Systems Integration Asia – April-May 2018

Digital Projection

has a New BDM

for Middle East

Abdulrahman Aladawi

greeted by Mahew Horwood

MIDDLE EAST: Digital Projecon announced
the appointment of Abdulrahman Aladawi
to the posion of Business Development
Manager for Middle East. Based at the
Brish projecon specialist's Dubai
Experience Centre, Aladawi joined the
company in November, bringing first-hand
experience of every aspect of the channel to
the company as it strives to further grow its
burgeoning business in the region.

Abdulrahman joins Digital Projecon from
Casio Computer Co where he was Regional
Sales Manager MENA for the Digital Signage
and Projectors division over a four-year
period. Prior to that, he was Technical Sales
Engineer for AV/Broadcast with system
integrator Oasis Enterprises LLC. In addion
to his experience garnered on the
manufacturer and system integrator side, he
also worked for broadcast company Media
City Dubai as Transmission Engineer –
providing him with a solid grounding in all
aspects of the channel from end to end.

In this new role, Abdulrahman will oversee
the development of the business across the
Middle East region; a key strategic posion
given Digital Projecon's plans for growth in
those markets. Raising awareness of the
company's products and technology, he will
focus on further building relaons with
distributor and system integrator partners –
introducing them to new opportunies and
applicaons to maximize the use of the
exceponal range in the AV and broadcast
industries. As the company connues with
its ambious plans to bring its innovave
technologies to the region in response to
market demand, Abdulrahman will seek to

cement Digital Projecon's posion and

reputaon in the market, making it

synonymous with top quality professional

projecon systems.

Mahew Horwood, General Manager Middle

East at Digital Projecon, adds: “We're

delighted to welcome Abdulrahman to the

Digital Projecon team; his appointment

reinforces our commitment to supporng

growth in the Middle East region.

Abdulrahman brings extensive experience of

the region and the Audio Visual channel, and

will focus on further increasing the support

to our partners.”

“I'm thrilled to join Digital Projecon – a

company with such a strong presence and

trusted for its reliability and innovaon in

the projecon industry,” said Abdulrahman,

on his new role. “With some years of

experience in this fast-growing region, I

wanted to work for an industry leader with a

history of technological innovaon and

success stories in complex projects

worldwide for my next career move;

somewhere I could keep learning and facing

new challenges,” he adeed. “In my opinion,

Digital Projecon represents exactly this kind

of place and I'm excited to be a part of such

a dynamic organisaon and team.”

http://www.digitalprojecon.co.uk

S IA

INTERNATIONAL:

Meyer Sound appointed

Chris D'bais to the

newly created posion

of Business

Development, Oceania

and Southeast Asia.

D'bais will be based in

Brisbane, Australia and will serve as a direct

factory representave for Meyer Sound

across Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and

the Pacific Islands) mainland and marime

Southeast Asia, as well as in Taiwan and

Hong Kong.

In his new capacity, D'bais will represent

Meyer Sound by building direct relaonships

with architects, consultants, sound

designers, AV integrators and end-users

Meyer Sound Appoints

Chris D'bais as BDM

for Oceania, SEA

across the full range of professional and

commercial sound applicaons.

“In creang this posion, we are pung a

'boots-on-the-ground' factory representave

in this crical region,” says John Monio,

Director of Business Development for Meyer

Sound. “And we couldn't have found a beer

person to fill the boots than Chris D'bais. He

comes fully prepared with an in-depth

knowledge of the technologies, the Meyer

Sound product line, the markets and the key

players in the region. From day one, he is

ready to work with customers to develop

comprehensive soluons across the full range

of audio applicaons, no maer how large or

challenging the project.”

Chris brings to his new posion more than 16

years of experience in audio producon and

technical management, most recently as

sales and business development manager for

Meyer Sound's former distributor for

Australia. Prior to that post, D'bais served in

technical and venue operaons management

posions at events, arts and cultural centers

in Australia and the UK, including venue

operaons manager for the Arts Centre Gold

Coast. His extensive training encompasses

technical producon, lighng and rigging,

and also includes cerficaon as a Meyer

Sound SIM and CueStaon operator.

“I'm humbled and excited at this new

opportunity,” says D'bais. “I've always

admired Meyer Sound as an extraordinary,

soluons-based company. The people here

know how to listen to customers, to

understand all the issues, and then to forge

comprehensive soluons that are oen well

beyond the capacity of other loudspeaker

makers. It's not about pushing boxes out the

door; it's about doing the best for every

customer and constantly pushing the

envelope of audio technology.”

D'bais plans to contribute to what he sees as

a me of significant growth potenal for

Meyer Sound across the region. “The

installaon market offers tremendous

promise for the expanding line of

IntelligentDC products,” he says. “Customers

in this region are looking for higher quality

sound in all public spaces – from restaurants

and art galleries to showrooms and cinemas.

I also expect to see many more Constellaon

[acve acouscs] installaons, not just in

performance halls but also in educaonal,

corporate and hospitality projects.

http://www.meyersound.com

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