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The two companies guarantee the full compatibility of their devices to simplify virtual show creation and reduce programming times.

Thanks to this collaboration between Lightconverse and Coemar, the virtual lighting effects of Coemar products can be simulated at the design stage and important information can be obtained from the light designers even before the product is available on the market.

"This joint venture by two leading companies points to the future," says Fausto Orsatti, Coemar sales and marketing manager. "Combining our strengths and skills to the advantage of our customers is a step in the right direction for those wishing to meet the ever more stimulating requests of th

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Hunt is a founding director of Pharos and his appointment as managing director reflects his current responsibility for the management of the growing international sales team and the day-to-day operation of the company.

Hicks joined the company in 2006 as a software developer, quickly progressing to technical product manager. As technical director, Simon has wider responsibility for steering the development of Pharos products and the management of the technical support team.

The other directors are Richard Mead and Nick Archdale, both founders who remain actively involved in the company.

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"It's important to maintain our responsiveness in our engineering and support services as we develop more system-based products like EXP [cinema system] and Constellation [acoustic system] while entering new vertical markets and expanding our global presence," says Helen Meyer, executive vice president of Meyer Sound. "John McMahon will play a key role in connecting the different departments and making sure they are in sync as the company builds towards further growth."

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Patrick Lundin has joined the Genelec sales team in Sweden as country sales manager for the newly launched range of Home Audio products. Lundin is an experienced audio sales professional and will bring a wealth of industry knowledge and local market experience to his new position.

In the Far East, Feng Haying has been appointed as the national director of Beijing Genelec Audio. Feng has considerable experience in the music recording field including acting as chief recording engineer of China National Centre for the Performing Arts. Feng joined the Beijing Genelec Audio team in May 2011 as a technical manager and recording consultant.<

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Booth has been working in project management for Northern Light since December 2011 and has more than nineteen years of experience within the entertainment technology sector, gained during his time with Stage Electrics, AC Lighting, LSI Projects and P&O.

This newly created post will form a key role within the company's installations team, where Booth will take overall responsibility for managing quality and finances across all Northern Light installation projects.

Booth said, "This is a fantastic opportunity to really make a difference to Northern Light's overall success in the technical installation market. Whilst we are already the dominant player, it will be my job to create, implement and manage new systems and procedures that will ultimately ensure that we fur

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An IATSE Local 1, ETCP-certified electrician, Kevin Barry has worked on many of New York's biggest shows of the last decade, including The Lion King, The Boy From Oz, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot and the current hit revival of Evita. Constantly striving to apply new technology in service of maintaining the quality of the lighting on his shows, he has been a FocusTrack user since 2006's Mary Poppins. He will provide support to FocusTrack's many users in New York and across America while continuing to work on Evita and other new productions.

"I'm delighted that Kevin is now a part of FocusTrack, rather than just one of its keenest users,"

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"I am thrilled to be part of this great business in an industry dear to my heart, Entertainment Lighting," said Glastra. "I would like to thank Steve for a tremendous job done in building this business and he has assembled a great team with strong brands. I am fully committed to further accelerating our innovation and growth in a global fashion, and I am looking forward to connecting with our customers and partners to continue to grow

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"We are extremely excited to bring in a product marketing manager of Brad's caliber," said Bob Schacherl, Philips Vari-Lite vice-president of worldwide sales and marketing. "Through his established knowledge and expertise in the industry, Brad understands the legacy and quality of our product line and we feel confident that he will continue the work before him to build our global brand even stronger."

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Hardy, a leader in the planning and design of active public spaces throughout North America, has been responsible for the design of numerous performance spaces including LCT3 at Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn Academy, Signature Theatre, NYC and The Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY.

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For the past seven years, Lariviere worked with equipment brokers SHS Global, where as CTO he was responsible for sourcing product and also client technical services.

Lariviere previously worked at High End Systems from 1994-98 as a product support specialist on the Studio Color automated wash luminaire development team. Lariviere says, "The product innovation developed from HES co-founder and CTO Richard Belliveau's patents motivated me to return when offered the job. When I saw a demo of the recent products - the intellaspot, TechnoArc and TechnoSpot, al

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For over 30 years Clarke has been working on brand plans and high-level campaigns at domestic, European and EMEA level, including extensive sponsorship deals and subsequent branding and lead generation for Avaya across both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

"Joining Crestron is a really exciting prospect for me, I'm fully aware of its prowess in the automation world and working with such a premium and prominent brand will be a privilege," says Clarke. "I believe the combination of my marketing experience and Crestron's ambition for continued growth will be a

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Asked why she wanted to work for Green Hippo Mercedes explained: "When I first saw the advert for this job I realised it combined a number of different interests that I love. Going through the interview process the atmosphere of the office was brilliant. Everyone genuinely loved the product, what they did and their team and you could see it from the way they spoke. It's something I felt I had to be a part of and being able to do what I love in such a nice environment, with the best in the industry just sealed the deal for me."

Mercedes has a BA (Hons) in Arts and Event Management and prev

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A DWR statement says, "Dan, as most know, is the father of Duncan and Bruce Riley, who have followed in his footsteps, working in the same industry as he did, and more importantly, learning from him how to have great people skills. Dan has walked his road with ethics, has always been supportive to others and no one can deny his great sense of humour.

