Martin Professional, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Professional A/S, has been appointed the exclusive distributor in North America for the BigLite™ product series, including the BigLite 4.5, 6.0, and 7.0 Xenon fixtures. (www.martinpro.com; www.BigLites.com)
Color Kinetics Incorporated has appointed Philip O'Donnell as vice president, North American sales and Paul Kallmes as director of licensing. O'Donnell will oversee direct and channel sales for the company's lighting systems business. He previously spent 26 years at Strand Lighting, where he led the company as CEO for four years. Kallmes will oversee the identification and development of licensing opportunities that extend the value of intellectual property and expertise to third-party manufacturers. He most recently served as director of business development for Rockwell Scientific Licensing. In addition, the company has appointed Ellen Bossert as vice president of marketing. She most recently served as CEO of Zoesis Studios, a developer of artificial intelligence-based entertainment technology for commercial use. Her marketing experience includes leadership roles at Hasbro and Converse, as well as high-tech start-ups Domania and MIT Media Lab spin-off Presto Technologies. (www.colorkinetics.com)
White Light Ltd. of the UK has appointed TMB as North American distributor for the Digital Festoon System. The system will be exhibited by TMB at LDI. (www.tmb.com; www.whitelight.ltd.uk)
ZZYZX, Inc. has appointed Tenfeet, BV as its ESP Vision distributor for the Benelux countries. Tenfeet will also be responsible for training, support and visualization services in the region. (www.espvision.com; www.tenfeet.nl)
Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announces the addition of KC Hooper as product specialist to its sales and marketing team. Hooper will be providing both creative and technical product education in a variety of environments. His experience includes eight years with Rosco Labs and 22 years as technical director and lighting designer at Arizona State University. (www.internetapollo.com)
ETC has promoted David Smith to be the second field project coordinator for the western regional office in Hollywood. He will work with Tim Guion, ETC western regional sales manager and Karl Haas, ETC architectural regional manager. Smith will join colleague David West in covering the sales region, which includes Hollywood, Las Vegas, and Western Canada. Most recently Smith was the lead trainer and support person for the new ETC Congo™ control console installation at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA. (www.etcconnect.com)
Nemetschek North America now offers online and onsite training to VectorWorks users. These new training options provide convenient instructor-led training that can be customized to a user's specific needs. (www.nemetschek.net/training/onsite_training.html)
Anne Hunter has joined Rosco Laboratories' Texas facility in a new position, product specialist, architectural/OEM lighting sales. Hunter's background includes having served as a lighting designer sales specialist for Apollo Design Technology and as a sales and marketing associate with High End Systems. She can be reached at [email protected]. (www.rosco.com)
Derek Barnwell has joined the Boston office of Available Light as senior associate/project manager. He has over 15 years experience designing lighting systems for museums, architecture, and entertainment. (www.availablelight.com)
ARRI Inc. has hired Fred H. Horne as the Northeast lighting sales manager and Mike Jones as technical sales representative. Horne is now part of the Blauvelt, NY, team, taking over for Roger Dean, who now covers the Southern region. Previously, Horne served as sales executive for Fourth Phase (PRG), in charge of lighting rentals and sales for TV and film productions in the New York City area. Jones, formerly of lighting and grip rental house 1st Unit, is based out of the Burbank, CA, office. (www.arri.com)
Lighting Services Inc (LSI) has formed a strategic partnership with TIR Systems Ltd. to develop a range of LEXEL™-based fixtures that produce white light with a full range of color temperatures and that can be dimmed without the color temperature being affected. (www.LightingServicesInc.com)
Leviton Manufacturing has promoted William Marshall to senior vice president of sales and marketing and Daryoush Larizadeh to senior vice president. Marshall joined Leviton in 1994 as vice president of distribution marketing and was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing in 2003. Larizadeh joined Leviton in 2001, helping to pilot the company's operational efficiency programs. (www.leviton.com)
Lex Products Corp. has hired Steve Smith as business unit manager — stage and studio installation products. His past experience includes launching several businesses, including The Elevator News Network, a leader in electronic video monitoring/advertising; and Datwyler Cables (USA), a division of Datwyler, Switzerland, an international wire and cable manufacturer. He also served as sales and marketing director at City Theatrical. (www.lexproducts.com)
ALPS/Advanced Lighting & Production Services of Boston recently purchased all the assets of the rental, production, and resale divisions of BN Productions of Woburn, MA. This acquisition creates one of the largest lighting companies in New England, with all operations run from ALPS current location in Randolph, MA. (www.ALPSWEB.com)
Hollywood-based Design Partners, Inc. (DPI), an association of lighting designers and directors of photography, announced the election of Marisa Davis to partner. Nominated for an Emmy in both 2003 and 2004 for her work on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Davis has served as the show's lighting director since its 2003 premiere. (www.dpi-ld.com)
Event production and AV staging company Bluefin Events, Inc. has hired Elizabeth Samia as marketing and sales representative. She comes from XV Beacon. (www.bluefinevents.com)
Starlite Productions in Cherry Hill, NJ, has added Strong Entertainment Lighting to its professional product line. (www.starlite.com)