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UK - Biamp has appointed Steve Metzger to the newly created position of business development manager for the entire company. He will report directly to president Ralph Lockheart and will be responsible for researching new technologies as well as growing new business for the company.

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UK - Martin Professional PLC has appointed Emma Thorpe as marketing co-ordinator, based at the company's UK headquarters in Maidstone. Thorpe will be responsible for all UK marketing communications including exhibitions and trade shows, external and internal marketing communications, publicity material and market intelligence, as well as providing support for both the sales team and customers. Thorpe replaces Victoria Spurgin, who resigned her position in mid-August.

Martin UK managing director David Caulfield comments: "Emma brings with her a wealth of marketing knowledge and experience, including an excellent Marketing Diploma, with the accolade of being the World Wide Top Student in 2004 for Marketing Strategy, making her very capable of increasing the strength of Martin's products throughout the industry. We are delighted to have secured her appointment."

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USA - Loud Technologies, an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc, has announced two key appointments to its management team. Gary Reilly joins Loud as senior vice-president of product engineering, and Karen Macdonald joins as senior marketing manager.

Gary Reilly brings to Loud more than 25 years' experience in engineering and product development, working most recently as the senior director of product pevelopment at Qualcomm. Prior to Qualcomm, Reilly held key product development and engineering positions at Cubic, Spectrum Control, Advanced Technology Laboratories and Data I/O. As senior VP of product engineering for Loud Technologies, Reilly will have authority over product development and engineering resources for all Loud brands, including the recently-acquired St. Louis Music family of brands. Reilly will report directly to Loud's CEO Jamie Engen.

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USA - Gerry Tschetter has been named QSC Audio's director of product management. Effective immediately, Tschetter will take charge of a new product management team dedicated to the task of product development and product marketing.

According to CEO Barry Andrews, "In its most basic sense, Gerry's role here will be to insure that we consistently deliver products that customers want and need. We will be realigning some of our staff members so that he will have a powerful and effective group supporting his efforts."

Tschetter's career has included eight years creating and launching a number of loudspeaker designs at JBL Professional. Prior to that, he logged 15 years with Yamaha in marketing, sales, and product engineering capacities.

"QSC can be as successful with loudspeakers and other product groups as it is with amplifiers," Tschetter asserts. "To t

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UK - Mark Leahy has joined worldwide entertainment lighting manufacturer High End Systems Inc as the regional sales manager for Northern Europe. Based out of the London office, Leahy's territory includes UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Baltic States. Leahy has been involved with the professional lighting and sound industry since 1989. He was most recently commercial sales manager for Barco Media & Entertainment in the UK, where for more than four years he was responsible for sales to the events market, including concert-touring rental companies.

"High End Systems is making strong pioneering moves and forging ahead with digital lighting. This is a good opportunity to partner my experience in the projection industry with digital developments in the lighting market," Leahy notes. "Catalyst, DL1 and DL2 are pushing technology forward and are significant contributions

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UK - Blitz Charter Group has appointed Neil Gordon as group finance director. Blitz Charter Group was founded in 2004 when it acquired the businesses of Blitz Communications and Charter Broadcast. Neil Gordon's appointment completes the structure of the Board of Directors of the Group.

With over 25 years in financial management and control, Gordon gained his professional accountancy qualifications at Ernst & Young and has worked internationally with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Michael Breen, CEO of Blitz Charter Group, comments: "Neil's financial and corporate strategy skills will enhance the company's credibility with our shareholders and funders and increase business opportunities. We look forward to benefiting from his professional expertise."

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UK - Lumidrives, the UK-based LED technology provider, has made seven new appointments following strong domestic and export sales growth. Keith Watson joins the company as product manager with responsibility for solid state lighting products; Adrienne Nichols (fluent in French and German) takes on the role of sales coordinator with responsibility for distributors and key clients; while Stewart Goodall joins the company as purchasing manager.

