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Collings is responsible for improving systems and streamlining company processes before taking Sunbaba into new marketplaces. "It is great to be working with such a well know and vibrant company who are highly respected within the industry," he says. "I will be working between the Cambridge and London offices primarily implementing new communication strategies and IT infrastructure before taking the company into pastures new."

Jemma Syms has joined as an account executive on a year work placement from an Event Management degree at Leeds Metropolitan University.

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In his new position, Donovan will work closely with Shannon and the rest of the sales team, serving as Audio-Technica's primary technical resource for installed sound contractors, consultants and architects.

"On behalf of the Audio-Technica sales department, I welcome Mark to the team," stated Shannon. "Mark has a true passion for audio and a wealth of experience, and we look forward to working with him to continue to penetrate the installed sound market sector. He is a real asset to A-T and our customers, and we are lucky to have him on board."

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Garg comes to Harman with 22 years of experience at Bhartia Cutler Hammer, a switchgear company, and most recently Bose India, where he was the head of the Professional Division for sales for the past 12 years. At Harman, he will work with his team to generate demand in India for Harman Professional products across all markets - including MI, broadcast/recording, cinema, tour-sound and more - using various sales, channel network and business development strategies.

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Chaos' London based operation offers full production support, including equipment inventory and technical support.

Former head of European sales for Total Fabrications, Gary White has a broad production background, ranging from theatre, to television, to corporate conferences, to touring and finally founding his own full technical production company, creating live events for blue chip clients.

White comments, "This is a major investment for the company. There is no doubt that the market in the UK and Europe continues to grow. All of the core skills I acquired in the entertainmen

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The certification indicates proficiency in the use of counterweight, mechanical, and hydraulic systems installed in theatres. ETCP riggers also understand the health and safety issues involved in the use of theatre rigging, as well as Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requirements for the use, maintenance and inspection of rigging.

Formerly the assistant technical director for the New York City Opera, Cox joined the Clancy staff in 2008. She now oversees the in-house completion of large contract projects, spending the bulk of her time at customer sites.

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"Regardless of the project, Tomcat is committed to providing innovative products and innovative solutions to serve the challenging needs of our customers, and to make that happen we make sure we have the best people on board" said Stefano Rossellini, CEO.

"We are very excited to have Fernando on Tomcat's team and are confident in his leadership. He is a professional with valuable knowledge of supply chain, lean warehousing, stamping operations, welding operations, assembly operations, and human resources."

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For the past 10 years Jim has been in business outsourcing, distribution, manufacturing and channel sales where he was responsible for national sales for two separate companies in the consumer electronics, satellite, and wireless internet industry.

"I am excited to be joining the Wybron team, especially when Wybron's cutting-edge technology and innovations are needed more than ever in today's industry," Koza says. "I look forward to supporting our client partners with all their lighting needs."

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"Having been in the AV industry for some time, I have always had a great deal of respect for PSCo and the incredible innovation they continue to bring to the UK rental market," says Billings. "While my role encompasses the whole of the UK, my focus to begin with will be on PSCo's Northern territories; with the office in Birmingham and our extensive fleet of quality products, we are in a better position than ever to deliver in these areas and I look forward to developing good relationships with our e

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Perez, a veteran with more than 15 years in the audio field, is a recognised professional in the television and audio industry in Puerto Rico. His role in this new position is to support Soundcraft and Studer distributors in the region in all matters related to digital audio consoles. He will report to Jaime Albors, senior director of sales intercontinental, Harman Professional and will operate from the company's Intercontinental sales office in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Perez joins Harman Professional from Univision Puerto Rico, a network affiliate from the Univision Network in the United States. Perez was the head audio engineer of the production department and had the responsibility of working with the engineering department to design, select a

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This operation offers a bespoke service according to the needs of the client, but the primary objective is to leverage contacts and market knowledge to increase sales in countries within EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). The service is particularly useful to the smaller company that may not have sufficient resources to devote dedicated manpower to improve the results in developing markets, says Hollebone. However, it has relevance to any organisation experiencing patchy results and under-performing resellers or distributors.

Hollebone has had recent experience in Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe and surrounding areas but has operated throughout Europe for many years. Those former countries require a different approach b

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Matthew Teevan, interim managing director of Projecta stated,"Mr. Lormans brings extensive operational, engineering and sales and marketing experience to the position; skill sets that will benefit the entire organisation as well as Projecta's clients."

Lormans was most recently worldwide sales and marketing director for Graco; he was based in the United States for his assignment. Prior to his executive role at Graco, he held positions in manufacturing, engineering, logistics and managed an international acquisition for Graco's European division.

Matthew Teevan who has served as the interim MD of Projecta since May 2009, will continue at Projecta as part of the management team in a senior sales and marketing role.

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Almond, formerly head of marketing for Studiomaster, assumes responsibility for the marketing of the three brands throughout Europe with immediate effect. Almond's new role will see him oversee the group's promotional activities across the professional audio, live sound, theatre sound, AV and event production and MI sectors.

The new position is "a key aspect of group strategy", as Cadac establishes itself, with a wider product portfolio, beyond its traditional market leading position in theatre mixing consoles, and as Studiomaster re-establishes a prominent position in professional and MI PA, and commercial audio markets.

