Tom Fowlston

Tom Fowlston is President and owner of A V Pro, Inc. which he and a former business partner incorporated in February of 1985. Tom’s background includes education in electronics, mass communications, and audio facility/media systems design. His practical experience includes a year of commercial broadcasting, three years as a Broadcast Specialist in the United States Army, including one year with the American Forces Vietnam Network and the remainder of his Army career as an instructor at the Defense Information School. Tom graduated in the top 2% from Defense Information School and achieved the rank of Specialist 5th Class during his Army career. Tom holds the distinction of having announced the final live radio newscast before the closing of AFVN in Saigon, Vietnam.

Tom moved to Dallas in 1974 to serve as a National Meetings Coordinator and Operations Manager of Bauer Audio Video where he managed all phases of audio-visual systems design and convention coordination. During his eight-year tenure with Bauer, Tom produced sound, video, & lighting for shows in virtually every major convention center and hotel in North America. In 1982 Tom left his life on the road with Bauer and assumed the position of Sales Manager for Crossroads Audio in Dallas, handling all equipment sales, as well as serving as project manager for their sound and lighting installations at that time.

Today Tom’s primary focus at A V Pro, Inc. is project management and general operations coordination. His motto is “There’s the right way, the wrong way, and the A V Pro Way.” Tom wants every employee and customer to know that the “A V Pro Way” means that excellent customer service and uncompromising quality is our number one concern.