Emma Loftus joins as sales administrator, while two new agents have also been appointed - Paul Dewey as northern England rep and Douglas Gardner as Scottish agent. Finally, Jonathan Veal joins the company as product support technician.

Managing director Gordon Routledge says: "With sales of both LED components and complete lighting solutions continuing to rise, we recognize the need to ensure that customer support is focused and of th

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UK - International Audio Group (IAG) has today announced the appointment of Costa Lakoumentas to the newly established role of president, IAG Professional Division. Bernard Chang, chairman of IAG made the announcement in advance of the PLASA Show, which takes place at Earls Court, London, from 11-14 September.

Most recently from Tannoy North America where he served as VP of market development, Lakoumentas was also involved in product and technology planning activities for Tannoy UK as well as Tannoy's parent TC Group. Prior to that he spent several years at Mackie in product and market development roles including VP of business development.

In his new role, Lakoumentas will oversee worldwide product development, marketing and sales activities related to the Professional division. IAG owns several pro audio brands including Wharfedale Pro, Wharfedale Systems, Quad Industrial an

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USA - Wybron has announced the appointment of industry veteran Dusty Hudgins as western sales manager, effective September 1, 2005. Hudgins has been involved in entertainment and architectural lighting for over 28 years and brings his own perspective to Wybron's sales and marketing efforts. In the late 70's, Hudgins worked at Showco, Inc. where he met Wybron president Keny Whitright. He later went on to work with acts such as Willie Nelson, Liza Minnelli and Ringo Starr. In 1991, Hudgins was appointed president of the entertainment division of Bankston-Hudgins & Associates, where he concentrated primarily on special events, installations and houses of worship.

According to Hudgins: "Wybron has consistently maintained the highest standard of quality in both products and customer service. My focus will be on preserving this standard of excellence while creating and developing

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UK - Color Kinetics has announced the appointment of Connie Weaver to its board of advisors. A highly-regarded branding and marketing expert, Ms. Weaver is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of BearingPoint, one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms.

Ms. Weaver's extensive experience includes leadership positions at some of the world's most well-known technology, telecom and information companies. Prior to joining BearingPoint, she served as executive vice president of public relations, marketing and brand at AT&T, where she was a member of the executive leadership team.

"Connie brings tremendous value to our board of advisors with impressive expertise in the critical areas of marketing, branding, investor relations and communications for established, blue chip companies," said Bill Sims, President and CEO, Color Kinetics

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USA - System Integration software developer D-Tools Inc has appointed Bill Johnson as director of business development. Johnson is charged with representing the interests of participating manufacturers in D-Tools' product database that populates their engineering and business management software suite.

D-Tools is the industry's leading provider of software solutions for audio/video and control system design, installation, job costing, project management and billing for designers and systems integrators for both residential and commercial applications.

"Johnson's role will be to develop programs that offer its manufacturer members of our Manufacturer Vantage Point program greater market visibility and measurable returns," said VP of sales and marketing, Matt Rubenstein. "He brings a good understanding of the unique issues manufacturers are most concerned with his

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USA - Biamp today announced that it has appointed Robert Yeager its new manufacturing and facilities manager. Yeager will oversee all manufacturing operations in Biamp's United States facilities. One of Yeager t's prime responsibilities will be to continue the process and production efficiencies and quality improvements that have been achieved over that last few years. Yeager will be located in the Beaverton office and will report directly to Ralph Lockhart.

"We've made significant progress in the last couple of years in upgrading our manufacturing facility and processes," said Lockhart, president, Biamp Systems. "We want this progress to continue in order to meet the demand for Biamp products. Given Roberts's impressive background and strong leadership abilities, we are certain that he is a good fit for this position."

A West Point Graduate, Yeager was the

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The Netherlands - Alcons Audio has appointed Anders Uggelberg to develop the cinema market for the Alcons cinema product range. Uggelberg brings a wealth of knowledge to the company, having formerly been director of cinema products for Europe at Digital Theatre Systems (DTS). Before that, he co-founded A&T Ljudproduktion AB in Stockholm and as a consultant in Scandinavia, he was responsible for the projection and sound design of over 250 screens and several mix studios built during the nineties; including 100 THX certified premier run theaters.

