Cameron Magee

About Cameron Magee

Cameron Magee founded avad3, based in Lowell, Arkansas.

On episode 17 of NWA Founders, the Northwest Arkansas business podcast, published June 24, 2025, Cameron Magee shared the story of the business. The conversation runs 1 hr 52 min. What does it take to grow a one-man AV setup into a multi-million-dollar production company serving some of the biggest stages in America? In this episode of NWA Founders, we sit down with Cameron Magee, founder of avad3 Event Production, to explore how he went from running tech for church services to producing high-stakes corporate events across the country. Cameron shares the full behind-the-scenes story starting in high school with nothing but passion, gear, and grit.

Jump into the conversation

1. 0:00Early beginnings: high school gigs, gear collecting, and church events
2. 15:00Founding avad3
3. 30:00Building credibility, hiring a team, and learning how to lead
4. 45:00Developing systems and the philosophy behind quality control
5. 57:00When the White House calls
6. 1:15:00Staying rooted in NWA while growing a national client base

About avad3

• Est. 2011; 11-50 employees
• Event production / AV, Lowell
• avad3.com

I've always done production, and you can call it event production or video production, but just production.

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