BILLERICA, MA– Broadcast Pix has hired industry veteran Steve Ellis as its president and CEO, effective Feb. 11. He will also be a member of the company’s board of directors. Broadcast Pix co-founder and CEO, Ken Swanton, will remain actively involved with the company and on the board. Since 2008 Ellis has served as vice president of Telestream.
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ELIZABETH, NJ – Production manager Chris Gratton has joined the Shockwave Cargo team. He will continue his current role as an independent production manager while working closely with Shockwave Cargo clients and prospects to help with their shipping and touring needs. Gratton has 20 years of experience in the touring industry, including handling cargo on his tours.
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LONDON – Jeremy Lloyd has taken on a new role as spectaculars director at Tait, based at the company’s U.K. location. Lloyd has worked on many of the industry’s biggest productions during his 22 years of live event experience. Most recently he led the technical design and staging teams for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies in London.
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LANDSDOWNE, PA – The newest member of the SRI team is Patrick Finn, an ETCP Certified Rigger – Theatre. Finn most recently worked for a rigging manufacturing company, first as a project manager and then as a product manager handling product development.
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LONDON – Sarah Cox has joined White Light as European divisional sales manager. In her new role, Cox will focus on delivering White Light’s products and service to customers throughout the UK and European markets. Cox most recently worked as business development manager for Stage Electrics, and before that, she held positions with Roland Hemming and TMB.
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WELLINGTON, FL –LED Source has promoted Dorel Baila to Director of Entertainment Sales. He will oversee LED Source’s entertainment division, which specializes in LED lighting solutions for nightclubs, TV/film, staging and production, houses of worship and theme parks. He will also oversee sales for the Coemar LED product line, distributed exclusively by LED Source. Baila has been with LED Source since 2007.
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COCOA, FL – Gallagher Staging and Productions Inc., based in La Mirada, CA, opened a location here Jan. 1, and named Eddie Kercher East Coast director of operations. Kercher has been in the touring and production industry for 35 years as a producer of festivals, corporate events and industrial shows around the world.
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LAS VEGAS – Barbara Brennan has joined Morpheus Lights as vice-president of business development. She has joined the Las Vegas office management team and will assist in developing market strategy, industry communication and relationship development. Brennan has served the entertainment industry for more than 35 years, most recently as Western US regional manager for PRG Integrated Solutions. She began her career at Cinema Services of Las Vegas.
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LOS ANGELES – Scott Davies, vice president of marketing at the American DJ Group of Companies, has resigned his position and retired from the firm after more than 25 years of service. Davies intends to pursue other business opportunities, including Arriba Cases, which will manufacture and supply cases for sound and lighting equipment.
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LOS ANGELES — A.C.T Lighting, Inc., which has served as a distributor for products from Italy-based Clay Paky since Sept. 2010, was recently named exclusive distributor in the U.S. and Canada.
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