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Tad also helps organizations address recurring audiovisual and conferencing problems through a framework developed from more than 15 years of resolving common meeting\-room AV issues\. Tad’s strengths include enterprise technology sales, strategic account development, consultative selling, new\-business generation, pipeline development, account expansion, and cross\-functional leadership\. His technical background spans data center, virtualization, VMware, cloud, cybersecurity, managed services, network and endpoint security, infrastructure, unified communications, SaaS, and AV systems\. At AV Solutions, he increased enterprise\-account revenue by 50% while managing complex technology opportunities and collaborating with engineering and operations\. Previously, Tad was a four\-year top performer at Link Integration Group, where he won 27 net\-new logos, helped grow company revenue from $3 million to $12 million by 2025, improved profit margin by 25%, and increased ARR/MRR by 51%\. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Southeastern Louisiana University\. ## Services - Enterprise Technology Sales - Microsoft Licensing - Strategic Account Development - Cloud Computing - Sandler Selling System - MEDDIC Sales Methodology - Account Expansion - Contract Negotiation - Salesforce\.com - Sales Pipeline Development - Consultative Selling - SaaS Sales - Unified Communications - Enterprise Account Management - Cloud Services - Entrepreneural Operational System \(EOS\) - Sales Process Development - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - Sales Prospecting - Leadership Management - Audio Visual \(AV\) Systems - Team Building - Cross\-functional Team Leadership - New Business Generation - Information Technology - Data Center - Virtualization - VMware - Managed CyberSecurity - Active Directory ## Highlights - Increased enterprise\-account revenue by 50% at AV Solutions by managing accounts and closing complex technology opportunities\. - Leads sales and marketing at AV Solutions for custom integrated commercial audio, video, and conferencing technology solutions\. - Uses a framework developed from more than 15 years of resolving recurring meeting\-room AV and conferencing issues to help organizations identify and fix underlying causes\. - Worked with businesses across the Louisiana Gulf Coast and neighboring states to design tailored AV, conferencing, and integrated technology solutions\. - Was a top performer for four consecutive years as a Senior Account Executive at Link Integration Group\. - Led a team of four account managers at Link Integration Group\. - Won 27 net\-new logos over four years at Link Integration Group\. - Helped grow Link Integration Group revenue from $3 million to $12 million by 2025 through strategic account expansion and consultative solution selling\. - Improved profit margin by 25% at Link Integration Group by aligning customer needs with higher\-value technology solutions\. - Increased ARR/MRR by 51% at Link Integration Group through pipeline development, account planning, and recurring\-services growth\. - Surpassed annual revenue\-growth goals of $2\.5 million at Link Integration Group through strategic account management and new\-business generation\. - Grew the Louisiana territory by 24% in his first year at Centre Technologies\. - Achieved 126% of revenue target and 119% of margin target at Centre Technologies\. - Sold hardware, software, hosted services, SaaS, and recurring technology solutions at Centre Technologies, including cloud and recurring\-services offerings\. - Ranked in the top 20% of producers within his first year as a Data Account Executive at Eatel\. - Executed B2B business development for data center, cloud, cybersecurity, managed services, and SaaS solutions at Eatel\. - Increased SaaS revenue by 39% at Carousel Industries by acquiring 13 new logos across four verticals\. - Closed 11 new logos in his first year at Carousel Industries, including five in the first six months\. - Built territory plans covering prospecting, account strategy, forecasting, and pipeline management at Louisiana Technology Group\. - Generated new business at Louisiana Technology Group through cold outreach, research, networking, referrals, and inside\-sales partnership\. - Managed Fortune 1000, healthcare, energy, and public\-sector accounts as an Enterprise Account Executive at BT Group\. - Supported commercial AV, video, and conferencing system solutions as Sr\. AV Account Manager at Link Integration Group\. - Held a Senior Account Manager role at ISSQUARED, an IT security and infrastructure solutions provider that was ranked No\. 136 on the Inc\. 