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Gregor returns to Northern Light, after an absence of 12 years, as events services manager. During his time away he ran his own company - Liquid Lighting - supplying lighting to the nightclub and events industries. After a chance meeting with Northern Light's managing director, Gregor was wooed back to the company and will liaise with clients to plan the production of their events.

Ferguson joins Northern Light as marketing manager from her own freelance marketing consultancy. With experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors, Lois will put in place Northern Light's strategic marketing and communications plan and address the day to day marketing

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Kaplan brings nearly 20 years of industry experience to the role, including former sales management positions with Vossloh-Schwabe and Advance Transformer Company. She most recently served as manager, specification sales for Vossloh-Schwabe Optoelectronics.

Kaplan is actively involved as secretary of the IESNY and was Chair of the IESNY Lumen Journal from 2000 - 2003. She has presented at a number of events including Lightfair, PhiliLights, LightStock Detroit, GlobalCon, and Greenlights.

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Baum comes to Martin with 19 years of experience in the outdoor, public space lighting market. He also brings with him a wealth of international business experience. During the last five years Baum was employed by Holophane in Newark, Ohio where he held positions in marketing, product development, customer and sales training and strategic planning. His most recent position was as vice president strategic initiatives responsible for establishing initiatives geared toward growing company wide sales. Prior to Holophane, Baum spent 14 years at Ameron Pole Products in Ventura, California.

Baum started in his new position at Martin on 21April. His responsibilities in the public spaces segment are extensive and in

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Brock is a long-time Martin employee, having worked for the company since 1996. In his tenure at Martin he has worked in various regional sales manager positions, primarily in the Midwest and East Coast. In his new position as national sales director - commercial Brock oversees Martin U.S.'s commercial segment sales staff nationwide.

Prior to 1996 Jamey, a former Marine, worked as an independent sales rep. Before that he worked in the audio industry in his own rep firm. He also has experience working as a DJ in nightclubs and in local radio and has been involved in the entertainment technology industry since 1983.

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In addition to a lengthy career in manufacturing, he worked for seven years at McCune Sound Service as a sound system designer and engineer where he pioneered high-fidelity sound for SuperBowls XVII and XIX. Later, DeLoria was the system alignment engineer for seven years of the Grammys, six years of the Oscars, two Democratic National Conventions, numerous Broadway shows and more than a hundred permanent system installations.

DeLoria says: "Community has long been known as the 'go to' company for outdoor and weather resistant loudspeaker products. What's not as well k

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Both new staff members are responsible for developing and managing the hire and sales of Blackout products including starcloth, drapes and rigging, working closely with Blackout's project management team, headed by Chris Brain and Kevin Monks.

"We're delighted with the two appointments. Both staff members are very enthusiastic and have settled in well in their new roles," says Steve Tuck, managing director at Blackout Ltd. "At Blackout, every member of our team is passionate about delivering the very best in products and services."

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Matthew's extensive AV background includes working with Reflex and Steljes alike, where he gained extensive distributor and reseller experience. With a huge knowledge of system integration and technical detail at both distributor and user level, he will be a great asset to PSCo's team, say the company.

Delaney explained: "I am looking forward to working with the PSCo team as they are a company focussed on new technologies and advancing the industry with fresh ideas

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A gigging musician, McLean first started working for Yamaha Kemble upon graduating from University in 2004. Prior to the appointment within Commercial Audio, he worked in Yamaha's Central Operations department in a dealer support role. The main focus of the new position, the company says, is to create a constant first point of contact for customers for all aspects of Yamaha's Commercial Audio Business and to reinforce the 'local service, global support' promise.

This will cover all enquiries ranging from a checking sto

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Oliver originally worked for RCF and then Mackie, before joining KV2 Audio in 2003. "I thoroughly enjoyed my time with KV2 and I felt I learned a great deal from the team," he says. With KV2's move to new offices in Harrogate, he decided not to relocate.

RCF's Phil Price added: "I am really pleased to have Greg back with RCF. With the introduction of the new pro speaker products at this year's ProLight&Sound, it has become even more important to present them direct to the our clients. Greg will be offering complete loudspeaker system audio demonstrations to our client base by visiting either with on site demos or pre

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Fletcher began his career in the industry as a salesman for various professional photographic equipment suppliers, while pursuing his studies in Economics and, at the same time, got involved in stage hand work at the local IATSE. in September 1986. In 1997, he graduated from Lionel-Groulx College in Theater Production, and, in December of the same year, joined the team at Solotech as lighting spe

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A strong knowledge of paging systems, interfacing, fault-finding, problem-solving, AMX design, VoIP and vast experience with servicing most theatrical and entertainment equipment means Adam's new role as design engineer at GDS will further compliment the innovative company, which recently launched new LED products BlueBeam and BlueDome.

