Professional Sound - February 2019 | Page 11

Case Kuehn Named President of Martin Audio North America Martin Audio has announced that Case Kuehn has joined the company as president of Martin Audio North America LLC. Martin Audio’s management buyout in June 2018 meant that the North American operation took on additional local responsibility that had been handled by the previous company owners, Loud Audio. Kuehn was previously the CFO at Loud Audio. “With sales in the U.S. booming, it became quickly apparent that we needed a structure in North America to support the growth plan,” says Martin Audio’s Managing Director, Dom Harter. “This structure needed to allow the sales team headed by Lee Stein to focus upon sales and customer management while bringing in a president that could manage the day-to-day business strategy and core operational functions. I’m delighted that Case has accepted the role as he is both extremely capable and has a deep understanding of our company and philosophy that means the managed growth of our business there can flourish.” For more information, contact Martin Audio North America: 818-649-7776, www.martin-audio.com. MARTIN AUDIO’S CASE KUEHN L-Acoustics Reinforces Product Management & Touring Teams in U.S. & Canada L-Acoustics has promoted Scott Sugden to the position of product manager, reporting to Jeff Rocha, director of product management. Prior to the promotion, Sugden was the head of U.S. touring support since 2010. “Scott is an outstanding individual who demonstrates a rare combination of both technical acumen and great communi- cation skills, with a keen focus on the user experi- ence, making him the ideal candidate to fill the key cross-func- tional role of product manager,” says L-ACOUSTICS’ SCOTT SUGDEN Rocha. As well, recent hire Marcus Ross is now the head of application, touring for the U.S. and Canada, reporting to Florent Bernard, director of application, touring. Based in L-Acoustics’ North American headquarters in Westlake Village, CA, Ross will lead application support for all rental production proj- ects in the U.S. and Canada. Also new to the U.S. and Canadian touring team is Vic Wagner as applica- tion engineer, touring. He is a certified K System Engineer (KSE), having deployed systems for Sound Image over the past decade on some of the most prominent L-Acoustics tours and festivals. For more information, contact L-Acoustics US: 805-604-0577, [email protected], www.l-acoustics.com. PROFESSIONAL SOUND 11