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Richard will take over as Technical Editor of Lighting&Sound International magazine from James Eade, who has helped the PLASA Media team steer the technical content of L&SI for the past nine years. Lee Baldock, editor of L&SI since 2004, said: "James has made a huge contribution to the technical content of L&SI over the years, while still running his own successful business, e-Mech. I personally would like to thank him for all his help and guidance over that

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Ward brings over 20 years experience in theatre and event audio. He relocated to London from New York City in early 2010 where he was working as a sound designer for Acoustic Dimensions. He has previously worked as the lead audio technician for Cirque du Soleil's Beatles Love show in Las Vegas as well as a freelance sound designer.

"I was drawn to Blitz by its reputation in the industry," says Ward. "Blitz is well known for its extremely qualified staff, high standards, and dedication to making its clients' productions a success. I am thrilled to be on board."

(Jim Evans)

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Managing director Colin Cuthbert explained: "As has been previously reported, Northern Light is performing extremely well in spite of the current economic climate and the board felt that the time was right for the expansion of our strategic management team."

Cooper has been with Northern Light since 2002 and has been responsible for the successful delivery of some of the company's most high profile projects including the Young Vic, Wexford Opera House, the Roundhouse, the London Coliseum and Aylesbury Waterside Theatre.

Cuthbert continued: "We felt it was imperative that project delivery, as

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Also recruited is a new member of the creative team. Phil Chapman joins the group as a full-time video production technician, to support the constant demand for high-quality business television programmes.

(Jim Evans)

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As a result of the continued growth of the Adam Hall Group and the focus on European strategy, some changes are being effected within Adam Hall Ltd.

Having started in 2008 and working over the past three years as general manager, Andrew Richardson has been appointed as managing director of Adam Hall Ltd. Richardson has taken over from Bob Mundy, who has now stepped away from the company having worked there for over 30 years.

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"Andrew is certainly a welcome addition to our installation support team," notes Montrezor. "Given his proven track record as a talented AV system designer, I know that he will be instrumental in helping us advance L-Acoustics' efforts to deliver exemplary support to our permanent install client base. Furthermore, Andrew will serve as the primary technical contact for our systems integrators across the Eastern US."

Based in New York City, Nagel is primarily tasked with providing support for both consultants and US L-Acoustics Systems Integrators. His new duties include offering sound design

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Orkelbog-Andresen moves from the position of market manager architectural for the Nordic countries where he has successfully developed Martin's project market since August 2008.

Villads Thomsen, VP for Martin EMEA, states, "With his proven track record from the Nordic countries, Leif will bring valuable insight and guidance to our European sales team, increasing the success of Martin in the project market."

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The new details are: The Projection Studio, 13 Tarves Way, Greenwich, London SE10 9JP; Tel: +44 (0) 20 8293 4270.

The new space features substantial office, administration and meeting facilities as well as an artwork production studio for both video and PIGI slide/film projections, together with a visualisation suite to demonstrate ideas and evolving projects to clients and other interested parties.

Steve Larkins continues to work alongside Ashton as graphics manager, and upcoming work includes the Edinburgh Tattoo and several high profile projects for various illuminated cities.

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Richard will take over as technical editor of LSi from James Eade, who has helped the PLASA Media team steer the technical content of LSI for the past nine years. Although Richard officially started with PLASA Media on 1 March, there will be a longer hand-over of duties with James. Both the March and April 2011 issues of LSi will see James's input as technical editor, and Richard's first contribution to the magazine will appear in the May issue.

Lee Baldock, editor of LSi since 2004, said: "James has made a huge contribution t

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Having worked for over five years at the company's European R&D centre in Chiswick, London, Tree has extensive knowledge of Yamaha's live mixing consoles. He also has 20 years experience working as a freelance sound engineer for a range of artists, including Radiohead, Peter Gabriel and Duran Duran (who he still works with when required).

Tree's new role with Yamaha covers the UK and Ireland, delivering training to groups and advising individuals and Yamaha dealers about getting the most from the company's digital mixing consoles.

"I have worked for some time in the 'closed world' of R&D and really wanted to get out and apply my tech

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Templeman-Holmes' experience spans production, operations, engineering, technical sales and creative production. Most recently, she spent the past year working with JBL in Northridge, California.

On her appointment, she said, "This opportunity to contribute to the continued success of Studer in broadcast is incredible. Being in Switzerland and working with some of the world's best engineers and designers has shown me exactly why Studer is the top broadcast console manufacturer. Moving Studer forward with the next generation of systems is extremely exciting for me, the team, and our customers worldwide.

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Former senior project engineer Lee Thompson has returned to Romers as operations director along with Sid Makinson who will be commercial director.

"The investment we have dedicated to these developments forms part of the commitment Romers has in continuing to build strong business relationships with our customers, both old and new and to assist with the growth Romers have recently relocated to a new office and workshop on Hamilton Street Industrial Estate in Blackburn, Lancashire," says the company.

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Brooker has been working in Canada for the past two years, although he has over 10 years of previous Industry experience. He says, "I have been working closely with RML for well over 10 years and I've seen the company grow to what it is today. I know their business, their markets and their customer base, and I'm hoping my experience will bring new opportunities and new direction for future expansion."

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"I am very pleased to have someone with Rob's background and experience join Studer and look forward to working with him in the US market," Curtis said. "He has already begun efforts to expand the US team's East Coast sales and support staff."

