Commenting on the appointment, Screenco director and general manager, Graham Filmer said: "Richard represents a significant addition to the company. As senior project engineer, he will boost our concert touring expertise - a sector of the industry in which he commands enormous respect - introducing a comprehensive skill set in video graphics, screen displays and projection technology, which will add a new dimension to our touring services." Richard said he was relishing the opportunity. "I will be bringing all my experience from touring and broadcast to the source of the image Screenco."
His experience is extensive: starting as a trainee service engineer he later joined AVC in Slough and rose through the ranks of audio visual from senior technician, project manager, production manager and then technical director. In the summer of 93 he went freelance, embarking on his first music tour. Shipman took up his new position with Screenco on October 15.
(Lee Baldock)
