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Gibson Begins Leadership Makeover w/New CFO

September 27, 2018 by Ted 1 Comment

Gibson's 2019 guitar lineupGibson Brands’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings have continued to incessantly march forward, the gritty work of a large scale matter such as this occurring mostly in the background. However, occasionally a major factor emerges to be picked up by the media. One thing the new owners of Gibson made a fundamental part of this initiative, was to change  the organization’s leadership.

This week, we learned that the company will soon emerge from bankruptcy with a new chief financial officer (CFO) – announcing the appointment of Kimberly Mattoon for the role.

See more on this Gibson news… [Read more…] about Gibson Begins Leadership Makeover w/New CFO

Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Strategy Tagged With: Gibson, Gibson Brands, Gibson Guitar, Henry Juszkiewicz, KKR

CEDIA Expo18: Vanco in Major Audio Expansion

September 21, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Vanco logoVanco has always seemed to be that reliable supplier in the background providing a steady stream of solutions like cables, connectors, and other accessories – not particularly glitzy or exciting, but steady and there. Well all that is about to change I learned when I spoke with Mark Corbin, Vanco’s recently appointed President at CEDIA Expo18 earlier this month. The company has begun a big initiative to become a major player in a category near and dear to my heart…audio.

See how Vanco is attacking the audio business with gusto… [Read more…] about CEDIA Expo18: Vanco in Major Audio Expansion

Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, People, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: audio, Beale Street Audio, Mark Corbin, Pulse Audio, Randy Blanchard, Vanco

Origin Acoustics: New Products, New CEO

September 7, 2018 by Ted 2 Comments

Origin CEO Nick BerryAs usual, our first official CEDIA Expo press conference was Origin Acoustics. And as usual, Origin begins the show by putting on the Dave Donald show. Donald, who is Origin’s “Worldwide Ambassador,” is a showman at heart with a dynamic speaking style and sprinkles of exciting hyperbole. I have to say, while Donald seemed slightly lower key that at past shows, you certainly won’t drift off to sleep when he’s verbally throwing new models at you.

But what followed next is what really caught our attention… [Read more…] about Origin Acoustics: New Products, New CEO

Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Products Tagged With: Jeremy Burkhardt, Nick Berry, Origin, Origin Acoustics

Showing Signs of Life, Krell Announces New COO

August 29, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Krell logoKrell Industries LLC formally announced today it has hired Walter Schofield as its new Chief Operating Officer. Schofield is fairly well known in the audio community, in fact, Krell refers to him as an “industry veteran.”

See more on this new appointment… [Read more…] about Showing Signs of Life, Krell Announces New COO

Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, People Tagged With: Krell, Rondi D'Agostino, Walter Schofield

Editor Ted Green Appears on ResiWeek

August 23, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

ResiWeek title slideSeems like my good friends over at AVNation.tv didn’t learn their lesson! Once again, they invited me back to participate in a new episode of their popular ResiWeek podcast, hosted by Matt D. Scott (he insists on including the “D” in his name for some reason).

Read on to see what topics we discussed & get a hint on why the episode title is “Just Do It”… [Read more…] about Editor Ted Green Appears on ResiWeek

Filed Under: People, Social Media, Tech Trends Tagged With: AV Nation, Matt D. Scott, ResiWeek, Rich Fregosa, Ted Green, Tim Sinnaeve

Randy Blanchard, ex-ADI, Takes Audio Role at Vanco

August 17, 2018 by Ted 2 Comments

Vanco logoVanco International LLC, a provider of AV and accessories products, announced this week that Randy Blanchard has joined the company as its new Director of Audio Products. Among other things, Blanchard will oversee the company’s Pulse Audio and Beale Street Audio brands. Blanchard joins the company after a 13½-year career with ADI.

