Advanced Voting Solutions has had a long and proud tradition in the Election Equipment and Solutions Industry. It dates back to before the turn of the last century (1895) when it's founders developed the first mechanical lever machine. The company was recently reborn and reconstructed under new ownership and new leadership to re-address the marketplace. Howard T. Van Pelt, who was invloved in the management of two of the most successful election equipment companies in the industry's history (Computer Elections Systems [CES] and Global Elections Systems [Global], a company he co-founded) became president and chief executive officer in June 2001. He quickly began assembling a staff of seasoned election professionals whose experience dates back to 1970.

Most in the organization, particularly the senior management team, have had a multiplicity of experiences in delivering and implementing voting systems to most of the largest election juristictions in the Unitied States over the years. Their systems experienced includes punch cards (CES Votomatic), optical scan (Global Election Systems' [now Deibold Election Systems] AccuVote) and DRE (Global Election Systems' [now Deibold Election Systems] AccuVote-TS).

PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Larry Ensminger: started his career at Computer Election Systems in mid-1970's and then join Global Election Systems upon its creation in 1991 where he held progressive management positions during his 10-year term. He joined Advanced Voting Solutions in late 2001 to assist in the restructuring and redeployment of the company. He has held vice president positions in sales, operations and corporate development.

Ingrid Giordano: managed the field service operations and created the service bureau at the Global Election Systemns.

Tyler Lincks: has experience as a regional project manager at Global an then later established and managed the in-house training center.

Kimblerlee Shoup: has carried on the longstanding Shoup family name in the elections business. She has held a number of responsible positions and has spearheaded sales and service organizations to support the mechanical lever machine and Shouptronic 1242 customer base.