As part of his role as a Waves product specialist, Van Druten will be called upon to share his vast knowledge with the Waves customer base, as well as shed light upon the digital revolution now taking place in the live sound arena.
Waves CEO Gilad Keren stated: "Pooch is one of the very best at what he does, and his input is invaluable to both the Waves team and our end users. The Waves Live Division is
Albers, a well-known entrepreneur in the Dutch music and entertainment industry, has a 20-year track record of success as an international artist manager, theatre and television producer and record company owner, and has close ties with many key figures in the international entertainment industry.
He will coordinate all activities related to Synco Europe from the Ampco Flashlight Group headquarters in Utrecht, Holland, while continuing to oversee his existing business interests.
Dick van Berkum, CEO of the Ampco Flashlight Group, said, "I'm delighted that we have a person of Marcel's calibre to lead the challenge of developing the Synco Europe Network that Fred Heuves established over the
"Bryan has the perfect combination of sales experience with hands-on touring and theatrical experience," says Linda McDonald, TMB NY sales manager. "His career path is ideal for TMB Sales: First doing shows, then supporting shows, and now servicing those who support the shows."
"My early years on the road were a great boot camp," says Reiss. "Dealing with various personalities - designers, stagehands, actors - taught me how to listen."
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After studying the classics at university, Barthelemi turned to his passion for theatre and continued his education in lighting technology before joining rental company Texen in the South of France. From 1991 to 2008 he managed their Montpellier office, specialising in the installation of stage equipment for all kind of venues, from small cultural centres to large scale Opera.
In September 2008 he moved to State Automation to manage their European agency based in Paris. During t
Enterprise UK was founded in 2004 by the four leading UK business membership organisations - British Chambers of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Institute of Directors and the Federation of Small Businesses - to increase enterprise and entrepreneurship in the UK. It is primarily funded by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
Chairman Peter Jones commented on Tom Bewick's appointment: "Promoting entrepreneurship has never been more vital as entrepreneurs and their ideas have a critical role in driving the economic recovery. For many, 2009 was all about survival and, while uncertainty remains as we start 2010, one thing we can be sure of is that entrepreneurs will drive growth as downturns always force innovative and creative solutions to the top.
Michael Goldberg, sales director for Europe comments, "The formation of Philips Entertainment as a global group provides us with a great opportunity to continue establishing and building the brands of Strand and Selecon in the European market as leaders in their field. Grant joins us at a time of renewal for Strand and he will lead the sales force in the UK, Scandinavia and Benelux to re-develop a strong dealer network to increase our market share and push new products forward."
For the past eight years, Bales-Smith has been working for Zero 88, initially taking responsibility for the UK market before accepting the further challenge as UK and Southern European sales manager, running the distribution in
Lusby has over 30 years experience in technical sales, exhibition, project and product management working in at various companies such as Samualsons, Teletape Video, JVC Professional Europe and Ultra Electronics.
"I'm delighted to have joined Calibre, a company with a long established reputation as a manufacturer of high quality image processing solutions used in a variety of markets ranging from broadcast, digital cinema, professional AV, medical, defence simulation & training," says Lusby. "Calibre has a new and expanding range of HQView image scalers, switchers and warp & blend processors. With the increasing range of formats and ways in which video
"We are fortunate to be in a growth mode," said Jeremy Scheinberg, COO of Alcorn McBride. "Our customers were the reason 2009 was such a great year for us and Tommy's elevation to sales manager ensures more personalised attention for our loyal client base while the company expands. Tommy really cares about our customers. Not only does he remember everyone he meets, he's tru
Robe Lighting has a new operations director and sales director, while LED manufacturer and sister company Anolis gets a new sales director.
"This will help take Robe and Anolis to new levels of quality and excellence, and continue the trends of innovation and service that has made both companies so successful," states Robe's owner/founder and CEO, Josef Valchar.
Harry von den Stemmen takes the position of sales director at Robe Lighting. Von den Stemmen has been an integral part of the Robe management team for the last seven years as international sales manager, and has been instrumental in developing the worldwide distributor network which now spans 120 countries.
John
KK labs is off to a flying start, with a variety of pro audio product offerings already in place, including the DS8 studio monitor, TAZ15c stage monitor, DSP control and Class D power amplifier modules. Klawitter informally unveiled the new DS8, a DSP/Ethernet-controlled, self-powered, 8", two-way studio monitor, at the NAMM Show in late January.
Klawitter stated: "We had a great coming out party at NAMM. Everyone was hyped up about how great the DS8 sounds and was glad to see I was back making monitors. It was a great feeling, and fan
With 22 years of industry experience, Hoey has held similar positions with High End Systems and Vari*Lite in the past. "I am very excited about coming onboard with Robe," he states. "The product line offers the choice of a wide and dynamic range of lighting tools for all types of applications, and Robe's reputation for innovation is one of its great strengths."
Hoey will be based in Austin, Texas, and will spend considerable time on the road visiting clients and contacts and actively demonstrating the kit.
Robe Lighting (US) CEO David Srba states, "It is great to have someone of Sean's calibre join our team. It will allow us to serve the production and rental customers better than ever, combined with outstanding product reliability and a diverse range of technology spann
The appointment was confirmed by Ernie Armas, PR Lighting's international sales director. Setting out the rationale, Armas states, "One of the main reasons for hiring Fons was to improve our communications and develop new relationships with the European distribution network.
"We felt it was necessary to recruit a strong player that could help us achieve that goal. Fons comes to us with not only an already established network of contacts, having for over five years been European sales director for High End Systems, but also a solid reputation of achievement and credibility.
"We are very excited to have him onboard and feel that this new partnership will enable us to achieve our strategy for future growth."
