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Meyer Sound reports four new hires and a key promotion this month. Rob Cowles has been appointed to the newly created position of Director, Product Marketing. Reporting directly to Senior Vice President of Market- ing John McMahon, Cowles will take on leadership and responsi- bilities in the areas of compet- itive marketing, vertical market strategies,


digital initiatives,


and customer relations manage- ment. Cowles comes to Meyer Sound with a wealth of experi- ence in the high technology and entertainment sectors,


having held prior senior marketing po-


at Eastside Christian Church in Anaheim, among others Kayla Knoll returns to Meyer Sound as Sales Support En- gineer, Midwest. Knoll served at Meyer Sound from 2006 – 2012 in the Design Services and Marketing departments before accepting a position in A/V Project Management in the Midwest. In her new role, Knoll will work with Meyer Sound’s regional sales managers to rein- force a broad range of sales sup- port activities while maintaining relationships with dealers, in- tegrators and end users. She is based in St. Louis, MO.


Rob Cowles has been appointed to the newly created position of Direc- tor, Product Marketing at Meyer Sound. Daniel Rivera, with Meyer Sound since 2016, has been promoted to Business Development Specialist.


Taking Rivera’s prior position as Business Development House of Wor- ship (HOW) Specialist is Chris Gille, who will focus on the vertical mar- ket in his job title.


Daniel Rivera, with Meyer Sound since 2016, has been promoted to Business Development Specialist. Based in Southern California,


sitions at THX Ltd., LucasArts, CNET and AOL Time Warner. He is based at Meyer Sound’s Berkeley headquarters campus. Daniel Rivera, with Meyer Sound since 2016, has been promoted to Business Development Spe- cialist. Based in Southern Cal- ifornia, he will assume a broad strategic role in connecting Meyer Sound to new and exist-


Filling a similar position is Rich Hyland, newly appointed as Re- gional Sales Engineer, South- ern California. Hyland will work with Meyer Sound’s Western US Sales Manager to focus efforts in this vitally important centre for the entertainment industry. Hyland comes to Meyer Sound from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic


nounced that they are expand- ing their operation in Scotland with the integration of the Vi- sion Sound and Light installa- tion business and a brand-new Scottish base in Dundee. Gary Langlands will head up the team as Country Manag- er – Scotland reporting to Bri- an Abrahams, Chairman and founder


of GV Multimedia.


GVMM will offer clients a com- prehensive range of


solutions


and a fantastic audio-visual ex- perience as we strive to delight our customers old and new. Having a base in Dundee will also improve our response times and we are also to invest in staff training and development to en- hance competencies across the board”


AVMI has been present in the US for several years already, and has chosen to come out of stealth mode as it ramps up recruitment and looks to establish global pro- curement structures with US ven- dors and distributors. The compa- ny, which won ‘Global Integrator of Year’ for its international growth, has seen its international business grow approximately 350% over the past 3 years, with over 1/3 of that growth attributed to the US. In the past 12 months the team has delivered 70 projects across several regions including; Florida, Massachusetts, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona, and Illinois, with plans to triple that in 2019, with planned projects in Hawaii, California, and Connecticut, to name just a few. The company’s approach to the de- livery of international projects and service management is unique, in that its activity outside the UK, including in the US, is exclusively for its global enterprise customers. AVMI’s Global Enterprise Frame- work, is a set of services designed to enable enterprise clients to im- plement and support AV solutions across their organisation in a more consistent, scalable and cost-ef- fective way.


Gary Langlands will head up the team as Country Manager – Scotland for GVMM.


Kayla Knoll returns to Meyer Sound as Sales Support Engineer, Midwest.


ing customers by working close- ly with architects, consultants and end users across multiple vertical markets. Taking Rivera’s prior position as Business Development


House


of Worship (HOW) Specialist is Chris Gille, who will focus on the vertical market in his job title. Gille brings to his new role ex- ceptional depth of experience and skills in AV system design and operation as well as tech- nical team management in the HOW environment. Gille has held key technical management positions at Willow Creek Com- munity Church in Illinois and


Arts where he served as Sound Department Manager overseeing production and post production equipment and facilities. Other prior experience includes cre- ative and technical positions at Geffen Records and Capitol Records.


“Once again I am gratified at the high level of talent we’ve been able to attract as we continue to grow,” says Meyer Sound Exec- utive Vice President Helen Mey- er. “People have always been at the core of our success since John and I started the company forty years ago.”


GV Multimedia (GVMM) has an-


Gary will join Account Manag- er for Scotland, Mairi Scott in identifying audio-visual design, supply and integration projects for GVMM. They pledge to ap- ply their expertise and market dominance in delivering cost effective technology supplies or solutions from the simple to the complex in the Corporate and Education markets. Brian said “We are delighted to be establishing a permanent base in Scotland which will be staffed locally with support ini- tially from the other five English branches in the GVMM network. Scotland has previously been serviced from Newcastle and they have done a great job but the time is right for us to make this significant investment to develop the Scottish market.” Gary said, “This strategic move for GVMM is long overdue and I am so pleased to be part of this new opportunity going forward. The strength and expertise of


The new structure is operational now and currently has a number of contracts to deliver in Uni- versities and Colleges across Scotland. The Vision Sound and Light hires and events business will continue as normal.


Following its rapid international growth, the company has relocat- ed its US team to larger premises located in the Tribeca district of Manhattan. The office is home to all those that support AVMI’s Glob- al Enterprise Framework services, such as ‘Standards Management’, ‘Project Preparation’, ‘Project De- livery’ and ‘Enterprise Service’. AVMI is pleased to announce that it celebrated its 30th US employ- ee last month, and reiterate the importance of filling various roles,


including account management, consulting, engineering and other operational roles. AVMI urges any- one interested to view available opportunities and get in touch to- day: https://www.avmi.com/careers/ current-vacancies/. AVMI has announced that it has appointed Craig Bonner, the former Global Head of Operations, as its new Executive Vice President in the US. The appointment comes as the business enjoys significant growth across America, announcing: •More than 30 US employees with plans of recruiting a further 20 hires in 2019


•Secured 3rd US wide AV/VC maintenance contract as part of broader global contracts •The launch of a new service cen- tre in the Tribeca area of Manhattan Craig will be responsible for head- ing up the company’s operational capabilities across the US, includ- ing developing its partnerships with vendors and distributors, to meet the demands of enterprise clients for global consistency and com- mercial predictability. After joining AVMI in 2002, Craig’s engineering background led to rapid progression into the senior management team at AVMI and culminated in Craig running AVMI’s Project and Service divisions. Hav- ing uprooted his family from the UK, the South African born expat and former professional basketball player, is looking forward to de- veloping new relationships, both personal and professional, as well as getting ‘stuck in’ to one of the nations most loved sports.


Craig Bonner, the former Global Head of Operations, is AVMI’s new Executive Vice President in the US.


AV News April 2019 P15


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