Speakers

Patrick Cuddy is the Director of Sales & Strategic Accounts at Black Box Corporation, a leading manufacturer of KVM, Networking and IoT solutions for mission critical environments. He was previously the Director Channel Sales at Legrand AV, Specification Consultant Liaison for Legrand AV and Middle Atlantic Products, Regional Sales Manager of Klein Tools, and District Sales Manager for Grainger Industrial Supply. His experience has provided him with an unparalleled scope of awareness of the built environment allowing for a broad understanding of the challenges in today’s design & installation needs around the world.

Patrick is an AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist, and a US Green Building Council certified LEED Green Associate. Patrick acquired these certifications to serve the AV community, assisting specifiers & designers that would like to build AV solutions with sustainability in mind. Patrick’s passion for sustainability is lifelong and he has been advocating for advancement in the AV industry since 2017. He has experience within multiple industry verticals and has been in technology sales and business development for 20 years. He has worked with some of the world’s leading companies as a consultant on a variety of AV design projects that incorporated sustainability. Patrick’s sustainability consultant experience includes being a leading member of the Legrand High Performance Building Council, the Legrand AV corporate liaison for Sustainable development, inaugural member of the LEED Impact working group, a presenter at Infocomm, member of the AVIXA Sustainability Task Force and currently contributing member of the AVIXA Sustainability Council with a focus on industry best practices.