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As Nexo's main UK dealer, Damon will be concentrating on maximising the potential this exciting brand offers, says Orbital. With new product launches scheduled for later this year, Damon will be at the forefront of promoting these new and existing products UK wide.

Orbital's Andy Simmons commented: "Damon has a wealth of experience in the industry and his contact list is equally as impressive. He also brings experience of new markets to Orbital which will only go to enhance our overall performance within various sectors. With our status as Nexo's Main UK Dealer we needed someone of Damon's calibre to support our goals for this product and I can only see this going in one direction. His enthusiasm is inf

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Industry veteran Brouard joined Nexo 18 months ago with responsibility for Greater China. His remit has been increased to include Japan, South Korea and Mongolia, as well as China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

"Michel will play a critical role in increasing the presence and success of Nexo in Japan and south Korea," says Nexo CEO Jean Mullor. "Keeping his responsibility for China, he will now be active in other Asian territories that he knows well, working closely with Denis Baudier, sales director of Nexo."

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Jensen is a well-recognised figure within the professional audio market, having most recently led the worldwide distribution of Dynaudio Pro. Over the course of more than three decades he has held a succession of high profile sales and distribution roles including an early post at Yamaha, followed by a long period of service with TC Group, during which he became VP of sales for broadcast and production. He was also responsible for the development of the company's European pro audio distribution network. In his new role, Jensen will develop and support Genelec's international network of sal

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John Hourihane is the new director of product management for SSL and becomes part of the senior management team. He has extensive experience in product management with Harman Professional, Gibson Brands, Stanton Group, and iZotope. Hourihane will oversee product management for all three of SSL's primary markets - studio, broadcast, and live.

Richard Ferriday joins SSL as product manager, live. Previously with LMC, Midas Klark Teknik, and Cadac, Ferriday is well known as an innovator in live sound technology and will continue to develop SSL's growing Live product range. Ferriday teams up with Nathan Hernando who, as business development manager, has done much to develop SSL's Live b

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Bethune and Grawe will work directly with Van Williamson, who was most recently appointed as MUSIC's VP of installed sound. Together they will be working with business partners to ensure MUSIC are as customer centric as possible.

"I love MUSIC's obsession for customer experience, innovation and dedication to make a difference! We are laying the foundations for MUSIC to develop the most outstanding product solutions by involving users at every stage of product development, "comments Bethune

Grawe adds: "As well as our focus on customer engagement we will be strengthening MUSIC's market expansion and to do this we will continue

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"On top of being a great person to work with, Jim has a depth and breadth of experience that makes him a real asset to Ashly, especially at this moment in Ashly's history," explained Szpiro. "He has proven people and recruiting skills, and a tactician's instinct for the right moves at the right times. Ashly is an essential and strategic asset in Jam Industries' portfolio, and we're thrilled to have Jim on the Ashly team."

Mack began his career in the mid-1980s as a sales rep for Sound Marketing, a position he held for a decade before transitioning to management-level positions in Alesis, Tascam, SaneWave and Teac America. In addition, he served as CE

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30 January 2017

The heavy focus on Deva has been brought about to maximise the potential of an industry-unique IoT product, encapsulating a wide array of technical and functional features. The core of the system is a fully captive self-powered audio system, a high-definition video camera, a motion-sensor for triggering various functions and a high-powered LED light for night surveillance.

Kahlau, along with the Powersoft Deva team, will set out to reform the global sales and support organisation for the product. Preparations for the next step in Deva's evolut

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Chartered safety and health practitioner, Eddy Grant, joins the North West office as a legal and safety consultant. With over 30 years of industry experience, Eddy has worked with the Event Industry Forum and HSE to produce the new Purple Guide and has overseen health and safety on a variety of events including The London 2012 Summer Olympics, the Tour de France 2014, and was employed by Liverpool City Council to deliver the city's 2008 Capital of Culture programme.

Also joining the North West office is Graham Picken as safety consultant. A former member of Merseyside Police, Graham was part of the major events planning team and became lead logistics officer for Aintree Grand National Planning Teams and the lead pla

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The announcement was made by Adam Shulman, director of marketing and applications engineering. Shulman explains, "Louie brings a wealth of experience to this position with his diverse background in marketing. I know he will use his more than 20 years of experience to expand EAW's brand and visibility worldwide."

Prior to joining EAW, King served as director of marketing at the Brain Injury Association of MA and was project manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance company. King received his MBA from the University of Phoenix and completed his undergraduate work at Atlantic Union College.

"I am very excited to join the incredibly talented group of individuals that make u

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30 January 2017

Simon joined Digital Projection from SCC, where he was AV sales specialist manager. Prior to that, he occupied a number of account manager roles with both manufacturers and integrators - ranging from Epson, to some major AV integrators in the UK such as AVMI, GV Multimedia and Roche Audio Visual.

At Digital Projection, Simon will assume responsibility for overseeing and developing the business in the UK & Ireland. With the company firmly established in th

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"I'm thrilled to join such an exciting company as Dataton. It is an innovative company with great products, traditions and ambitions for the future. I am looking forward to contributing to Dataton's vision and global growth," comments Aleksandersen.

David Aleksandersen has a strong track record in the AV and visualization industry, with experience from roles in sales, marketing and executive management at companies such as projectiondesign, Barco and Smart Simulation. Aleksandersen's most recent position before joining Dataton was as CEO of Smart Simulation, Norway.

