Behrend, who was formerly key account manager at ComTech Holding A/S, will begin at the company in October, and will be responsible for AV solutions for fairs and shows, presentations, events and festivals, areas where the company can now offer single source technical solutions including lighting, sound, AV and stage setting.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
Norfolk has spent his entire working life in the entertainment lighting industry and joins the company from Martin Professional, where he held the role of UK stage studio and events segment manager. Prior to this, Norfolk worked in Chicago for Tech Lighting as sales training manager and specification sales manager, having also spent 13 years at the Lighting Technology Group where he moved from equipment sales up to the role of key account manager.
Phill Capstick, sales director at A.C. Li
In his new position, Carattini will be responsible for working with Robe America dealers east of the Mississippi, as well as in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Canada. Formed in late 2002, Robe America is the exclusive North American distributor of Robe lighting products. The 'new' company is backed by the extensive experience its founders have acquired over the years in lighting design, development, service and marketing.
"I'm very impressed with Robe America management in the US and the Czech Republic," said Carattini. "They have an in-depth understanding of the lighting industry, and I believe in what they're doin
Says Duff: "Chris has organized our international operations and managed a major systems conversion in the UK office during the past year. It is natural that this opportunity would present itself to elevate Chris to another level, providing much input and direction to the operational functions of our European headquarters."
Hunt joins the existing European management team of FPS Founder Nick 'Beaky' Archdale, who manages the development side of the organization; and John Wiseman, Executi
Glynn joins Simon Markey and Annetta Park who already service the South of England, Scotland,Ireland and Wales.
(Lee Baldock)
A former professional live sound engineer, Patist also brings extensive sales management experience to the position. A career extending over 11 years in the industry including professional sound engineering (in sound touring, theatre sound, event production and for the Royal Dutch Court), and sales management experience in IT, consumer and professional audio, and AV installation markets. Patist has held positions at IBM, Canon and Hecla Electronics. While Sales Director at Sound At Work
Howe has over 22 years of extensive experience in the system integration business for visualization and display systems. His career started with Electrosonic in project management and system design working on large, multi-disciplined projects around the world. After a period working as service manager and then engineering manager, Martin moved into a sales management role, primarily focusing on business development and large complex systems sales.
A move to Barco saw him leading business development activities in a range of
It began when he took the role of assistant stage manager at Perth Repertory Theatre in 1959: this led him to take on several other roles in theatre, before joining, in 1965, the National Youth Theatre. In 1968 he was invited by Michael Kustow to join the Institute of Contemporary Arts as technical director and helped launch its new London premises on The Mall.
Whilst at the ICA, he took three months off to join Chip Monk's lighting crew on the Rolling Stones tour of Europe. In 1970, the Stones were keen to source
Commenting on his move to Deco, Kitson told PLASA Media: "As Dare Pro Audio and QAD are unique to the pro audio industry, I am looking forward to developing the products within the pro-audio market." Kitson's appointment closely follows that of Alex Kay, who joined Deco as technical manager, and also that of Carl Robinson, who recently joined as production manager. Robinson's experience with mineral composites fibreglass, as well as metal and wood laminates, will prove useful for Dare Pro Audio, whose innovative en
Based at company HQ in Kidderminster, Cooper will maximize business opportunities by marketing all products under the Midas and Klark Teknik brand names. He will also manage customer accounts and be accountable for the smooth running of the extensive Midas and Klark Teknik distribution network.
After six years in the position of Midas sales manager, as well as previous roles within the Midas engineering and manufacturing departments, Cooper has extensive experience in console sales and distribution management and is al
Sugden's role with the latter company saw him establish a highly successful broadcast audio division, where he built an impressive client roster, including the BBC's Parkinson show, Channel 4 Cricket, Carlton 021 The Club and Granada TV's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! on location in Australia. Sugden's specialist knowledge of radio mics and broadcast equipment allowed Gearhouse to establish itself firmly in the audio market.
