On the Move

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada — Lawo North America Corporation, based here, named Don Bird VP, business development and marketing and Damian Fink product support manager. Based out of San Francisco and Los Angeles respectively, Bird (pictured here) and Fink (pictured below) will jointly support Lawo’s marketing and distribution channels throughout North America, with particular focus on the West Coast.

POTTERS BAR, UK – Sean Karpowicz has joined Harman where he will serve as Product Manager for Soundcraft’s Si Series Mixing Consoles. Karpowicz comes to Soundcraft from VenueMagic, a show control software platform, where he was Marketing Director. Prior to this, Karpowicz served as Product Manager at Gemini, responsible for Pro Audio product design and management.

VERNON, CA — 3G Productions, Inc., which now has a larger facility in the Los Angeles area, also named Devon Murray (pictured here) director of business development and sales. Prior to 3G Productions, Murray served for eight years as senior production manager for Staples Center/AEG.

ELKHART, IN — Harman’s Crown Audio today announced that Craig Lambrecht has been appointed as Business Segment Manager, Commercial Audio and Portable PA. In this role Lambrecht will oversee Crown’s commercial audio and portable PA business, including product development, marketing and sales. He will report to Marc Kellom, Senior Director of Engineering and Marketing for Crown.

LUTON, U.K. – Cadac has increased the R&D team at its headquarters here to 25 people, with the recent addition of nine new employees hired from universities in the U.K. and abroad. The growing R&D ranks reflect the commitment of Soundking Group, Cadac’s parent company, to investments in new product design and engineering.

NEW YORK, NY — Masque Sound promoted Stephanie Hansen, who first joined the company in 2004, vice president. She will also continue to perform in her role of general manager, a title she has held since 2008. Her new position includes an expanded focus on the development and acquisition of new business.

ANDOVER, MA –– Fishman named Bill Norton VP of Retail Sales. Formerly a professional musician with a background in global distribution and sales, Norton also spent several years as Chief Operating Officer at New Hampshire-based Earthworks Microphones before joining Fishman.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Visom Digital has become the latest of authorized API 1608 dealers. Joining the ranks of other API distributors in South America, Visom began carrying the API product line back in 2012.

MANILA, The Philippines – Cadac named Stagecraft International Trading Group, based here, as its regional distributor for the Philippines. The company is also exhibiting for the first time at PALMM Philippines, an event set for Aug. 15-17 at the SMX Convention Center Pasay City, The Philippines.

CLEVELAND, OH – The Riverside Company, based here, has acquired Westlake Village, CA-based Blue Microphones. Riverside plans to help the company expand globally while deepening its share in all markets, in addition to developing new products.

WEST SUSSEX, UK — Turbousound named industry veteran Howard Smart Senior Technical Support Specialist. In his new role Smart will spearhead Turbosound’s training program for sound engineers and systems technicians in the use of the company’s concert touring and fixed installation loudspeaker systems. In addition he will manage the team that provides onsite hands-on technical support to new users of Turbosound’s Flashline, Flex Array and Flashline Mini loudspeaker systems.

WEBSTER, NY – Ashly Audio, longtime American manufacturer of professional audio signal processors, amplifiers, and end-user controllers, has named National Audio Systems (NAS) as its distributor for Australia.