AVS is a marketing, training, and communications company based in
La Crosse, Wisconsin.

• AVS began as a spin-off from the Trane company in November, 1988.
• Ed Wais, AVS president and general manager, had worked at Trane as a video producer, meeting-support professional, and department manager for 15 years before starting AVS.
• AVS is owned by Ed and his wife, Kay Wais.
• AVS has aggressively expanded its service offering to keep up with the ever changing technologies that have shaped this industry.
• AVS works with a broad range of clients in multiple vertical markets.

AVS focuses on helping clients communicate and share information more efficiently, and market their products and services more effectively. AVS employs a team of experts who specialize in:

• Strategy Development
• Video
• Web Services
• ClearWater Intranet Solutions
• Graphic Design
• Photography
• Interactive Programming
• Instructional Design
• Presentation and Live Event Support

AVS owns a high-tech, 22,000 square-foot facility that includes:

• Spacious work areas
• Video studio complex that includes:
• 2,400 square-foot video studio
• 90-foot cyc wall
• Green room
• Dressing room with shower
• Loading docks
• 1,100 square-foot photography studio that includes:
• Dressing room
• Full kitchen
• Audio suite with narration booth
• Two video edit suites featuring Avid systems
• Landscaped green space