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Finland - Genelec has welcomed two highly respected industry figures to its sales team in the shape of new international sales director Ole Jensen, and sales manager Jonas Olsen. The two men arrive with more than 50 years of combined experience across the professional monitor and AV markets.

Jensen is a well-recognised figure within the professional audio market, having most recently led the worldwide distribution of Dynaudio Pro. Over the course of more than three decades he has held a succession of high profile sales and distribution roles including an early post at Yamaha, followed by a long period of service with TC Group, during which he became VP of sales for broadcast and production. He was also responsible for the development of the company's European pro audio distribution network. In his new role, Jensen will develop and support Genelec's international network of sal

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UK - Solid State Logic has announced three key new appointments to its product management team as part of its strategy to accelerate the development of new products and updates for current ones.

John Hourihane is the new director of product management for SSL and becomes part of the senior management team. He has extensive experience in product management with Harman Professional, Gibson Brands, Stanton Group, and iZotope. Hourihane will oversee product management for all three of SSL's primary markets - studio, broadcast, and live.

Richard Ferriday joins SSL as product manager, live. Previously with LMC, Midas Klark Teknik, and Cadac, Ferriday is well known as an innovator in live sound technology and will continue to develop SSL's growing Live product range. Ferriday teams up with Nathan Hernando who, as business development manager, has done much to develop SSL's Live b

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Europe - Peerless-AV has announced the appointment of Thomas Ast as area manager - partnerships for DACH to the growing export sales team. In his role, Thomas will report to Stefan Kr

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USA - MUSIC has implemented the first of its many plans to win the installed sound market. The company has appointed Jason Bethune as director of business development USA, and Stephan Grawe to the position of director of business development EMEA.

Bethune and Grawe will work directly with Van Williamson, who was most recently appointed as MUSIC's VP of installed sound. Together they will be working with business partners to ensure MUSIC are as customer centric as possible.

"I love MUSIC's obsession for customer experience, innovation and dedication to make a difference! We are laying the foundations for MUSIC to develop the most outstanding product solutions by involving users at every stage of product development, "comments Bethune

Grawe adds: "As well as our focus on customer engagement we will be strengthening MUSIC's market expansion and to do this we will continue

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USA - Jim Mack (Teac America, PreSonus, SaneWave, Tascam, Alesis) has joined the Ashly Audio team in Webster, New York as CEO. He will report directly to Marty Szpiro, president & CEO of Jam Industries, Ashly's parent company.

"On top of being a great person to work with, Jim has a depth and breadth of experience that makes him a real asset to Ashly, especially at this moment in Ashly's history," explained Szpiro. "He has proven people and recruiting skills, and a tactician's instinct for the right moves at the right times. Ashly is an essential and strategic asset in Jam Industries' portfolio, and we're thrilled to have Jim on the Ashly team."

Mack began his career in the mid-1980s as a sales rep for Sound Marketing, a position he held for a decade before transitioning to management-level positions in Alesis, Tascam, SaneWave and Teac America. In addition, he served as CE

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Italy - Powersoft has announced escalated efforts for the division responsible for the Deva family of products. With immediate effect, Karl Kahlau, one of the company's most senior and experienced managers, relinquishes his post as regional sales account manager (EMEA and India) to head the new initiative as executive director, Deva.

The heavy focus on Deva has been brought about to maximise the potential of an industry-unique IoT product, encapsulating a wide array of technical and functional features. The core of the system is a fully captive self-powered audio system, a high-definition video camera, a motion-sensor for triggering various functions and a high-powered LED light for night surveillance.

Kahlau, along with the Powersoft Deva team, will set out to reform the global sales and support organisation for the product. Preparations for the next step in Deva's evolut

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UK - Marking the company's ongoing growth, Symphotech has welcomed four event safety and fire safety professionals as the company looks forward to a busy year.

