Prior to joining Behringer, Windhorst was a sales director at Schwarzkopf Professional. He also enjoyed a 13-year career spell with Yamaha Europe, where he served in various sales and marketing positions, culminating as Yamaha's general manager, a position he held for nearly four years. In that capacity, he was primarily responsible for the sales-a
Wiseman said: "Through my career at High End Systems, I have been privileged to sell the most cutting edge technology products to the market and have built the best worldwide sales team in the lighting manufacturing industry. While it's time for my next adventure, I will maintain an on-going business relationship with the company."
CEO Frank Gordon stated: "John and I have shared a long-term professional relationship. I look forward to continuing the partnership and the expertise he brings to the company."
Wiseman remains a director on the HES Board.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
"The depth of experience, financial leadership and vision Steve brings to our management team at this important juncture of our growth plan makes this a logical next step for the company," said Stone.
D-Tools is the industry's leading provider of software solutions for audio/video and control system design, installation, job costing, project management and billing for designers and system integrators for both residential and commercial applications.
"The company has been positioning itself for enormous growth, especially in the commercial application sector, with the planned introduction of several
CEO Frank Gordon commented: "We couldn't be more pleased to have Sean back at High End. He brings years of valuable industry experience, and we welcome him to our sales team as we move further into the digital lighting market."
(Barry Howse)
"There are few people in the world that have as much knowledge and market insight in professional networked audio as Jimmy has. He knows exactly what pro audio manufacturers need to efficiently implement audio networking and remote control capabilities into their products, and he has a proven track record of creating long-term business relations, which are beneficial for all parties. We are very happy to have him on board," said Philippe Delacroix, Digigram managing director.
Kawalek added: "I am very excited to join Digigram and to be part of the EtherSound team. The more I learn about this incredible technol
Morris was VP of worldwide marketing at HES from March 2003 to March 2004. He has spent the last six months running his own marketing consulting firm based in the Austin area. Prior to his stint at High End, Morris was employed by Dell Computer Corporation and was responsible for developing and implementing Dell's software sales and marketing strategy. In earlier years, he founded and managed a marketing and public relations firm based in Dallas, Texas.
HES CEO Frank Gordon says, "We turned to Bill for this position because we recognize that he is customer-oriented, he understands the business and the direct
Schouw & Co's statement said: "Martin Professional is facing a number of vital challenges. Many new initiatives have already been launched, and several long-term measures are currently being considered. Recognising the long-term perspective of this process of change, Kristian Kolding believes that now is the time to hand over the reins to a new top executive."
Schouw & Co also expressed
HES CEO Frank Gordon comments: "I am looking forward to the synergy and leadership that Fons will bring to this sales region for High End. His 25 plus years of ind
"Mike brings over 16 years of lighting and eight years of senior executive and consulting experience with three of the largest lighting companies in the world, with emphasis in
HES chairman and founder Lowell Fowler says: "Most of the industry knows Craig and the recently-returned
Before joining Celestion, Wood served as technical and marketing manager at Icore International, a market-leading specialist engineering company, offering aerospace and industrial technical products to major OEMs. Here he was responsible for corporate engineering activities as well as being accountable for one of three internal industrial business units. Prior to this, Wood had built his career as a senior manager at two global engineering organisations, with an impressive track record introducing creative solutions to maximise efficiency and incr
Adam Pope, who has worked in a technical capacity for FX for almost six years, has been promoted to technical manager. Pope previously worked as an audio engineer in Prague, prior to that spending six years in Soundcraft's R&D department. He will be responsible for the day to day running of the technical and check-in department, liaising with suppliers' and clients' own technical staff and working with clients on special projects which involve FX in both an advisory and rentals role. Pope will also continue to offer technical support on equipment, s
Phillips was famed for his unfussy and uncluttered lighting techniques, believing that if lighting was noticed it was essentially bad lighting. During his time at the Royal Court he was given free reign to experiment with lighting, which ultimately resulted in the famous 'white light' technique where, if colour was used at all it tended to be colour correction reducing the orange cast of tungsten sources. This method aimed to retain the natural skin tone of an actors face and ensure total visual clarity of facial expression. During this period many of the Court's set designers were also dispensing with the artifice of theatre, often removing masking and leaving stage and lighting exposed. John Dexter, speaking of Phi
Anthony, now an Edinburgh based lighting designer, has attended the festival as a member of the technical crew since 1999. He was then at school in Scarborough; his home town and home of the Festival for 16 years now. Aged 21 Anthony is one of the youngest technical directors to date and comes to the position fresh from graduating from Queen Margaret's University College, Edinburgh.
