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Fell to Head WBU Technical Committee

by Bob Raikes

Simon Fell has been elected as Chair of the Technical Committee of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) for two years (2017/18). The WBU coordinates the regional broadcasting organisations around the world. Fell is Director …

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QMC Sees Boardroom Shift

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp has seen the resignation of its CEO and President, Sri Peruvembra and other board members, Daniel Carlson and Ray Martin, according to an SEC filing. Stephen Squires, Shane Squires and Ghassan …

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AOC and Philips Monitors Combine in UK

by Bob Raikes

MMD has reorganised its sales activities in the UK so that sales of both the AOC and Philips brands will be handled by the same team, a move that has already happened in other …

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Oculus CEO Moves Down to Lead Division

by Yvette Raikes

The CEO of Facebook-owned VR company Oculus, Brendan Iribe, has stepped down to lead the PC VR group within the firm. He said that he missed being involved in new technology and building leading-edge …

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Bastani Joins CTT

by Yvette Raikes

Cambridge Touch technologies (CTT) has named Babak Bastani as VP of Product. He has over 25 years of experience in ICs and smartphones, having worked for Samsung Cambridge Solutions, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Motorola and …

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Leyard Appoints VP in EMEA

by Yvette Raikes

Leyard has appointed Leonie Rotermundt as VP of business development for EMEA. She was previously MD of Benelux system integrator Sight and has also worked in 3D graphics and screen control. In addition, she …

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Bruines Becomes CEO of Leyard Europe

by Yvette Raikes

Marco Bruines has been named as the CEO of Leyard Europe, the European branch of Chinese digital display company Leyard Optoelectronic (which took over Planar). He was most recently with Benelux system integrator Sight. …

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ViewSonic Boosts DACH Sales

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has added to its DACH team by appointing Christian Treschan (BenQ, Asus, Maxdata) and Markus Husak (Tarox, Asus, Maxdata) to be account managers. Christian TreschanMarkus Husak

Albregts Becomes Sharp’s President and CEO

by Yvette Raikes

Doug Albregts has been appointed as president and CEO of Sharp Electronic Corp., the US subsidiary of the Japanese company, succeeding Toshiyuki Osawa. Albregts was previously president of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of …

Ingram Micro Promotes Defrance

by Yvette Raikes

Christophe Defrance has been promoted to Managing Director of Ingram Micro. He succeeds Sophie Deleval who has returned to France. Defrance was previously the sales director. He has many years of experience in ICT …

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LED Industry Veteran Joins Leyard as Chief Scientist

by Milos Pavlovic

Leyard, a global leader in visualization products, today announced that the company has hired LED industry veteran Nedi Nadershahi. Nadershahi will serve as principal scientist in Leyard’s research and development department based in the …

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Wienands Becomes SVP of Hisense Germany

by Yvette Raikes

Hisense Germany has taken on Hans Wienands as senior vice president, responsible for Europe. He was previously director of sales and marketing at Panasonic, where he was employed for 13 years. He also worked …