An effective relaunch of the Carlsbro brand is scheduled for next year'

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Adamson is gearing to expand its US market share by strengthening its support for existing users, by building a strong national sales network and support body with a dedicated person at the helm, says the company.

Bosaw will be preparing the stage for the upcoming, and yet unannounced release date of Adamson's new product series, "expected to take the market by storm".

"First we let the products speak for themselves, but the relationships and a support system are at minimum as important. As a person of character, and with the right experience, Jon Bosaw will be an asset to Adamson's US operations." comments Jesse Adamson, Adamson's director of marketing and sales.

"Adamson has always been as

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Vallaster will work on major project development, strengthening and setting up further distribution channels and support networks in regions where Anolis has ongoing and future business. He brings over 25 years of lighting industry experience to the equation, including time working high profile players like Zumbotel, WILA and TIR Systems.

Says Anolis director John Saunders, "Anolis has enjoyed rapid progression in 2010 and I am delighted to welcome Alfred to our international team. We have been looking for someone with his vast knowledge for some time now, and this enables us to continue with our development plans. His lighting industry expertise is first class and his work with and under

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Richard Woodward has joined DBpixelhouse, which is DB's content building division. In addition, Alex Copson and Nick Beard have both been promoted to the DB project management department with responsibility for liaising with a variety of organiser and agency clients. Usama Dafaalla is been appointed Logistics Coordinator and will work alongside Mark Danvers, Operations Director.

David Bulley, said: "We are about to embark on a very busy few months, which will see us servicing clients at over 30 events and exhibitions events in the UK and throughout Europe. These guys will be in the deep end but I have no doubt that they will rise to the challenge of working for a global leader in IT & AV rental.

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Yvonne Vriesen has found a new challenge outside the entertainment business and has left Prolyte after seven years' service.

The recently returned Date Jonkman, in addition to his function as account manager for Latin Europe, has been appointed account manager for Germany, where he will gradually take over responsibility from Peter Draaisma.

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"As the company continues to be successful, it's important that we invest in the right personnel to facilitate further growth" Commented Nigel Wood, Celestion managing director.

"Ken offers a wealth of experience and knowledge within the audio industry, and of loudspeakers in particular. Bringing Ken on board enables us to strengthen our product management capability and will help drive the business forward through the development of a new generation of innovative and market-leading new products."

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Kirby has been with Renkus-Heinz for five years, most recently as vice president of operations, and previously as national sales manager. A pro audio veteran, his resume includes stints at Turbosound and BSS Audio and before that several years as a live sound engineer. In his new position, he will be responsible for the direction and coordination of all sales and marketing activities, as well as overseeing product management, and supporting the company's growing application engineering department.

"Rik is truly the ideal candidate to lead the company's sales and marketing efforts," says Harro Heinz, Renkus-Heinz founder and president. "He brings many years of experience and dedication to the position, and we are confident that under his leaders

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Well-known lighting industry figure Spantax (Thor-André Sæther) has joined the company's UK sales department with immediate effect. Spantax will use his wealth of experience to look after technical sales for the Chroma-Q and GLP product ranges in the UK market.

His skillset includes working extensively with the Chroma-Q, Jands Vista and Robe product ranges in freelance lighting design and technician, dealer sales, rental, production, repairs and technical support manager roles for companies including Live Technic and Norsk Sceneteknikk As.

Also, AC-ET has appointed Isabel Gonzalez as marketing manager. Gonzalez has over 18 years' experience within a wide range of industries including FM

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"Twenty-five years is a long time and obviously there has been a lot of growth and a lot of changes," she notes. "I remember our first exhibition, which was in London. Our stand was so small we could hardly fit two people in it."

Melholt started as an assistant in bookkeeping before moving into purchasing and eventually customer service. She began at the company 10 years before even the milestone MAC 500 and MAC 600 were launched, and two years before the company name was changed to Martin Professional.

"You don't stay at a company so long if

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In 2007 the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA) introduced the National Rigging Certificate to formalise an assessment of competency in the rigging sector of the entertainment industry.

The NRC Level 3 standard is currently the highest recognised measurement of competency for rigging in the entertainment industry and reinforces the company's commitment to maintaining high levels of competency, service and safety.

Also part of Hawthorn's ongoing pledge to training and development, they supported the first ever PLASA International Rigging Conference which took place alongside this year's PLASA 2010 Show.

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Alan Jacobi, managing director of Unusual Rigging, says, "We've worked with Mark on many occasions over the years and his understanding and knowledge of technical theatre adds even greater strength to our team. His experience enables us now to broaden our design and consultancy services to clients who do not have

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Pelmelle's role will be to develop APG's business in France; that is, to increase market share and to put in place and nurture the networks of APG technical specialists, rental and sales partners that will make this possible. Sales development will be focused on the new generation products such as Uniline, SMX15, DX12 & DX15, and TB Subs with particular emphasis on the live market.

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Haak brings 17 years of experience in the telecom and datacom sectors to Ateis. His knowledge of the IT market will be invaluable in combining IP interactivity and control with established integrated audio networking technologies, which are key to Ateis' on-going product development.

Haak plans to get the Ateis message out to the marketplace not just through its network of distribution and technology partners but also by using regular product training sessions combined with dedicated technical systems support.

"I'm really thrilled to be working with such a forward