Director Matt Lloyd said: "Due to the ongoing development of GDS and the increased demand for its services, the company is delighted to appoint Adam, who brings

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Other changes announced for the Polch office include the promotion of Sascha Khelifa to operations director and the addition of Frank Martin as installation sales manager.

Meyer Sound says: "Sides will focus on developing resources at the German office and infusing it with more of the corporate culture of service, support, and accessibility embraced at t

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Placken comes to Meyer Sound bearing extensive experience with LCS Series products gained from his tenure working for White Radio, the Canadian distributor for what was LCS Audio's products before Meyer Sound's 2005 acquisition of the company.

"Jerry worked qui

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Having been trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Gemma has been involved in the theatre entertainment industry for over 10 years. She has extensive experience managing technical departments both onboard a multitude of Carnival cruise ships and as technical coordinator ashore in Carnival Corporation's headquarters in Miami. Subsequently, as technical sales manager for Harbour Marine Systems' Miami office, she has interacted with many cruise lines, theatre facilities and manufacturers. Her extensive experience in management and sales has given her firm foundations from which to develop this new role within Stage Technologies, say the company.

(Lee Baldock)

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"I am looking forward to this new challenge," said Sawyer. "The company has an enormously high reputation worldwide and its brands - without exception - number among the elite of global players. Another factor is that the Middle East and Africa have unbelievable potential. There's a tremendous demand in the region for high quality products and genuine know-how."

To get across Telex / EVI Audio's customer-oriented philosophy of developing products that solve real problems Tony Sawyer is counting not only upon numerou

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Fraser will be responsible for supporting dealers and prospective clients with aggregating and installing Yamaha products into complete solutions systems, and will also have a special brief to develop Yamaha's presence in the growing Church and Houses of Worship sector.

Commercial Audio's general manager, Nick Cook comments: "We are delighted to have Scott on board; his unique mix of skills and experience wil

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He had been active in the DJ and lighting industries for over 20 years, and during that time he made numerous contributions to the DJ community. "He touched a lot of lives, and was a great role model," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group.

"My brother Chuck and I have known Joey since before American DJ was started," continued Davies. "He has always been a very valued friend to our families. Joey was a very sweet and caring individual who made everyone feel at home. American DJ is a close knit company, and we're all going to miss him."

Joey Corral was 54. He leaves beh

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Ben Merrick has also joined CTI as new product development manager. Merrick has worked at the Hartford Stage Company, and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. His role at the company will be to help ensure a steady stream of new products for City Theatrical customers.

(Lee Baldock)

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Part of Barron's responsibility will be the ongoing development and sales of Kelco's 'Sensory Engineering' concept - a holistic approach to lighting, sound and aroma installations which the company says is already impacting on the leisure segment.

Kelco's MD David Kelland said: ''In order to move our company forward we felt it necessary to recruit a seasoned sales professional from within our industry. Of those we interviewed, Graham was the candidate who immediately grasped the immense power of Sensory Engineering."

''The technical sector of the leisure and entertainment business is constantly evolving and always searching for innovative, cutting-edge concepts. Sensory Eng

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Martin brings to Meyer Sound more than 12 years of experience in electronic systems sales, installations, and project management, including posts at Atlantic Audio GmbH in Düsseldorf and Neumann-Elektronik Service GmbH in Mülheim, where he gained knowledge in video, telecommunications, and security systems, as well as audio. Those positions schooled Martin in the requirements of installation projects in auditoriums, nightclubs, government buildings, transportation terminals and broadcast facilities, knowledge he is eager to share with his new customers.

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In the late 1970s and 1980s, Tony was one of the most influential lighting designers working in the nightclub and leisure industry, with his ground-breaking design for the famous Camden Palace among his achievements. From 1983 onwards, with Peter Wynne-Willson, Tony was a partner in the innovative lighting design and engineering firm, Wynne-Willson Gottelier (WWG). The company was responsible for many entertainment projects for the leisure and cruise ship industry, and for creating products such as the Razorhead moving searchlight, the Fantôme - an automated version of Robert Juliat's 2.5kW zoom profile, and of course the Catalyst system with its 'orbital movement' mirror-based projection arrangement

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Haynes starts his new position at Martin on 5 July. His responsibilities as RSM primarily cover Martin's Show, TV and Theatre segments in the central US region although he will also be involved in the Commercial and Public Spaces segments.

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Whybrow will be responsible for the broadcast facilities division that works on many projects from shoot to post, including Channel 4's fully HD show Totally Frank and the recent Isle of Wight Music Festival. Joining his current team of 56, will be Karen Hake from Dubbs and Alex Finch from TSI in bookings. The new equipment installed at Metro as part of this expansion will include major HD upgrades for the company's Avid systems, a Sony HD cam SR and Sony lenses.

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Wezorke will remain managing director of the main company, Lightpower, at the same time remaining majority shareholder of both