"I have gained vast knowle
TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies is jointly owned by TC Group and IVL Technologies Ltd. and is one of the world's only audio companies dedicated exclusively to tools and solutions for the speaking and singing human voice. The company markets voice-processing pr
Caskey brings with him 22 years experience at senior executive and sales level within the electronics, manufacturing, system integration and service industries. Beginning his career at Christie Digital Systems, he progressed to vice-president, managing the sales force and distribution channels, whilst fostering relationships with customers and resellers. Most recently, as vice-president of sales and marketing at Fakespace Systems, Caskey developed a sales force alongside long-range strategies to streamline the sales and marketing processes. His appointment follows the announcement last week that SEOS has recruited Martin Howe as vice- president of visualizat
(Lee Baldock)
The company has also announced that Ivan Marsden, formerly operations director, has taken on the position of business director. Marsden's new role is to further develop the sales strategy which has seen tsg secure record levels of business. In fact, the company has enjoyed a long and successful history as a media programmer and system designer. In 2002 its music brand Candy Rock celebrated 20 years of programmed music supply to the UK's leading retailers.
(Ruth Rossington)
Recently general manager of Digidesign, he tripled its revenue while its flagship product, ProTools, became an industry standard audio workstation. "The opportunities at Stanton attract me," Froker remarked. "This is a company with a diverse product offering, innovative engineers and an aggressive attitude towards marketing. I look forward to being a part of the company's future, and see potential for rapid growth."
Froker will also become president of Stanton Magnetics, the company's DJ products brand. &qu
"We're very pleased to make this announcement," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "Alfred, Joey and Danny bring a great deal of talent and experience to their positions. Working with the rest of our team, they'll help ensure that American Audio's excellent products are backed up by great service, marketing and customer support."
As it has done since it was founded more than six years ago, American Audio will continue to sell its products only through authorized dealers, and never direct t
Commenting on the appointment, managing director John Northcote said: "Steve has shown both the talent and application necessary to ensure that McKenzie Group's venue stock has a consistent reputation for all that's be
Frank Loyko, senior vice president of sales at Loud Technologies commented: "Export markets make up a significant portion of Loud's current revenue and hold great potential in helping us to realize our sales goals in 2004. In order to realize this potential, we chose a senior le
Hollebone has previously held senior management positions at Sony Broadcast & Professional, TimeLine and DTS. Latterly he has been running his own sales and marketing consultancy and providing articles for a number of trade publications. Neil Grant, MD of both Coastal and HGA commented: "We asked Chris to review Coastal's portfolio and provide suggestions on how to maintain this momentum. One of the conclusions was that we needed additional sales, marketing and general management support. Who better than Chris himself.&
Case told us: "I am happy to be a part of one of the industry's up and coming architectural lighting divisions and look forward to the challenges ahead. As a previous Martin dealer, I have first hand knowledge of Martin's product line and have been impressed with the rapid developments in the architectural range."
Martin's West Coast branch manager, Frank Montero, commented: "Bring
Fred Speckeen will be working closely together with TC Group CEO Anders Fauerskov, who comments: "We are very pleased to be able to add Fred to the team of high achievers within TC Group. Through his previous functions at IVL and, more recently, as Managing Director responsible for the successful start-up of TC Helicon, Fred has continua
A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor for the MA Lighting grandMA range of consoles, Zero 88's Frog range of consoles and Artistic Licence products, as well as being a major force in the cable assemblies market.
(Lee Baldock)
Although several new products have been introduced in his absence, Jenner's in-depth product knowledge being put to immediate use on a track installation at Harrods for its Christmas window displays.
David Edelstein, Managing Director of Triple E, said: "Triple E has an expanding order book, so I am delighted that Tony has decided to rejoin us. His theatre experience and organising skills plus his technical knowledge of product design and assembly will be invaluable."
(Lee Baldock)