Reporting to Lewis, Paul Shorter will continue to manage Studer customer service from Northridge in addition to commissioning and sales applications support.

Lewis was previously sales director for Euphonix and also has many credits to his name as a freelance audio engineer.

Speaking of his appointment Lewis said, "Studer has always stood for excellence and highest quality both in the recording and the broad

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Also at AED, Alex Goemans joins as PR and communications manager. His role will be to develop and implement the company's overall public relations programme, which will include media relations, internal- and new product information. He has previously worked with EML and Showtex and also as a production manager.

(Jim Evans)

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"I'm thrilled for this new opportunity to drive the worldwide Entertainment group," says Conte. "I'm surrounded by very smart and dynamic people, and it is this worldwide group of talented people that motivates me every day. Between the outstanding vision and leadership of our executive management team and our tremendous talent base, Electrosonic will continue to accomplish great things."

Conte has worked for systems integrators and design production companies since 1987 and has more than 15 years' experience in audio-visual technology in the

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Richards joins POLARaudio after studying sound design technology at The University of Hertfordshire where he specialised in live sound and sound for films. Whilst studying for his degree he worked as a stage manager and a lighting and sound technician for local festivals and theatre groups. Richards will report to Jon Dew-Stanley - technical director and will be responsible for providing technical support on all of POLARaudio's product ranges.

Jon Dew-Stanley comments, "We are delighted to welcome Liam Richards to the POLARaudio team. Liam has been appointed to strengthen our technical support team and will be putting his experience of acoustics in the live sound environment to good use. He has been brought on board to further improve the

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As well as his in-depth knowledge of J&C Joel's range of PVC projection screens, Wright also has a wealth of experience in working with flame retardant fabrics.

Wright will be based in North London and will be on hand to assist clients in the capital and around the Home Counties.

"After more than 30 years in the industry it's great to work for a company like J&C Joel. I'm looking forward to getting involved and working with the people and products that have given this firm its superb reputation," says Wright.

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Krall is also a member of the Board of Directors of Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) and is a Board member and Executive Chairman of QSecure.

"I am extremely impressed how, in such a short time, Audinate has become the darling of the Pro AV industry for its digital media networking technology," said Krall. "From what I can see, Audinate has the only well-conceived transition strategy to provide a complete IP networking solution today plus a migration path as standards like AVB evolve. I look forward to partnering with Audinate's talented management team to help contribute to the success of this innovative company."

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In addition to direct responsibility for European sales, he will be proactively developing the distributor network throughout the region.

"This is a really exciting opportunity to work with a company who are genuinely innovative, very progressive and with a clear vision of the future," says Hinds. "Obviously I've been aware of Outline for years, particularly because of their relationship with Britannia Row, but when I visited them I was just astounded. Their R&D and manufacturing technology, their knowledge and experience, and most of all their products are just so impressive. I've very proud to be joining the team."

Giorgio Biffi, Outline CEO adds, "Finding the right person is neve

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Nobunao Amos, who is fluent in Japanese, has joined as an account manager and will work with DB's design agency and event organiser clients. In addition, Dan Hunt has joined the company's Hire Desk and will handle equipment rental to venues and exhibitors, as well as other AV companies. Meanwhile, Carrie Martinge has joined the company's DBpixelhouse division in an account management and administration capacity.

David Bulley, DB's managing director, said, "We've had a busy start to 2011, which has included contracts in the UK, Europe and Middle East, as well as recent contract wins to be an official AV supplier for Reed Exhibitions and Clarion Events, so the addition of Nobunao, Dan and Carrie to the DB team is most welcome."

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Previously general manager at Klotz Digital Asia, Prestidge has resided in the territory for 15 years. He started his professional life as a hands-on radio broadcast engineer and has spent 20 years in the industry, which has included periods in project engineering and sales.

"Extending the Studer sales team with Keith based in Sydney will further improve our customer focus in the Asia Pacific sales region," said Curtis. "He will work closely with Tat Nam Yee, our Studer applications engineer already located in our KL, Malaysia office."

Currently spending two weeks training in the Soundcraft Studer factory and Customer

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Sennheiser UK's director of engineering was a man who always left a strong impression; a perfectionist's perfectionist and sound engineer par excellence. Never happier than when facing a challenge and putting those 30 years of hardcore experience to full effect, there are so many tales to tell of his technical brilliance, his irascible humour and warm friendship. It's difficult to know where to start. He will be truly missed.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday 1 April at Randalls Park Crematorium, Leatherhead, Surrey at 11.45am. Flowers or donations for St. Catherine's Hospice to be sent to Sherlock Funeral Service, Trellis House, Dorking, RH4 2ES.

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"Bear was a great friend and a true inspiration," says John Meyer, CEO and co-founder of Meyer Sound. "We first met Bear in the 1970s, and we worked very closely for many years. His determination to find new technical solutions to improve audio delivery led to our numerous experiments together in the early days of Meyer Sound. He was an uncompromising advocate of audio system clarity, which to this day is still the driving force behind our engineering philosophy."

Helen Meyer, co-founder and executive vice president of Meyer Sound, continues: "Bear was a unique soul unlike anyone else we have known. His energy, talent, and passion have inspired all of us, and we will miss him dearly. In love and gratitude