Dear Reality CEO Uwe Cremering, Achim Fell & Christian Sander; Elation Professional’s Grant Geiselman.Specialist. As part of his role, he will assist in project management,
installation and customer support of new theatrical lighting system install
projects and renovations.
“Jesse brings years of permanent AVL installation experience to the team
and will immediately lead another crew to ser vice the multiple ongoing
projects we have,” said Chris Barbee, Bandit Lites Director of Sales and
Installations. “He is a ver y welcomed addition to an incredibly busy time of
growth.”
Chauvet has appointed Chromasound Plc as the distributor of its
products in Hungr y. The company will be representing the Chauvet
Professional, Chauvet DJ, and ChamSys lines of products.
“We’re extremely excited to welcome Chromasound on board,” said
Stéphane Gressier, International Sales Director of Chauvet. “Our company
has made a major commitment to this market, and it’s great to have a
ser vice-driven, professional organization like Chromasound representing
us. Working together, we will build on the momentum we’ve established in
Hungr y.”
Sebastian Hayer has joined the dBTechnologies team in Cologne as
Sales and Brand Manager for the RCF brand. Drawing on many years of
experience with Cologne-based provider of musical instruments and
equipment Music Store Professional, he is an expert in the industr y.
“With his many years of experience in purchasing and sales, Sebastian is
the perfect choice for the Sales & Brand Manager RCF,” said the company’s
Managing Director, Arne Deterts. “He knows the customers and their needs
as good as the sales business, and I am sure that the team will benefit from
his experience.”
Sennheiser has taken a majority shareholding in Dear Reality GmbH.
The expert in spatial audio algorithms and VR/AR audio software will
continue to operate as a separate company based in Düsseldorf, offering
both its existing dearVR products and new joint VR/AR workflows in
cooperation with Sennheiser. Uwe Cremering, responsible for AMBEO
Immersive Audio at Sennheiser, will support the company as a third CEO
alongside founders Achim Fell and Christian Sander.
“For us, 3D audio is the future. With AMBEO, Sennheiser is active
in all areas of immersive audio production, from the initial recording
to mixing and processing and, finally, reproduction,” said co-CEO Dr.
Andreas Sennheiser. “Audio software is an important building block in this
production chain, especially as regards VR/AR applications.”
Grant Geiselman has been appointed as the latest Elation Professional
Sales Rep Product Specialist. RL Wilson and Associates and JLH Marketing,
both independent sales representative firms based in Southern California,
are pleased to announce the hiring Geiselman as a Product Specialist to
assist both companies with product demos and overall knowledge of all
Elation Professional product lines.
“Grant brings with him valuable knowledge about multiple aspects
of the industr y and we are extremely pleased to have him join our team,”
commented RL Wilson & Associates’ Richard Wilson and JLH Marketing’sJim Harrington in a joint statement. “He has extensive knowledge of both
lighting fixtures and control platforms and will be an invaluable asset to
both of us, as well as our dealer network.”
Luis Steffen will join the eps australia team as COO on 1 September, 2019.
With a focus on operations, he will take care of project implementation,
reporting, warehouse optimisation and strategic orientation.
“I am ver y excited to contribute my knowledge and experience in a
completely new countr y and environment,” he said about his new position.
“I am looking forward to taking the next step with eps australia and working
with a motivated and experienced team to build the future.”
Eventec has been appointed as PR Lighting’s new exclusive Australian
distributor. According to Eventec MD, Emanuel Maniatis: “Given the prior
relationship between PR Lighting, and notably Sasha Xiong, with myself and
our operations manager Yan Shao, it seemed obvious that Eventec would be
in an excellent position to bring PR Lighting back to Australia.”
Xiong herself said she was “thrilled” by the new relationship. “Emanuel
Maniatis is an old friend of PR Lighting, and his extensive knowledge about
our products, the industr y and the market trends makes this an ideal
partnership.”
The Focusrite Group, which comprises Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation
and Ampify Music, has acquired leading Berlin-based studio monitor
company, ADAM Audio. “I am delighted that we have an important new
addition to our family of brands,” said Focusrite Founder and Chairman Phil
Dudderidge. “With a vision to create the most holistic creative experience
for recording professionals and musicians alike, choosing the right high-
precision studio monitor brand is key. Together with ADAM Audio we can
achieve so much more, removing the technical barriers that frustrate artists
seeking to record and reveal their true sound.”
Illuminate Lighting has become one of the first companies in the UK
to take deliver y of the new LumiNode from Luminex; supplied by exclusive
UK distributor A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. LumiNode is the
next generation Ethernet to DMX family from Luminex, offering the ability
to Convert, Merge, Backup, Switch and X-Fade any incoming data to any
output.
Illuminate Lighting’s Managing Director, Jonathan Pask commented:
“I chose to invest in the new LumiNodes because they are the latest
generation from Luminex, which build on the features and reliability of the
previous generation.”
King Sound Reinforcement is pleased to announce that Richard Watts
has joined the company as Head of Sales and Installations. Having worked
at SSE Audio for 10 years, Watts is an experienced, respected and popular
figure in the industr y.
Managing Director, Paul King commented: ‘We are excited to welcome
Rich to the team and feel lucky to have such a great guy on board. We
have long sensed a real gap in the south west and have been focused on
finding the right person to head up our equipment sales operation. In Rich
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