APPOINTMENTS CRESTRON
Crestron plans for the future with senior appointments Randy Klein is named president and CEO while Dan Feldstein becomes vice chairman and COO
CRESTRON ELECTRONICS has strengthened its executive team with the appointment of Randy Klein as president and CEO, and Dan Feldstein as vice chairman and COO. Klein has been in the AV and technology industry throughout his professional career, and has worked for Crestron for 25 years. “Crestron is my life and my passion,” he said. “Moving forward, I see nothing but opportunity for Crestron and I look forward to continued growth and success.” Dan Feldstein has been with
Crestron for over 20 years. With a background in computer engineering, he spent the first eight years of his Crestron career in R&D, playing a role in
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designing a number of the technologies in use today. Since then, he has been working with Crestron founder George Feldstein to manage many of the company’s operations. Since George Feldstein
founded Crestron over 40 years ago, the company has grown to become a world leader in automation, control and management systems. As chairman of Crestron, he remains strongly involved in the company, while empowering his top executives to drive Crestron’s growth for the next 40 years of success and beyond. “Since the day Crestron was founded, we have never
Logt to serve as its sales manager EMEA. Van der Logt has over 25 years of experience in the industry providing product and relationship advice to pro-audio manufacturers. He will work to strengthen and expand business with existing distributors, and develop new relationships to build sales momentum.
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CADAC
Scott Fraser has been appointed by APG to spearhead its sales operation in the UK. A direct operation in the UK is intended to offer customers in the country the same support as those in France and is indicative of APG’s broader international strategy throughout the EMEA region. Fraser’s past experience includes time at a number of audio companies, including many years as installation manager at Yamaha.
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ASHLY AUDIO
Ashly Audio has appointed industry veteran Mike van der
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Cadac used the recent Prolight + Sound show to reveal Rob Hughes as UK sales manager. Hughes’ career began as a freelance FOH engineer, before joining SSE as a project manager. He also spent time at Shuttlesound as Midas and Klark Teknik sales consultant. He joins Cadac from Midas KT, where he was latterly technical support manager, having rejoined the company after a brief stint with Studer.
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wavered from my father’s vision,” Dan Feldstein said. “Randy has always shared that vision and over the years has truly become a member of the family. I can’t think of anyone I'd rather work with as we drive Crestron towards the future.” George Feldstein added: “I’ve
never been more excited about the future. We are working on so many exciting technologies and we have so many great people to make it happen.” Change has also been afoot
at Crestron International, with Robin van Meeuwen becoming president and COO. He succeeds his father Frank van Meeuwen, who is to become honorary chairman following 25 years leading Crestron
CHRISTIE
Randy Klein
International. Robin van Meeuwen has
worked within the Crestron organisation for 17 years – firstly as managing director of
more than 25 years of industry experience – he previously spent time as the vice president of marketing and worldwide sales development at Mirapoint and was director of enterprise marketing at NetApp.
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LEISURETEC
Trond Solvold has joined Christie as sales consultant for Scandinavia. He brings with him almost 20 years of experience in the Nordic pro-AV market. He was previously business development manager at eyevis Nordic and spent time as business development manager/sales manager for projectiondesign. He is fluent in Swedish and Norwegian, and also speaks English, Danish and German.
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KALEIDESCAPE
Dan Feldstein
Crestron UK and more recently as vice president of sales and marketing for Crestron International.
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LED display manufacturer SiliconCore has appointed Phillip Reyes as vice president of government sales and channel development to manage the government division and strategic channel partners globally. He joins from The Whitlock Group where he was national managing director for the government division.
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VDC TRADING
Cliff Dounting has replaced Mike Henden as managing director at Leisuretec Distribution. He joined Leisuretec in 2007 as operations manager before being named commercial director the following year.
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SILCONCORE
Kaleidescape has named Cheena Srinivasan as its new CEO. Srinivasan is a founder of the company and previously served as COO and EVP. He has
VDC Trading has announced the appointment of Leif Friestad as its new managing director. A multi-linguist originating from the south of Norway, Friestad has held senior management roles at United Technologies Corporation, Johnson Controls, Lapp Group, and spent time as CEO of Canford Audio. In his new role he is charged with overseeing and assisting the continuing growth of VDC and the Van Damme brand in a number of markets as well as maintaining its position as a brand leader in the audio industry.
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