As one of the founders of Brompton Technology (previously CEO of Carallon and Pharos Architectural Controls – companies he also co-founded), Richard Mead has been in a chief executive role continuously since 2004, growing all three businesses in their specific fields. Born and schooled in Cheltenham (studying Physics at Oxford),…
If you know that HHB stands for Half Human Band, you know HHB’s rock and roll provenance. Live sound drove the early business, was replaced by recording and broadcast and, later, audio post-production. Now, with Midwich’s purchase of the company in July, the niches are wide open. When Ian Jones…
Everyone’s been back in Biamp’s offices for two years, and the disruption caused by the pandemic effectively rippled for only one quarter of one year. Rumours of the end of the world had been greatly exaggerated. Furthermore, the subsequent supply chain crisis has barely affected Biamp at all, thanks to…
Stacia Pfeiffer’s AV career began as a promoter, with dubstep artists from London, and techno DJs from Germany. "The level of production these artists were bringing in was incredible. Projection mapping, immersive sets - it changed the way I looked at live events. From quite a young age I was…
Nick Belcore was born and raised in the Chicagoland area, residing in the city of Chicago for the vast majority of his life. Classically educated at a Jesuit college school, he went on to Drake University earning a Bachelor’s degree. “I spent most of my professional life in life sciences…
Newly appointed as CEO of Nuvias UC, Joel Chimoindes has worked in distribution for almost all of the last three decades. “Distribution is a really fast-moving industry,” he says, explaining its appeal to him, and he doesn’t mean this disrespectfully to any other part of the channel. Distribution offers the…
It would be hard to pinpoint Roman Sick’s origins. His English is impeccable and, as he himself says, “wherever I go, I always look local,” which is quite a talent. This may have something to do with his ability to put people at their ease and import fresh ideas into…
Living and moving all over the world in his formative years instilled a type of discipline and character in Scott Hix as well as an early appreciation for different cultures, race, religions and people in general which he maintains carried him forward into his later life. Spending time at Portland…
Oliver Jeffery wasn’t a particularly academic person, suffering from dyslexia and dyscalculia, which really restricted him at school. “The opportunity to skip lessons to play with lights and move music stands for the school concerts was much more appealing - I didn’t quite imagine then that twenty five years later…
During his childhood, AV industry stalwart Simon Jackson lived in the South West, North West and East of England before moving to London, so one might deduce had a fairly rounded view of the cultural differences and the north, south divide as well as London centricity. “I think it sparked…
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