Follow These Young AVTweeps! The 40 CI Influencers Under 40 Class of 2020

If there’s any good news these days across the AV integration industry, it’s that the future is in some impressive and hard-working hands.  

This year marks the seventh year we’ve put together a collection of young superstars across the integration world and this year’s list features some of the youngest people we’ve ever had—including a high school sophomore who spent his free time at InfoComm 2020 Connected. 

As with previous years, this year’s 40 Influencers Under 40 features stand out individuals from integrators, programmers and consultants as well as a few people we just couldn’t keep out of the mix. 

In an industry that’s been filled with a lot of tough news to swallow since mid-March, please make sure you take time to celebrate this moment of positivity and get to know as many of the people on this list as you can. They represent the future of the AV and IT space—and that’s a good thing. 

Congratulations to all 40 of this year’s influencers. They join an impressive club that features plenty of alumni who have taken over the industry in many ways. We expect the same from this group. 

Click on the name to learn more about why we chose each AVTweep

Will Amos, 40 

Director, Digital Media Group, Diversified 

@wamos80 and @DiversfiedUS 

Alberto Ayulo, 40 

Senior VP and General Manager, AVI-SPL 

@avisplinfo 

Casey Becker, 34 

Director of Engineering, DGI Communications 

@dgi_comm 

Christopher Bensch, 32 

Audiovisual Support Specialist, Princeton University 

@bensch_chris 

Aaron Bever, 32 

Service and Install Technician, Conference Technologies, Inc. 

@CTIAV 

Katie Blough, 32 

Project Manager and Business Analyst, PSA/ USAV

@USAVGroup 

Ben Boeshans, 32 

Senior Consultant, Idibri 

@Idibri 

Nic Burton, 33 

Zoom Eco-System Partner Relations Manager, Starin 

@starin_mkg 

John Day, 40 

Founder, AV Hero 

@avherohq 

Jason Dilliard, 39 

Installation Technician, Tier II, Vistacom 

@vistacom_inc 

Aiden Divelbliss, 15 

Student, South Range High School 

@aidenkidav1

Adam Dox, 37 

President, Advanced Video Group, Inc. 

@advancedvideogr 

Zachary Gamez, 32 

Lead Audio/Visual Systems Coordinator, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

@buzcg 

Brian Giardini, 39  

Operations Manager, TRITECH Communications  

@TRITECHComm 

Kasie Grant, 38 

Business Development Associate, Baker Audio Visual 

@Kasie_Facey and @BakerAudio  

Thomas Hall, 25 

Business and Sales Development Manager, Aspen Custom Electronics, Inc. 

@TommyMHall and @aspen_ce 

Jarrod Hillman, 35 

Owner, Hillman AV 

@avpreneur 

Kylie Holm, 30 

Director of Marketing, Neurilink 

@Neurilink 

Ryan Jahnz, 33 

Systems Engineer, Tierney 

@TierneyHQ 

Max Johnson, 28 

Channel Partner Manager, NSCA  

@MaxNSCA and @NSCA_systems 

Maxim (Max) Kouznetsov, 36 

Manager of Project Delivery, PepperDash Technology Corporation 

@MKouznetsov and @PepperDash 

Brandon Krepel, 35 

Technical Solutions Director, TSI Global Companies, LLC   

@brandonkrepel and @global_tsi 

Kari Martinez, 22 

Live Sound Engineer, Water of Life Community Church  

@TheKariMartinez 

Narin Nara, 31 

Digital Video Producer, AVIXA 

@narinternet and @AVIXA 

Chon Nguyen, 37 

Founder and CEO, Newgentek 

Aaron Peterson, 34 

Solutions Engineer, Mechdyne Corporation 

@_AVAP and @Mechdyne 

Zach Potter, 34 

Director of Sales, CCS Presentation Systems 

@ZachPotterTE and @ccsprojects 

Pat Scott, 38 

Field Integration Supervisor, Red Thread 

@RedThreadSpaces 

Ryan Scott, 35 

Design Engineer, Verrex 

@Verrex 

Eric Schiffman, 38 

Senior Field Engineer, USIS AudioVisual Systems 

@USIS_AV 

Justin Schwartz, 40 

CEO and Owner, SAGE AVT 

@AVSage 

Alexandre Simionescu, 38 

Principal, Float4 and RealMotion 

@float4_mtl 

Jimmie Singleton, 24 

Senior Learning Environments Support Analyst, University of Southern California 

@jimy_singleton and @itsjoesjoe 

Mathew Slack 

Service Designer – Digital Workspace, CIBC 

@slack_mathew 

Alana Smith, 33 

Director of Legal and Compliance, HB Communications  

@hbcomm 

Andrew Smith, 30 

Designer, BrightTree Studios 

@BTreeStudios 

Chelsea Summers, 29 

AV Design Engineer, RoomReady 

@summers_chels and @room_ready 

Nick Vershon, 31 

Design Engineer, Solutionz, Inc., Southeast 

@SolutionzInc 

Derek Wilson, 33 

President, Diem Digital 

Matt Wilson, 33 

Director of Marketing, McCann Systems 

@wilsonmat612 and @McCannSystems 

This article was originally posted on Aug 17, 2020