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USA - Meyer Sound has named Antonio Zacarias vice-president of worldwide sales, a newly created position to supervise the company's growing sales activities and support the international and regional sales managers in servicing Meyer Sound customers around the world. Formally director of Latin American Sales at Meyer Sound, Zacarias has been instrumental in the fast expansion of the Meyer Sound Mexico office that he has headed since 1998 and will continue to oversee in his new position.

Reporting to Helen Meyer, executive vice president of the company, Zacarias is charged with all asp

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USA - Audio-Technica has promoted David Marsh to the position of director of sales and marketing, installed sound & broadcast. Marsh's appointment was announced by Michael Edwards, vice president professional markets. In his new role, David Marsh will be responsible for managing and directing all sales and marketing activities within the installed sound and broadcast markets.

Marsh has been with Audio-Technica since 2000, when he joined the company in the position of customer support representative. Over the past decade with Audio-Technica, Marsh was promoted to A-T's assistant region

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UK - Live video and AV production and rental specialist Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) has appointed Lee Gruszeckyj to boost its busy project management team. Gruszeckyj - popularly known as Lee G - will be co-ordinating a diverse range of CPL's events work, and also expanding business in the broadcast sector, where there is a healthy demand for camera crews for news shoots and commercials. He is highly respected in this area and has many contacts.

Gruszeckyj has worked in the live video production since he was 16 and has a passion and zeal for his work that is an ideal fit with CPL'

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UK - LSi has learned the sad news of the death of Jonathan Speirs, the internationally renowned architect and pioneer of architectural lighting design. Speirs died yesterday at the age of 54, after a long battle with cancer.

Speirs' career as an architectural lighting designer spanned almost 30 years and included projects across the world including Madrid's Barajas Airport, Gateshead's Millennium Bridge, Dubai's Burj Al Arab Tower, the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, The Copenhagen Opera House, the interior of St Paul's Cathedral, London and the Beijing Capital International Airport

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USA - L-Acoustics has further strengthened its commitment to the North American fixed installation market by announcing the appointments of Dan Palmer as national manager of installation projects and Andrew Nagel as head of application for the US Installation Market.

Palmer, currently in his eighth year as a member of the L-Acoustics US Team, is experienced in both the technical and business aspects of professional audio, having spearheaded numerous installation projects for the company, ranging from sports venues and themed entertainment to houses of worship and performing arts. In h

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UK - Northern Light has recently announced another two appointments that will enhance the company's installation team.

Martin Tarpy comes to Northern Light from leading installer TMC, where he had worked for more than 20 years. Tarpy will be a project manager for Northern Light and will be involved in the design and installation of lighting, sound, AV, media and stage systems across a range of Northern Light projects - beginning with a raft of schools in the Birmingham area.

Tarpy said, "After 20 years of working with TMC, I'm sure working anywhere else will be a shock to the s

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Italy - Coemar and Lightconverse have reached an agreement in support of their distribution networks and customers who decide to use a combination of the two companies' products.

The two companies guarantee the full compatibility of their devices to simplify virtual show creation and reduce programming times.

Thanks to this collaboration between Lightconverse and Coemar, the virtual lighting effects of Coemar products can be simulated at the design stage and important information can be obtained from the light designers even before the product is available on the market.

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UK - Following another year of continued growth, Pharos Architectural Controls has restructured its management team with Simon Hicks promoted to technical director and Chris Hunt, previously commercial director, taking the role of managing director.

Hunt is a founding director of Pharos and his appointment as managing director reflects his current responsibility for the management of the growing international sales team and the day-to-day operation of the company.

Hicks joined the company in 2006 as a software developer, quickly progressing to technical product manager. As technical

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USA - Meyer Sound has appointed John McMahon as executive director of operations, a newly created position effective immediately. McMahon will play a key role in aligning the long-term mission, operational goals, and expansion programs across the company, while continuing to fulfill his existing duties as executive director of digital products and managing director of Meyer Sound China.

"It's important to maintain our responsiveness in our engineering and support services as we develop more system-based products like EXP [cinema system] and Constellation [acoustic system] while e

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Sweden / China - Genelec has made a number of new sales appointments to further expand its global operations. The appointments follow sustained business growth across the product portfolio and include positions in Europe, China and South America.

Patrick Lundin has joined the Genelec sales team in Sweden as country sales manager for the newly launched range of Home Audio products. Lundin is an experienced audio sales professional and will bring a wealth of industry knowledge and local market experience to his new position.

In the Far East, Feng Haying has been appointed as the natio

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UK - Northern Light has announced the appointment of Andy Booth as the company's senior contracts manager.

Booth has been working in project management for Northern Light since December 2011 and has more than nineteen years of experience within the entertainment technology sector, gained during his time with Stage Electrics, AC Lighting, LSI Projects and P&O.

This newly created post will form a key role within the company's installations team, where Booth will take overall responsibility for managing quality and finances across all Northern Light installation projects.

Booth said,

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USA - FocusTrack, the show lighting documentation system has welcomed New York production electrician Kevin Barry, who will now be providing direct support to FocusTrack users in the US.

An IATSE Local 1, ETCP-certified electrician, Kevin Barry has worked on many of New York's biggest shows of the last decade, including The Lion King, The Boy From Oz, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot and the current hit revival of Evita. Constantly striving to apply new technology in service of maintaining the quality of the lighting on his shows, he has been a FocusTrack

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USA - Philips Entertainment has announced that Steve Carson is stepping down as the Chief Executive Officer of Philips Entertainment, and Matthijs Glastra will take over as the new CEO. Glastra joins Philips Entertainment with an 18-year executive track record in the LED, entertainment lighting and semiconductor industries, and Carson will remain with Philips Entertainment for the remainder of the year to ensure a smooth transition.

