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Ikegami has announced the appointment of Trev Sword to the position of General Manag- er UK. Effective immediately, Sword is responsible for head- ing up Ikegami’s UK, Ireland and Africa operations as well as managing all key customer accounts, system integrators and channel partners across the regions. Sword brings a wealth of expe- rience and industry knowledge to the role, having worked in the broadcast industry for over 20 years. Starting his career in the technical support team at Quantel in 1995, Sword pro- gressed to team leader. From 2007 to 2014, Sword took the technical lead for all of Snell’s global sales team, specialising in production switchers. Sword’s most recent role was as Technical Sales Manager for Shotoku handling all glob- al sales. As Ikegami’s General
Manager UK, he will draw from his experience of leading the entire sales cycle, from tech- nical demonstrations to project management.
Sword comments on the ap- pointment, “My extensive ex- perience in global roles has equipped me perfectly to ex- pand Ikegami in the UK, Ire- land and Africa markets. Ike- gami has a great legacy and I am honoured to be given the opportunity to continue that.” Kenzo Ishizuka, President of Ikegami Europe, added, “Trevor brings with him a tremendous amount of experience. His ca- reer thus far has provided him with a great understanding of broadcast workflows and the customers we serve. He’s a great addition to the Ikegami team and is perfectly placed to expand Ikegami’s presence in the UK, Ireland and Africa markets.”
Midwich has announced that Jenny Hicks has been promot- ed to the role of Head of Tech- nology for the Group. With a strong background in technolo- gy sales, Jenny has been with Midwich since 2012 where she joined Midwich's technical di- vision as an IP Video Special- ist. She later progressed to the role of Technology Manager in 2013, responsible for manag- ing Midwich Ltd’s portfolio of technical video brands. Following the launch of the
Technical division in 2015, Jenny assumed the role of man- aging the company’s Technolo- gy Specialists and Technical Support teams. Jenny’s role as Head of Tech- nology will predominantly fo- cus on UK projects but has also been expanded to provide oversight of the Group’s domes- tic and international technical projects, and will include work- ing closely with the Group’s technical vendors and explor- ing new technology
ventures for Midwich Group. She will Trev Sword, the new General Manager UK, for Ikegami.
VidOvation has announced that Craig Abrams has joined the company as Director of Busi- nessd Development. In that role, Abrams will be a major contributor to the company's growing North American sales team serving the broadcast, sports, government, AV, enterprise, and house of worship markets.
"After decades in the video-trans- mission and broadcast industries,
to lead us through our next phase of growth," said Jim Jachetta, Ex- ecutive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, VidOvation. "I am excited to have Craig on our team. Our solutions go way be- yond broadcast, as many of our customers can tell you. Craig's ex- perience in wireless, fibre optics, and IPTV will be a major asset when working with organizations outside the newsgathering world, such as government or religious entities, that need to share video among sites." Abrams comes to
VidOvation
Craig Abrams joins VidOvation as Director of Business Develop- ment.
Craig has the expertise, relation- ships, and historical knowledge
from Integrated Microwave Tech- nologies (IMT), where he served as broadcast sales director for IMT's Nucomm brand of advanced digital microwave video systems for the broadcast market. In that role, Abrams handled sales to and relationships with networks, sta- tion groups, individual television stations, production companies, distribution outlets, and system integrators throughout the United States. Prior to IMT, Abrams held similar executive sales positions at companies specializing in micro- wave, satellite, and fibre transmis- sion for broadcast television.
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Nureva has announced the ap- pointment of Rob Abbott as its VP, Products. In his previous role as Nureva’s Director, Prod- uct Management, Rob led the Span visual collaboration sys- tem product line team, bringing his considerable background and perspective to the role. In his new role, Rob will drive the company’s product strategies and road map on a global scale to create market-shaping and market-leading software, hard- ware and services for business and education markets. Over a 15-year career at SMART Technologies (co-founded by Nureva’s co-founders Nancy Knowlton and David Martin), Rob held increasingly responsible posi- tions in hardware and software product management, helping to grow the company into a Ca- nadian technology heavyweight with almost US $800 million of annual revenue. Rob and his team were responsible for cre-
ating and introducing many of the company’s category-leading collaboration solutions. “Over the last year, we have made considerable progress in the market, growing the Span system’s product family on a global scale and introducing our
first audio conferencing
system,” said Rob Abbott. “I’m looking forward to working with my team to bring additional innovative solutions to market that will delight our business and education customers.” “We are so pleased to wel- come Rob onto Nureva’s ex- ecutive team,” said Nancy Knowlton, Nureva’s CEO and co-founder. “We know from working with Rob over many years that he has the ability to drive successful product strat- egies that start from a deep understanding of customers and their needs for strategies that start from a deep under- standing of customers and their needs.”
also be responsible for providing insight and trend analysis to Company management in order to support the Group’s ability to be agile and effective across all target mar- kets.
Jenny commented: “I am looking forward to exploring new tech- nology markets, and utilising our global ex- pertise to enhance the Group’s capabilities in all territories. The breadth of knowledge across our numerous businesses at Group level is Midwich’s greatest strength. Each business is unique in their specialist ar- eas and I am excited to learn from them to
drive future opportunities for Midwich.” On Jenny’s appointment, Tom Sumner, European Director, noted:
“I am confident that Jenny’s strong technical knowledge, coupled with a sound commer- cial awareness will therefore be of great benefit to the wider international Group, in addition to our UK operations.”
Jenny Hicks, the new Head of Technology for the Midwich Group: “I am looking forward to exploring new technology markets, and utilising our global expertise to enhance the Group’s capabilities in all territories.”
Digigram has appointed Jérémie Weber as the company's new CEO. Passionate about sound and music, Weber has served 15 years in the professional au- dio industry. He brings a deeply rooted entrepreneurial spirit to Digigram that will inject the company with fresh momentum and inspiration. His experience, energy, focus, and dedication to innovation and markets will steer Digigram toward greater agility
in delivering first-rate
services and products that per- fectly meet customers' needs. "Jérémie has a unique ability to translate vision and strategy into practice, uniting and in- spiring teams to drive success," said Philippe Girard-Buttoz, who co-founded Digigram in 1985.
"He understands the
company and its technology, and he has the insight to rein- force Digigram's strengths and to disrupt those practices due for change. His passion, knowl- edge, and leadership will put Digigram in a strong position in today's dynamic and rapidly evolving industry."
Nureva has announced the appointment of Rob Abbott as its VP, Products
"Digigram has the team, the talent, and the technology," said Weber. "I believe we can leverage these strengths to transform this highly reputable, well-established technology company into a blooming gem that rocks with real customer care and a client issues-orient- ed spirit." Weber, who holds both a mas- ter's degree in electrical engi- neering and a master of busi- ness administration degree, started his career at Digigram as a development engineer. He subsequently co-launched AuviTran, a Digigram spinoff that developed products based on the company's EtherSound technology. In addition to his
success with AuviTran, Weber has built a wealth of experience in areas ranging from live and commercial sound to broad- cast.
"The audio industry is ripe with opportunity
for to
panies with the capacity and commitment
those bring
com- great
products to customers in an exceptional way," added Weber. "I look forward to directing my
New Digigram CEO brings fresh momentum and inspiration to the company.
experience and energy — and that of the entire company — toward our customers' service and benefit."
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