On the Move

BUENA PARK, CA – Hosa Technology named Mayumi Martinez to the newly created position of executive vice president. Martinez' appointment is intended to prepare the company for the next generation of leadership as founding president Sho Sato transitions to retirement.

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz has expanded their engineering department with two new hires. Semi Tehrani has joined the electronics hardware development team, and Mikhail Poddubny joins the department's software team.

MIAMI, FL – Proel America named industry veteran Ed Simeone V.P of Sales for North America. He will be responsible for all sales and marketing efforts in The U.S. and Canada for Proel, and will manage their independent sales rep force.

SEATTLE – Symetrix announced the promotions of Paul Roberts and Brooke Macomber. Roberts, previously director of sales and marketing, is now vice president of sales and marketing. Macomber, previously inside sales and marketing manager, is now director of business development.

POTTERS BAR, U.K. – Soundcraft Studer has hired Garry Blackmore to lead the company's new product development push. Blackmore, who has a BSC in computer science, had worked on developing Xerox's multifunction systems and is qualified as a Prince2 practitioner with experience in electronics design, software development, systems engineering and project management across the U.K., U.S. and Asia.

ECHIZEN CITY, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan – Audio-Technica recently opened a new facility, Technica Fukui, which combines three pre-existing A-T Fukuoka branches into one location.

BERKELEY, CA – Meyer Sound has promoted three members of its technical support team: John Monitto, Luke Jenks and Oscar Barrientos.

PETALUMA, CA – Panamax/Furman named Martha Brooke Eastern regional sales manager. LEED certified, Brooke brings a high level of energy management expertise to her new role, in addition to over 10 years of experience in consumer electronics.

SUN VALLEY, CA – Aphex named veteran audio sales manager Kent Dimon director of licensing. Dimon, who will work with Aphex general manager Rick McClendon, product development manager Jim Bailey, CEO David Wiener and COO Robin Sibucao, has held positions with Altec Lansing and Bose Corporation.

SANT'OMERO, Italy – Proel Group named Giovanni Turrin as the company's new chief financial officer. Turrin, who comes to Proel after working for audit firms and industrial companies, will report to Massimo Signor, Proel Group's managing director.

WILLICH, Germany – The Music Group named John Farina chief financial officer. Farina has more than 25 years of financial management, corporate development and general management experience, most recently as president and CFO of Nam Tai Electronics Inc. Before that, Farina held various posts with Celestica Inc. and IBM Corporation.

LOS ANGELES – American DJ named Edgar Bernal, a.k.a. DJ Etronik, product/sales specialist for American Audio.