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Global, the Media & Entertainment group, has announced that Chris Forrester will be joining the company as its new Director of Commercial Outdoor.

Chris has over 25 years of experience, most recently as Chief Revenue Officer at The Telegraph Group, and prior to that at both Spotify and Primesight in senior executive positions. He’ll join Global in September 2021 and will replace Ollie Deane who will be leaving Global in March 2022. Chris will work alongside Katie Bowden, Director of Commercial Audio, with both reporting to Chief Commercial Officer, Mike Gordon.

Mike Gordon, Global’s Chief Commercial Officer, said “Chris is a great addition to the Global family given his knowledge and experience encompassing outdoor, audio and publishing, and will really help us deliver the next phase of growth for our Outdoor business. Ollie, who is stepping down in the spring after 10 very successful years with us, has done a fantastic job integrating the business and we wish him well in his future endeavours.”

Global is one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK and Europe with an extensive portfolio that combines roadside posters, premium digital screens in prime locations as well as Transport for London’s estate and it is the largest airport media owner in the UK. Global combines its radio and digital brands with outdoor and its pioneering digital advertising platform, DAX, for brands, agencies and advertisers to easily reach audiences at scale.

Industry veteran David Drain has joined Questex / DSE as the Director, Event Programs. where we are told he will build a world-class education program for DSE 2022, covering every aspect of digital and interactive display technology, from concept and design to content and analytics.

Prior to Questex, David was with Networld Media Group for over 15 years, serving most recently as the Senior Vice President of Events and the Managing Director of the Interactive Customer Experience (ICX) Association. David created and oversaw a range of events, including the ICX Summit, the CONNECT Mobile CX Summit, the Bank Customer Experience (BCX) Summit and the Self-Service Innovation Summit. Drain initially joined Networld as the Executive Director of the Self-Service & Kiosk Association and the following year co-founded the Digital Signage Association, an early partner of DSE.

To learn more about DSE, taking place March 21-23, 2022 in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center, click here.

Megan A. Dutta has joined THE rAVe Agency as Emerging Markets Director. Well known, liked and admired in the industry she brings more than 15 years of marketing, communications, and leadership success to THE rAVe Agency.

We are told that she will be instrumental in expanding rAVe LAVNCH to emerging markets and technologies.

Megan was most recently content director for Systems Contractor News (SCN) and Digital Signage Magazine where she was responsible for print and digital content, including virtual and in-person events for integrators, consultants, technology managers, and the like. Prior to her role here she was the marketing communication manager for Peerless-AV, where she led the company’s global marketing and communications department.

A recipient of AVIXA’s 2017 Young AV Professional Award, Women in Consumer Technology’s 2018 Woman to Watch Award she has also been featured on Dealerscope’s 40 under 40 list (back in 2017). She is a co-founder of Women of Digital Signage, an organisation designed to provide a pathway to promote networking, mentoring, and personal growth.

Megan can be reached via email at megan@theraveagency.com or on Twitter @MeganADutta.

AV Jobs provide a highly specialist Recruitment Service for Audio Visual manufacturers, distributors and resellers.

They also work within the broadcast, events and unified communications industries providing quality and experienced staff at all levels – from board members through management, field service and sales, as well as on-site technical and sales people.

Their Consultants have experience within the AV industry and fully understand all areas from sales through system design and installation, hire and events, operations and service.

