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SVC BlogrollThe Buzz: Newsmakers
Jan 31, 2009 12:00 PM
February 2008
Ross Video expands its presence in Mexico with the appointment of Santiago Sanchez as regional sales manager. … EditShare announces the launch of its new European-based manufacturers’ facility in Swindon, U.K. … Show Support (part of the XL Group of companies) announces the appointment of Nick Hart as business development manager. … Electrograph appoints Maryjane Fanizzi into the newly created role of vice president of operations and the company also offers JBL Pro's Control line of loudspeakers. … Symetrix appoints EDA Pro Group of Snellville, Ga., to represent all of its product lines in the Southeast United States. … Bitcentral announces that Mauro Dresti has joined the company as vice president of product management. … Company 3 has hired Bruce Lomet as a director of production, feature film services. … Solid State Logic announces the appointment of Simon Jacobs to the position of product specialist. … Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announces several promotions, including Jason Oxman to senior vice president of industry affairs, John Tunnell’s elevation to vice president of member relations, Annemarie Ramirez moving to senior vice president of human resources, and Laura Hudson adding the title of corporate secretary to her position as manager, office of the president.
David Shepard of Cabletime
Cabletime appoints David Shepherd as vice president sales for the U.S. …Cine-tal Systems appoints Glen Green to the post of vice president of sales. … EAW has appointed inventory and warehouse management veteran Leslie Faretty to the position of inventory manager, while Marshank Sales has been appointed the new EAW independent sales representative for Southern California and Southern Nevada (Las Vegas). … Sennheiser announces the launch of its Japan subsidiary, Sennheiser Japan KK. … MESoft brings on Linda White as vice president of sales. … ITN Source, a division of the British broadcaster ITN, has hired Ian CheeWah to lead its U.S. operations. … MTI Film adds Chris Gregory to their team as the director of sales and marketing of worldwide markets. … Meyer Sound announces that Reinel Adajar has been appointed to the position of public relations associate, while Lee Moro has joined the company as Nashville operations and touring support. … Ultralink/XLO appoints Vista Pacific Group as their new manufacturer's representative in the Southern California territory. … NEC Display Solutions announces that Executive Vice President Pierre Richer has been named a 2008 Channel Chief by CRN Magazine, as was Bob Nahorski of Tripp Lite.
January 2008
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation expands the responsibilities of Scott Houston to include managing the MKE microphone series as well as broadcast boomsets. … Richard Gray’s Power Company announces the promotion of Rick Komendera to president. … Terry Mrakovich, managing director of The Susquehanna Group; Deb Britton, vice president and co-owner of K2 Audio; Richard Closs, systems group director at Acentech Incorporated; and Jerrold Stevens, senior consultant at PMK Consultants are selected to serve two-year terms on the NSCA Consultants Council. … Atlas names Mike McCormick as its new Eastern regional sales manager. … QSC celebrates their 40th anniversary at Winter NAMM 2008. … Working in conjunction with the NSCA Education Foundation, Bosch Communications Systems offers a pair of $2,500 scholarships in memory of Robert Bosch. In addition to these scholarships, Bosch renews its commitment to the NSCA Education Foundation President’s Club, which will endow a portion of its future scholarship contributions.
Tim Martin of Auralex Acoustics
Stefan Yost has been named as new vice president of sales for NSCA. … The Da-Lite Home Theater Sales Representative of the Year Award goes to Tony LoPresti and the entire network sales and marketing team, in recognition of their continued efforts to expand the brand within the home theater market. … Lisa K. Prentice is named the new vice president of finance for InFocus, and pending regulatory filing, will be named chief financial officer. … AMX announces that Cardone, Solomon & Associates will be primarily responsible for supporting AMX sales efforts on the East Coast. … Auralex Acoustics names Tim Martin director of sales of the company's growing sales team. … Broadcast Pix announces the promotion of video industry veteran Arco Groenenberg to director of sales for North America. … Cine-tal Systems moves into its new headquarters in Indianapolis. … Christie appoints Frank Anzures to product manager, LCD and Joel St-Denis to value-add product manager in its business products division. … Blake Augsburger, president & chief executive officer of the Harman Pro Group, is expanding his responsibilities by assuming the newly created position of Country Manager - Harman USA.
December 2007
The EDGE Distributors Group votes President Mike Hench in for another two-year term, while Brett Neiderman is appointed vice president. … Gerald Stanley, Crown International's senior vice president of research, is selected by the Audio Engineering Society's awards committee and board of governors to receive the AES Fellowship Award in 2008. … Liberty Wire & Cable announces the appointment of Kirk Horlbeck as chairman of the manufacturer’s council of InfoComm International.
Gepco International mourns the passing of long-time employee Steve Kusiciel. … Symetrix has named S-Wave Marketing their international rep of the year. … Solo has named Jeff Diehl Senior Director of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Sales. … QSC has named Dale Sandberg as its new senior product manager. … Digimarc and Nielsen are partnering on a new digital watermarking service for the Internet. … Crown International is a tour site for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2007 International Conference in Chicago.
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