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Thiel Adds To Engineering Team
Brentwood, Tenn. — Thiel Audio has expanded its engineering staff with the addition of Dennis Crosson as director of engineering and Gavin Bence as...
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Crestron Founder Passes Away
Rockleigh, N.J. – George Feldstein, chairman and founder of custom-installation giant Crestron Electronics, died yesterday after a year-long battle with brain cancer, the company...
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Herrington Leaves Sharp, Sanduski Named Interim President
Herrington Leaves Sharp, Sanduski Named Interim President Mahwah, N.J. — John Herrington left Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) on Friday after more...
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CEA To Honor Wayman In NYC
NEW YORK — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) will sponsor a memorial service for longtime colleague and industry pioneer Jack Wayman on Nov. 10...
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Russound Adds Training Specialist
Newmarket, N.H. – Russound hired Sean Smith as the company’s new training specialist. Smith’s previous industry positions include product technical specialist for Niles, designer...
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MTX Taps Industry Vet McLeod
Phoenix – MTX Audio tapped industry veteran Dan McLeod as national mobile audio sales manager to expand MTX’s brick and mortar retail base. McLeod...
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Spitale Takes LG National Accounts Post
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — Paul Spitale, a 25-year Sony veteran and most recently corporate sales and marketing VP at Newark Co., has joined LG...
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Hi-Fi Pioneer Godehard Guenther Passes Away
Reno, Nevada – Hi-fi industry pioneer Dr. Godehard Guenther, who founded home and car audio supplier Analog + Digital Systems (a/d/s/) and audio company...
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Control4 Expands Sales Team
Control4 has continued the expansion of its global sales team with the appointment of two regional sales managers and a new Asian Pacific managing...
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Core Brands Makes Personnel Moves
Core Brands president Bill Pollock announced today at a company meeting that he would be retiring from the company at the end of year....
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Industry Comes To Aid Of 12-Volt Veteran Hutto
Arvada, Colo. — The Mobile Electronics Specialists Association (MESA) raised more than $100,000 at its fall summit early this month to help pay for...
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Rockford Promotes 2 In Expansion Drive
Tempe, Ariz. – Rockford Corp. promoted Theresa Anthony to sales and marketing VP and Jake Braaten product development and engineering VP. Anthony was marketing...
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Joseph Brown, Home Entertainment Founder, Passes Away At 87
Houston — Joseph Brown, the founder of the Home Entertainment chain of A/V specialty stores, passed away at age 87. He expanded Home Entertainment...
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hhgregg Names New CFO
Indianapolis — hhgregg has appointed Robert Riesbeck chief financial officer, effective Sept. 15. Riesbeck, formerly operations executive and group chief financial officer at Sun...
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Toys‘R’Us Fills Management Ranks
Wayne, N.J. — Toys“R”Us has added a trio of senior VPs to its executive ranks under recently appointed chairman/CEO Antonio Urcelay. Among the additions, Debbie...
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Amazon Sets CFO Succession; Doubles Home-Automation SKUs
Seattle — Amazon.com’s chief financial officer Tom Szkutak has set a retirement date of June 2015, when he will be succeeded by the e-tailer’s...
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CES Founder Jack Wayman Dies At 92
Arlington, Va. – International CES founder and consumer electronics industry legend Jack Wayman died Saturday, August 30, of natural causes at the age of...
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Goddard Named Kaleidescape Sales VP
Sunnyvale, Calif. – Buzz Goddard, formerly NetStreams sales VP, has been named Kaleidescape sales VP. Goddard is a 25-year CEDIA channel veteran, and last...
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John Laposky Named Editor In Chief of TWICE
NEW YORK — NewBay Media, publisher of TWICE (This Week in Consumer Electronics), has announced that John Laposky has been named as the brand’s...
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Batter Named Gracenote CEO
Emeryville, Calif. — John Batter, formerly M-Go chief operating officer, has been named Gracenote CEO and Tribune Media Co. executive VP, the companies said...
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NATM Names Satoren As Executive Director
Smithtown, N.Y. — NATM Buying Corp. announced the hiring of Jerry Satoren as the buying group’s new executive director. Satoren, who will help lead...
