David Reynaga joins as Chris Wallace, Jay Gonzalez and Mark Dauer are promoted
Distributor Amber
International has made two additions to its sales force. Cees van Wendel de Joode, (pictured, left) previously Benelux sales manager for BMB, is now sales manager for Northern and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia, while Maximilian Ramp will join Amber as an
international sales manager for Western and Southern Europe and Africa. Both will represent URC, TruAudio, PlanetWaves and Kinetik Labs in the key regions. www.amber-international.com
AMBERSPHERE
‘I see opportunities to develop additional technologies and products and lead the exciting expansion plans TV One has in place for R&D’
David Reynaga
David Reynaga (pictured) has been appointed global head of R&D for TV One, while Chris Wallace has been named sales director for the Western US with Jay Gonzalez taking up the same role for the Eastern US. In addition, Mark Dauer has been promoted to technical services director. Reynaga joins TV One after five years at Imerge where he served as director of products. Prior to that he spent eight years at NXT. “TV One is one of the most
innovative pioneers in our industries,” said Reynaga. “I see opportunities to develop additional technologies and products and lead the exciting expansion plans TV One has in place for R&D.” “TV One is making a substantial investment in additional engineering resources over the next two years,” said Steven Mattingly, managing director of TV One. “This includes a new state-of-the- art R&D Centre of Excellence in Maidenhead UK, scheduled to open this autumn. The purpose of this expansion is to drive forward the CORIOmax
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programme as well as develop new products and technologies. David’s proven track record in engineering and product management make him the ideal person to lead the drive.” Meanwhile in the US,
Wallace and Gonzalez will assume the position of sales directors and will focus on supervising local REP/RSM sales activity, managing CORIOmax integration partners and strengthening key vertical market accounts. Wallace has prior sales director experience, including time at RGB Spectrum and Black Diamond Video. Gonzalez previously served as national engineering manager for Panasonic. Finally, Dauer will assume the position of technical services director with responsibility for managing, overseeing and co- ordinating field engineering services, and managing the Technical Support Group. He has extensive experience in broadcast television engineering and the design/build of technical facilities. www.tvone.com
Matt Cowles has joined Ambersphere Solutions as technical sales. Prior to this he was business development manager for Stage Electrics and product manager at Martin Professional. www.ambersphere.co.uk
AVOLITES
Harman’s Studer has appointed Rob Hughes to the position of market sales manager. In this position, Hughes will be responsible for sales of Studer products throughout the EMEA sales region. www.harman.com
MESSAGEMAKER
AMBER INTERNATIONAL
such as the D4, Sapphire Touch and Sapphire Media. As technical director he will continue with product development. www.avolites.com
ELECTROSONIC
PR LIGHTING
Electrosonic has announced the promotion of Sarah Joyce to vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Her promotion follows Ilari Anttila’s decision to leave the company to return to his home country of Finland. Joyce has also been appointed to the global Executive Board. www.electrosonic.com
HARMAN PRO
PR Lighting has announced the promotion of one of its long-term employees to international assistant sales director. Sasha Xiong joined the company eight years ago as sales manager, with responsibility for the Asia- Pacific countries before taking on additional responsibility for Africa and the Middle East. www.pr-lighting.com
SYMETRIX
Brooke Macomber has been promoted to director of marketing at Symetrix; she previously held the role of director of business development. In her new position, Macomber will manage the planning and execution of Symetrix’s worldwide promotional efforts. She has nearly a decade of experience in the pro-AV industry and has been with Symetrix since 2006. www.symetrix.co
WOOP! JOBS
Avolites Ltd has appointed Koy Neminathan (pictured, left) to the position of sales director and JB Toby as technical director.
Neminathan, who has been with the company since 2000, succeeds Steve Warren who will remain as a director of Avolites Ltd while also acting as managing director of Avolites Media. Toby is the creator of the ART dimming range and team leader on projects
Nigel Parke has returned to the sales team at Messagemaker after 10 years, taking on responsibility for developing the company’s presence in the transport sector. He previously represented the Messagemaker in Ireland, the south west and Wales. www.messagemaker.co.uk
Jason Cox has joined AV recruitment agency Woop! Jobs. Cox has over 15 years of AV industry experience, including time at Sanyo and Mitsubishi Electric. This new addition comes at a busy time for Woop! which has recently opened a new London office and launched Woop! Tech, led by Neil Harber. www.woopjobs.co.uk