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APPOINTMENTS HARMAN PROFESSIONAL


Trio of job moves at Harman This month sees two key promotions and a new appointment at the audio giant


HARMAN VETERAN David McKinney (pictured near right) has been appointed senior director, China Operations. He will lead the continued development of Harman Professional’s China team and drive growth by providing specialised systems and technologies to suit all strata and all vertical markets of the Chinese professional entertainment and production markets. “David McKinney will serve


as a great asset to the entertainment and production communities in China,” said Blake Augsburger, president of Harman Professional. “He is an accomplished communicator with a strong understanding of


ALCORN MCBRIDE


the technology, the market and the people. I am confident he will apply his considerable skills and experience to provide our team with excellent leadership and our customers with excellent service.”


Since 2003 McKinney has been based in Malaysia, initially as director of sales for Harman’s Signal Processing Group and more recently he led the start-up for the Professional Division Regional Sales office there. John Batliner (centre right) has assumed additional responsibility as US sales leader for Harman’s AKG brand, in addition to his role as senior director, sales, Amplifiers BU. In


across all available media with the aim of increasing brand visibility and awareness. www.apg.tm.fr


CRESTRON


Larry Howard has been promoted to director of sales at Alcorn McBride. Howard, who has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, joined Alcorn McBride in 2010 most recently serving as the company’s sales manager. Prior to this, he worked for companies including Clair Brothers, Klotz Digital Audio Systems and Community Professional Loudspeakers. www.alcorn.com


APG


this role, Batliner will be responsible for developing the new US AKG sales structure, driving sales revenue and working closely with channel partners and dealers in the US to ensure customer engagement and satisfaction. “John understands the


AKG brand and this opportunity


progression of the kompas digital signage software project group. www.dimedis.de


MERGING TECHNOLOGIES


extends his ability to provide end users, integrators, rental companies and retail sales customers with the best microphone solutions available,” said Jürgen Bopst, general manager, AKG. Finally, Sean Karpowicz (far right) has joined Harman to serve as product manager for


brings over 14 years’ experience in professional audio and technical sales to his new role. Most recently, he enjoyed success in the touring and install markets as UK sales manager for Turbosound. www.tcgroup.tc


VADDIO


Soundcraft’s Si Series mixing consoles. His previous role was marketing director with VenueMagic, a show control software platform. Prior to this, Karpowicz served as product manager at Gemini, responsible for pro-audio product design and management. www.harman.com


Crestron has announced the appointment of Neill Nixon as business development manager – UK lighting specialist. He will be working with Crestron’s Business Development team and account managers to promote the company’s lighting and lighting control products on residential and commercial projects. www.crestron.eu


DIMEDIS TC GROUP


Patrick Greppi has joined Merging Technologies as sales operations manager. This key position sees Greppi taking responsibility for order processing, quotations and pricing management as well as lending his sales and marketing experience to the Merging team. He joins from Apogee Electronics where he headed up sales and provided the technical resource in the EMEA area. www.merging.com


support and management team, and welcomed James Meredith (pictured) and Katie Sylvia to its global marketing team. Schorah is now product development manager while Harvey has taken up a group technical manager role. Meredith has joined as Wyrestorm Enado product manager and Sylvia will be tasked with building, managing and streamlining Wyrestorm's brand, events, sales marketing and communications as global marketing manager. www.wyrestorm.com


YAMAHA COMMERCIAL


Bernadette Yard has joined the Vaddio inside sales team with responsibility for co-ordinating and providing video product demonstrations worldwide, providing sales support to Vaddio manufacturer reps and dealers, and assisting with system configurations, pricing, part numbers and availability. www.vaddio.com


WYRESTORM


APG has named Jonathan Grimaux as marketing and communications assistant. Formerly head of product marketing for a video production equipment manufacturer, Grimaux has a solid background in marketing and marcoms. His primary mission is to develop corporate communications


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Patrick Schröder has been named division manager digital signage at software company dimedis. Schröder will be in charge of the complete kompas project team and responsible for the


Paul McMullan has joined TC Group as UK sales manager for install and touring, with responsibility for the Tannoy, Lab.gruppen and Lake brands. Based in London, McMullan


Wyrestorm has promoted Dave Schorah and Glen Harvey within its technical


Stephanie Halstead has joined Yamaha Commercial Audio in the position of commercial audio sales and marketing support. The role includes daily contact with commercial audio dealers and customers, as well as logistics, stock management and providing backup to the sales and technical support teams. Halstead previously worked for Yamaha’s central operations division. www.yamahacommercialaudio.com


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