John has been deeply involved in the entertainment industry for over 30 years in various roles, bringing a wealth of industry experience and technical knowledge to the role. For the past 10 years he has been principal of Denver, Colorado-based Mountain Light Company, where he had intimate involvement with corporate events, lighting rentals and special projects using LED lighting.
While studying physics at the University of Colorado and continuing after he concluded his studies, John worked as technical director of Macky Auditorium, a 2,000-seat road house in Boulder, Colorado. In the subsequent years, John worked as regional manager and ultimately vice president of sales and marketing at Colortran Inc., after which he held a position as VP of Panavision, directing the North & South American operations of Lee Filters USA until 2003. He was then VP of sales & marketing at Wybron until founding Mountain Light Company in 2005.
As global brand manager, John will provide the direction to promote and continue the growth of the Chroma-Q brand, with support and training for clients and users. He will also work closely with Chroma-Q's R&D team to create forward-looking, successful product development efforts that anticipate and fulfill end-user lighting design needs.
John will be based near Chroma-Q's North American manufacturing operations in Toronto, Canada. He will be attending the PLASA 2015 international tradeshow at ExCel, London, UK between 4-6 October, to discuss highlights from the Chroma-Q LED product range on the brand's dedicated stand (F31). Models being showcased include the hugely successful Color Force washlighting, high quality Color One 100 Par and cutting-edge Inspire house lighting, colour-mixing creative LED solutions.
(Jim Evans)
