  AVIXA Announces Marco Pardi as New Chief Executive Office
AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, has named Marco Pardi as its new CEO. Pardi will take the reins of the Association on January 1, 2027, succeeding David Labuskes, CTS, RCDD, who ...
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J.P. Huff Adopts Solid State Logic Live Platform for Pierce the Veil's Front-of-House Duties
Pierce the Veil has been touring with the Solid State Logic (SSL) Live platform since the beginning of 2025. J.P. Huff, the band's front-of-house engineer since 2022, has now mixed the band on every console model in the ...
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Davide Giaroli Joins DirectOut as User Experience Manager
DirectOut has named Davide Giaroli as user experience manager. Bringing extensive experience in broadcast operations, live production workflows, and content creation, Giaroli will play a key role in strengthening the ...
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Void Acoustics Appoints Nathan Short as Head of Technical Services, North America
Void Acoustics announces Nathan Short's appointment as head of technical services, North America. With more than 25 years of professional audio experience, Short brings extensive expertise in sound system design, DSP ...
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Jeffery Fowler Joins Jerry Harvey Audio as Director of Sales
Jerry Harvey Audio (JH Audio) announces the appointment of Jeffery Fowler as JH Audio's new director of sales. Fowler brings 26 years of sales experience in the Pro Audio industry to the team as well as a deep understanding ...
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Mo Gawdat, Bestselling Author and AI Visionary, to Deliver ISE 2027 Business Keynote
Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) has announced Mo Gawdat, four-time international bestselling author and business leader, as the business keynote speaker for ISE 2027. Returning to Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, February 2-5, ...
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Jonny "Famous" Williams Switches to Solid State Logic Live L650 Mixing Console for North American Tour
Jonny "Famous" Williams, front-of-house engineer for Sir Rod Stewart for the past two-and-a-half years, recently switched to a Solid State Logic Live L650 mixing console supplied by Sound Image, a Clair Global Group company. ...
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Artistic Licence Appoints Andy Booth as Consultative Technical Sales Manager
Artistic Licence has appointed Andy Booth as consultative technical sales manager.
Based in the UK, Booth will work with consultants, lighting designers, specifiers, and systems integrators worldwide, supporting the adoption of ...
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Michael Hassett Honored with 2026 Australian Event Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
The Australian Event Awards announces that Michael Hassett, founder and managing director of Technical Direction Company (TDC), is the recipient of the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing his extraordinary ...
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Available Light Announces Retirement of Founder Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen, founder and CEO of the well-known design firm Available Light, will retire in December, after more than four decades of work.
Beginning as a theatre lighting designer, Rosen took on side gigs designing ...
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In Memoriam: Mats Karlsson
Mats Karlsson, co-founder of the Swedish power distribution company StageSmarts, has died, Lighting&Sound America has learned. He was 64 and suffered from cancer.
A well-known and respected member of the industry ...
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In Memoriam: Tad Inferrera
Tad Inferrera, an Emmy Award-winning television lighting director and master electrician, died on September 17. The cause was cancer. He was 63.
The longtime master electrician at the Peacock Theater (formerly the Nokia Theatre ...
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Funktion-One Appoints Rob Speight as Technical Marketing Director
Funktion-One has appointed audio professional Rob Speight as technical marketing director, in a move designed to strengthen the company's focus on communicating the engineering, philosophy and real-world performance behind ...
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Powersoft Appoints Hernan Dominguez to Drive Growth in Latin America and Canada
Powersoft has appointed Hernan Dominguez as Americas distribution sales regional manager, reporting to Fabrizio Bolzoni, distribution sales manager. Based in Mexico City and travelling frequently across the region, ...
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In Memoriam: Pete Herrmann
Pete Herrmann, CEO, co-founder, and owner of Motion Laboratories, passed away on September 19.
As a statement released by Motion Labs notes:
"Pete's life belonged on the pages of a memoir. Born in the Bronx, he was a ...
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Bandit Lites Welcomes Jason "Cannonball" Jenkins as Entertainment Systems Solution Specialist
Bandit Lites has announced the addition of Jason "Cannonball" Jenkins as entertainment systems solutions specialist in its Nashville Integration Department.
Jenkins returns to Bandit Lites nearly three decades after first ...
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Available Light Adds Shahzad Abtahi as Principal in Boston Studio
Available Light has announced that Shahrzad Abtahi has joined the firm as a principal in its Boston studio. "With more than 15 years' experience across healthcare, corporate interiors, higher education, cultural projects, and ...
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New Members Admitted to ASTC at Forum 2026 Meeting
At this fall's Forum meeting held September 26 and 27 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) board of directors admitted four new members: Brandon Creel, Eric Furbish, Robert ...
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64 Audio Announces Stewart Millager Named Fractional CEO
64 Audio has announced a number of organizational updates. Vitaliy Belonozhko is stepping away from his role as CEO and will remain active with the company. In his place, previous COO Stewart Millager has been promoted ...
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Westview Announces Alison Daughters as New Co-Owner
Alison Daughters has become co-owner of Westview, the architectural lighting + controls, theatrical integration, and custom fabrication company based in Denver, Colorado.
Daughters joined Westview in 2015 as a systems ...
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