LOS ANGELES – Electrosonic has announced that Bryan Hinckley has become President of Electrosonic USA. He was most recently the company’s Vice President of Sales. Hinckley assumes the helm as Jim Bowie steps down from his post of President/CEO. Bowie, who marked his 30th anniversary with the company at the end of June, remains a Senior Advisor to the company.
FRANCE – Ayrton added Jerad Garza to its growing International sales team. Originating from Texas, Garza entered the industry as show technician with Gemini LSV in Dallas where he spent 17 years learning all aspects of show production, before progressing to the position of Sales Director and Project Manager.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications announced the appointment of Daniel Channon as rental engineer. Based in Riedel’s U.K. office, Channon will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and maintaining the company’s extensive rental service for tailored communications and networking solutions.
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DENVER, CO – Clearwing Productions, a multi-generational family business, has acquired DSI Event Group in Denver, CO. Founded in 1979 as Dowlen Sound, the DSI location joins already existing Clearwing offices in Milwaukee, WI and Phoenix, AZ. The new subsidiary will operate as Clearwing Productions Colorado, LLC.
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MILPITAS, CA – Riverview Systems Group, Inc., is honored to celebrate 30 years of providing the world’s leading brands with the technical and production design expertise to successfully produce engaging and innovative live events. To mark the occasion, Riverview is hosting events at its headquarters through the remainder of the year that showcase the company’s impressive history of event design and production, with a focus on past and present A/V technology and creative solutions.
BOSTON – Belgium-based Luminex Network Intelligence continues to strengthen its American sales force with the addition of Cardone Solomon & Associates (CSA) representing Luminex in the Northeastern U.S. Right after the announcement was made, CSA unveiled Luminex products to attendees at its CSA New England Tech Showcase in Boston. Pictured here, from left, are Rik Kirby, sales director for the U.S. operations of Luminex; John Cardone, Susan Rullo, CS&A regional manager; John Cardone CS&A co founder/principal, Hugo Larin, director at Luminex America; Mike Solomon, CS&A co-founder/principal; and Richard Trombitas CS&A Regional Manager.
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LONDON – Green Hippo named Annalisa Terranova senior training manager. Terranova will provide training at Green Hippo’s London HQ and conduct HippoSchool Hippotizer training sessions around the world.
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VANCOUVER – Industry veterans Brian Konechny and Larry Darling have opened ShowTech AVL. Both Konechny & Darling worked at Q1 & Epic Productions Technologies then a few years at Solotech Vancouver. On Oct 29th, becoming business partners, they took over operations at the same location and same phone number, servicing both their local and international clients as AEG Worldwide, Vancouver Canucks, Microsoft Theatre, Civic Theatres, STAPLES Center, City of Burnaby, Centennial Theatre, Grammy Museum, The Novo LA and more.
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Society of Association Executives has announced that David Grindle, Executive Director of USITT, has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation. The CAE is the highest professional credential in the association industry.
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HOUSTON, TX – 4Wall Entertainment is acquiring the assets of video equipment provider Wagner Media, Inc.
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BURBANK, CA — Riedel Communications has promoted Jake Halverson to operations manager within the company’s North America team. Halverson is based in Burbank, California, and reports directly to Joyce Bente, President and CEO of Riedel North America.
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DALLAS — Osprey Video named JB&A Distribution to represent Osprey’s complete product line to systems integrators and value-added resellers in the U.S. and Canada. The distribution agreement focuses primarily on the A/V, broadcast, and IP streaming markets.
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