PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

David Corelli joins Coemar De Sisti

Coemar De Sisti Australia has announced that David Corelli will be joining the company in the role of Lighting Concepts Consultant. David's history includes around 20 years as a Professional Photographer during which time he was recognised on several occasions by winning photographic awards - he still does some occasional shooting.
David then spent some years supplying Arri and other equipment to the film and television industry which included working with gaffers, grips and D.O.P's and he has made many friends in this part of the industry.
For the last eighteen months David has been an Architectural Lighting consultant working with Architects, Consulting Engineers, Developers and Contractors. David is eager to get back into film and television lighting and is looking forward to meeting up again with some old friends.
Peter Kemp Coemar De Sisti's managing director said "I believe David's experience and talents gained over the years both in TV, Film & Architectural Lighting will be an excellent asset to the company and we are pleased to have David as part of the team at Coemar De Sisti Australia."
David will add to the team of experienced people at Coemar De Sisti Australia who are continuing to kick many goals in the TV, Film and Architectural areas.
David can be reached at davidc@cdaust.com.au

O'Brien Marketing at BSA

Sandra O'Brien has been appointed to the position of Sales and Marketing Administrator for bsa. She can be contacted at:
Suite 2, 19-21 Gibbes Street
Chatswood NSW
Tel: 02 9935 5910
Fax: 02 9935 5999
Email:sobrien@bsa.com.au

New Director for ABC in SA

Sandra Winter-Dewhirst has been appointed as the new State Director for the ABC in South Australia.
Sandra, who holds degrees in Arts and Journalism has many years experience in radio in South Australia. She joined the ABC in 1989 as a producer, and in 1990 was appointed Executive Producer for ABC Regional Production. Since 1997 she has been Program Director for ABC 891 Adelaide. In her time with ABC radio she has been instrumental in forging strong links with various community groups and taking local radio out among the listeners.
"I am absolutely thrilled," she said, "to be given the opportunity to represent the ABC in this State and to help our managers in various areas achieve their goals and build an even stronger ABC."

Techtel Expands Into New Zealand

Techtel Pty Ltd has announced that it is to extend its operations to service the New Zealand market for a broad range of radio and television products.
Incorporated in 1985, Techtel is locally recognised as a leading independent provider of software, hardware and support services. Its Singapore office, opened in 1992, has also become one of the strongest broadcast distributorships in South East Asia. Leading the list of suppliers that Techtel will represent in New Zealand is Pinnacle Systems.
"We have delivered to a number of happy Pinnacle customers in the last two years and the acceptance of Pinnacle as an innovative and cost effective supplier has given us the opportunity to offer these products in the New Zealand market," said Techtel sales manager, Peter Chamberlain. "In fact, Techtel has been helping New Zealand customers for almost ten years, only now we will have an extensive range of solutions for both radio and television customers."
Other suppliers who will now be exclusively represented by Techtel in New Zealand include, Associated Press with ENPS, Masstech's asset management system MassStore, the data storage libraries of Spectra Logic, Curious World Maps for news and weather maps, Clarity Visual display systems, Broadcast Bionics radio caller management system PhoneBox, the radio automation system from Genesys, VertigoXMedia's content repurposing software, Verity degaussers and Synthesys Research's SD and HD testing and measurement tools.
Contact Mal Chandler
Visit www.techtel.co.nz
Email to info@techtel.co.nz
Freecall: +64 0800 832 485 (0800 TECHTL)
Fax: +64 0800 832 482 (0800 TECHTE)

Four New Heads at TAG

To support developing business TAG has added four new staff members.
High profile audio boffin Greg Simmons fills a product specialist role for the recording and studio markets with an additional Euphonix technical support and training/demonstration brief.
Mat Sly, previously with AV Pro and GUET, will concentrate on the retail markets with TAG's developing line of volume based products.
Tamie Whitton returns to handle desktop publishing and web design after a stint with advertising agency BBK.
And, Shannon Mitchell joins TAG's warehouse with embedded experience from Penrith Long Haul Logistics.
According to TAG's Stephen Bray, "It's always hard to find good people so to have added four highly skilled and extremely capable people in quick succession is quite a coup. TAG has big plans for the next 12 months and now we've got the team in place to achieve them."

