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USA - Vari-Lite has bolstered its product marketing and technical support team, appointing George Masek to the newly created role of technical product manager. The move gives Vari-Lite a veteran with more than 20 years as an entertainment lighting professional and puts him in a critical technical support/product marketing role.

"Vari-Lite has always prided itself in being a lighting company, and not just a company that makes lights," said Steve Carson, general manager of Vari-Lite parent company Genlyte Controls. "When we created the technical product manager position, it was important that we bring in someone who recognizes the 'show must go on' mentality of the entertainment industry. George understands the needs of true lighting professionals because he spent years on the road as one of them."

Masek will be based out of the company's Dallas headquarters.

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Europe - Industry veteran Fons de Vreede has joined worldwide automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems Inc (HES) as regional sales manager for Central Europe. Fons has a wealth of industry experience, working at both Flashlight Utrecht in Holland for more than 17 years, and subsequently Lightco. More recently, he has been freelance, and worked as project manager for lighting at Disney Paris' World Disney Studios Park. He will be based in Utrecht to place him closer to his territory.

David Catterall, managing director of High End Systems Europe, commented: "Fons knows the industry, he knows the products and best of all, knows our customers. It's a perfect fit - this is a people business and we've got the right guy."

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UK - Loudspeaker manufacturer Logic System Pro Audio has announced the appointment of two new staff members. Ade Hardy, who has joined the company from the Birmingham office of Logic dealer LMC Audio, takes on the role of sales manager. Also joining the company, in an R&D support role is Chris Turner, who has joined from Sheffield-based Academy of Sound. Turner has a background in electronics and will bring additional skills which complement the existing R&D team.

Staff changes are completed with the appointment of existing production manager Sue Ellis to the role of operations director. Sue has been with the company for a couple of years and masterminded the recent factory move. While not known for his gushing praise, Chris Scott offered a few words: "From day one, working with Sue has been like working with a partner, not an employee; her support and commitment is invalua

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USA - As QSC's newly appointed global sales manager, Greg McLagan will begin lending direction to the company's worldwide sales efforts. A well-known and respected industry veteran who has logged over a decade with QSC in a number of sales and marketing positions, McLagan comes to the post with plans for increasing QSC's global market share.

"In one sense, mine is a building mission of sorts," McLagan commented."QSC has dedicated a lot of resources to the development of new products outside of its amplifier lines. Now, with the DSP, loudspeaker, network control and signal transport technologies we've added to our catalogue well on their way to becoming established here in the US, it's time to build the presence of these systems in the rest of the world too. As part of this expanded international commitment, we'll also be offering added support to both distributors

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UK - Rob Fowler has joined the Projected Image Digital team as technical applications engineer. He will be providing technical field support for the various digital servers and associated hardware supplied by Projected Image Digital, and applications advice relating to digital content, training and programming support.

Fowler has been in the professional lighting industry for 12 years. His career started at Theatre Projects in Greenford, from which he moved on to Vari*Lite's technical support department. He also worked at the Millennium Dome as a programmer/operator for the Wholehog II consoles running the Central Show, plus multi-tasking in other areas of the attraction. In 2001 he joined Flying Pig Systems' technical support department, and has now moved to P.I.D.

In addition to his wealth of experience in technical support, Fowler has also worked on a variety of live events

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UK - Allen & Heath has announced the promotion of Jamie Ward to the new position of area sales manager for UK (South), due to the increasing level of business from the company's nationwide network of resellers. Ward will be responsible for liaising with dealers across the southern regions, from briefing them on new product ranges to negotiating purchasing requirements.

Ward joined Allen & Heath's Sales Department in 2000 at the company's base in Cornwall, UK, where he managed sales activities for the UK reseller market. Sales and marketing director, Bob Goleniowski, commented: "Jamie has developed excellent relations with our dealer channels during his time working in the sales office. His insight into the audio market has matured and we believe he is more than capable of supporting our UK dealers as our market share continues to grow. I am confident that he will quickly be

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UK - RG Jones' sales and installations department reports a very busy first half of the year. In order to strengthen its client support, the company has added two new full-time positions. Adam Villiers, who, the company tells us, has been "super-glued to his desk" will fulfill the role of initial point of contact, on hand to take care of clients' immediate needs and provide any information they require.

