The Buzz: Movers and Shakers
Apr 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Steve Rose
Rick Renner
AKG Acoustics, U.S. awarded its annual Rep of the Year award to the John B. Anthony Company. … Antex Electronics unveiled its network of manufacturer’s reps to support sales of the SRX-3 Triple Play receiver to custom installation dealers nationwide. The manufacturers representatives include: Innovative Consulting and Marketing — Arizona and southern Nevada; Bishop Audio Services — Northeast; BP Marketing Group — Midwest; Acoustic Solutions — Mid-Atlantic; JBA Sales — New York metro area; the 3D Experience — mountain states; C&E Marketing — Florida; Zone Pacific Sales — Northern California and northern Nevada; and the Joncas Company — Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. … Billilynne Keller, executive director of the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association, has been named president of the Electronic Systems Industry Consortium. … Furman Sound promoted Steve Rose to vice president of product development. … Omneon Video Networks appointed Jason Danielson to senior director of solutions marketing. … PreSonus Audio Electronics has appointed Hand in Hand Distribution to be the sole distributor for PreSonus products in the United Kingdom. … Sennheiser Electronic Corp. (SEC) created the South/Central territory under the direction of Rick Renner. To support the activities of the regional sales managers, the company created the position of assistant regional sales manager. Handling those duties are Tim Murray for the Western region and Jim Schanz for the Northeast region. The company also restructured its marketing communications team, which included the following appointments: Karl Winkler heads the pro/MI/installed sound division; Rob Douglas spearheads consumer electronics; audiology is the responsibility of Denise Lavoie; Michael Feldbauer guides aviation; and Denise Zembower is business manager for Guideport and Tourguide. Finally, SEC presented the 2003 Rep of the Year Award and Award for Most Improved Territory to Highway Marketing. … WireTracks LLC added Paul Collins Associates as its manufacturer’s representative for Southern California, southern Nevada, and Arizona. … Electrograph is the exclusive commercial distribution partner for pro/commercial business for Xantech Corp. … Pure Pro has been appointed as exclusive distributor for Adamson products in Belgium and Luxembourg, and Sound and Light Import (a subsidiary of Production Partners) has been named exclusive distributor for the entire Adamson product line in the Netherlands.Subscribe to Sound & Video Contractor EXTRA!Breaking industry news in your e-mail inbox every other week! Subscribe at www.svconline.com.