"I am thrilled to be part of this great business in an industry dear to my heart, Entertainment Lighting," said Glastra. "I would like to t

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USA - In a move to strengthen its sales and marketing operations, Philips Vari-Lite has appointed Brad Schiller as its new product marketing manager. With over 25 years of experience in the automated lighting industry, Schiller will oversee the development of the complete line of Philips Vari-Lite automated luminaires while also operating as a key contact for lighting dealers, designers and end-users worldwide.

"We are extremely excited to bring in a product marketing manager of Brad's caliber," said Bob Schacherl, Philips Vari-Lite vice-president of worldwide sales and mark

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USA - Renowned architect Hugh Hardy will give the closing speech of the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) on Monday night, 23 July at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City.

Hardy, a leader in the planning and design of active public spaces throughout North America, has been responsible for the design of numerous performance spaces including LCT3 at Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn Academy, Signature Theatre, NYC and The Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY.

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USA - Jean Lariviere has rejoined entertainment lighting manufacturer High End Systems (HES), part of the Barco group, in a new role as a regional sales manager. His assignment includes sales development for the Canada region and also select U.S. key business partner accounts. He is based at the Austin, TX headquarters.

For the past seven years, Lariviere worked with equipment brokers SHS Global, where as CTO he was responsible for sourcing product and also client technical services.

Lariviere previously worked at High End Systems from 1994-98 as a product support specialist on the

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UK - Crestron has appointed Simon Clarke to the position of marketing manager for the EMEA region. Covering all aspects of Crestron's commercial and residential activity, Clarke will be working closely with the in-house sales teams and accredited integrators on joint projects and developing new initiatives.

For over 30 years Clarke has been working on brand plans and high-level campaigns at domestic, European and EMEA level, including extensive sponsorship deals and subsequent branding and lead generation for Avaya across both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

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UK - Green Hippo is excited to introduce Mercedes Stevao-Boase as a new member of the marketing team. Mercedes joined Green Hippo as their 'Marketing Executive' and she will be responsible for increasing the brands online presence via numerous social media platforms and other tools.

Asked why she wanted to work for Green Hippo Mercedes explained: "When I first saw the advert for this job I realised it combined a number of different interests that I love. Going through the interview process the atmosphere of the office was brilliant. Everyone genuinely loved the product, what they

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South Africa - Dan Riley has confirmed his retirement from DWR Distribution. A friend to all, Dan Riley has been in the industry for over 30 years and was one of the first people in South Africa to offer sales and support for 'Rank Strand' as it was known. He has been involved with a list of prominent theatre installations and the owners of many rental companies purchased their very first lighting equipment from him.

A DWR statement says, "Dan, as most know, is the father of Duncan and Bruce Riley, who have followed in his footsteps, working in the same industry as he did, and mo

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UK - Mark Flanagan has been appointed to the position of marketing manager for TC Group's install, touring and residential brands - responsible for international marketing activity (outwith North America) across all channels for the Tannoy, White Acoustics, Lab.gruppen and Lake brands.

Reporting directly to VP of marketing, Tim Chapman, Flanagan moves into the expanded remit having spent the past four years working within the Coatbridge, Scotland-based marketing team specifically in a communications capacity - initially for Tannoy and more recently with a cross-brand remit after the m

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UK / Rusisa - GearSource Europe has appointed Irina Gromova as an area consultant for Russia and CIS countries. Irina has a long and varied background in the entertainment industry, having specialised in foreign trade for leading Russian companies over the last 10 years.

Gromova comments: "The offer made by Garry Nelsson was a challenge for me, which I accepted with enthusiasm. I have known Garry for many years, and was excited by the chance to join his professional team. The first task was to take over the existing operations of GSE in Russia and other East European and Asian co

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USA - Sensaphonics has announced the hiring of Joe Tessone as the company's new audio engineering consultant. In his role as Sensaphonics sound guy, Tessone will advise customers on the implementation of in-ear monitoring, handling questions ranging from the basic to the highly technical, helping ensure a positive IEM experience.

Joe Tessone, 27, is a 2007 graduate of the Audio Arts and Acoustics programme at Columbia College Chicago, with specialties in Audio Design and Production. In addition to his duties at Sensaphonics, he owns a commercial studio, Mystery Street Recording Compan

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Germany - In a move to strengthen the service network across Martin Professional's German-speaking markets, Martin has announced the hiring of Sabine Jörg as Martin Germany's new head of service.

Sabine, an engineer who has been working in the field of technical service for the past 15 years, including at General Electric, comes to Martin from solar panel manufacturer Sungrow where she managed the company's European service department. She heads the service department at Martin Germany and started in her new role on 15 June.

"We're committed to raising the level of service

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Switzerland - As a reaction to the continued growth of the company in Switzerland, Riedel Communications has expanded its Swiss office with the appointment of video and broadcasting specialist Erwin Engel, who will take care of the sales and rental markets in western Switzerland.

"I'm looking forward to developing new markets and expand our buisness in western Switzerland with Riedel. Riedel is a company that always amazed me in regards to technological innovations and I'm thrilled to contribute to this vision", said Engel who has more than 20 years of experience in the prof

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