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INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Dear Reality CEO Uwe Cremering, Achim Fell & Christian Sander; Elation Professional’s Grant Geiselman.
Specialist. As part of his role, he will assist in project management, installation and customer support of new theatrical lighting system install projects and renovations. “Jesse brings years of permanent AVL installation experience to the team and will immediately lead another crew to service the multiple ongoing projects we have,” said Chris Barbee, Bandit Lites Director of Sales and Installations. “He is a very welcomed addition to an incredibly busy time of growth.” Chauvet has appointed Chromasound Plc as the distributor of its products in Hungry. The company will be representing the Chauvet Professional, Chauvet DJ, and ChamSys lines of products. “We’re extremely excited to welcome Chromasound on board,” said Stéphane Gressier, International Sales Director of Chauvet. “Our company has made a major commitment to this market, and it’s great to have a service-driven, professional organization like Chromasound representing us. Working together, we will build on the momentum we’ve established in Hungry.” Sebastian Hayer has joined the dBTechnologies team in Cologne as Sales and Brand Manager for the RCF brand. Drawing on many years of experience with Cologne-based provider of musical instruments and equipment Music Store Professional, he is an expert in the industry. “With his many years of experience in purchasing and sales, Sebastian is the perfect choice for the Sales & Brand Manager RCF,” said the company’s Managing Director, Arne Deterts. “He knows the customers and their needs as good as the sales business, and I am sure that the team will benefit from his experience.” Sennheiser has taken a majority shareholding in Dear Reality GmbH. The expert in spatial audio algorithms and VR/AR audio software will continue to operate as a separate company based in Düsseldorf, offering both its existing dearVR products and new joint VR/AR workflows in cooperation with Sennheiser. Uwe Cremering, responsible for AMBEO Immersive Audio at Sennheiser, will support the company as a third CEO alongside founders Achim Fell and Christian Sander. “For us, 3D audio is the future. With AMBEO, Sennheiser is active in all areas of immersive audio production, from the initial recording to mixing and processing and, finally, reproduction,” said co-CEO Dr. Andreas Sennheiser. “Audio software is an important building block in this production chain, especially as regards VR/AR applications.” Grant Geiselman has been appointed as the latest Elation Professional Sales Rep Product Specialist. RL Wilson and Associates and JLH Marketing, both independent sales representative firms based in Southern California, are pleased to announce the hiring Geiselman as a Product Specialist to assist both companies with product demos and overall knowledge of all Elation Professional product lines. “Grant brings with him valuable knowledge about multiple aspects of the industry and we are extremely pleased to have him join our team,” commented RL Wilson & Associates’ Richard Wilson and JLH Marketing’s
Jim Harrington in a joint statement. “He has extensive knowledge of both lighting fixtures and control platforms and will be an invaluable asset to both of us, as well as our dealer network.” Luis Steffen will join the eps australia team as COO on 1 September, 2019. With a focus on operations, he will take care of project implementation, reporting, warehouse optimisation and strategic orientation. “I am very excited to contribute my knowledge and experience in a completely new country and environment,” he said about his new position. “I am looking forward to taking the next step with eps australia and working with a motivated and experienced team to build the future.” Eventec has been appointed as PR Lighting’s new exclusive Australian distributor. According to Eventec MD, Emanuel Maniatis: “Given the prior relationship between PR Lighting, and notably Sasha Xiong, with myself and our operations manager Yan Shao, it seemed obvious that Eventec would be in an excellent position to bring PR Lighting back to Australia.” Xiong herself said she was “thrilled” by the new relationship. “Emanuel Maniatis is an old friend of PR Lighting, and his extensive knowledge about our products, the industry and the market trends makes this an ideal partnership.” The Focusrite Group, which comprises Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation and Ampify Music, has acquired leading Berlin-based studio monitor company, ADAM Audio. “I am delighted that we have an important new addition to our family of brands,” said Focusrite Founder and Chairman Phil Dudderidge. “With a vision to create the most holistic creative experience for recording professionals and musicians alike, choosing the right highprecision studio monitor brand is key. Together with ADAM Audio we can achieve so much more, removing the technical barriers that frustrate artists seeking to record and reveal their true sound.” Illuminate Lighting has become one of the first companies in the UK to take delivery of the new LumiNode from Luminex; supplied by exclusive UK distributor A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. LumiNode is the next generation Ethernet to DMX family from Luminex, offering the ability to Convert, Merge, Backup, Switch and X-Fade any incoming data to any output. Illuminate Lighting’s Managing Director, Jonathan Pask commented: “I chose to invest in the new LumiNodes because they are the latest generation from Luminex, which build on the features and reliability of the previous generation.” King Sound Reinforcement is pleased to announce that Richard Watts has joined the company as Head of Sales and Installations. Having worked at SSE Audio for 10 years, Watts is an experienced, respected and popular figure in the industry. Managing Director, Paul King commented: ‘We are excited to welcome Rich to the team and feel lucky to have such a great guy on board. We have long sensed a real gap in the south west and have been focused on finding the right person to head up our equipment sales operation. In Rich we have one of the most well-known people around who’s links with both 106
