Professional Sound - June 2019 | Page 17

EAW Promotes Jeremy Forsythe to Director of Product Management EAW has promoted Jeremy Forsythe to the position of director of product management. Forsythe joined EAW in March 2017 as business development manager after working as an architect and architecture proj- ect manager in New York City, then designing nightclub sound and lighting systems in Los Angeles. “Jeremy Forsythe is the obvious choice to be our director of product management,” says EAW President TJ Smith. “Although he just joined the staff two years ago, Jeremy has always been a part of EAW, as his father, Kenton Forsythe, is one of our co-founders. Jeremy’s first-hand experience designing sound systems gave him an excellent sense of our customers’ needs, which has contributed greatly to his success as our business development manager. With his strong technical background and understanding of loudspeaker systems and their applications, he has already made important contributions to our vision for the future of our products.” EAW is distributed in Canada by SFM. For more information, contact EAW: 508-234-6158, www.eaw.com. EAW’S JEREMY FORSYTHE d&b Continues Staff Expansion in the Americas d&b audiotechnik has announced the ap- pointment of several industry professionals and the promotion of one of the company’s key employees as it continues its expansion in North America. Eric Mayer is now VP of sales for the Americas, reporting to President and CEO Lau- rence Italia. Mayer spent almost two decades with Sennheiser, beginning his career in market development D&B’S ERIC MAYER before ad- vancing to sales management for Sennhe- iser Professional. After a brief period with DPA Microphones US as president and CEO, Mayer returned to Sennheiser in 2014 as the sales director for MI products in the U.S. and Canada. Casey Johnson has been promoted to the position of senior manager of business development, also reporting to Italia. He was previously national sales executive for installed applications. Steve Seable has been hired as business development manager of installation to support consultants and integrators. He was previously head of audio for Disney’s Hyperion Theatre and, most recently, was with Yamaha as the system design engineer and liaison for consultants and integrators. For more information, contact d&b audiotechnik Canada: 418-843-2410, FAX 828-681-5405, [email protected], www.dbaudio.com. PROFESSIONAL SOUND 17