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14 March 2016

Before joining CTI, Kleissler spent eight years designing audio/video control systems for retail environments at Creative Realities Inc. Prior to that, he worked for BASH Theatrical lighting for 13 years, starting out as a bench technician and working his way up to department head in electronics. At the same time heco-founded Logical Lighting Interface where he co-developed the wireless dimming system that became the de-facto standard for Broadway use. In 2003, Paul and CTI's Head of Engineering Larry Dunn were co-inventors of City Theatrical's WDS Wireless Data System.

CTI's Larry Dunn said: "We are very excited to have Paul join us as City Theatrical's senior engineer. Paul brings a combination of creativity, expertise and solid experience in entertainment technology that a

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"Fred's visionary leadership has propelled ETC into the top rank of the world's leading manufacturers of stage lighting equipment. ETC has been constantly innovative in technology with such products as the Source Four spotlight, the Sensor dimmer and the EOS and Obsession control systems. From the outset of ETC in 1975, Fred knew that the stage lighting industry was a people-oriented one and he has constantly attracted the brightest talent in the world to his rapidly growing international business," commented Richard Pilbrow, Chairman Emeritus of The Wally Russell Fund.

"Fred is by far the youngest winner of the Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award," commented Tom Folso

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14 March 2016

Spencer comes to Martin from Louis Poulsen Lighting, Inc. and brings with her a solid background in public relations and marketing. Her experience encompasses collaborating with architects, lighting designers and other specifiers to achieve marketing goals.

In this new role, Spencer will be responsible for all areas of marketing communications including public relations, advertising, SWAG, literature, etc. She will also explore promotional and advertising opportunities that suit Martin's product, brand, budget, and business development strategies. She is based at Martin's US headquarters in Sunrise, Florida.

Nicole assumed her new role on 27 August, filling the shoes of Michael Nevitt, who has returned to his role as Martin Professional, Inc's

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After eight years working as a sound engineer, Blue decided to cross the threshold from audio to lighting: "I was keen to expand my horizons and to experience all aspects of the production industry rather than just stick to one area or department," he says.

He also admits that he actually undertook plenty of lighting operation whilst working as a house sound engineer in clubs and venues and discovered that he "really enjoys it".

Blue joins lighting designer Dave Parry who also recently joined the Avolites technical sales te

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Mike Murphy, Clancy executive vice president, said , "With the explosive growth of automated rigging and controls within our industry, and Damon's 25 years of theatrical and packaged hoist knowledge, we are thrilled to have Damon as a member of our team. Damon's commitment and enthusiasm align with Clancy's mission to 'Make our Partners Successful' by providing them with the proper tools and the support they need to understand the value and advantages of automation in schools and professional theatres."

(Jim Evans)

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With over ten years experience in the electronic security industry, Smith has been involved with a number of high profile product launches and will be driving the company's marketing strategy forward as the company continues to expand both in the UK and overseas.

Peter Beare, managing director at Forward Vision said, "James' appointment give us the additional expertise to take an already excellent reputation for product support to new heights."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Lourtie has been affiliated with Meyer Sound over the entire course of his career in sound reinforcement, starting in 1993, when he first worked for a Meyer Sound distributor in Europe, and then as a Meyer Sound certified SIM engineer. In 1997, Lourtie founded Lourisom, an audio consulting and distribution business in Portugal, which distributed Meyer Sound products in the country.

"Miguel's long relatio

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14 March 2016

Volkswagen van fans travelled from as far away as Australia, Portugal, Russia, the Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, the UK, France and Holland to celebrate the occasion. The celebrations started with a special convoy through Hanover from the Volkswagen factory to the showground hosting the event.

All the event festivities, including presentations and prize ceremonies, were relayed onto the digiLED screen from an OB truck on site. A concert by The Who ended the celebrations in spectacular style.

A total of 108 modules created the 83.64m² screen. Measuring 10.56m high x 7.92 m wide, the 12 x 9 module configuration dominat

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14 March 2016

Williams joins Dialight Lumidrives with over 22 years' experience in the lighting industry. He joins having previously worked in product sales for DW Windsor, Philips and Concord.

George joins as design engineer having worked in CAD design for Creda/Hotpoint and most recently as design and development engineer for Victor Manufacturing.

Gordon Routledge, managing director at Dialight Lumidrives says: "Both appointments reflect our continued investment in the Solid State Lighting market. We are strengthening continually our sales and design departments to help maintain our current levels of growth."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Karlsson's' role at Martin will be to strengthen the technical and marketing foundation for products within Martin Visual Solutions, a business unit of the company created earlier this year to expand business opportunities and capitalise on the growing popularity of LED video screens. Martin recently introduced its LC Series of LED video screens, a semi-transparent, modular system of lightweight LED panels.

"Creative video and visualization is the new frontier and challenge for the lighting market, in the same way that automated ligh

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14 March 2016

With more than 25 years in professional audio sales, Falconer comes to Community from Sabine, where he was director of sales. Previously he has held positions in sales and marketing at SLS Audio, L'Acoustics, JBL Professional and AMX. Falconer will be responsible for outside sales management in Canada and the western half of the United States.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

The Monacor portfolio encompasses a vast range of entertainment technology, from in-car audio to CCTV, lighting, a stage line, consumer hi-fi, professional sound reinforcement and equipment for the MI and DJ markets.

