On the Move

SHELTON, CT – Lex Products named Blake Whilden (pictured left) and Chris Singleton (right) to its inside sales team. Whilden will cover the south central region (TX, NM, OK, AR, MS, LA, CO, KS); Wilkerson will cover the western region (CA, ID, MN, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY, HI, AK). They are based at the company's offices in Sun Valley, CA.

MADISON, WI – Full Compass promoted Al Breunig to sales manager. Breunig, previously assistant sales manager, will continue to oversee the company's national sales and retail operations while playing a more prominent role crafting the company's overall sales strategy.

NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman promoted Paul Bauman to senior manager, tour sound for JBL Professional. In his new position, Bauman will lead product development efforts for JBL's VerTec line array systems and oversee the continuing integration of JBL's tour sound products with other brands within the Harman family while reporting to head of marketing Mark Gander.

NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman Professional promoted David Scheirman to director, knowledge resources. In this position, Scheirman has responsibility for establishing and managing new training and instructional programs and activities for the company on a worldwide scale. He will report to Michael MacDonald, Vice president sales & marketing at Harman's Northridge business campus.

NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman named Scott Leslie director of engineering for JBL Professional. Prior to JBL, Leslie held positions with companies such as Fender, Altec Lansing, Tektronix and Sun Microsystems. Most recently, he served as CEO of Evidant Corporation, a software company he founded.

BALTIMORE, MD – Event Tech named Chad Houseknecht, longtime production manager at Nightclub 930 in Washington, DC, as the production and rental company's new warehouse operations manager. The company also named John James, another industry veteran, production manager. James has been involved in the technical side of special event production – designing audio, lighting and temporary power systems – for 20 years.

WOODLAND HILLS – American Music & Sound named Dave Hetrick national sales manager for BeyerDynamic, Fostex, and Alpine in the U.S. Hetrick is a singer/songwriter/musician with experience in the recording and engineering world. Prior to AM&S he was director of worldwide sales for KRK/Cerwin Vega Group.

NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman named Scott Leslie, David Scheirman and Paul Bauman to new posts recently. Leslie, pictured here, was named director of engineering for JBL Professional. Harman also promoted Scheirman to director, knowledge resources and Bauman to senior manager, tour sound for JBL Professional.

BURNSVILLE, MN – Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division named Bob Rieder product marketing manager for Pro Sound – Install. Rieder will support the Americas region by developing and implementing marketing strategies for Electro-Voice installed audio product lines.

JACKSON, MS – Peavey Electronics Corporation president Mary Peavey, a longtime arts and education advocate, was appointed to the Mississippi Arts Commission's Board of Commissioners. Along with her role as president of Meridian, MS-based Peavey Electronics Corporation, Peavey has long pursued the goal of bridging creativity and commerce through arts and education.