AVTEC

From our first console systems delivered to the AT&SF Railroad in 1981, Avtec has provided turn-key solutions to end users. Besides design and manufacturing of console systems, our employees provide services including project management, training, and con

Avtec is a family owned company with a 30-year unblemished record of designing and delivering innovative console solutions for mission critical markets. We are small enough to be responsive, but large enough to lead the industry, helping organizations migrate from legacy platforms to VoIP systems based on open standards. Our staff prides itself on its service and a commitment to conduct business in a straight forward, ethical manner.

From our first console systems delivered to the AT&SF Railroad in 1981, Avtec has provided turn-key solutions to end users. Besides design and manufacturing of console systems, our employees provide services including project management, training, and consulting. In 2005, Avtec initiated a program to work with select and highly qualified partner companies to reach more customers.
 

History

Avtec was founded in August of 1979 by Troy Branning as an engineering consulting business for Railroad customers. In 1980, Avtec won a design-build contract from the Atkinson Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad for a multi-user, computer-based, Radio-telephone console system. The Advanced Concept Communications Exchange and Signaling System (ACCESS) was born and went on to capture a majority of the U.S. Railroad Market.

In 1989, Avtec began a push into other market spaces with ACCESS, including Public Safety, Utilities, Airlines, and the Military. Early success with Delta Air Lines, California Highway Patrol, Toronto Ambulance, Virginia Power led to the development of a pioneering new console system, DSPatch, based on Digital Signal Processors and a redundant Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) switch. DSPatch became the standard of the U.S. Rail and Airline Markets, as well as many deployments to Utilities and Public Safety customers. In 2003, DSPatchNET was introduced, which added VoIP connectivity to the proven DSPatch TDM architecture. In 2008, Avtec's pure VoIP console system, Scout, was introduced. Scout has been a run-away success with over 100 systems deployed since inception. Scout systems are in use in Police, Fire, Air & Ground Ambulance Dispatching, Railroad Main and Yard Ops, Airline System Operation Centers, Military Bases, and Utility T&D Centers.

Michael Branning, an electrical engineer who joined Avtec full-time in 1986, succeeded Troy Branning as President in 1993. He leads an Executive team comprised of Darryl Stromberg (Executive VP of Sales and Service), Michael White (Vice President of Sales), Tim Shaffer (Director of Administration), Kevin Williams (Director of Engineering), Michael Ridge (Director of Marketing), and James Hawley (Director of Operations). Avtec employs an energized team of over 75 people in a wide variety of capacities, from software and hardware design, to manufacturing, sales, and customer service.

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