Systems Integration Asia – April-May 2018

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NMK Wins Williams


Sound Award for 2017
MIDDLE EAST: Williams Sound, global
designer and manufacturer of wireless
communicaon technology, celebrated its
2017 internaonal sales award winners at
ISE 2018 in Amsterdam.
Dubai-based audio distribuon major NMK
Electronics has been honoured with the
company's 2017 Internaonal Distributor of
the Year Award was NMK Electronics.
Headquartered in Dubai, NMK has been
William Sound's exclusive distribuon
partner in the Middle East since 205.

“The enre NMK team did an outstanding
job on several significant projects in 2017,
covering most of the Middle East,” noted
Per Persson, Director of Internaonal Sales
for Williams Sound. “Not only have they
dramacally increased sales numbers, they
have also raised brand awareness in the
region by hosng educaonal and
networking efforts such as the NMK
Academy. NMK is well posioned for future
growth, and I am excited to connue
working with them as we expand our
offerings.”

Adds Persson, “Congratulaons to NMK on
their achievement. We at Williams Sound
are very fortunate to have such talented
people to work with around the world.”

http://www.williamssound.com
http://www.nmkelectronics.com

Sennheiser Appoints


Arif PK for UAE, Qatar


MIDDLE EAST: Audio
specialist Sennheiser
announced the
appointment of Arif PK
as its new Area Sales
Manager for the System
Soluons Channel in the
UAE and Qatar. Arif's role
is to primarily focus on working with
distribuon partner Venuetech in the UAE
to connue to grow Sennheiser's footprint,
especially in the Business Communicaons,
System Integraon and Broadcast segments.
He will also leverage his extensive
experience in Qatar to deliver new business
across all vercals and further strengthen
the exisng customer network.


Arif will report directly to Mig Cardamone,
Director of Sales and Markeng at
Sennheiser Middle East. “We feel that the
Middle East- with special focus on Qatar
and the UAE, given the upcoming major
events- connues to prove very crucial
market with a demand for high quality
Audio equipment and internaonal
experse,” said Cardamone. “With over a
decade of experience in large scale AV
projects specifically in those key markets,
we feel it is a great synergy to have Arif join
our team and build momentum for
Sennheiser.”


As a part of his sales strategy, Arif will focus
on growing Sennheiser's footprint in the
UAE and Qatar through direct connecons,
while bolstering the brand's reach through
its distributor and system integraon
partners as well. His skills and experience
having worked for system integrators will be
integral to geng Sennheiser's products
into some of the most excing projects
taking place in the region in the coming
months and years.


Prior to joining Sennheiser, Arif was the
Country Manager in Qatar for Mayflex/Excel
Networking, a Converged IP Soluons
provider. He has also held senior sales
posions in CGC (Qatar) and Pixel Projects
AV, a regional System Integrator for quality
AV soluons, where he managed the enre
GCC region. With this experience, he brings
a wealth of knowledge on the processes
and problems faced by SIs and is well
posioned to help Sennheiser partners
overcome these challenges for mutual
success.


Commenng on his new posion, Arif said,
“it is a privilege to part of a brand like
Sennheiser – with over 70 years of legacy in
the Audio industry. My focus is to build
relaonships in the region based on our
brand's core values of innovaon and
excellence. I will be working to strengthen
es with our exisng customers and
partners, while making headway into new
avenues in the UAE and Qatar.”

Arif holds a bachelor's Degree in
Informaon Technology, and has achieved
several cerficaons from vendors
including Extron, Crestron, Wolfvision,
Barco, Sharp, LG, and InfoComm.

http://www.sennheiser.com
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VIETNAM: Vega
Global has
announced the
appointment of Karri
Ahde as the new
Country Manager for
Vega Vietnam with
effect from January
2018.
In his new role as Country Manager, Karri
will leverage his extensive background to
execute and advance the business strategy
of Vega Vietnam. He will be responsible for
managing the overall operaons and
establish the brand's broader goals and
objecves focusing on core business
innovaon and increasing offerings to both
new and exisng clients.
“We are very pleased to have Karri on board
to lead our Vietnam Office; his unique
perspecves on both local and internaonal
markets is definitely an asset and will be
invaluable to our clients,” said Vega Global
Managing Director Laurie Chow.
Prior to joining Vega, Karri worked in senior
management roles within the
manufacturing industry. His career started in
project management and progressed to
global sales and business development.
Karri has an extensive experience in
Southeast Asia, with a deep understanding
of doing business in Vietnam where he has
been based for the majority of his business
career.
Says Mahew Deayton, Business
Development Director of Vega Global

Vega Global Appoints


Karri Ahde for Vietnam


commented: “we see Vietnam as a key
forward-thinking country, with plenty of local
companies leading the way on technology
adopon. Karri's strong management
experience and a proven track record in
global business development will bring great
value to help us further develop our market
leading posion in Vietnam.”
Karri Ahde commented on his appointment
“Vega has a combinaon of strong client
base, leading soluons and services in the AV
industry, talented people, and dedicaon to
technology innovaon. I am very honoured
to join the global management team and
looking forward to expanding Vega's
business in Vietnam.”
Vega Vietnam's new office facility will open
in the country's largest city and main
business hub, Ho Chi Minh City.
http://www.vega-global.com

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