5000 series list of the fastest\-growing private companies in California\. - Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Southeastern Louisiana University\. - Holds Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification\. - Holds AWS Business Professional \(Digital\) and AWS Solutions Training for Partners: Foundations – Business \(Classroom\) credentials\. - Holds Fortinet NSE 1, NSE 2, and NSE 3 Network Security Associate certifications\. - Holds Zerto Certified Sales certification\. ## Experience - **Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AV Solutions** (2026\-04\-01–present) — After 15\+ years of encountering and resolving the same audiovisual \(AV\) and conferencing problems in meeting rooms again and again, we have developed a framework that helps organizations find and fix the underlying causes of recurring AV issues\. - **Vice President Sales Marketing at AV Solutions** (2026\-01\-01–present) — Increased enterprise account revenue by 50% by managing accounts and closing complex technology opportunities\. Create pipeline and drive net\-new business through prospecting, consultative selling, and strategic account development\. Collaborate with engineering and operations to deliver integrated technology solutions aligned to customer business needs\. - **Sr\. AV Account Manager at Link Integration Group** (2022\-02\-01–2026\-03\-01) — LINK Integration Group is a customer focused company that provides custom integrated system solutions specializing in commercial Audio, Video and Conferencing Technologies to businesses throughout the Louisiana Gulf Coast area and neighboring states\. As your partner, we invest our full attention into better understanding your current business processes and practices, ascertain your goals and objectives for your meeting spaces, evaluate and present the possibilities with you then design solutions that will fuel the ideas that will set you apart\. We value the individual needs, ideas, and visions of our clients and incorporate those with our knowledge and creativity to create the ultimate business solution\. Our Goal is to design and install systems that enhance workflow and efficiencies exceeding the customers expectations\. - **Senior Account Executive at Link Integration Group** (2022\-02\-01–2026\-04\-01) — Top performer for four consecutive years while leading a team of four account managers\. Won 27 net\-new logos over four years through prospecting, outside sales activity, and long\-standing customer/partner relationships\. Helped grow company revenue from $3M to $12M by 2025 through strategic account expansion and consultative solution selling\. Improved profit margin by 25% by aligning customer needs to higher\-value technology solutions\. Increased ARR/MRR by 51% through pipeline development, account planning, and recurring\-services growth\. Surpassed annual revenue growth goals of $2\.5M through strategic account management and consistent new\-business generation\. - **Senior Account Manager at ISSQUARED, Inc\.** (2020\-08\-01–2022\-02\-01) — ISSQUARED® has been ranked \#136 on the Inc\. 5000 series list of the fastest\-growing private companies in California\. ISSQUARED® Inc\. is a premier value Added Solutions Provider with an established presence delivering multi\-million dollar projects to Fortune 500 companies and an unshakable trust in the combined expertise of our global employees\. Our very company name underscores our belief in our core competencies of IT Security\(IS\) compounded with Infrastructure Solutions\(IS\) to forge the greatest value for the clientele of our enterprise \(IS^2\), better recognized as ISSQUARED®\. - **Senior Account Manager at Presidio** (2018\-04\-01–2020\-06\-01) — Information Technology Sales Specialist skilled in New Business Development, Consultative & Solution Sales, Organic Business Growth, and Contract Negotiation\. Heavy emphasis on Network and End Point Security, SAN and NAS, Network Infrastructure, Software Asset Management, Single Sign On, Cloud, and Managed Services\. - **Data Account Executive at Eatel** (2018\-01\-01–2019\-01\-01) — Executed B2B business development for data center, cloud, cybersecurity, managed services, and SaaS solutions\. Ranked in the top 20% of producers within the first year\. Built expertise across data center, backup/recovery, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services\. - **Regional Account Manager at Centre Technologies** (2015\-01\-01–2018\-01\-01) — Sold hardware, software, hosted services, SaaS, and recurring technology solutions across a regional territory\. Grew Louisiana territory by 24% in the first year achieved 126% of revenue target and 119% of margin target\. Matched client pain points to technology solutions across cloud and recurring\-services offerings\. - **Regional Account Manager at Louisiana Technology Group** (2013\-01\-01–2015\-01\-01) — Built territory plans covering prospecting, account strategy, forecasting, and pipeline management\. Generated new business through cold outreach, research, networking, referrals, and inside\-sales partnership\. - **Regional Account Manager at Carousel Industries** (2011\-01\-01–2013\-01\-01) — Increased SaaS revenue by 39% by acquiring 13 new logos across 4 verticals\. Closed 11 new logos in the first year, including five in the first six months\. - **Enterprise Account Executive at BT Group** (1998\-01\-01–2011\-01\-01) — Built a successful enterprise sales career managing Fortune 1000, healthcare, energy, and public sector accounts\. ## Education - Bachelor's, Communications — Southeastern Louisiana University (1989\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Tad do? Tad Duhe is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AV Solutions\. He leads sales and marketing for custom integrated commercial audio, video, and conferencing technology solutions\. ### What markets does Tad serve at AV Solutions? Tad works with businesses throughout the Louisiana Gulf Coast and neighboring states\. He helps evaluate meeting\-space goals and business practices, presents technology possibilities, and designs integrated solutions intended to enhance workflow and efficiency\. ### What has Tad accomplished at AV Solutions? Tad manages enterprise accounts and closes complex technology