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Green Hippo Names Cynthia Austwick West Coast Account Manager

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LOS ANGELES – In the run-up to Christmas, Green Hippo opened its arms and welcomed Cynthia Austwick, their new West Coast Account Manager to the U.S Office. Cynthia hails from Baltimore, most recently working for 4Wall Lighting in Washington, DC. Having worked in the entertainment industry since 2007, Cynthia has worked with some brilliant people across the US and UK, and with a background in lighting, she also enjoys working on the bigger picture, the overall production design and ensuing all visual elements work well together.

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Acolyte Led Promotes Scott Vontobel As Its New President

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NEW YORK, NY – Acolyte LED announces the promotion of Scott Vontobel to President of the company, including its offices and all employees globally effective January 1, 2017. This will include leadership of Acolyte Worldwide, United States, Acolyte Asia (China and Hong Kong), Dubai, Australia and New Zealand. Since joining Acolyte in 2015, Scott has been able to look and work with all aspects of the business and has a complete grasp on the challenges ahead of us and the future of Acolyte in this very competitive market.

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Core Brands Promotes Bret Jacob to Director of Builder Sales

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PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, – Underscoring its commitment to accelerate growth in the builder channel, leading automation, audio and power solutions provider Core Brands today announced the promotion of Bret Jacob to Director of Builder Sales, with responsibility for developing and implementing the company’s channel programs in the home and commercial building segments.  In this new position, Jacob reports directly to Core Brands Vice President of Sales Jeff Costello.

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Dave Crump and Graham Andrews

NEP Acquires Avesco Group, Parent Company for Creative Technology

PITTSBURGH – NEP Group, Inc. have completed the acquisition of Creative Technology’s parent company Avesco. Based in Pittsburgh, USA, NEP is one of the world’s largest outsourced production partners supporting premier content producers across the broadcast and live events industries. Alongside Creative Technology (CT), NEP operates four other Live Events businesses focused on Large Screen Display. These comprise Faber AudioVisuals and Mediatec Solutions in Europe along with Screenworks and Sweetwater in the US. 

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Bluewater Opens Sixth Office in Farmington Hills, Michigan

SOUTHFIELD, MI, – ​​​​​Bluewater Technologies Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of its sixth facility. In order to accommodate the continued growth and forecast of new employees required to support increased demand, Bluewater has moved part of its audio visual integration operations to a newly renovated 26,000 sq. ft. space in Farmington Hills, Michigan. This move will support Bluewater’s on-going growth plans.

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GoVision Elevates Two To Vice President Posts

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 ARGYLE, TX – GoVision Founder & CEO Chris Curtis announced today that he has promoted two key members of his team to the vice president level. In recognition of their long term commitments to the organization Jeff Williams and Kristy Johnston were bestowed these honors effective immediately.

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Michael Wilcock Joins Tech Works as National Sales Manager

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YORBA LINDA, CA – Tech Works, a leader in specialized, highly focused communications solutions for the most challenging environments, has announced the appointment of Michael A. Wilcock to the position of National Sales Manager. In his new position, Wilcock will oversee all sales and sales management for the full line of Tech Works healthcare AV products.

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Upstage Video Names Mark Haney VP of Concert Touring and Events

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LITITZ, PA — Upstage Video named 27-year industry veteran Mark Haney vice president of concert touring and events, a new position. Upstage Video has its headquarters at Rock Lititz in rural Pennsylvania. Haney joins Upstage Video’s West Coast team, which is based in Los Angeles, CA.

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Westview Productions Grows Engineering Services with Addition of Robert Alek

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DENVER — Westview Productions named Robert Alek project engineer. He joins the company’s integration and controls team. Alek brings nine years of experience as a technology integrator with a specialty focus on electronic access control and video surveillance. He also holds a government agency Access Control Permitting License.

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Apollo Design Technology Names Matt Green Production Supervisor

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FORT WAYNE, IN – In this role, Green supervises production and ensures productivity and quality requirements of the finished products. “It’s great to have Matt and his technical skills on the Apollo team. His service attitude and dedication are impressive and will help us to continue to grow.”, said Mr. Joel Nichols, president of Apollo Design.

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