Martin UK managing director David Caulfield comments: "Emma brings with her a wealth of marketing knowledge and experience, including an excellent Marketing Diploma, with the accolade of being the World Wide Top Student in 2004 for Marketing Strategy, making her very capable of increasing the strength of Martin's products throughout the industry. We are delighted to have secured her appointment."
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Gary Reilly brings to Loud more than 25 years' experience in engineering and product development, working most recently as the senior director of product pevelopment at Qualcomm. Prior to Qualcomm, Reilly held key product development and engineering positions at Cubic, Spectrum Control, Advanced Technology Laboratories and Data I/O. As senior VP of product engineering for Loud Technologies, Reilly will have authority over product development and engineering resources for all Loud brands, including the recently-acquired St. Louis Music family of brands. Reilly will report directly to Loud's CEO Jamie Engen.
Karen Macdonald brings
According to CEO Barry Andrews, "In its most basic sense, Gerry's role here will be to insure that we consistently deliver products that customers want and need. We will be realigning some of our staff members so that he will have a powerful and effective group supporting his efforts."
Tschetter's career has included eight years creating and launching a number of loudspeaker designs at JBL Professional. Prior to that, he logged 15 years with Yamaha in marketing, sales, and product engineering capacities.
"QSC can be as successful with loudspeakers and other product groups as it is with amplifiers," Tschetter asserts. "To t
"High End Systems is making strong pioneering moves and forging ahead with digital lighting. This is a good opportunity to partner my experience in the projection industry with digital developments in the lighting market," Leahy notes. "Catalyst, DL1 and DL2 are pushing technology forward and are significant contributions
With over 25 years in financial management and control, Gordon gained his professional accountancy qualifications at Ernst & Young and has worked internationally with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Michael Breen, CEO of Blitz Charter Group, comments: "Neil's financial and corporate strategy skills will enhance the company's credibility with our shareholders and funders and increase business opportunities. We look forward to benefiting from his professional expertise."
(Jim Evans)
Emma Loftus joins as sales administrator, while two new agents have also been appointed - Paul Dewey as northern England rep and Douglas Gardner as Scottish agent. Finally, Jonathan Veal joins the company as product support technician.
Managing director Gordon Routledge says: "With sales of both LED components and complete lighting solutions continuing to rise, we recognize the need to ensure that customer support is focused and of th
Most recently from Tannoy North America where he served as VP of market development, Lakoumentas was also involved in product and technology planning activities for Tannoy UK as well as Tannoy's parent TC Group. Prior to that he spent several years at Mackie in product and market development roles including VP of business development.
In his new role, Lakoumentas will oversee worldwide product development, marketing and sales activities related to the Professional division. IAG owns several pro audio brands including Wharfedale Pro, Wharfedale Systems, Quad Industrial an
According to Hudgins: "Wybron has consistently maintained the highest standard of quality in both products and customer service. My focus will be on preserving this standard of excellence while creating and developing
Ms. Weaver's extensive experience includes leadership positions at some of the world's most well-known technology, telecom and information companies. Prior to joining BearingPoint, she served as executive vice president of public relations, marketing and brand at AT&T, where she was a member of the executive leadership team.
"Connie brings tremendous value to our board of advisors with impressive expertise in the critical areas of marketing, branding, investor relations and communications for established, blue chip companies," said Bill Sims, President and CEO, Color Kinetics
D-Tools is the industry's leading provider of software solutions for audio/video and control system design, installation, job costing, project management and billing for designers and systems integrators for both residential and commercial applications.
"Johnson's role will be to develop programs that offer its manufacturer members of our Manufacturer Vantage Point program greater market visibility and measurable returns," said VP of sales and marketing, Matt Rubenstein. "He brings a good understanding of the unique issues manufacturers are most concerned with his
"We've made significant progress in the last couple of years in upgrading our manufacturing facility and processes," said Lockhart, president, Biamp Systems. "We want this progress to continue in order to meet the demand for Biamp products. Given Roberts's impressive background and strong leadership abilities, we are certain that he is a good fit for this position."
