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Harris Academy
Harris Broadcast launched a training academy for the Middle East and South Asia region in Dubai last month while also formally introducing Alain Pecot, newly appointed Vice President of Harris Broadcast’s Middle East and Africa operations. BroadcastPro ME reports
Harris MESA Academy was launched last month in Dubai as an extension to the company’s existing Middle East and South Asia (MESA) regional headquarters in Dubai Media City, UAE. The academy offers specialist courses for engineers and operators to operate Harris technology with each course offering a full certification pack. The Academy, which includes a completely integrated demo room and a fully equipped training centre, has been developed so that Harris Broadcast customers can experience and receive hands-on training on the latest broadcast tools and technologies from the manufacturer. With an end-to-end working system, the academy provides the venue for comprehensive product and solution presentations, as well as hosting training sessions for customers in the Middle East and beyond. It is fully equipped to provide demonstrations of ingest all the way through to playout and transmission. It showcases the entire broadcast chain incorporating some of the company’s newer, more powerful and compact broadcast solutions, including the Harris Versio integrated playout solution, Selenio media convergence platform and HView SX Pro multiviewer. Alain Pecot, newly appointed Vice President of Harris Broadcast’s Middle East and Africa operations, explains that the company’s presence in the region continues to grow with the establishment of the academy, which he calls a major investment for creating a venue for training, education and development. In his new role at Harris, Pecot is based in Dubai but will travel extensively to oversee other territories under
his remit. In addition to his team in Dubai, Pecot will also be supported by his colleagues in Paris for the French-speaking part of Africa. “I am very happy to join a very talented team in the Dubai office. We don’t start from scratch as we already have existing operations which means we can focus more on the business,” says Pecot. “The region is very promising, especially in terms of the market’s migration to digital. We are dealing with multi-platform delivery and not just linear, which makes it quite exciting. We are committed to the region, which is evident from the
Who is ...
ALAIN PECOT * Alain Pecot joined Harris Broadcast as Vice President of Middle East and Africa on July 2, 2013. * Pecot was previously responsible for Harris’ Southern European operations, where he looked after the transmission business. In his new role, he will be responsible for the infrastructure, media software and transmission businesses of Harris Broadcast. * Prior to joining Harris, Pecot worked with Thomson Video Networks and Integration Solutions business unit as Chief Marketing and Technology Officer. Pecot has also held senior positions at Grass Valley and Sony Broadcast & Professional Europe.
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