Anders Uggelberg studied math, physics and architectural acoustics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Industrial Design at the Swedish institute of arts and crafts. He is a board member of the ITEA and a member of AES and SMPTE. Anders Uggelberg says: "I have been part of the cinema industry for quite a while now,

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USA - Joe Marchese, an active member of the New York production community, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and a fund has been set up to assist his family in defraying the anticipated medical costs. Marchese, 46, a father of three, has been the technical director of Guild Hall's John Drew Theater since 1998, making theatre spring to life with sound and lighting for hundreds of performances. He has worked solidly with the community and touring performers on numerous concerts, lectures and plays. His expert and professional guidance on stage lighting, sound engineering and theatre design have helped thousands of artists bring their work to life on Guild Hall's stage.

Recently, while working on a poetry reading at Guild Hall, Marchese was overcome with a migraine seizure. The next morning, he was rushed to a local hospital, then transported to Stony Brook University Hospital

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UK - UK cabling specialist VDC Trading has appointed Nigel May as commercial director, with responsibility for implementing VDC's expansion into new market areas. After starting his career with MI retailer Macari's, May spent four years as a musician, recording and touring. He joined Turnkey in 1996 as manager of the company's guitar division and was eventually promoted to the position of sales director. While with Mediatools Plc, May was instrumental in much of the companies advertising, promotion and the launching its new websites, which during his time saw an increase in e-commerce way beyond all expectations.

Commenting on his appointment, VDC's managing director Niall Holden says: "Nigel's expertise in marketing and new media makes him a valuable addition to the VDC team, particularly at a time when we are expanding into new areas such as the musical instrument and Hi-

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USA - Color Kinetics Inc has announced the appointments of Philip O'Donnell as vice-president, North American sales and Paul Kallmes as director of licensing. The appointments mark the latest achievement in an on-going expansion of the company's worldwide sales organization, which has grown significantly in one year, say CK.

"LED technology is advancing at accelerated rates, fueling both existing and new markets for Color Kinetics' intelligent solid-state lighting systems. We're accordingly building a world-class sales organization to capitalize on the opportunities ahead," said Bill Sims, President and CEO, Color Kinetics.

"Color Kinetics' prolific rate of product and technology development is one of our foremost differentiators, and we believe that a larger, strategically dispersed sales force will deliver incremental revenues, especially when armed with our l

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UK - Yamaha's Commercial Audio Division in the UK has announced that Nick Cook, previously sales and marketing director with InnovaSon S.A.S, has been appointed as its new general manager. This is a newly created position and coincides with the announcement of the company's latest digital console, the M7CL (see other news today) and significant additions to the existing range of live and installation power amplifiers and follows the company's successful introduction of a new range of installation series speakers.

Cook's role is to continue the huge success the Commercial Audio business has been enjoying since 2001 when Yamaha first introduced the PM1D, he will expand this success and spearhead Yamaha's longer term strategy to become a market leading systems solution provider. Cook is particularly well qualified to develop Yamaha's ' system' plans, say the company, since during h

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UK - Paul Gill is appointed managing director of JFMG Limited with effect from 1 November 2005 following the decision of Ron Little to leave the company. Paul is currently Technology Director of the company, and was previously with the BBC.

JFMG Chairman Mike Snalam said: "I am extremely pleased that Paul has accepted this key role in the company. He brings with him unparalleled knowledge and experience of the business, having been with the company since its inception as well as having been actively involved in frequency management for programme making and special events in previous organizations."