Here are this week’s selection of their #AVjobs…

• AUDIO VISUAL PROJECT MANAGER
  Job Type Permanent Full Time
  Location Greater Manchester
  Area Cheshire, England Greater Manchester, England Lancashire, England
  Sector Manager Manager – Project
  Salary £35000 – £45000 Per Annum doe plus car allowance and benefits
  Currency GBP
  Start Date ASAP
  Advertiser AV Jobs
  Job Ref AV30066
• AV/IT HELPDESK SUPPORT MANAGER
  Job Type Permanent Full Time
  Location South West London
  Area City of London, England
  Sector Engineer – Technical Support Engineer – Helpdesk Manager
  Salary £35000 – £45000 Per Annum Doe, neg plus benefits
  Currency GBP
  Start Date ASAP
  Advertiser AV Jobs
  Job Ref AV30075
• AV PROGRAMMER & COMMISSIONING ENGINEER
  Job Type Permanent Full Time
  Location Central London
  Area London North West, England
  Sector Engineer – Commissioning Programmer Programmer – Extron Programmer – Crestron Programmer – AMX
  Salary £42000 – £45000 Per Annum DOE plus benefits
  Currency GBP
  Start Date ASAP
  Advertiser AV Jobs
  Job Ref AV30070

Michal Strzelec has re-joined EDBAK as New Commercial Director.

Piotrowice (near Lublin), Poland based Edbak, is a leader in European manufacturing of AV mounts, stands, trolleys, and kiosks,

Michael has spent more than 11 years in commercial positions in the AV industry, including the eight years he worked in Edbak. For the last three years he has been with LG Electronics.

Adomni this week announced the appointment of Michael Cooper as the company’s Global President and Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created position, Michael will lead Adomni’s business and revenue growth strategies as the company continues its rapid expansion.

Adomni CEO Jonathan Gudai told us “Mike is one of the most respected and accomplished executives in the out of home business and has already influenced Adomni’s success while serving on our Board of Advisors. I am proud to welcome Mike to our senior leadership team, learn from him and work alongside him as we scale Adomni, domestically and internationally”.

Mike joined Miroma in November 2020 to develop their OOH proposition and identify new opportunities but it was announced only last week that he would be leaving the company as they decided to bring their OOH in-house with the launch of a new company Enhance Outdoor.

Prior to that, he spent eight years as the global CEO of OOH specialist, Rapport Worldwide. He currently sits on the ‘Executive Board’ of Geopath and has been a part of Adomni’s Board of Advisors for the past year.

Exertis North America, formerly Stampede, the industry-leading, high value added distribution partner that has been serving large and small ProAV vendor partners for more than 20-years has announced an Exertis Plug-in / NYC Big Book of AV Tour Stop during New York Digital Signage Week.

It takes place on Friday, October 15, 2021 between 10:00 – 14:00.

More details and registration will be announced shortly.

The automotive sector is tracking for record growth at #CES2022 with companies from around the world using the CES platform to launch products, share their vision and conduct face-to-face meetings.

More than 180 companies from the transportation and vehicle tech industry have committed to the show, including GM, who the organisers say “(they) are excited to welcome back to the keynote stage”.

A CES veteran, Mary Barra will share GM’s vision for mass adoption of electric vehicles. She will show how technology and the all-electric era will create opportunities for mobility experiences to serve the planet and the people.

She joins recently confirmed T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert as a keynote speaker.

Comcast Spectacor, the parent company of Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Flyers, announced the launch of a new division, Spectacor Events & Entertainment, which will book content for Wells Fargo Center and serve as a national booking agent for Spectra’s portfolio of venues throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The new division was born during the depths of the pandemic in 2020, when Wells Fargo Center was closed to the public and Comcast Spectacor found new ways to safely host events. With few national touring options, Comcast Spectacor decided to build and promote its own events, like the wildly successful ‘Winter On Broad Street’ holiday lights spectacular, which drew nearly 70,000 guests to the winter wonderland created just steps outside the arena.

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Volta Industries, Inc. (“Volta Charging”), an industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, which has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: SNPR), announced a partnership with Place Exchange today.

The partnership significantly expands Volta Charging’s programmatic options for media buyers seeking to purchase Volta Charging’s premium placed-based inventory from any of the leading demand-side platforms integrated with Place Exchange. It also adds options for buyers to purchase programmatic ad inventory from Volta Charging through either a reserved guaranteed or auction-based transaction structure to ensure that advertising spend on the Volta Charging network is aligned with brand goals, harmonised with other advertising tactics, and easy to execute.

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