004

“I am focused on building a truly great company that will continue to be truly great when I leave.” These are the words of AVI Systems founder Joe Stoebner, who started our company in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1974 as an audiovisual equipment supplier. In 1979 Joe bought out the other four shareholders and became 100% owner. The steady growth of the company was spurred forward with strategic acquisitions and expansions. Since 1986, ten acquisitions and three expansions have occurred.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors, AVI
• Chairman, ESOP and Compensation Committee, AVI
• Former Rotary Club President, Bismarck, ND and Eden Prairie, MN
• Chairman of the Board, Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce
• President, Eden Prairie Community Foundation
• Founder, Habitat for Technology (eventually merged into Eden Prairie Schools Foundation)
• Funded Video Media Center for Communication to High School in China
• Received “Small Business of the Year” Award from the Eden
• Prairie Chamber of Commerce in 1998
• Named Northern State University “Alumni of the Year” in 1999

Received the “Charles DeBono Volunteer Appreciation Award” in 2004

“I am focused on building a truly great company that will continue to be truly great when I leave.” These are the words of AVI Systems founder Joe Stoebner, who started our company in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1974 as an audiovisual equipment supplier. In 1979 Joe bought out the other four shareholders and became 100% owner. The steady growth of the company was spurred forward with strategic acquisitions and expansions. Since 1986, ten acquisitions and three expansions have occurred.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors, AVI
• Chairman, ESOP and Compensation Committee, AVI
• Former Rotary Club President, Bismarck, ND and Eden Prairie, MN
• Chairman of the Board, Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce
• President, Eden Prairie Community Foundation
• Founder, Habitat for Technology (eventually merged into Eden Prairie Schools Foundation)
• Funded Video Media Center for Communication to High School in China
• Received “Small Business of the Year” Award from the Eden
• Prairie Chamber of Commerce in 1998
• Named Northern State University “Alumni of the Year” in 1999

Received the “Charles DeBono Volunteer Appreciation Award” in 2004

“I am focused on building a truly great company that will continue to be truly great when I leave.” These are the words of AVI Systems founder Joe Stoebner, who started our company in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1974 as an audiovisual equipment supplier. In 1979 Joe bought out the other four shareholders and became 100% owner. The steady growth of the company was spurred forward with strategic acquisitions and expansions. Since 1986, ten acquisitions and three expansions have occurred.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors, AVI
• Chairman, ESOP and Compensation Committee, AVI
• Former Rotary Club President, Bismarck, ND and Eden Prairie, MN
• Chairman of the Board, Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce
• President, Eden Prairie Community Foundation
• Founder, Habitat for Technology (eventually merged into Eden Prairie Schools Foundation)
• Funded Video Media Center for Communication to High School in China
• Received “Small Business of the Year” Award from the Eden
• Prairie Chamber of Commerce in 1998
• Named Northern State University “Alumni of the Year” in 1999

Received the “Charles DeBono Volunteer Appreciation Award” in 2004