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Sennheiser Appoints Pete Ogley as Chief Operating Officer Consumer Electronics
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Sennheiser Appoints Pete Ogley as Chief Operating Officer Consumer Electronics

Sennheiser has appointed Pete Ogley as Chief Operating Officer for the Consumer Electronics Division. With extensive experience in consumer electronics and the audio business, Pete Ogley joins Sennheiser following a two-decade career at Bose Corporation. He will be based in Wedemark, Germany, and joins the Executive Management Board, reporting to Sennheiser co-CEOs Daniel and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser.
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Electrocompaniet Signals New Expansion Stage with Appointment of New CEO at US Subsidiary
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Electrocompaniet Signals New Expansion Stage with Appointment of New CEO at US Subsidiary

Electrocompaniet AS announced that Peter Wellikoff has been appointed as CEO for Electrocompaniet Inc., the US subsidiary of the famous Norwegian company, as of the 1st of May 2017. Peter Wellikoff is a well-respected industry veteran with over 45 years of experience highlighted by 14 years as COO of the B&W Group, followed by six years as CEO of Meridian/Sooloos. He has numerous industry achievements and awards.
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Dirac Research Announces Appointments and New Investors to Accelerate Growth in VR/AR Applications and 3D Audio
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Dirac Research Announces Appointments and New Investors to Accelerate Growth in VR/AR Applications and 3D Audio

Investing further in the build-out of its senior management team, Dirac Research appointed Lars Isaksson as Business Director of Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality. The Swedish company also received extra support from new investors to, in part, accelerate its growth into the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality markets. One of those investors, Jörgen Lantto, also joined Dirac’s Board of Directors. Meanwhile, the company was awarded a research grant from the Swedish government.
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Ed Okorn Joins G.R.A.S Sound & Vibration as General Manager for North America
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Ed Okorn Joins G.R.A.S Sound & Vibration as General Manager for North America

G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration announced the appointment of Ed Okorn as General Manager for North America. The world-renowned manufacturer of high-quality measurement microphones and related acoustic equipment, based in Denmark, hopes to expand their market share in North America and strengthen business relationships with clients and technology partners in the region.
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DiGiCo Appoints Austin Freshwater as New General Manager
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DiGiCo Appoints Austin Freshwater as New General Manager

British digital audio solutions company, DiGiCo, announced the appointment of Austin Freshwater as its General Manager. Austin joins the DiGiCo team from Canon, the imaging and information technology solutions company, where he spent the previous 10 years working in sales, latterly becoming Sales Director for UK and Ireland. Austin will be working closely with DiGiCo’s VP Sales, Ian Staddon.
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Lavoce Italiana Signals International Expansion with New Appointments, New Website and Product Catalogue
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Lavoce Italiana Signals International Expansion with New Appointments, New Website and Product Catalogue

Lavoce Italiana has launched a new elegant website for their professional audio transducers, together with producing its very first comprehensive product catalogue. Those initiatives follow Lavoce’s continuous expansion worldwide and growing business in direct result of a continuous presence in all major audio industry trade shows. Lavoce also expanded its own team with the appointment of Kevin Shove and Alex Kroworz to support sales growth.
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InfoComm International Names Heidi Voorhees Chief Operating Officer
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InfoComm International Names Heidi Voorhees Chief Operating Officer

InfoComm International announced Heidi A. Voorhees, MBA, CAE, as the organization's new Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Voorhees will lead InfoComm's North American operations and global marketing and communication efforts. With 20 years of trade association and private business experience, Voorhees brings to InfoComm significant expertise in operations management and strategic planning.
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Thomas Gmeiner Joins USound as Vice President Global Program Management and Business Development
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Thomas Gmeiner Joins USound as Vice President Global Program Management and Business Development

Austrian manufacturer and supplier of MEMS-based audio systems, USound, has extended its management team with Thomas Gmeiner, who was appointed as USound Vice President Global Program Management and Business Development. A former Knowles and AKG executive with more than 20 years experience in the audio industry, Thomas Gmeiner reinforces USound in a critical moment for the company, about to release its patented thin-film piezo-electric MEMS micro-speaker technology.
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Christian Hellinger is now Managing Director at ADAM Audio
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Christian Hellinger is now Managing Director at ADAM Audio

ADAM Audio announced the appointment of Christian Hellinger to the position of Managing Director. In his new role, Hellinger will oversee global sales, distribution, marketing, R&D, post-sales support and service, product management and strategy for ADAM Audio worldwide. Hellinger will be based in ADAM Audio’s headquarters in Berlin.
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Jonathan Novick Joins Avermetrics To Support Company's Expansion
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Jonathan Novick Joins Avermetrics To Support Company's Expansion

Avermetrics, an innovator in electronic production test systems, announced the hiring of Jonathan Novick as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Novick is now responsible for product launches and the worldwide sales and distribution of Avermetrics products. The appointment comes at a strategic moment when the company is preparing to expand its test and measurement portfolio with new solutions, soon to be unveiled.
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