At the same time, Scott Fraser has joined the company in the role of technical field sales rep. Fraser has had many years of experience in pro audio and he will be mobile, available to visit clients, discuss any requirements, and provide relevant advice.

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UK - Since moving into new premises earlier this summer, ARB has continued to expand. Three new members of staff have joined the team this August. The two new sales executives, taken on to develop ARB's diverse client base, are Stephen Brady, joining from De Boer, with his extensive experience in corporate events, hospitality and production areas; and Barry Clayson, who has two decades of production experience working in the outdoor events industry - including commentating at a range of country fairs and shows.

Cathy Lynn from NSR has also joined ARB as the new hire office manager. She will be responsible for enquiries and quotes and ensuring that hire operations out of ARB's Buckingham headquarters are managed efficiently.

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Denmark - In order to take increased advantage of the recent agreement of co-operation between Seelite and Procon MultiMedia AG, Seelite A/S has hired Mikkel Behrend as AV project manager.

Behrend, who was formerly key account manager at ComTech Holding A/S, will begin at the company in October, and will be responsible for AV solutions for fairs and shows, presentations, events and festivals, areas where the company can now offer single source technical solutions including lighting, sound, AV and stage setting.

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UK - A.C. Lighting has announced a new staff appointment at the company's headquarters in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Philip Norfolk joins as product manager for the rapidly expanding portfolio of products for which A.C. Lighting holds exclusive UK or worldwide distribution. In this new role, Norfolk will be dividing his time between the road and the company's headquarters in High Wycombe.

Norfolk has spent his entire working life in the entertainment lighting industry and joins the company from Martin Professional, where he held the role of UK stage studio and events segment manager. Prior to this, Norfolk worked in Chicago for Tech Lighting as sales training manager and specification sales manager, having also spent 13 years at the Lighting Technology Group where he moved from equipment sales up to the role of key account manager.

Phill Capstick, sales director at A.C. Li

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USA - Robe America has appointed Michael Carattini as Eastern US sales manager. A well-known and highly regarded industry figure, Carattini has held key sales and marketing positions with lighting companies in both Italy and North America.

In his new position, Carattini will be responsible for working with Robe America dealers east of the Mississippi, as well as in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Canada. Formed in late 2002, Robe America is the exclusive North American distributor of Robe lighting products. The 'new' company is backed by the extensive experience its founders have acquired over the years in lighting design, development, service and marketing.

"I'm very impressed with Robe America management in the US and the Czech Republic," said Carattini. "They have an in-depth understanding of the lighting industry, and I believe in what they're doin

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UK - Chris Hunt has been promoted to managing director for High End Systems (HES) Europe and Flying Pig Systems (FPS), both housed in the same London, UK office. Hunt was formerly director of operations for both entities. In this role, Hunt will maintain responsibility for all operations, inventory, accounting and finance, reporting directly to HES chief financial officer Peter Duff.

Says Duff: "Chris has organized our international operations and managed a major systems conversion in the UK office during the past year. It is natural that this opportunity would present itself to elevate Chris to another level, providing much input and direction to the operational functions of our European headquarters."

Hunt joins the existing European management team of FPS Founder Nick 'Beaky' Archdale, who manages the development side of the organization; and John Wiseman, Executi

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Glynn Somers has joined the Heritage sales team of Black Box AV, taking responsibility for promoting the company's innovative audio-visual solutions to museums and attractions north ofBirmingham, up to the Scottish Borders. Jonathan Knight, Black Box MD, said: "Glynn's appointment strengthens our commitment to the Heritage sector. When we added Heritage to an already strong presence in high street retail three years ago, we set ourselves a target to become a leading supplier in the sector and have achieved that. As a result we have a strong and prestigious client list. We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service and Glynn's appointment was necessary to maintain that high level of service and achieve further growth'.