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Paradigm reports that sales manager Mick Perrone and operations manager, Steve Pratt have joined the main board with immediate effect and are appointed as directors. This expands the working board, led by managing director Paul Wood to five members. Greg Jeffreys remains chairman and Polly Whittaker as finance director. At the same time Ross Hugo has been appointed as a non-executive director.
Meanwhile Jeffreys has ascended through the InfoComm ranks. His academic work on projected image quality and associated metrics gradually merged into InfoComm's pioneering work on quality standards and best practices. InfoComm is now an accredited ANSI/ISO Standards Development Organisa
Founder and chairman Uli Behringer stated, "Changes are always challenging but also present great opportunities. We have just celebrated our 20th anniversary and as we enter our third decade, we are once again reinventing our company."
The Music Group recently acquired the Midas and Klark Teknik brands and embarked on a major repositioning of the Behringer brand. Uli Behringer continued, "Despite the change internally, this will not impact the high level of service our dealers and customers have grown to expect. I am confident that we have the very best team in the ind
Robin's involvement in the project to create a new dance facility within the new Waterfront development, called DanceHouse, generated plaudits from the whole development team. Robin Bater, Area Building Control Surveyor for Ipswich Borough Council said: "It has been a pleasure to work with someone who has such a depth of knowledge in the field of theatre design." Russell Williams, Interim Chief Executive of Ipswich Borough Council added: "On behalf of Ipswich Borough Council, I would like to thank you for your hard work
Hollenberg has worked many years in lighting and sound sales, having previously been sales & investment manager with Focus, Amsterdam. His understanding of the business stems from his earlier 'hands-on' activities as a lighting technician for local Dutch bands and musical theatre.
Garry Nelsson, GearSource Europe's owner said, "I've known Benjamin for several years and had always considered him to be the ideal candidate to expand our activities in the Benelux region and on into Germany. He joins Keith Dale in London, Michelle Morin in Paris and Monica Savio in Milan."
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As a member of a well established Lancashire Showman's dynasty, David has long been an OHM user and an advocate of good fairground sound. Recently handling over the day to day running of his rides to his son David Junior, David has started promoting OHM around the fairgrounds in the UK.
"Fairgrounds bring a unique set of problems for the sound provider," says David. "The system must supply high quality music reproduction and clear safety announcements to the public whilst on the ride without interfering with adjacent attractions. I have used OHM for a number of years and I am pleased to become a dealer of their products."
"We have always been interested in the fairground sound business and now is an ideal time to be promoting British b
Berreen started in the entertainment lighting business in 1977, gaining a full understanding of electrical installations working for Theatre Sound & Lighting, as a freelance technician at the Shaw Theatre and also gaining formal qualifications with an electricity supply company.
In the last ten years Berreen has worked as a lighting project manager, technical supervisor at the Millennium Dome in Lo
"The world has changed and IVC is changing with it," confirms John Smith, sales director IVC Media. "No two clients are alike and the majority of our customers now require tailored solutions. As a systems integrator with a vast knowledge gained developing some of the world's leading IT, AV and broadcast installations, IVC is now well placed to source, supply and deliver best-of-breed solutions that precisely match customer needs, and those of the future.
"Our focus is predominantly on converged solutions being delivered over IP networks," continues Smith. "On the one hand, that may mean deliveri
This is part of a planned expansion strategy by the architectural lighting specification & project delivery specialist, which is part of the PAI Group of Companies based in Wales.
Casey left her post as creative & technical support engineer at the UK base of leading LED lighting systems manufacturer and solutions provider, Traxon Technologies. She had been there for four years, and prior to that studied a bachelor's degree in Philosophy with minors in Neuroscience & Theology at The University of Birmingham.
LTP's Terry Reeves says, "We're delighted to have someone of Casey's calibre onboard. A large part of our work involves LED technology, and her knowledge of that industry and its issues plus her extensive experience working with LED lightsources and sy
Based in Dubai, Norbert Bau has worked closely with Renkus-Heinz for the past four years as part of its Middle East distribution network. He has now joined the company to help build on the strong growth for Renkus-Heinz in the region.
Prior to working with the Renkus-Heinz brand, Bau had spent some six years in South East Asia and the Middle East running the broadcast section of Klotz Digital Asia, building high level contacts in the region.
Bau comments: "We have been working together for nearly four years and the relationship became stronger and closer with the success of the Iconyx product line in many very prestigious locations including major airports and auditoriums.
"At the end of the day we found there is a fantastic chemistry between us an
Tanya Noble started her career working for PRG in 2002. Following a spell as a moving light technician, she went freelance, later taking a position with production company Banana Split, where she managed and designed the lighting for a range of projects.
Adam Power has been working for Essential for three years, developing his technical and design knowledge working onsite across a range of events, acquiring experience and respect along the way.
Martin Lubach, Essential's managing director, commented, "We are delighted that our policy of looking to
"Childhood blindness, hearing loss, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes type two, obesity and many other health problems are caused by this horrible disease," says Staddon. "Providing support and advice to those who have to live with this illness, Alstrom Syndrome UK (ASUK) is a small family-run charity which has been fantastically helpful to my own family and our wonderful daughter Chloe.
"Chloe lost her battle to Alstrom Syndrome last year, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, just after her 16th birt
Pagel, a director of the Belfast based lighting rental and sales company, says: "With health & safety issues increasingly topping all rigging agendas, and our commitment to offering clients the very best and highest quality services, industry driven and recognised qualifications like this are vitally important."
PLASA's National Rigging Certificate demonstrates that individuals have reached a professional standard within their chosen rigging discipline. The NRC is not yet a compulsory scheme, but increasingly major UK venues are requiring it for riggers working in their spaces. PSI undertakes a lot of rigging projects in both Irela
