On the Move

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Martin Audio has named SVL (Sound-Video-Lighting) as its distributor for the Dominican Republic.

MITTWEIDA, Germany – German networked audio solutions specialist, DirectOut Technologies, is proud to announce the appointment of a new distribution partner for the Middle East. Official Harman Professional Audio, Video and Lighting distributor, GSL Professional, is now representing DirectOut in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

WOODINVILLE, WA -LOUD Technologies, Inc. (LOUD) is proud to announce the addition of two well-known industry veterans, CJ Lewis and Parker Bradley, to its sales team. Mr. Lewis is LOUD Retail Group’s new Western Regional Sales Manager, while Mr. Bradley takes over as LOUD Retail Group’s new Central Regional Sales Manager.

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications announced the appointment of Daniel Channon as rental engineer. Based in Riedel’s U.K. office, Channon will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and maintaining the company’s extensive rental service for tailored communications and networking solutions.

NILES, IL – Shure Inc. named Mark Humrichouser vice president of the company’s sales organizations in the Americas and Asia/Pacific regions. In his new role, Humrichouser leads the sales, marketing, customer training and education, customer service and product technical support functions for these regions. Prior to this appointment, Humrichouser served as vice president and general manager of the company’s Americas business unit. His other positions at Shure were general manager of the U.S. business unit and director of U.S. sales. He joined Shure in 2006 after nine years with Sennheiser USA.

GLENVIEW, IL — High-end loudspeaker company, Dynaudio, announced key promotions, a new hire, extension of the Dynaudio reseller network, &
strategic initiatives as part of the company’s expansion across the Americas.

NEW YORK, NY – British loudspeaker manufacturer EM Acoustics naemd Cardone, Solomon & Associates of New York as its rep firm. The appointment comes after EM Acoustic’s recent announcement of the appointment of Contact Distribution as EM Acoustics’ exclusive Canadian distributor.

BEAVERTON, OR — Sam Ng has been hired as Biamp Systems’ area manager for greater China, and Mike Cast as field sales engineer for emergency communications systems in North America.

FREDERICK, MD –Showcall Audio announced the acquisition of assets of MHA Audio. Showcall will now do business as “MHA Audio”.

TORONTO, Ontario – Following the inauguration last year of EM Acoustics North America, the British loudspeaker manufacturer has announced the appointment of Canadian pro audio distribution specialists, Contact Distribution. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Contact covers the whole of Canada and also works closely with a number of trusted contacts in the US.

Eminence, KY – Eminence announced the appointment of Courtney F. Morgan, Ph.D., as a Research and Innovation Leader.

FORT WAYNE, IN — AVID Labs, LLC named Ryan Hall and Robert Kartman mechanical engineers. In their roles, Hall and Kartman apply their expertise in the engineering process to design and develop new products.