KERKRADE, The Netherlands — Elation Professional named lighting industry veteran Frank Schotman technical sales representative and product specialist for the company’s European sales team. Schotman, who has 25 years of industry experience, comes to Elation from the AED Group, where he served as a senior product specialist supporting High End Systems’s fixtures and Hog 4 consoles. He also worked for Eclipse Staging Services in Dubai as head of lighting.
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Frank (better known as “The Tank”) possesses extensive knowledge of the Hog range of consoles, having worked for High End Systems for a number of years as a Product Support Specialist. He also worked for Eclipse Staging Services in Dubai as Head of Lighting and is a specialist in a wide range of automated fixtures.
Frank also brings with him a wealth of front line experience from major tours and productions of all types. Highlights include support for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, as well as support work on tours by Prodigy, Eric Clapton, Faithless, Iron Maiden and One Direction, as well as Coldplay’s wildly successful “A Head Full of Dreams” tour.
Elation plans to tap Frank’s vast product knowledge and industry experience to help identify opportunities and grow the company’s presence across Europe. “We are extremely pleased to have someone with his background join our European team and are confident his years of industry experience will be a great benefit to both Elation and our customers,” commented Marc Librecht, Sales & Marketing Manager at Elation Europe.
Frank started with Elation’s European sales team on December 1st and is based at the Elation European headquarter office in Kerkrade, The Netherlands. He can be reached at:
Frank Schotman
Technical Sales / Product Specialist
Elation Professional
+31 45 546 85 14