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ADL To Honor Fasulo, Huppin, White
NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) National Consumer Technology Industry division will honor Mike Fasulo, Murray Huppin and John T. White at its...
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Harman Taps Lang Lang As Brand Ambassador
Stamford, Conn. – Harman teamed up with concert pianist Lang Lang to launch a global marketing and brand awareness programs for the company’s consumer...
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Haier Beefs Up Majap Team
New York – Haier America has added three new executives to its white-goods management team. Ex-Mitsubishi manager Gina Copeland was named air quality senior...
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Harman Promotes 2 In CE
Stamford, Conn. — Harman International made some key personnel moves, promoting Dave Rogers to the newly created position of VP/general manager of global markets...
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Target Names New CEO
Minneapolis —Target has named Brian Cornell as its CEO and chairman of its board of directors, effective Aug. 12. Cornell most recently served as...
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Escort Gets New President/CEO
West Chester, Ohio – Escort named David Thornhill as president/CEO to oversee “an aggressive strategic business plan” to maintain Escort’s domestic market dominance and...
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Saunders Joins Conn’s Board
The Woodlands, Texas — Conn’s announced William E. Saunders, Jr. has been appointed to its board of directors, effective today. Saunders, who has served...
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Motorola Makes Management Changes
Chicago — Rick Osterloh, promoted to president/COO of Motorola Mobility earlier this year, is making major management changes. “These changes ensure that our leadership...
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Nunez Named Samsung Sales VP At Climatic
Columbia, S.C. — Climatic Home Products has named Felix Nunez sales VP of Samsung. Nunez has more than 16 years in the appliance distribution...
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Transformative Appoints Ralston As First Sales Director
Norwood, Mass. – Transformative Engineering expanded its management team with the addition of Jon Ralston as the company’s first director of sales. Ralston will...
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Jerry Harvey Audio Taps Regan As President
Apopka, Fla. – Jerry Harvey Audio, the maker of custom-made in-ear monitors for musicians and audiophiles, promoted Andy Regan to president. He joined the...
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Russound Hires Another CE Veteran
Newmarket, N.H. – Multiroom-audio supplier Russound hired a second new executive in about as many months, tapping industry veteran Colin Clark as product marketing...
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LG’s VanderWaal Promoted
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG Electronics USA said Thursday that David VanderWaal, fromer brand marketing director for the company’s home appliances business, has been...
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Thiel Makes Sweeping Changes
Brentwood, Tenn. — Thiel Audio is populating its new headquarters here with a new CEO, a sales and marketing senior VP, and new engineering,...
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Foran Named Walmart U.S. CEO/President
Bentonville, Ark. — Walmart reported today that Greg Foran has been promoted to president and CEO of Walmart U.S., succeeding Bill Simon. Simon has...
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Custom Plus Names Ricks Territory Mgr.
Auburn, Wash. – Custom Plus Distributing has named Steven Ricks as territory sales manager of the company’s new San Jose, Calif., location. Previously, Ricks...
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Steinle To Succeed Traub At BSH
Irvine, Calif. — Michael Traub will step down as president/CEO of BSH Home Appliances on Aug. 29 for a top-slot at Serta, to be succeeded...
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Microsoft Layoffs Hit Nokia Unit Hard
Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft will eliminate 12,500 professional and factory positions out of the approximate 30,000 that it inherited with the April 25 purchase...
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Soulé Named President Of OWC
New York — Jen Soulé has been named president of OWC, the manufacturer of Mac-compatible memory upgrade and storage products. Soulé, a veteran of...
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Maxxsonics Names Dattalo Nat’l Sales Mgr.
Chicago – Industry veteran Sam Dattalo has joined Maxxsonics as its national sales manager to help manage the company’s growing business categories and customer...
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Gary Feather Joins NanoLumens As Exec VP
Atlanta — NanoLumens, manufacturer and marketer of indoor LED display solutions, has hired Gary Feather, former senior VP of LED lighting at Sharp Electronics,...