Chartered safety and health practitioner, Eddy Grant, joins the North West office as a legal and safety consultant. With over 30 years of industry experience, Eddy has worked with the Event Industry Forum and HSE to produce the new Purple Guide and has overseen health and safety on a variety of events including The London 2012 Summer Olympics, the Tour de France 2014, and was employed by Liverpool City Council to deliver the city's 2008 Capital of Culture programme.

Also joining the North West office is Graham Picken as safety consultant. A former member of Merseyside Police, Graham was part of the major events planning team and became lead logistics officer for Aintree Grand National Planning Teams and the lead pla

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USA - EAW has named Louie King marketing & communications manager. King is tasked with managing EAW's worldwide marketing initiatives including advertising, branding, communications and digital marketing.

The announcement was made by Adam Shulman, director of marketing and applications engineering. Shulman explains, "Louie brings a wealth of experience to this position with his diverse background in marketing. I know he will use his more than 20 years of experience to expand EAW's brand and visibility worldwide."

Prior to joining EAW, King served as director of marketing at the Brain Injury Association of MA and was project manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance company. King received his MBA from the University of Phoenix and completed his undergraduate work at Atlantic Union College.

"I am very excited to join the incredibly talented group of individuals that make u

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UK - Digital Projection has announced the appointment of Simon Hutchinson to the position of sales manager, UK & Ireland. Based primarily at the company's Manchester headquarters, Simon's appointment is effective immediately. A seasoned industry professional of 20 years, he brings a wealth of AV industry experience alongside intimate knowledge of the channel from end user right up to vendor verticals to this key position.

Simon joined Digital Projection from SCC, where he was AV sales specialist manager. Prior to that, he occupied a number of account manager roles with both manufacturers and integrators - ranging from Epson, to some major AV integrators in the UK such as AVMI, GV Multimedia and Roche Audio Visual.

At Digital Projection, Simon will assume responsibility for overseeing and developing the business in the UK & Ireland. With the company firmly established in th

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Sweden - Dataton has announced the appointment of David Aleksandersen as marketing manager. Aleksandersen will be responsible for the alignment of marketing activities to "further strengthen Dataton's leading position in the visitor experience market".

"I'm thrilled to join such an exciting company as Dataton. It is an innovative company with great products, traditions and ambitions for the future. I am looking forward to contributing to Dataton's vision and global growth," comments Aleksandersen.

David Aleksandersen has a strong track record in the AV and visualization industry, with experience from roles in sales, marketing and executive management at companies such as projectiondesign, Barco and Smart Simulation. Aleksandersen's most recent position before joining Dataton was as CEO of Smart Simulation, Norway.

Lars Sandlund, CEO, Dataton, says, "We're delighted to

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USA - Apollo Design Technology, Inc. has announced the appointment of Aaron Creps as a production technician. In this role, Creps is responsible for the assembly and testing of mechanical and electronic subassemblies and products including precision calibration. He will also provide technical assistance to internal personnel and customers.

"Aaron brings great technical skills and a strong mechanical background to the Apollo team," said Mr. Joel Nichols, president of Apollo Design. Prior to joining Apollo Design Technology, Creps worked at Fort Wayne Nissan in the service department. He holds a Technical Certificate from Universal Technical Institute. "I'm excited to join Apollo," said Creps. "It's a great opportunity to grow my mechanical and technical skills while working with a fun group of people."

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Germany/UK - Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. has announced the retirement of Paul Whiting, president of strategic collaborations. A familiar face in the audio industry, Paul leaves Sennheiser enjoying a much higher profile in the professional audio, consumer and integrated systems industries than it did when he joined the company more than 25 years ago.

Paul began his career with Sennheiser in 1990, after 15 years with former UK partner Hayden Laboratories, which saw him establish a Sennheiser pro-audio network in the UK and head the company's professional division as sales and marketing manager.

