NEW YORK – Charles “Chip” Israel assumed the office of President of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) effective July 1, succeeding Denis Lavoie. The newly-elected Board of Directors named are: Cheryl English, LC, Acuity Brands; Allan Long, Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division; Ardra Zinkon, TEC, Inc. Engineering and Design; and Zach Foster, (Emerging Professional), Lighting Group Northwest.
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DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting has reorganized its territories within the North American sales operations to strengthen client relations. The company has also named Matthew Burstein, pictured here, as Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada sales manager and Jeff O’Brien as the South Central U.S. sales manager.
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NASHVILLE – Christie Lites has opened a Nashville office and warehouse. Effective immediately, the Christie Lites Rental Rep team will support clients from its newest regional office location within the Soundcheck complex at 740 Cowan St. in Nashville. Equipment support of the full CL range of lighting and rigging equipment will come from Christie Lites’ new warehouse and prep location in the Nashville suburb of Antioch. Shannon Scott, long time industry professional from Huntsville AL, has joined the Rental Rep team and is based in the new Nashville location.
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AUSTIN, TX – Jean Lariviere has rejoined entertainment lighting manufacturer High End Systems (HES), part of the Barco group, in a new role as a regional sales manager. His assignment includes sales development for the Canada region and also select U.S. key business partner accounts. He is based at the Austin, TX headquarters.
For the past seven years, Lariviere worked with equipment brokers SHS Global, where as CTO he was responsible for sourcing product and also client technical services.
MINNEAPOLIS – Staging Concepts named John Lewis CEO and Mostafa Ahmed CFO. Lewis has a track record as CEO, CFO, COO and independent director of several publicly-traded and private equity-backed businesses. Ahmed, a CPA, specializes in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity management, international accounting and investor relations.
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DALLAS – Brad Schiller has been named new product marketing manager for Philips Vari-Lite. With more than 25 years of experience in the automated lighting industry, Schiller will oversee the development of the complete line of Philips Vari-Lite automated luminaires while also operating as a key contact for lighting dealers, designers and end-users worldwide.
Read More »DALLAS – Philips Entertainment CEO Steve Carson is stepping down and Matthijs Glastra will take over as the new CEO. Glastra has an 18-year executive track record in the LED, Entertainment Lighting and Semiconductor industries. Carson will remain with Philips Entertainment until year’s end to ensure a smooth transition.
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LAS VEGAS – Women in AV (WAVE) honored AVI-SPL’s Alexis LaBroi with their first mentoring award presented during the NSCA- WAVE Networking reception June 13 at the annual InfoComm show in Las Vegas. LaBroi has been a member of the AV industry for more than 15 years, and joined AVI-SPL’s Columbia, MD office in April 2012.
Read More »AUSTIN,TX — Production Exchange has appointed Heather Roberts as VP of Sales and Marketing. She has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 15 years with Element Labs, RGB Lights and Bloo Technologies.
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