On the Move

MONTREAL, Canada – Solotech announced that 30-year veteran Maurice Latour, who had left for retirement, is returning to take an active role with the company. “I could not remain indifferent to all the messages I received from my clients in the lasts months,” said Latour. “All comments and warm testimonies have greatly influenced my decision to resume service.”

BIELEFELD, Germany – British manufacturer Audient named Sonic Sales, based here, as its exclusive distributor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Sonic Sales will handle sales, service and marketing for the full Audient product range. The distribution company is headed up by Matthias Herbst, pictured here.

COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA – Grundorf Corporation, a leading manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals and parent company of loudspeaker manufacturer Grund Audio Design, named Bob Tjarks to the newly created position of Account Manager.

CARMEL, IN – Founded in 2005, Tech Solutions and Sales is an AV manufacturers’ representative company covering the states of Indiana and Kentucky. Owner Dave Fellabaum and associate William Stewart (pictured here, L-R) have many years of experience as reps and integrators in the AV business.

VALENCIA, Spain – In a bid to strengthen its key account management at global level, Acustica Beyma named Mehmed Murtic corporate and business development executive.

CHESTER, PA – Community Professional Loudspeakers named David Prince Director of Development Engineering. Prince has more than two decades of experience designing, modeling and measuring pro-audio loudspeakers and developing them for manufacturing. He comes to Community from Knowles Electronics, where he was Product Development Manager. Previously, Prince held the position of Director of Advanced Development for Tymphany; he was Senior Research Engineer for International Jensen and he spent seven years as an Acoustic Consultant with Talaske.

CLEVELAND, OH – Founded in the late 1960s, AVCOM is a multi-line AV manufacturers’ representative company covering the states of Ohio and West Virginia as well as Western Pennsylvania and Northern Kentucky.

BERKELEY, CA – Meyer Sound Bolsters Product Management Team with Michael Creason and Promotes Ashley Hanson to Design Services Manager.

Meyer Sound has promoted Michael Creason to the newly created position of Product Manager—System Applications and Training, while Ashley Hanson moves to the Design Services Manager role.

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional recently announced a new leadership team for AKG’s professional business. Karam Kaul is director of marketing and Eric Boyer (pictured here) is vice president of worldwide sales. Both Boyer and Kaul are now based in Harman Professional Division’s Northridge, CA headquarters and will work closely with the AKG team in Vienna, Austria led by Martin Thaler.

EMINENCE, KY – Eminence Speaker promoted Jerry McNutt to Product Design Manager. McNutt has served Eminence as a Senior Design Engineer for over 17 years, and has been responsible for some of the company’s most notable products and advancements in technology. Two additional promotions within the Engineering department include Matt Marcum and Anthony Lucas. Marcum has been named Senior Design Engineer, and Lucas is now Design Engineer.