On joining Sennheiser he helped establish Sennheiser UK as a wholly owned subsidiary and, as managing director, oversaw the company's continued UK expansion. His exceptional technical and organisational skills saw him being promoted to vice-president North West Europe. In 2007, h

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USA - ETC has promoted Ned Keitt-Pride to the role of power controls product manager. In his new role, Keitt-Pride will work with ETC's power controls development team to bring new products to the industry, and he will be responsible for promoting those products and educating end users.

He is stepping into the position that Jake Dunnum held for nine years, following the announcement that Dunnum is ETC's new general manager of automated lighting.

"Ned brings a unique skillset and enthusiasm to our department," says vice president of marketing David Lincecum. "His extensive experience in the industry and his dedicated years of service with ETC will be a big asset to our product strategy. I'm confident that he will continue the progress that Jake and our power-controls team have made to transform our product line into an industry leader."

Keitt-Pride started at ETC in 200

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USA - For the past several years, Tour Supply has been building their Playback Control systems with long-time partner, William 'Viggy' Vignola. Most of today's major touring artists are running backing tracks. Often it's a small component to the show; other times it can be the mainstay of a live performance. Having a reliable and consistent way to play these tracks every night can be a significant issue for many productions.

Playback Control from Tour Supply is a fully redundant solution, operating on dual MacBook computers running Motu's Digital Performer backbone. The systems are methodically assembled, both in touring rigs with ATA style cases, and as "fly rigs" that live inside a Pelican case and meet the 70-pound max weight. Viggy Vignola is the architect of Playback Control and is now entrenched at Tour Supply on a full-time basis to expand this division.

Having spen

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UK - d3 Technologies has appointed Joe Bleasdale as the new Training Manager at d3's head office in Borough, London.

Working with d3's three regional teams; EMEA, APAC and the America's, Joe's focus will be to build on the existing training programme, organise and deliver d3 training courses, as well as growing the training network worldwide.

Joe will report directly into Fernando Kufer, d3 Technologies' General Manager who has been with the company for the last 6 months. "Having seen exceptional growth in the past year, we are looking to grow our training and support functions and Joe will be an integral part to the development of this" says Kufer.

Joe has previous experience in the industry having worked as a freelance Lighting and Video Programmer for live music and broadcast. He also brings to the company a wealth of experience running training for some leading ind

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USA - The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), the not-for-profit organization of broadcast and media industry suppliers, formed to promote open standards and interoperability in the transition to IP, has appointed its board and the chairs and deputy chairs for its newly formed marketing and technical working groups.

The AIMS board has been appointed, comprising three directors, chairman Michael Cronk (SVP, strategic marketing, Grass Valley), vice-chairman Steve Reynolds (CTO, Imagine Communications) and Financial Officer Andreas Hilmer (director of marketing & communications, Lawo).

Following their appointment, the board in turn has appointed Kerry Wheeles (CTO - networking, Imagine Communications) as chair of the AIMS Technical Working Group, and Scott Barella (CTO, 5280 Broadcast) as deputy chair.

Commenting on the appointments, chairman Michael Cronk said, "I am

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UK - J&C Joel has announced three appointments as it expands its senior management team.

Nick Worton has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company's financial strategy, accounting and IT.

"Nick brings over 20 years of financial, commercial and administrative experience to J&C Joel" said James Wheelwright, CEO. "His impressive background complements J&C Joel's dedication to excellence and growth." Prior to joining J&C Joel, Nick served as director of finance of Camira Fabrics.

In addition J&C Joel has confirmed two other senior appointments - Scott Carter, operations manager for purchasing, logistics and warehouse and Matthew Oldfield who joins as manufacturing production manager. Both appointments are part of the company's commitment to improving service whilst growing both the UK and international business.

Scott brings more than si

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South Africa - Brian Madiba is a theatre crew freelancer who is passionate about running. This year will be his tenth Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon race but many are not aware of what it takes for this man to be there. A couple of friends in the industry, Alistair Kilbee from Gearhouse Splitbeam and Duncan Riley from DWR Distribution, decided to lend a hand.

