NEW YORK — PRG expanded the responsibilities of Stephan Paridaen from CEO of the company’s EMEA operations to President/COO for PRG’s global operations. PRG chairman/CEO Jeremiah J. Harris promoted Paridaen to his new position.
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APOPKA, FL – Jerry Harvey Audio promoted Andy Regan to president. Regan, who joined the company in February as vice president to manage global sales and operations, worked as a sound engineer for 13 years supporting performances by Aerosmith, Waylon Jennings, Parliament Funkadelic and The Commodores before holding senior-level positions with consumer electronics companies including Meridian Audio, AudioQuest and Monster Cable.
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LOS ANGELES – Shockwave Cargo announced several personnel changes along with its new office location near LAX airport here. Noting Keith Mitchell’s departure, Shockwave welcomed Craig Kruger, a 35-year freight forwarding veteran (pictured here), as its new director of operations. The company also named Chris Gratton director of business development and announced that Benny Collins will play a key role on Shockwave Cargo’s sales team.
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MEXICO CITY – Harman Professional named Jesus Cruz, an 18-year industry veteran, as the company’s sales director for Mexico. Cruz, based here, previously served with Sony Electronics as national sales director for their audio, video, digital imaging, VAIO, cellular and game business divisions.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Martin Audio named Luke , a 24-year technology, IT and media industry veteran with experience in product development, manufacturing and sales and marketing, as its new managing director.
Read More »APEX, NC – Symetrix named Millar Electronics, based here, as its rep firm in the Southeast. Millar Electronics has emerged as a well-known audio/video manufacturers rep firm since it was founded 90 years ago to handled capacitors, resistors and other components. It will cover North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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HOBOKEN, NJ – Cadac Audio Ltd. US and Canada, which is prepping a new location here for its sales, distribution and service operations, recently named Mitch Mortenson, pictured here, technical support manager. Mortenson’s 20 years of pro audio experience include nine years in front line technical support roles for Midas consoles in North America. The new location, headed by GM Paul Morini, is set to launch this August.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems recently appointed Steve Armstrong as Speaker Systems Application Engineer, Chad Cooper as Applications Manager, Patrick Killianey as Network Systems Applications Engineer and Marcel Mauceri as NUAGE Technical Marketing Specialist. “We are extremely fortunate to have these four gentlemen join the YCAS “A” team, where they will contribute greatly to our growing, dedicated, team,” said Marc Lopez, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems’ marketing manager.
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NILES, IL – Shure Inc. added two new associates to the sales team of the company’s Americas Business Unit. Tim Valley has been named Regional Sales Manager for the Pro Systems Group for the Western U.S. and Christos Desalernos has been named Senior Regional Sales Manager for the Retail Group for the Western U.S.
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NILES, IL — Shure recently promoted four of its senior executives, including Ray Crawford (pictured here), vice president of strategic planning and integration; Mark Humrichouser, vice president of the Americas business unit; Meg Madison, vice president of human resources; and Tom Kundmann, assistant vice president of product development.
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LAS VEGAS – Shure has named Pro Tech Marketing as their Sales Representative of the Year. Pro Tech President Dean Hinton and vice president Shane Tunnell received the award along with outside sales rep Jaylon Shane at this year’s InfoComm convention in June. Pro Tech Marketing has been a Sales Representative for Shure since 1987. They have offices located in Denver, Tempe, and Salt Lake City. Their territory includes Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and parts of Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, and Texas.
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BACKNANG, Germany — d&b audiotechnik named Amnon Harman as CEO.  He will be responsible for driving the continued success of company and be responsible for the further development and implementation of its strategic positioning.
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