He is stepping into the position that Jake Dunnum held for nine years, following the announcement that Dunnum is ETC's new general manager of automated lighting.
"Ned brings a unique skillset and enthusiasm to our department," says vice president of marketing David Lincecum. "His extensive experience in the industry and his dedicated years of service with ETC will be a big asset to our product strategy. I'm confident that he will continue the progress that Jake and our power-controls team have made to transform our product line into an industry leader."
Keitt-Pride started at ETC in 2008, working as a lighting systems estimator, and then began serving as the west US regional lead for quotations later that year. In 2010, he moved into quotations and project management for ETC Rigging systems. In 2014, when ETC purchased the Vortek rigging division of Daktronics and began offering rigging solutions internationally, Keitt-Pride led the team responsible for transitioning the product production to ETC's factory in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. And in 2015, he earned his master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
"I am excited to serve ETC in this new capacity," says Keitt-Pride. "Jake and our R&D and marketing teams have done a tremendous job expanding and improving our power-control product lines. I can't wait to work with them to influence the future of the industry."
(Jim Evans)
