About Us
BrookTrout Designs delivers innovative, cost-effective, and customer-centric audiovisual engineering and consulting services.
About Our Company
BrookTrout combines unrivaled skills and expertise with a people-first approach. Because technology is rapidly evolving, it can be confusing and difficult to keep up with the latest developments and releases. At BrookTrout, our solutions are both simple and sophisticated, delivering the best available technology that is intuitive, reliable, and easy to use.
Practical A/V Designs, Built on Real-World Experience
Founded in 2021, BrookTrout Designs brings together deep audio-visual consulting expertise with a practical understanding of how successful systems are designed, built, and used. The company was established by respected AV industry veterans Ben Shemuel and Gene Masserini, whose knowledge, integrity, and commitment to clients helped shape BrookTrout’s foundation. Ben remains connected to the firm as a consulting resource, while Gene’s legacy continues to influence the company’s values and approach.
In 2023, Mark Thompson joined BrookTrout as a senior design consultant and later became the company’s principal designer and owner. With more than two decades of experience as the owner and lead system designer of a successful design-build AV and control systems integration firm, Mark brings a rare combination of consulting insight and hands-on implementation knowledge. His background gives BrookTrout a strong understanding of constructability, helping ensure that every design can move smoothly from concept to real-world installation.
BrookTrout’s expertise spans corporate environments, videoconferencing spaces, networked AV systems for buildings, civic and educational boardrooms, performing arts centers, large churches, and multipurpose venues with advanced performance AV requirements.
Today, BrookTrout Designs provides thoughtful, innovative, and highly practical AV consulting services tailored to each client’s goals. The firm is committed to clear communication, reliable documentation, and design solutions that support long-term performance, usability, and value.