AVPro Global has announced the appointment of Mike “Sparky” Detmer as chief operating officer. Detmer will report to Jeff Murray, AVPro founder and CEO, to lead and scale AVPro’s growth and global business go-to-market teams, including sales, marketing, customer service, training, technical support, and new business acquisition and development.
Detmer brings extensive management experience from AV and specialty coatings organisations, including Akzo Nobel, Harman International, and Nortek.
“Mike has decades of experience in business acquisition and development, creating customers for life, scaling business processes, and fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented workplace,” said Jeff Murray, CEO and founder AVPro. “As a consultant, Mike made a tremendous impact on our success and knows our business and culture well, which is why we are delighted to welcome him to the AVPro Global leadership team.”
Detmer, who first joined AVPro Global as a consultant in 2023, is an industry veteran with over four decades of experience managing commercial results, working with, or providing consulting services for, premium AV brands such as Definitive Technology, Elan, Infinity Systems, Niles Audio, Krell Industries, Polk Audio, Russound, SpeakerCraft, Stax, and Xantech.
