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Exertis has announced the appointment of Liz Greenwood as UK IT director, reporting to Richard Hinds, Exertis UK&I, chief operating officer. She will have responsibility to continue to drive the overall service and performance improvements associated with the UK IT function. In addition, she will play a lead role in defining the company’s future SAP roadmap and critically how the solution is used to deliver value across all areas of the business. “I am delighted to welcome Liz to lead our UK IT team. She has over twenty years’ experience of delivering global digital transfor- mations and significant cultural change across IT and business functions in a variety of industry sectors,” said Hinds. “We are in the midst of a large-scale infrastructure deployment in addition to a number of key projects to support our people across several remote offices across the country, so Liz’s appointment is timely.” Greenwood joins from Royal Mail Group, having spent almost eight years with the company most recently as business IT direc- tor for Parcelforce Worldwide. Prior to that, she worked at Fujitsu Services for seven years in a variety of senior IT and business roles and at Siemens for five years.
“I am looking forward to the challenge of leading a very profes- sional and talented UK IT team. It’s an exciting time to be join- ing such an entrepreneurial business that has experienced rapid growth and undertaken a number of acquisitions in the last few years. From an IT perspective, it presents some exciting opportu- nities to help transform and modernise key aspects of the business that can increase productivity and provide an even better service to customers,” said Greenwood.
Biamp has announced that Niclas Brattberg has been promoted to the position of General Manager for the Middle East and Asia-Pa- cific. This new position is designed to increase local presence and support for Biamp's distribution partners and clients in these re- gions. Brattberg brings more than 25 years of experience leading international sales organizations to this new role and will oversee all elements of Biamp's go-to-market strategy and execution in the Middle East and Asia.
“Biamp continues to invest heavily in international growth by hir- ing talented people and opening local offices in select markets,” said Rashid Skaf, President, CEO and Co-chairman at Biamp. “We opened a new office in India last year and will open new offices in Dubai and Singapore in 2020. Niclas' background and experience leading international sales organizations is exactly what we need to bring focus and growth to this mission.”
“After working for over two years to develop Biamp's internation- al business, I am proud to join the sales leadership team and help Biamp achieve the next step in its global strategy,” said Brattberg. “With our recent acquisitions and expanded product lines, I am excited to broaden Biamp's impact by aggressively pursuing busi- ness in all target geographies and vertical AV markets, which in- cludes corporate, food service and hospitality, retail, large venues, education, religion, sports and leisure, and outdoor applications.” Prior to joining Biamp, Brattberg ran international market devel- opment and sales for AMX and Harman for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. During his 15 years in this role, Brattberg established deep relationships with distributors, governments, and corporate clients. Before joining AMX, Brattberg held multiple senior man- agement and sales positions at Ericsson overseeing operations around the world, including the U.S., Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Biamp has announced that Niclas Brattberg has been promoted to the position of General Manager for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
AVIXA has appointed Joé Lloyd as the association's Senior Director of Communications. Lloyd will lead AVIXA's public relations and internal communications, and support brand positioning, market intelligence, and content development. Lloyd joins AVIXA from NanoLumens where she was the Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development since 2015. In that role, she was a member of the company's executive leadership and responsible for the brand's channel and market strategy, media relations, and channel communications. Prior to that, Lloyd was Director of the Retail Practice at the Atlanta public relations firm Write2Market. “We're delighted to welcome Joé to our team,” said Dan Gold- stein, Chief Marketing Officer, AVIXA. “As well as deep knowledge of the role media relations can play in modern marketing and com- munications, she has terrific AV industry expertise, the ability to think and act strategically, and an enthusiasm for her work that is both motivating and infectious.” “AVIXA is AV's most influential industry association and I am proud to be joining such a dynamic team,” said Lloyd. “Our mem- bers count on us as a hub for collaboration, information, commu- nity, and standards. I look forward to increasing the visibility of not only AVIXA but the entire AV industry across the global market- place and sharing the increasingly important role that audiovisual solutions play in today's world.”
AVIXA has appointed Joé Lloyd as the association's Senior Director of Communications. Lloyd will lead AVIXA's public relations and internal communications.
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Plantronics has announced the appointment of Carl Wiese as ex- ecutive vice president, chief revenue officer and global head of sales. Wiese brings more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, services, and product management for enterprise tech- nology leaders.
Digital Projection has announced the appointment of Thierry Ol- livier to the newly created role of EMEA business development manager. The appointment is in line with the company’s strategic expansion and client support programme in the EMEA region. Re- porting to Chris Axford, Digital Projection’s international sales and marketing director, Ollivier will support the sales team in joint de- velopment of projects on three major projectors and technologies aimed at specific markets, namely the INSIGHT 4K HFR 360 for VR, the INSIGHT 8K for broadcast, simulation and planetarium applications, plus the next generation of Satellite MLS (Modular Laser System).
Ollivier joins Digital Projection with 25 years of experience in the
AV industry, having worked in several sales management positions including vice president of sales for projectiondesign and sales director for Barco. When asked about his first actions within the role, Ollivier said: “My first task in the role will be to conduct a thorough market analysis based on findings as well as my own ex- perience, before moving to prospection and promotion, in order to demonstrate the superiority of these key visual innovations. Commenting on his new position, Ollivier said: “Digital Projec- tion has a reputation for innovation and technical advancement. In addition, the company has developed an extremely responsive and customer orientated sales and support team in recent years, some of whom are former colleagues, so I already feel at home.” Chris Axford added: “Thierry brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with him into this strategically important role. I am confident he will support the EMEA sales team and help develop the sales of our latest solutions and give them the industry recog- nition they deserve. We are very pleased to welcome him to Digital Projection.”
Digital Projection has announced the appointment of Thierry Ollivier to the newly created role of EMEA business development manager.
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“Carl is an accomplished leader with experience driving sales and disruption,” said Joe Burton, chief executive officer, Poly. “Carl’s industry knowledge combined with Poly’s product leader- ship are a winning combination.” Wiese comes to Poly following a role as the president of global sales and service for BlackBerry where he was hired to transform the company from a device business to one of the most respected cyber security companies. While at Blackberry, Wiese was respon- sible for leading the company’s enterprise software business. Prior to his role at Blackberry, Wiese has also held executive positions at Apple, Avaya, Cisco, Lucent Technologies Inc., and Texas Instruments. “Poly represents a unique value proposition in unified commu- nications with unmatched audio expertise, powerful video and conferencing capabilities, and seamless collaboration across mul- tivendor environments,” said Wiese. “I look forward to continuing the company’s commitment to providing world-class service and solutions to its partners and customers for every kind of work- space.” Wiese will report to chief executive officer, Joe Burton, and will serve on the company’s senior leadership team. Wiese is the co-author of “The Collaboration Imperative: Executive Strategies for Unlocking Your Organisation’s True Potential” and serves as a board advisor to multiple organisations, including his alma mater, Oklahoma State University.
Plantronics has announced the appointment of Carl Wiese as exec- utive vice president, chief revenue officer and global head of sales
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