ORLANDO — Alcorn McBride named Brian Macauto senior sales engineer. He was most recently regional sales manager (North America) for Vista Systems, where he handled outside sales, software/hardware training, system commissioning, trade show and technical support. At Alcorn McBride, Macauto will work with customers and provide pre-sales application support while also developing new project opportunities worldwid.
Read More »TOKYO — Audient Names Japan-based audio company, All Access Inc, as its distributor in Japan. All Access Inc will handle the full range of Audient products in Japan, including the USB interface, iD22 and the 8-channel mic pre and ADC, ASP880.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, based here, acquired Dev-Audio, a developer of Microcone, a conferencing product that actively tracks and enhance voice quality, adaptively reducing background noise. Dev-Audio also developed the related software application, Microcone Recorder.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW named Ken Dewar as the company’s new Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales director. EAW vice president of sales Rusty Waite made the announcement.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications promoted marketing manager, Christian Bockskopf, to head of marketing. The company also hired Serkan Güner as its marketing and communications manager.
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MILEVSKO, Czech Republic — KV2 Audio named Ron Pilon director of sales for Canada. Pilon will oversee a new distribution arm for the company called KV2 Audio Canada. Pilon previously worked at Yorkville Sound for more than 13 years, serving as export sales manager before leaving in 2012 to join Monster Cable Inc. He comes to KV2 Audio with considerable experience in both local and international sales as well as logistics and distribution.
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BERKELEY, CA — Meyer Sound named Karen Ames vice president of marketing and communications, a new position. The company also noted that Jodi Hughes will now be serving as director of marketing, and that Rachel Archibald is now overseeing strategic marketing initiatives.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, a provider of networked media systems, expanded the responsibilities of Matthew Packer, its regional director, Asia-Pacific. Packer will now oversee all Biamp Systems sales operations in India as well. Packer was first appointed regional director of the Asia-Pacific region in late 2012.
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BURLINGTON, MA — Avid named Jennifer Smith to senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO). Smith, formerly with Microsoft and Progress Software, is based at the company’s headquarters here.
Read More »BERLIN — Stagetec Entwicklungsgesellschaft announced that, as of late 2013, René Harder joined the digital audio technology company’s board. He succeeds Dr. Klaus-Peter Scholz, one of the founders and pioneers of Stagetec.
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WOODLAND HILLS, CA — American Music & Sound has named Kevin Madden as eastern regional sales manager. An accomplished audio marketing professional, Madden will be responsible for the continued growth of the Allen & Heath brand in the Eastern U.S. With decades worth of experience as an audio engineer, both in live sound and studio recording, Madden brings a wealth of product and market development experience with him.
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OLYMPIA, WA — Solid State Logic has added CCI Solutions, based here, to its U.S. Live console partner network. CCI has 35 years experience designing and implementing pro AV systems in houses of worship, corporate, government and public facilities.
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