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GENE SUDDUTH JOINS OCTOPUS NEWSROOM AS NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA OCTOPUS Newsroom announces a major addition to its management team with the appointment of Gene Sudduth as National Sales Director for North America. He joins from Chyron, latterly ChyronHego, after 29 years in account management roles. Based in Tyler, he reports to OCTOPUS Newsroom Sales Director Gabriel Janko. "Gene is a highly experienced sales manager with a distinguished broadcast industry background plus an excellent knowledge of the US and Canadian broadcast markets," comments OCTOPUS Newsroom founder and CEO Petr Stokuč. "His combination of sales skills and in-depth technical knowledge make him a very welcome addition to the company as well expanding our global reach." Gene began his broadcast industry career in 1975 as a switching systems technician, and subsequently joined Ampex Corporation where he advanced to Associate Product Manager. He later joined Digital Services Corporation as Regional Sales Manager before joining Chyron in 1987, advancing to Senior Account Manager. TMBi - 18
GATESAIR WELCOMES NEVILLE CUMMING AS DIRECTOR OF KEY ACCOUNTS GatesAir announces the return of former Harris Broadcast Strategic Sales Manager, Neville Cumming, as director of key accounts. Neville comes to GatesAir to support broadcast groups across the United States at a time when the over-the-air TV landscape is undergoing substantial transformation, including the multiyear spectrum repack and an expected transition to the next-generation ATSC 3.0 digital TV broadcast standard. Neville joins the company immediately and reports to Joseph Mack, vice president of sales, Americas. Neville’s rich experience in television includes a lengthy broadcast engineering stint with the BBC before transitioning to influential positions with leading industry manufacturers. This includes more than one decade with Harris Corporation, where he held strategic sales management roles with its microwave and broadcast communications divisions. Upon the creation of Imagine Communications and GatesAir following the divesture of Harris Corporation’s broadcast division, Neville remained with the Imagine Communications team to assist with transitioning customers to IP-based workflows. Neville’s years of expertise in over-the-air television further strengthens GatesAir’s alreadyrobust sales and service team, ensuring that GatesAir customers have the industry’s best resources available to guide them through a long period of uncertainty and challenging transitions. Neville notes that timelines will be the greatest challenge associated with the repack, and he will focus on helping customers make plans, define goals and execute schedules as the current UHF bidding process continues.