Running is in Brian's family, it's what his brothers and uncles do, and the sport he has participated in for the past 27 years. He trains every day, twice a day in fact when he is not working.

Based in Johannesburg, Brian makes use of public transport to get to the Two Oceans in Cape Town. It means catching a mini bus and travelling some 1 400 kilometres.

When he arrives in Cape Town, usually on a Thursday, Brian stays in a tent in Newlands at the Runner's Village, designed to give runners who have financial const

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UK - Sound Directions Chessington based UK distributor for Active Audio, Ashly, Cambridge Sound Management, Fulcrum Acoustics and SoundTube has appointed Hanieh Motamedian in the role of business development manager.

Hanieh will be responsible for account management and sales functions in the UK market, this position arising as a result of increased sales growth and demand for Sound Directions.

Having previously been engaged in the Voice-Alarm market with Application Solutions Limited in the role of sales manager where she was responsible for sales forecasting, securing new business and providing excellent customer service, Hanieh has plenty of experience to bring to her new role at Sound Directions.

Hanieh added, "Customers can expect an excellent level of attention and service from me in my new role. My aim is to quickly analyse requirements and provide service level

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USA - DPA Microphones has promoted Christopher Spahr to VP of sales and marketing, USA, James Capparelle to marketing manager, USA, and Gabriel Antonini to national sales support/business development manager.

"We are delighted to announce these three well-deserved promotions," says Niels J°rgen Øhrgaard, EVP of sales, DPA Microphones. "DPA has enjoyed tremendous growth and success over the past few years and it is no coincidence that Christopher, James and Gabriel have all been a part of it. Their pride and passion in our products are the driving force behind everything DPA does. We look forward to their continued contributions and hard work as DPA continues to build upon its reputation as the industry's best."

As VP of sales and marketing, USA, Spahr's new role will include managing the dealer network in the East and increasing overall sales. Spahr will also be

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Canada - Richard LaBerge has joined Calibre, the British manufacturer of audio and video scaling and switching technology, as VP international sales.

LaBerge has more than 20 years' experience in business management, leadership and product development globally. LaBerge co-founded Sensio Technologies Inc., where as VP he spearheaded the company's success in licensing, business development and delivery of technologies to market. Prior to this LaBerge developed commercial marketing and lending at Desjardins. He started his career in computer programming.

Based in Montreal, Canada, LaBerge will expand Calibre's business into new markets. He will focus on increasing market share and presence in corporate AV and Calibre's existing customer base as well as growing OEM and own-label business particularly in Asia.

"LaBerge has the perfect mix of talent to lead Calibre's interna

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UK - Crestron has announced that it has promoted Phil Breitschadel to the role of European VP of sales effective 1 February. This is the second promotion for Phil in the four years that he has worked at Crestron. He began his career with the company as UK sales manager and in 2012, he was promoted to regional director - UK and Ireland. Under his tenure, the company doubled its business both in the commercial and residential markets.

In his new role, Phil will become a key member of the senior management team and will be responsible for over 70 sales personnel including all regional directors and managers. He will primarily be responsible for spearheading the company's growth plans to double in size again over the next five years. Matthew Buck will succeed Phil as UK Sales Manager.

Commenting on his promotion, Phil said "This is an amazing opportunity to lead our highly ski

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UK - Sam Simon-Norris has joined Sound Network as assistant sales manager to help the company keep up with the continuing growth over the last two years. Sam started work at Panic Music studios while studying music performance at university and developed an affinity with the technical side of sound while playing in numerous bands, gigging and recording in studios around London.

After three years at Panic he then joined LMC Audio Systems and applied his energy and enthusiasm to expanding on his audio knowledge. This included a range of interesting installations at universities around the country as well as taking popular east London venue Oval Space from their first digital desk, through to a complete digital Midas FOH/MON setup. Sam joined the DPA Microphones distributor in January and has spent his first two months networking and training, culminating in a visit to the DPA Mi

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