Lars Sandlund, CEO, Dataton, says, "We're delighted to

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"Aaron brings great technical skills and a strong mechanical background to the Apollo team," said Mr. Joel Nichols, president of Apollo Design. Prior to joining Apollo Design Technology, Creps worked at Fort Wayne Nissan in the service department. He holds a Technical Certificate from Universal Technical Institute. "I'm excited to join Apollo," said Creps. "It's a great opportunity to grow my mechanical and technical skills while working with a fun group of people."

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Paul began his career with Sennheiser in 1990, after 15 years with former UK partner Hayden Laboratories, which saw him establish a Sennheiser pro-audio network in the UK and head the company's professional division as sales and marketing manager.

On joining Sennheiser he helped establish Sennheiser UK as a wholly owned subsidiary and, as managing director, oversaw the company's continued UK expansion. His exceptional technical and organisational skills saw him being promoted to vice-president North West Europe. In 2007, h

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14 December 2016

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 200

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Playback Control from Tour Supply is a fully redundant solution, operating on dual MacBook computers running Motu's Digital Performer backbone. The systems are methodically assembled, both in touring rigs with ATA style cases, and as "fly rigs" that live inside a Pelican case and meet the 70-pound max weight. Viggy Vignola is the architect of Playback Control and is now entrenched at Tour Supply on a full-time basis to expand this division.

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Working with d3's three regional teams; EMEA, APAC and the America's, Joe's focus will be to build on the existing training programme, organise and deliver d3 training courses, as well as growing the training network worldwide.

Joe will report directly into Fernando Kufer, d3 Technologies' General Manager who has been with the company for the last 6 months. "Having seen exceptional growth in the past year, we are looking to grow our training and support functions and Joe will be an integral part to the development of this" says Kufer.

Joe has previous experience in the industry having worked as a freelance Lighting and Video Programmer for live music and broadcast. He also brings to the company a wealth of experience running training for some leading ind

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14 December 2016

The AIMS board has been appointed, comprising three directors, chairman Michael Cronk (SVP, strategic marketing, Grass Valley), vice-chairman Steve Reynolds (CTO, Imagine Communications) and Financial Officer Andreas Hilmer (director of marketing & communications, Lawo).

Following their appointment, the board in turn has appointed Kerry Wheeles (CTO - networking, Imagine Communications) as chair of the AIMS Technical Working Group, and Scott Barella (CTO, 5280 Broadcast) as deputy chair.

Commenting on the appointments, chairman Michael Cronk said, "I am

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14 December 2016

Nick Worton has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company's financial strategy, accounting and IT.

"Nick brings over 20 years of financial, commercial and administrative experience to J&C Joel" said James Wheelwright, CEO. "His impressive background complements J&C Joel's dedication to excellence and growth." Prior to joining J&C Joel, Nick served as director of finance of Camira Fabrics.

In addition J&C Joel has confirmed two other senior appointments - Scott Carter, operations manager for purchasing, logistics and warehouse and Matthew Oldfield who joins as manufacturing production manager. Both appointments are part of the company's commitment to improving service whilst growing both the UK and international business.

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14 December 2016

Running is in Brian's family, it's what his brothers and uncles do, and the sport he has participated in for the past 27 years. He trains every day, twice a day in fact when he is not working.

Based in Johannesburg, Brian makes use of public transport to get to the Two Oceans in Cape Town. It means catching a mini bus and travelling some 1 400 kilometres.

When he arrives in Cape Town, usually on a Thursday, Brian stays in a tent in Newlands at the Runner's Village, designed to give runners who have financial const

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Hanieh will be responsible for account management and sales functions in the UK market, this position arising as a result of increased sales growth and demand for Sound Directions.

Having previously been engaged in the Voice-Alarm market with Application Solutions Limited in the role of sales manager where she was responsible for sales forecasting, securing new business and providing excellent customer service, Hanieh has plenty of experience to bring to her new role at Sound Directions.

Hanieh added, "Customers can expect an excellent level of attention and service from me in my new role. My aim is to quickly analyse requirements and provide service level

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14 December 2016

"We are delighted to announce these three well-deserved promotions," says Niels J°rgen Øhrgaard, EVP of sales, DPA Microphones. "DPA has enjoyed tremendous growth and success over the past few years and it is no coincidence that Christopher, James and Gabriel have all been a part of it. Their pride and passion in our products are the driving force behind everything DPA does. We look forward to their continued contributions and hard work as DPA continues to build upon its reputation as the industry's best."

As VP of sales and marketing, USA, Spahr's new role will include managing the dealer network in the East and increasing overall sales. Spahr will also be

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LaBerge has more than 20 years' experience in business management, leadership and product development globally. LaBerge co-founded Sensio Technologies Inc., where as VP he spearheaded the company's success in licensing, business development and delivery of technologies to market. Prior to this LaBerge developed commercial marketing and lending at Desjardins. He started his career in computer programming.

Based in Montreal, Canada, LaBerge will expand Calibre's business into new markets. He will focus on increasing market share and presence in corporate AV and Calibre's existing customer base as well as growing OEM and own-label business particularly in Asia.

"LaBerge has the perfect mix of talent to lead Calibre's interna