See more on Randy Blanchard and Vanco… [Read more…] about Randy Blanchard, ex-ADI, Takes Audio Role at Vanco

Filed Under: Manufacturers, People Tagged With: audio, Randy Blanchard, Vanco

SEC Rejects Monster Cryptocurrency Filing, Notes ‘Serious Deficiencies’

August 9, 2018 by Ted 1 Comment

Monster Changes: Prez/COO & Auditor are Terminated, Three-Man Board is Now Only One

Photo of Noel LeeIn June, after significant outreach by many Strata-gee readers, we posted our take on the Monster Products, Inc. (Monster) S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which Monster sought to launch its own Monster Money cryptocurrency in a major shift in the company’s direction. This SEC filing by Monster was at the end of May, and our story [see: Is Monster Money a Massive Mistake?] was posted June 13th.

We have just discovered that days after our story appeared, Monster received an SEC staff letter dated June 15th titled “SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES.” But that’s not all we discovered…

See more on Monster’s S-1 rejection and other major news we’ve uncovered… [Read more…] about SEC Rejects Monster Cryptocurrency Filing, Notes ‘Serious Deficiencies’

Filed Under: Brands, Law, News, People Tagged With: Fred Khalilian, Monster, Noel Lee

Control4 Announces Appointment of Charlie Kindel, ex-Amazon

August 2, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Former Head of Amazon Smart Home Org. to be
SVP of Products & Services for Control4

Kindel close upControl4 Corp. announced today that it has appointed Charlie Kindel, an ex-Amazon executive in charge of their Alexa project, to fulfill the role of Control4 Senior Vice President of Products & Services. Kindel is replacing Eric Anderson, who announced his retirement recently after holding the same role since 2012.

See more on Kindel joining Control4…

[Read more…] about Control4 Announces Appointment of Charlie Kindel, ex-Amazon

Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, Charlie Kindel, Control4, Martin Plaehn, voice control

AudioControl: In Full Control of The Path to Success

July 13, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Strata-gee’s Exclusive All-Access Tour of AudioControl

When invited to visit AudioControl some time back, I was intrigued. While AudioControl is a secondary supplier, one step below the major electronics manufacturers, it has carved out a unique niche for itself with a solid and growing hold on the AV and mobile audio installer and integrator segments. They’ve had a long record of success, which in the last three years or so has actually increased in intensity with impressive double-digit annual sales growth, according to CEO Alex Camara.

When the stars – and our schedules – finally aligned, Camara offered Strata-gee unprecedented access to the company, including granting me the opportunity to be a “fly on the wall” and sit in on operations meetings, a company-wide CIP meeting, and even an engineering meeting to discuss current and future products – no holds barred. What I learned made a big impression.

See what we discovered in our visit to AudioControl… [Read more…] about AudioControl: In Full Control of The Path to Success

Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, People, Strategy Tagged With: Alex Camara, AudioControl, Chris Bennett, Chris Kane

The Real Story Behind Control4’s Certified Showroom Program

June 8, 2018 by Ted 2 Comments

A Strata-gee Exclusive Interview

Control4 Certified Showroom plaqueControl4 surprised everyone about a month ago when they suddenly announced the launch of no less than 140 Control4 Certified Showrooms in partnership with certain dealers around the world, including the U.S., Canada, UK, China, and Australia. These showrooms were said to meet “elevated standards” and were positioned with dealers who were “experts in WOW-ing’ homeowners through interactive storytelling, visually-stunning displays, and hands-on demonstrations.”

At the recent launch of these showrooms on May 31, 2018, in an event called C4Yourself, I had the opportunity to visit one of two Certified Showrooms in New Jersey and to meet with Larry Bennett, Control4’s Managing Director of Global Programs. Bennett is the Control4 executive in charge of their global Certified Showroom program.

See what the Control4 exec said was the real purpose behind the program… [Read more…] about The Real Story Behind Control4’s Certified Showroom Program

Filed Under: Integrators, Marketing, News, People, Shows & Events Tagged With: Control4, Control4 Certified Showroom, Keith Harrison, Larry Bennett, Total Home Technologies

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