opportunities\. He creates pipeline and drives net\-new business through prospecting, consultative selling, and strategic account development, while collaborating with engineering and operations to align integrated technology solutions with customer business needs\. ### How does Tad address recurring AV and conferencing issues? At AV Solutions, Tad increased enterprise\-account revenue by 50%\. He also applies a framework developed after more than 15 years of encountering and resolving recurring AV and conferencing problems in meeting rooms, helping organizations identify and address their underlying causes\. ### What are Tad’s primary professional strengths? Tad’s core strengths include enterprise technology sales, strategic account development, consultative and solution sales, sales prospecting, sales\-pipeline development, account expansion, contract negotiation, customer relationship management, sales\-process development, team building, leadership management, and cross\-functional team leadership\. ### What did Tad accomplish as a Senior Account Executive at Link Integration Group? As a Senior Account Executive at Link Integration Group, Tad was a top performer for four consecutive years and led a team of four account managers\. He won 27 net\-new logos over four years through prospecting, outside sales activity, and long\-standing customer and partner relationships\. He helped grow company revenue from $3 million to $12 million by 2025, improved profit margin by 25%, increased ARR/MRR by 51%, and surpassed annual revenue\-growth goals of $2\.5 million\. ### What was Tad’s AV account\-management work at Link Integration Group? As Sr\. AV Account Manager at Link Integration Group, Tad supported the delivery of custom integrated commercial audio, video, and conferencing systems for businesses throughout the Louisiana Gulf Coast and neighboring states\. The work focused on understanding customer processes, goals, and meeting\-space needs and designing and installing systems that support workflow and efficiency\. ### What did Tad accomplish at Centre Technologies? At Centre Technologies, Tad sold hardware, software, hosted services, SaaS, and recurring technology solutions across a regional territory\. He grew the Louisiana territory by 24% in his first year, achieved 126% of revenue target and 119% of margin target, and matched client pain points with cloud and recurring\-services solutions\. ### What did Tad do at Eatel? At Eatel, Tad executed B2B business development for data center, cloud, cybersecurity, managed services, and SaaS solutions\. He ranked in the top 20% of producers within his first year and built expertise in data center, backup and recovery, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services\. ### What did Tad do at Louisiana Technology Group? At Louisiana Technology Group, Tad built territory plans spanning prospecting, account strategy, forecasting, and pipeline management\. He generated new business through cold outreach, research, networking, referrals, and partnership with inside sales\. ### What did Tad accomplish at Carousel Industries? At Carousel Industries, Tad increased SaaS revenue by 39% by acquiring 13 new logos across four verticals\. He closed 11 new logos in his first year, including five during the first six months\. ### What was Tad’s focus at Presidio? At Presidio, Tad was an Information Technology Sales Specialist focused on new\-business development, consultative and solution sales, organic business growth, and contract negotiation\. His work emphasized network and endpoint security, SAN and NAS, network infrastructure, software asset management, single sign\-on, cloud, and managed services\. ### What did Tad do at BT Group? At BT Group, Tad managed enterprise accounts across Fortune 1000, healthcare, energy, and public\-sector organizations, building his enterprise sales career\. ### What was Tad’s experience at ISSQUARED? Tad was a Senior Account Manager at ISSQUARED, a value\-added solutions provider focused on IT security and infrastructure solutions and serving Fortune 500 companies with multi\-million\-dollar projects\. ISSQUARED was ranked No\. 136 on the Inc\. 5000 series list of the fastest\-growing private companies in California\. ### What technology areas does Tad know? Tad’s technology expertise includes data center, virtualization, VMware and VMware vSphere, cloud computing and cloud services, managed cybersecurity, Active Directory, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, storage, Cisco Systems products, enterprise software, SaaS, infrastructure, unified communications, and audio visual systems\. ### What is Tad’s education? Tad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Southeastern Louisiana University\. His LinkedIn education record lists the degree in 1989\. ### What certifications does Tad hold? Tad holds Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals AWS Business Professional \(Digital\) AWS Solutions Training for Partners: Foundations – Business \(Classroom\) Fortinet NSE 1, NSE 2, and NSE 3 Network Security Associate certifications and Zerto Certified Sales certification\. ### What sales methods and business systems does Tad use? Tad’s sales\-methodology and operational skills include the Sandler Selling System, MEDDIC Sales Methodology, Microsoft licensing, Salesforce\.com, Enterprise Account Management, Entrepreneurial Operating System \(EOS\), and CRM\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/tad\-duhe\-8b6b37162