Said Damon Crisp, who had joined DJ equipment giants Numark after 10 years handling pro sales for Lamba plc: "Having set up Numark UK, and latterly operated as sales director across the whole Numark Alesis group, I was ready for a new challenge.

"Monacor is a vast and highly ambitious company whose present MD in the UK has been forced to retire through ill health. I had been talking to the company since the early part of this year, and with nearly 5000 product

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PSCo's managing director Stuart Holmes comments: "In response to customer feedback, we decided to tailor a unique role with the sole focus of maintaining client satisfaction. We required someone who had the expertise to fully support our clients from the specification stage up to on-site support, particularly for the 'Advanced' products in the rental fleet. Andy was a natural choice as his past experience means he knows exactly what clients need and when."

Turner worked for Trigger Concepts before moving to PSCo, where he worked as a production manager working across a broad spectrum of events.

(Jim Evans)

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Markus was most recently president of EMD Music, Inc. from its inception in November 2002. Prior to that he was president of MAPEX USA and had previously held sales and marketing management positions at LP Music and REMO.

(Jim Evans)

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McCarthy was an early employee at Meyer Sound and was instrumental in the development of the company's SIM source independent measurement system. He also taught the first SIM School, which later evolved into Meyer Sound's ongoing education programme that today spans the globe. McCarthy eventually went on to become an independent sound system designer and tuner, a role in which he worked on numerous events, experience he now brings back to Meyer Sound.

Besides working on Constellation, McCarthy will also continue his involvement with Meyer Sound's worldwide seminar series. In recent years, McCarthy has t

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14 March 2016

In his new role, Sabourin will oversee Xantech's sales efforts in Asia, South America and Canada and will establish new sales initiatives in the world's fastest growing markets such as Indonesia and China.

"Claude has a great deal of sales experience in the audio industry in both consumer and commercial electronics," said Graham Hallett, president of Xantech. "This is a mix we very much need in the underdeveloped CI markets around the world."

No stranger to the Asian markets, Sabourin spent over seven years working out of Taiwan. His experience spans two continents, having established effective sales teams, composed of distributors and representatives,

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14 March 2016

Hudgins has been involved with lighting design projects since 1978. He joined Wybron in 2005 as a regional manager, covering the Southeast and Western United States.

"Dusty has demonstrated his leadership over the past two years in the organisation," said Larry Turner, CEO of Wybron. "His experience and intimate knowledge of Wybron's customer base have been instrumental in the rapid growth of Wybron during the past two years. Wybron is positioned to grow its top line more than 15% in 2007 from 2006, and Dusty has helped us achieve that growth."

(Jim Evans)

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Wellens will assist with technical queries from clients, as well as designing and firing shows, generating risk assessments and method statements, advising clients on the effects to be used for their projects, undergoing site visits and preparing proposals for shows.

(Lee Baldock)

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"Since their arrival here, Steve and Paula have independently helped make Biamp Systems a better company," Lockhart explained. "In their new roles I have every confidence they will help make Biamp even stronger - not simply in terms of the product that we build but also the support that we provide, the partnerships that we enter and the strategic direction that we take."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

A dozen theater lighting professionals will speak. About 20 manufacturers will be on hand and have technical personnel and equipment to demonstrate.

Sonny Sonnenfeld says: "The programme is designed to educate beginners and new professionals who seek additional training. It will be 10 hours of hard work, fun, and a great learning experience."

The tentative program includes inspiration, stage lighting 101, fixtures, colour, consoles, moving lights, trouble shooting, paperwork, and other subjects. The seminar will take place at LaGuardia High School for the Fine and

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14 March 2016

KV2's operations director, Andy Simmons, commented: "We're delighted Dave has joined the KV2 Audio team. He understands the KV2 philosophy, the technology behind it, and combines the right mix of personality with passion for the product."

Ball elaborates: "KV2 Audio is the best sounding system I've ever heard. Moving to KV2 Audio was an easy choice for me as I have such faith in the system."

Ball is no stranger to audio sales and comes to KV2 Audio from Birmingham's LMC Audio, where he held a technical-sales position for three years. Previously, he managed Bullet Sound, the Staffordshire-based PA hire comp

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Kelley will be based mainly in Telluride, Colorado, however she intends to spend a large amount of time on the road visiting both old and new customers alike.

(Jim Evans)

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With 50 years in the industry, and his experience with Robbotronic Co, Horsham, Robinson's ambition is to encourage young people to become involved in the sound industry, and the ISCE are working closer than ever with Colleges and Universities throughout the UK to promote this.

Robinson commented: "The ISCE is committed to furthering the knowledge of all our members and we are rolling out a training programme which will actively help raise the standards of design and installations within the industry."

(Jim Evans)

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A pro-audio veteran with more than 30 years experience, Langlois joins Meyer Sound from Audio Analysts in Colorado, where he held the positions of vice president of worship design and senior project manager. Langlois has designed and managed the sound system installations at some of the best known churches in the country, including Phoenix First Assembly and Jubilee Fellowship Church. His career has also included positions with MXR, Whirlwind and other manufacturers in the audio industry.

(Jim Evans)