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ON THE MOVE
PROJECTION LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS
Analog Way marked the 10 th anniversary
of its American operations with a move
to a larger facility with a new showroom
and more space for training and education.
The new address is: Analog Way Inc., 299
Broadway, Suite 1620, New York, NY 10007.
Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announced
the appointment of Caryn Myrice
as chief financial officer. Myrice, who
brings over 20 years of finance experience
to Apollo, will oversee the accounting, reporting
and financial planning activities
for the company.
Barbizon Lighting
Company appointed
Tobin Neis
as marketing manager.
Neis takes
over for Traci Lacey,
who will be working
part-time for the
marketing team as
a marketing project Tobin Neis
coordinator. Neis, a part of the organization
for over 12 years, was responsible for
starting up the company’s Chicago office,
and is now based in Lawrence, Kan.
CD+M Lighting Design Group, LCC has
named Richard Hoyes as associate principal.
The company, with offices in Atlanta, Beijing,
Dubai, Los Angeles, New York and Orlando,
provides lighting designs for a variety of architectural
and theatrical applications.
Chauvet named
Roland Gelman as
product marketing
manager and appointed
Mike Graham
sales support
manager. Gelman
previously worked
as product manager
for Black & Decker’s
LED work lights,
rechargeable spotlights
and lanterns.
Graham held several
positions at Coemar
USA including
customer and technical
services manager
and regional
sales manager.
Electrosonic
has named Leonardo
Freitas to the
new position of associate
vice president
of product
distribution. He
will be based in
Burbank and report
to Electrosonic
Roland Gelman
Mike Graham
Leonardo Freitas
president Jim Bowie.
The company
also named Ramzi
Shakra senior marketing
manager. He
will be in charge of
the company’s marketing
efforts in the
U.S. and support
Electrosonic Group
worldwide.
Ramzi Shakra
Everlast Productions will serve as the
East Coast service center for Elation Professional,
which has started training Everlast
technicians at its factory in California.
Everlast also announced two new offices
in Tampa and Orlando.
InfoComm International
named
André LeJeune,
CTS, to a new rental
and staging staff
instructor position.
LeJeune has more
than 30 years of
staging and presentation
experience,
most recently as senior director of
André LeJeune
training at MVP International. LeJeune
has also chaired InfoComm’s professional
education and training committee (PETC)
and has written training texts and taught
industry seminars.
Intelix named
John McDowell
director of sales
for the Southern
U.S. McDowell has
20 years of experience
in commercial
A/V, working as an
installer of nightclub
systems for John McDowell
companies including High End Systems,
AMX/Synergy, Todd Communications, Vari-
Lite and JMS Marketing.
J. R. Clancy, Inc.
has hired Charles B.
Shatzkin as international
sales manager.
Shatzkin, a lighting
designer, has
more than 25 years’
experience in marketing,
sales and
public relations, Charles Shatzkin
plus experience in technical theatre.
Ocean Optics said TMB will distribute its
line of SeaChanger Color Engine products in
the Pacific Rim. Ocean Optics also appointed
lighting designer and consultant Tom Stanziano
to the position of sales specialist for its
Thin Films divisions’ SeaChanger products.
Stanziano has designed lighting systems for
churches across the country and served as LD
for Joel Osteen Ministries at the Lakewood
Church in Houston, Tex.
Staco Energy Products Company has
named Chuck Gougler marketing manager
and hired Judy Poettinger as purchasing
manager. Gougler, a five-year veteran
with the company, will be responsible for all
worldwide marketing, advertising and communications.
Poettinger comes to Staco from
American Honda Motor Company.
StageLight has
named Murl “Rudi”
Aldridge project developer/manager
for
the company’s Nashville
Office. Aldridge
has served on the
staff of the Tennessee
Performing Arts
Center, was technical
director for Vanderbilt University’s Martha
Rudi Aldridge
Rivers Ingram Center for the Performing Arts
and has worked with other Nashville arts organizations
including Tennessee Repertory
Theatre, Nashville Opera, Mockingbird Public
Theatre and Acme Moving Group.
Stardraw.com
appointed Joel
Schwartz as business
development
manager for North
America. Schwartz
has 30 years experience
in information
technology and the
consumer electronics,
Joel Schwartz
custom installation, commercial audio-
visual and healthcare industries, including
senior positions with Harman International
and Mordaunt-Short.
Vari-Lite has named DWR Distribution
as its distributor for South Africa.
Venture Lighting North America
has named Amanda Foust sales training
coordinator and director of the Venture
Lighting Institute (VLI). Foust had spent
two years as regional sales manager for
Venture Lighting International.
Musson Theatrical, Inc. recently expanded
into a new 35,000-square-foot
space at its existing facility. The company
said the new space would allow it to expand
its departments handling custom
scenic fabrication and painting.
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Philips Color Kinetics has appointed
Ken Romaine as sales manager for the New
York City region, where he’ll oversee the
organization’s Manhattan showroom. Romaine
has more than 30 years experience
in sales, design and technical roles within
the entertainment lighting industry, including
posts with Production Arts, PRG,
VLPS and Barco.
The Proel Group opened a new 13,000
square-meter logistics hub, part of the ongoing
expansion of the headquarter facilities
in Sant Omero, Italy.
Rich Rowley, left, with XL Video MD Lee Spencer
XL Video announced the formation of a
new division, XL Events, which has been created
by consolidating the corporate division of XL
Video and AV specialists Show Support. Located
in Bromsgrove, U.K. and Hemel Hempstead,
U.K., the division will be headed by Rich Rowley,
who will oversee a team of 23 associates.
XLNT Advanced Technologies has
named Hoist UK as its sales distributor
for CyberHoist motion control products
in the U.K.
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