Diversified expands international presence with acquisition of UK-based Digitavia

Diversified, the US-based technology provider has acquired UK-based Digitavia. The acquisition expands Diversified’s global reach from its APAC hub in South Korea to now, an EMEA hub in the UK. Having

acquired MCW in late 2017, which brought multiple new international projects to the table, the expanded global team will strategically increase Diversified’s operational efficiency.

Digitavia’s expertise in standardised collaboration spaces enhances Diversified’s existing solution set, taking its offerings in standardised meeting rooms to the next level. Diversified will be adding to its four AV divisions by adding a fifth EMEA division which will be run by Darren Pitt, Digitavia co-founder and sales and marketing director. Daryl Clarke, Digitavia co-founder and managing director, will be reporting into Kevin Collins, Diversified’s president and COO.

Diversified founder and ceo, Fred D’Alessandro said: “In today’s global economy, overseas expansion is a necessary step in continuing our strategic plan and success. Having successfully partnered with the Digitavia team on multiple projects in the past, the decision to combine our companies and bring them into the Diversified family was a natural fit.”

“Digitavia’s specialised service for global meeting room deployment is unique and a key reason for the acquisition. Daryl and Darren have built an amazing company with a team that fits perfectly with our culture,” added Diversified’s Kevin Collins. “Digitavia’s innovation has created what I would call a modern and predictable solution.”

“Digitavia has always operated with a commitment to delivering the highest levels of engineering and installation standards,” said Daryl Clarke, Digitavia co-founder and managing director. “In working with Diversified and recognising a similar dedication to providing the best, we knew the merger would be a perfect marriage of organisational strengths.

“We began working with CompView three years ago and that was a very good experience and they helped us with our USA delivery and an evolution o that relationship when they were acquired by Diversified we started working with Fred and Kevin and the team and they built a fantastic business and culturally they were a very good fit for us. We’re very excited and think we’ll see some big changes in the EMEA delivery for us. We’ve been niche for quite some time and this gives us the opportunity to broaden out to a different type of customer.”

According to D’Alessandro, this is complementary because Digitavia has focused on some solutions that Diversified has not been a main player in. He is excited to expand the company’s focus on workspaces and huddle spaces and benefit from the platform that Digitavia has created to carry out global room deployment.

Digitavia’s Darren Pitt, comments, “Combining our specialised services with Diversified’s strong engineering focus and market position will provide limitless opportunities to scale and improve the overall client experience.”