Paul Gill said: "With its unique expertise and tools, JFMG is ideally positioned to support spectrum users and owners as market methods of spectrum management are introduced. In parallel, there is also the unprecedented challenge of numerous changes in spectrum alloca

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UK - Turbosound has announced the expansion of its sales team with the appointment of Paul McMullan to the post of UK sales manager. As a result of this appointment, previous UK sales manager Tim McCall moves into the post of Middle East and Asia sales manager - a natural move considering his extensive former experience in this area with BSS - in order to dedicate more attention and marketing resources to Turbosound's distributors in this rapidly expanding region.

These strategic moves reflect Turbosound's growing customer base, fuelled by the company's expanding product portfolio, which now ranges from the flagship Aspect series, through the QLight and QLight digital powered ranges, to the TXD and TCS musician and contractor products. The changes also reinforce Turbosound's approach of ensuring that each major territory is managed by a dedicated resource, say the company.

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UK - SDD Sound & Light has today announced that it has appointed Nigel Clark its new operations manager. Nigel will oversee the company's rental activities following their expansion into its new facility in Thorpe. His duties with SDD will be to not only ensure the continued smooth running of the rental department but to manage the introduction of the many software based control systems that will be added during the coming years expansion programme.

Nigel joins the company from Siemens UK where he ran the video communications department. Prior to this, he worked for Bear Productions and was responsible for the management of the studio facilities. He brings with him a wealth of studio and live event experience coupled with extensive knowledge of the IT systems employed in the entertainment industry.

"SDD were our service partner at both Bear Productions and Siemens" s

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USA - Community has promoted Scott Deegan to the position of inside sales and operations manager. In addition to managing the inside sales force, he will be responsible for maintaining Community's high level of customer service as well as general communication, organization and customer interface for sales related issues. A graduate of North eastern University in Boston, Deegan has over three years of successful inside sales experience at Community and an outstanding track record in customer service and operations management.

"I'm glad to be a part of Community's growth and look forward to helping our customers in whatever way I can," said Deegan. "The relationships I have developed with our reps and dealers will be critical to my success in the new assignment."

"It's great to have Scott in this position," stated sales and marketing director Julia

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USA - Color Kinetics has appointed Ellen Bossert as vice-president of marketing, and says Bossert will "lead the company's worldwide marketing strategy and manage the evolution of its brand as an industry leader in intelligent solid-state lighting solutions".

"We're very pleased to welcome Ellen, who joins the company during an exciting time of growth and positioning for the future," said Bill Sims, the company's president and CEO. "We have successfully transitioned from an emerging start-up organization to a growing public concern, and the opportunity to penetrate the larger, general lighting market presents a host of new research, marketing and communications requirements. As such, Ellen's considerable expertise will help us identify these new requirements and accordingly shape the new public face of Color Kinetics and its brand."

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Germany - The EVI Audio team has been strengthened by the arrival of Klaus Heitzenröder. A graduate in musicology, he has been appointed sales manager (EAME) for Electro-Voice and Blue microphones. In recent years, he has worked as a product manager with an established microphone manufacturer, as well as helping to establish a flightcase business.

"I want to make our products even more successful in Europe, Africa and the Middle East," says Heitzenroedeer. "And I'm confident I can do it, because Electro-Voice and Blue are at the cutting edge of microphone technology and built to the very highest professional standards. Their market potential, therefore, is enormous."

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USA - ARRI Inc. has brought on board two well-regarded professionals in the lighting industry - Fred H. Horne and Mike Jones.

Jones' first step into the film business began on American Graffiti (1973), directed by George Lucas. He has since garnered three decades of experience in various areas of lighting. Jones, formerly of lighting and grip rental house 1st Unit, has joined ARRI in the newly created position of technical sales representative. Based out of the Burbank, CA office, his duties include sales, product development, evaluation and troubleshooting. Says Jones: "Working for ARRI is the best place to utilize my talents and apply the knowledge that I have accumulated over the last 30 years."

Horne is now a part of the ARRI Blauvelt, NY team, working as the Northeast lighting sales manager. The position was previously held by Roger Dean, who now covers t

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