Katharine has stepped down from the role she has held for over three years in order to further develop her career as a freelance lighting designer. From her base in London, Katharine has worked throughout the UK
As LOUD Technologies' EAW Commercial sales manager for the EMEA region, Bob Harrison will act as the primary contact for all EAW Commercial distributors throughout Europe and will therefore be responsible for spearheading EAW Commercial sales throughout the EMEA region.
Bob Harrison has more than 20 years of experience in the professional audio industry including a total of 17 years with Beyerdynamic UK, the distribution company of the German microphone and headphone manufacturer. The fir
(Lee Baldock)
From 1997 to 1999 Castor served as president and CEO of Precision Industrial Corporation of Montvale, New Jersey - a $200 million manufacturer of capital equipment for the metal processing industry, prior to which he was president and CEO of Hayward Industries of Elizabeth, New Jersey - one of the world's largest
Ridout is equally thrilled to join tsg, and commented: "for a long time I have respected the entertainment environments that tsg provide for its many customers, and when I heard that there was an opening at tsg, I made sure that Paul Kemp knew I was interested". The move coincided with tsg securing the media supply and installation contract across 500 stores of the female fashion giant New Look, an account that was previously
Pixel Range sales continue to be handled by Andy Walters and Ashley Lewis, and truss and lighting sales by Chris Waller and Tina Hall. John Hickinbotham should be contacted at the e-mail address given below with communications that would have previously channelled through Mervyn Thomas, say the company.
(Lee Baldock)
Jig returns to the company after three years working in IT, previous to which he worked at JTE for 20 years. He will be working alongside the sales and product development teams for both Pixel Range, and JTE's core trussing, metalwork and lighting fixture business. His focus will be on ensuring that JTE stays at the forefront of technical innovation - an element that's helped keep the company a market leader in the production industry for over 25 years.
Jig commented: "It's really great to be back. It's hugely exciting to be part of a lively and energetic team, all working together in creating a new, revitalized and highly effic
Julian Pieters joins Ampetronic from Cambridge Consultants, one of the foremost consultancies delivering turnkey product and technology development programmes. His management experience there, plus an INSEAD MBA, makes him ideally suited for his new role. Hollands, meanwhile, has a strong technical background and extensive international sales and marketing experience within the advanced technology and communications industries, working for companies such as Marconi and JDS Uniphase. During his career, he has successfully de
McMillin is a hugely experienced sound engineer with over 30 years of top flight experience under his belt. He has toured the world many times over with major rock acts such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Dio, Whitesnake, Souxsie and The Banshees and Suzanne Vega. "The last nine years have been spent touring worldwide with Deep Purple," explains Moray. "That was a wonderful experience as innovation and quality of sound is very important to the band. Consequently, I was given the opportunity
Cox has joined LBI having worked for a rental company as a lighting technician, specialising in automated lights. Before that she worked as the stage manager for the Comedy Store in London. She has a wide range of experience from running - and even performing in - cabaret shows to editing videos.
She now works for LBI as the Technical Administrator, administrating and co-ordinating installations, and various other projects, from conception to completion. LBI founder and director Roland Hemming says: "Sarah's wide ranging experience of both the creative and technical sides of the entertainment business make her ideally suited to this busy role and it's great to have her on board."
(Mike Lethby)
Claiborne is now actively expanding her coverage of product support seminars to include various lighting control systems and digital media products throughout the lightin