"Three years ago Dan joined DWR Distribution in sales. He was instrumental with dealing with theatres and

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Reporting directly to VP of marketing, Tim Chapman, Flanagan moves into the expanded remit having spent the past four years working within the Coatbridge, Scotland-based marketing team specifically in a communications capacity - initially for Tannoy and more recently with a cross-brand remit after the marketing function for Lab.gruppen and Lake was consolidated from Sweden.

"Having created a multi-disciplinary marketing team serving the broad needs of our brands, it's become increasingly logical to consolidate the project management of these resources. The creation of the marketing manager

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Gromova comments: "The offer made by Garry Nelsson was a challenge for me, which I accepted with enthusiasm. I have known Garry for many years, and was excited by the chance to join his professional team. The first task was to take over the existing operations of GSE in Russia and other East European and Asian countries of the former USSR, as well as to develop sales and increase exposure to the product range in this territory. I am totally committed to using this chance to develop the GSE business here, and make it of benefit for both the company and our customers."

Garry Nelsson adds: "We saw

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Joe Tessone, 27, is a 2007 graduate of the Audio Arts and Acoustics programme at Columbia College Chicago, with specialties in Audio Design and Production. In addition to his duties at Sensaphonics, he owns a commercial studio, Mystery Street Recording Company, and is the audio archivist at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. He is also a performing musician, most recently as singer/songwriter for the eclectic punk band Behold!, and as banjo/ukulele player for an Americana music group, the Rust Belt Ramblers.

"I'm a big believer in heal

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Sabine, an engineer who has been working in the field of technical service for the past 15 years, including at General Electric, comes to Martin from solar panel manufacturer Sungrow where she managed the company's European service department. She heads the service department at Martin Germany and started in her new role on 15 June.

"We're committed to raising the level of service across our German-speaking markets and Sabine's hiring is an important step in that direction," states Torben Kaae Poulsen, regional service manager at Martin EMEA. "She is a highly competent engineer with an impressive technical background and the leadership skills to really make an impa

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"I'm looking forward to developing new markets and expand our buisness in western Switzerland with Riedel. Riedel is a company that always amazed me in regards to technological innovations and I'm thrilled to contribute to this vision", said Engel who has more than 20 years of experience in the professional broadcasting market and was responsible for sales engineering broadcast at John Lay Electronics until recently.

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AC-ET managing director, Phill Capstick commented: "I would like to thank Cally for the contribution he has made over the past 15 years, and wish him all the best for the future."

Well known in the industry, Bacchus has represented AC-ET at numerous international tradeshows and helped build strong, long-lasting business relationships with its customers and suppliers around the world as part of AC-ET's expansion programme.

Bacchus comments: "I am proud to have been part of AC-ET for the past 15 years, and have thoroughly enjoyed working with such a long estab

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Frederiksen has held a variety of senior management positions in programme and technology management, which has given him broad experience and insight on how to develop and market products. Among other positions, he has served as strategic marketing and innovation manager for Philips, and product and technology manager for ST-Ericsson.

"I have been involved in the development side, but have also had time in front of customers. I hope to bridge the two sides at Barix," said Frederiksen. "What is important in any market is to bring innovative technology to the customer at the right time and price."

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With a diverse background in retailing, Howard was previously marketing manager at international sports event management company Byrom Plc, which is responsible for all aspects of logistics, ticketing and accommodation packages for the World Cup and the Ryder Cup events. He has also worked in design and marketing for global marketing communications agency McCann Erickson and the Halstan Printing Group.

Said Howard: "I am excited about joining LS-Live and combining my professional experience and passion for the events industry with a team of dedicated and enthusiastic individuals. I believe that we now have the ri

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"Steve comes to us with what I would consider an ideal background in installed sound, spending nearly 16 years as a sound contractor designing and installing systems before serving 12 years at Atlas Sound, most recently as VP sales & marketing," says Costa Lakoumentas, senior VP marketing at Music Group. "I am thrilled to have a person of Steve's experience and integrity take over the management of Eurocom and take it to the next level."

"I am very excited to begin telling the story of Eurocom" says Young, "The commercial audio marketplace

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Minors will bring her knowledge and experience of 27 years of design - during which time she has designed over 100 rooms for concerts, opera and theatre - to the table, lodged in the AMPC quality trademarks which have earned the company its well-deserved reputation and numerous awards.

"At AMPC we take an integrated, holistic approach to design and spend a great deal of time on the details," explains Minors. "We give careful consideration to what each project needs and design for aesthetic effect as well as efficiency, often building features into the archite

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Lift Turn Move are a lifting company with two main markets: Industrial & Entertainment and over the past few years Dan Holme has been spearheading the growth of the Entertainment Division. Over these years, LTM have seen a steady increase in the number of enquiries coming from theatres, venues and other fixed-installation projects, which is a change from the touring market that they were used to.

John Jones & David King credit this shift to the introduction of the LoadGuard hoist in 2008 and also, to Dan Holme. Talking about the appointment, David King comments, "The role reflects what Dan has been doing day-in-day-out for a while now at LTM, and will help bring focus to the market as LTM continues to grow in both the entertainment and industrial sectors in which it s