A West Point Graduate, Yeager was the
Anders Uggelberg studied math, physics and architectural acoustics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Industrial Design at the Swedish institute of arts and crafts. He is a board member of the ITEA and a member of AES and SMPTE. Anders Uggelberg says: "I have been part of the cinema industry for quite a while now,
Recently, while working on a poetry reading at Guild Hall, Marchese was overcome with a migraine seizure. The next morning, he was rushed to a local hospital, then transported to Stony Brook University Hospital
Commenting on his appointment, VDC's managing director Niall Holden says: "Nigel's expertise in marketing and new media makes him a valuable addition to the VDC team, particularly at a time when we are expanding into new areas such as the musical instrument and Hi-
"LED technology is advancing at accelerated rates, fueling both existing and new markets for Color Kinetics' intelligent solid-state lighting systems. We're accordingly building a world-class sales organization to capitalize on the opportunities ahead," said Bill Sims, President and CEO, Color Kinetics.
"Color Kinetics' prolific rate of product and technology development is one of our foremost differentiators, and we believe that a larger, strategically dispersed sales force will deliver incremental revenues, especially when armed with our l
Cook's role is to continue the huge success the Commercial Audio business has been enjoying since 2001 when Yamaha first introduced the PM1D, he will expand this success and spearhead Yamaha's longer term strategy to become a market leading systems solution provider. Cook is particularly well qualified to develop Yamaha's ' system' plans, say the company, since during h
JFMG Chairman Mike Snalam said: "I am extremely pleased that Paul has accepted this key role in the company. He brings with him unparalleled knowledge and experience of the business, having been with the company since its inception as well as having been actively involved in frequency management for programme making and special events in previous organizations."
Paul Gill said: "With its unique expertise and tools, JFMG is ideally positioned to support spectrum users and owners as market methods of spectrum management are introduced. In parallel, there is also the unprecedented challenge of numerous changes in spectrum alloca
These strategic moves reflect Turbosound's growing customer base, fuelled by the company's expanding product portfolio, which now ranges from the flagship Aspect series, through the QLight and QLight digital powered ranges, to the TXD and TCS musician and contractor products. The changes also reinforce Turbosound's approach of ensuring that each major territory is managed by a dedicated resource, say the company.
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Nigel joins the company from Siemens UK where he ran the video communications department. Prior to this, he worked for Bear Productions and was responsible for the management of the studio facilities. He brings with him a wealth of studio and live event experience coupled with extensive knowledge of the IT systems employed in the entertainment industry.
"SDD were our service partner at both Bear Productions and Siemens" s
"I'm glad to be a part of Community's growth and look forward to helping our customers in whatever way I can," said Deegan. "The relationships I have developed with our reps and dealers will be critical to my success in the new assignment."
"It's great to have Scott in this position," stated sales and marketing director Julia
"We're very pleased to welcome Ellen, who joins the company during an exciting time of growth and positioning for the future," said Bill Sims, the company's president and CEO. "We have successfully transitioned from an emerging start-up organization to a growing public concern, and the opportunity to penetrate the larger, general lighting market presents a host of new research, marketing and communications requirements. As such, Ellen's considerable expertise will help us identify these new requirements and accordingly shape the new public face of Color Kinetics and its brand."
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"I want to make our products even more successful in Europe, Africa and the Middle East," says Heitzenroedeer. "And I'm confident I can do it, because Electro-Voice and Blue are at the cutting edge of microphone technology and built to the very highest professional standards. Their market potential, therefore, is enormous."
(Jim Evans)
Jones' first step into the film business began on American Graffiti (1973), directed by George Lucas. He has since garnered three decades of experience in various areas of lighting. Jones, formerly of lighting and grip rental house 1st Unit, has joined ARRI in the newly created position of technical sales representative. Based out of the Burbank, CA office, his duties include sales, product development, evaluation and troubleshooting. Says Jones: "Working for ARRI is the best place to utilize my talents and apply the knowledge that I have accumulated over the last 30 years."
Horne is now a part of the ARRI Blauvelt, NY team, working as the Northeast lighting sales manager. The position was previously held by Roger Dean, who now covers t
Hudson says he welcomes the opportunities offered by PSL's wide-ranging skill-set and its massive inventory of technical equipment. With the mainstream corporate sector in his sights, he plans to co-ordinate the company's sales approach, emphasizing the 'one-stop shop' capability that is unique to PSL.
(Lee Baldock)
