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REGIONAL ROUND-UP
Pixotope’s Ben Davenport, Dave Cheng, and Travis Sims; Edge Electronics’ Kiran Dias and Pratap Singh; CTME’s Kevin Crossley; Bosch’s Josef Penker; Point Source Audio’s Gerry Forde; Facing page: PRG’s Andy Ehrenberger, Bhans Sheomangal, Jamie Watkins, Oleksii Kalenskyi, Pedro Quaresma, and Revil Baselga.
INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS THE LATEST MOVERS AND SHAKERS ACROSS THE REGION. Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) has appointed Kevin Crossley as Head of Operations for the MENA region. “I am really excited to be joining a world-class team at CT and helping the CTME MENA region operations grow as we expand into full production, delivering the same level of service and quality that our customers expect,” he commented. Andy Reardon, CTME’s Managing Director, added: “Kevin is one of many strategic hires we have made recently, and we have many more highly skilled professionals joining us over the coming months. It is an ex-citing time for us in the Middle East as we expand our offerings and continue to grow in the region. It is a pleasure to have Kevin on board, and I look forward to working closely with him on developing a new operational strategy.” Josef Penker has been named Vice President of Sales EMEA for Bosch’s Building Technologies division, leading the regional sales force for the professional audio brands Dynacord, ElectroVoice, RTS, and Telex. He takes over the position
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from his predecessor, Jens Gaessner, who will move into the video division within Bosch. “One of the key strengths of Bosch is having the scale and resources to best serve the market with our services and solutions – that puts us in a unique position to lead the way towards what’s next in pro audio and communications,” Penker stated. “I can already count on an exceptional sales team and channel partners to help us achieve our goals, in step with the constantly changing needs of our customers and today’s rapidly transforming markets.” L-Acoustics has named Edge Electronics as a Certified Provider Distributor for Qatar. “We take pride in distributing some of the world’s most innovative AV brands across the board enabling us to work closely with our clients offering onsite assistance and 24/7 support,” said Pratap Singh, General Manager at Edge Electronics. “Working in a fast-paced market as Qatar, holding local stock enables us to exceed our clients’ expectations.” Chris Mead, L-Acoustics Sales
Manager, Middle East, India, East Africa, added: “Pratap and the team have built a very notable presence in Doha in the relatively short amount of time since the office was opened there, and we are excited to be a partner in their ongoing growth. I’m confident they will play a big part in building the L-Acoustics brand in both the rental and installation markets.” Pixotope has added three big names to its global leadership team. Ben Davenport joins as VP for Global Marketing, taking charge of Pixotope’s international communications strategy. David Cheng has been appointed as VP Sales & Marketing EMEA. Additionally, Travis Sims has become Pixotope’s Strategic Account Manager for North America. “Pixotope meets the demand for real-time engine applications in live broadcast and events more succinctly and effectively than anything else on the market,” he commented. I am excited to be at the forefront of Pixotope’s journey and development – there are big announcements yet to come.”
