On the Move

NEW YORK – WorldStage recently hired Braden Gillum as Lead Draftsperson. Braden will be located at WorldStage’s New Jersey facility and will be responsible for most of the engineering documentation the company produces to support its event and permanent installation business.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA – Eiki International, Inc. a world leader for over 40 years in projection technology, is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Rubery to the position of National Sales Manager.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Event Safety Alliance, the non-profit safety trade organization serving the needs of the live event industry, named Dr. Donald C. Cooper executive director. Dr. Cooper will assume daily business management responsibilities from ESA founder Jim Digby, who will continue to serve as chair of the ESA Board of Directors. The Board’s decision on his appointment was unanimous.

LOS ANGELES, CA — Roland’s Professional A/V Division is pleased to announce the appointment of HWPco as the new manufacturer’s representative firm for their professional audio and video product lines in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.

MIDDLETON, WI – ETC’s Heidi Bowers has just been named the company’s new regional sales manager for the southwestern United States. In this new role, she’ll oversee sales in the region and work closely with ETC representatives and dealers to provide the best support to customers.

DETROIT, MI – Bluewater announces that Peter Kyte will join as Director of Live Event Design & Development. Kyte’s expertise in Event Design, Lighting, LED and Live Event services furthers Bluewater’s strategic push into full service event production capabilities. Kyte will be based at Bluewater’s headquarters in Southfield, MI and will report to Bluewater CEO Jeff Day.

CANTON, MA – High Output, Inc., New England’s largest supplier of services and equipment for the entertainment industry, announced today the appointment of Meghan Crimmins Young as their newest account manager and Alexa Hirsch as marketing and public relations coordinator.

MIRAMAR, FL – The Barbizon Lighting Company welcomes Nicholas Cohen as the new General Manager responsible for the daily management and leadership for the company’s Florida operations.

NEW DELHI, India – Just before the PALM expo in Mumbai, Laserworld welcomed a new member in the company group: Laserworld INDIA was founded as a Laserworld company in New Delhi, India.

Canada & U.S. – U.K. instrumentation specialist Mantracourt Electronics has announced the appointment of Paradigm Rigging as Technical Partner for the supply of its BroadWeigh™ wireless load monitoring equipment to the Canadian and United States entertainment sector.

DETROIT, MI – Burst, a full service, professional sound and lighting company based in Detroit, has named Steven Fitzgerald to the newly created position of vice president of sales. The announcement was made by Scott Ciungan, owner of Burst.