Glynn joins Simon Markey and Annetta Park who already service the South of England, Scotland,Ireland and Wales.

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Europe - PMC has announced the appointment of Maurice Patist to the position of pan-European sales manager with responsibility for professional industry sales in Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Ireland and Eastern Europe. The newly created role is intended to provide greater strategic support for PMC's current European sales networks and to develop channels into new territories and market sectors.

A former professional live sound engineer, Patist also brings extensive sales management experience to the position. A career extending over 11 years in the industry including professional sound engineering (in sound touring, theatre sound, event production and for the Royal Dutch Court), and sales management experience in IT, consumer and professional audio, and AV installation markets. Patist has held positions at IBM, Canon and Hecla Electronics. While Sales Director at Sound At Work

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UK - SEOS has appointed Martin Howe to the position of vice-president of visualization, with effect from 22 September 2003. Based at SEOS' headquarters in Burgess Hill, UK, Howe will be leading a strategic review of the visualization business, working closely with the existing team to further develop SEOS' presence in the leisure and entertainment markets.

Howe has over 22 years of extensive experience in the system integration business for visualization and display systems. His career started with Electrosonic in project management and system design working on large, multi-disciplined projects around the world. After a period working as service manager and then engineering manager, Martin moved into a sales management role, primarily focusing on business development and large complex systems sales.

A move to Barco saw him leading business development activities in a range of

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UK - Lots of familiar industry faces gathered at Imagination's Store Street premises in London on Monday evening for a celebration of the lifetime achievements of VLPS' Brian Croft. The company's general manager Ed Pagett, lighting designer Richard Pilbrow and Vari-Lite Inc's Rusty Brutsché all paid tribute to Croft, whose career has spanned the last five decades.

It began when he took the role of assistant stage manager at Perth Repertory Theatre in 1959: this led him to take on several other roles in theatre, before joining, in 1965, the National Youth Theatre. In 1968 he was invited by Michael Kustow to join the Institute of Contemporary Arts as technical director and helped launch its new London premises on The Mall.

Whilst at the ICA, he took three months off to join Chip Monk's lighting crew on the Rolling Stones tour of Europe. In 1970, the Stones were keen to source

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UK - Deco Leisure Group has further strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Jamie Kitson as area sales executive. Kitson, who was previously with R.W. Salt in technical sales, is more than familiar with the audio industry: prior to joining R.W. Salt, he worked for Stage Craft Systems for 10 years and has a thorough understanding of audio sales.

Commenting on his move to Deco, Kitson told PLASA Media: "As Dare Pro Audio and QAD are unique to the pro audio industry, I am looking forward to developing the products within the pro-audio market." Kitson's appointment closely follows that of Alex Kay, who joined Deco as technical manager, and also that of Carl Robinson, who recently joined as production manager. Robinson's experience with mineral composites fibreglass, as well as metal and wood laminates, will prove useful for Dare Pro Audio, whose innovative en

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UK - In a move that brings the two brands closer together and heralds the direction of the company for the future, David Cooper has been appointed to the new position of sales and marketing director for Midas and Klark Teknik worldwide. Reporting to managing director John Oakley, Cooper will head up the company's sales and marketing activities on a global basis.

Based at company HQ in Kidderminster, Cooper will maximize business opportunities by marketing all products under the Midas and Klark Teknik brand names. He will also manage customer accounts and be accountable for the smooth running of the extensive Midas and Klark Teknik distribution network.

After six years in the position of Midas sales manager, as well as previous roles within the Midas engineering and manufacturing departments, Cooper has extensive experience in console sales and distribution management and is al

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UK - Wigwam Acoustics has appointed Jon Sugden as client manager. Sugden is an experienced audio professional: after working and touring with Wigwam on Lord of the Dance, Ronan Keating and numerous events over a 10-year period, he decided to head south, where he spent time working for Cinevideo in Borehamwood, and most recently at Gearhouse Broadcast in Wembley, one of the UK's top broadcast rental companies.

Sugden's role with the latter company saw him establish a highly successful broadcast audio division, where he built an impressive client roster, including the BBC's Parkinson show, Channel 4 Cricket, Carlton 021 The Club and Granada TV's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! on location in Australia. Sugden's specialist knowledge of radio mics and broadcast equipment allowed Gearhouse to establish itself firmly in the audio market.

"I have gained vast knowle

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Canada - TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Alexander to the position of CEO and managing director. Kevin will join the Victoria, BC based Joint-venture Company in October, 2003. Kevin's experience spans live-sound and recording, sales, product development and project management, including work with companies such as Roland Canada and IVL Technologies Ltd. Fred Speckeen, chairman of the TC-Helicon board of directors said: "We are delighted with Kevin's appointment to this role. His enthusiasm, skills and experience will serve the company well in its next stage of growth."

TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies is jointly owned by TC Group and IVL Technologies Ltd. and is one of the world's only audio companies dedicated exclusively to tools and solutions for the speaking and singing human voice. The company markets voice-processing pr

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USA - Alan Caskey, formerly of Fakespace Systems Inc, has joined SEOS on a consultancy basis to concentrate on North American visualization sales opportunities and to contribute to the overall market strategy of the company.

Caskey brings with him 22 years experience at senior executive and sales level within the electronics, manufacturing, system integration and service industries. Beginning his career at Christie Digital Systems, he progressed to vice-president, managing the sales force and distribution channels, whilst fostering relationships with customers and resellers. Most recently, as vice-president of sales and marketing at Fakespace Systems, Caskey developed a sales force alongside long-range strategies to streamline the sales and marketing processes. His appointment follows the announcement last week that SEOS has recruited Martin Howe as vice- president of visualizat

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UK - CCT Lighting has announced the appointment of Bill Jones as general manager, following the retirement last month of managing director David Manners. Jones started his career in the industry with CCT lighting 16 years ago. Before re-joining CCT, he worked for Harman UK, Lightfactor Sales and Stage Electrics, in both sales and sales management positions. He returns to CCT with total determination to lead the company in a very changing industry, promoting the company as one of the top manufacturers in the business. His plans for the future include changes to the current pricing policies and development of exciting new products.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - tsg, the Sheffield-based media programming and systems provider has promoted Steve Dunn to the board. Dunn, formerly head of marketing, now becomes marketing director, a strategic position that allows him to make use of skills developed whilst achieving the MBA at Sheffield Business School. Dunn has been employed by tsg for six years and was previously with Jamo and Wharfedale.

The company has also announced that Ivan Marsden, formerly operations director, has taken on the position of business director. Marsden's new role is to further develop the sales strategy which has seen tsg secure record levels of business. In fact, the company has enjoyed a long and successful history as a media programmer and system designer. In 2002 its music brand Candy Rock celebrated 20 years of programmed music supply to the UK's leading retailers.

(Ruth Rossington)

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USA - The Stanton Group has announced that audio industry veteran Dave Froker has become the company's new CEO. Froker's background in the audio industry and strong track record make him the natural choice for the CEO position at the Stanton Group, where he will oversee the company's four brands - Stanton Magnetics, KRK Systems, Cerwin-Vega and Coemar.

Recently general manager of Digidesign, he tripled its revenue while its flagship product, ProTools, became an industry standard audio workstation. "The opportunities at Stanton attract me," Froker remarked. "This is a company with a diverse product offering, innovative engineers and an aggressive attitude towards marketing. I look forward to being a part of the company's future, and see potential for rapid growth."

Froker will also become president of Stanton Magnetics, the company's DJ products brand. &qu

  1. American Audio expands management team
  2. New staff appointments at McKenzie Group
  3. Loud Technologies adds audio veterans to sales staff
  4. Chris Hollebone appointed GM of Coastal Acoustics
  5. New staff at Martin's West Coast office
  6. Fred Speckeen promoted at TC Group
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