Vocality Arrives in AsiaPac

UK company Vocality International has established an Asia-Pacific office in Australia. Vocality designs and manufactures Voice and Data Multiplexers for the Satellite Communications market.
Its customers are located in over 80 countries and include military, government, private companies and broadcasters who are using VSAT, Inmarsat or ISDN networks.
Richard Walshe has been appointed Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region and can be emailed at richardwalshe@vocality.com
The company's address is:
Vocality Pty Ltd
Suite 18
Mt Penang Parklands (PO Box 7226) Kariong,
Gosford
NSW 2250
Australia
Ph: +61-(0)2-4340 2510
Fax: +61-(0)2-4340 2514
Mob: +61-(0)421 992 833
Web: www.vocality.com

Mailing Mastatek

The new NSW Post Box address for Mastatek Pty Limited is:
MASTATEK Pty Limited
PO Box 392
Australia Post Business Centre
PYMBLE
NSW 2073

Furnival For Future Reality

Future Reality has announced the appointment of its new Manager, Debby Furnival, and the opening of its new Melbourne headquarters.
Furnival has been with Future Reality for several years, and is well known to the Australian film, television and post-production communities.
"Future Reality has vastly increased its range of products over the last three to six months, and I'm very excited at the opportunities that lie ahead," said Furnival.
"The [recent] major sale to the ABC underlines the potential for Future Reality, which I fully expect to realise."
The sale featured the first Australasian licence for Xstoner, client-server software that connects Windows-based machines to Discreet stone storage systems. Two sets of Sparks plug-ins for Discreet Systems products - Genarts Sapphire plug-ins and The Foundry's Tinder Tools, were also included in the deal.
Future Reality's new office can be contacted at:
Unit 6, 42 New Street, Ringwood 3134.
Tel: (03) 9870 8655
Fax: (03) 9879 4755
Email: debby@future.com.au

Comsyst on the Move

Now well and truly in the Alstom fold, Comsyst has announced it has moved offices.
The new address is 3 Bridge Street, Pymble 2073.
Postal address: PO Box 525, Pymble 2073.
Tel: 02 9488 4888
Fax: 02 9488 4900

James Appointed MD, Quantel Australia

Quantel has announced the appointment of Julien James as Managing Director of Quantel Australia. In his new role, Julien will assume executive responsibility for all aspects of Quantel's operations in Australia and New Zealand.
"The Australian and New Zealand markets are poised for a period of growth," said James. "The move to high definition broadcasting in Australia in particular is causing post houses and broadcasters to look carefully at their business models. We are beginning to see a move towards embracing new technologies that allow them to take advantage of these opportunities from a realistic cost base in the light of the depressed state of the economy here and worldwide. Our generationQ range is ideally suited to meeting these needs, and I'm looking forward to helping our customers take full advantage of the considerable potential that exists."
Quantel Executive Chairman, Richard Taylor, said, "Julien has made a major contribution to our business in Australia over a number of years. His appointment reflects the importance of the Australian and New Zealand markets to Quantel and is part of our on-going reorganisation of Quantel Southeast Asia."
An engineer by training, Julien James entered the broadcast industry in 1980 with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He joined Quantel Australia in 1987 as an engineer, moving across into a sales role in the mid-90s, and in 2001, became Sales Manager for Quantel Australia.
Eric Masters, Director of Quantel's Asia Pacific subsidiary, which has overall control of all the company's operations in the region, said, "I am delighted that Julien has taken up this position. He has a very safe and capable pair of hands to look after our customers in Australia and New Zealand, which will allow me to concentrate fully on developing the considerable potential elsewhere in the region, particularly China."

Forbes For Techtel

Robert (Bob) Forbes has accepted an offer to join Techtel as a Sales Engineer specialising in its range of transmission products. Bob has a strong background in broadcast television as a previous Chief Engineer of regional BCV 8 in Bendigo and more recently as Product Engineer for NEC being involved with their digital TV transmitter rollout.
He will work out of Techtel's Melbourne office and cover the entire Australian market.

Coemar De Sisti: Lee for Lighting, Silveri for Support

Coemar De Sisti Australia has announced that David Lee will take on the role of lighting consoles/control operator training and support.
David has a wealth of experience in both television and theatre and has been involved in many projects with Coemar De Sisti Australia, including the role of Project Manager for the Melbourne Broadcast Centre (Channel 7) - a turn key lighting installation Coemar De Sisti Australia completed in 2002.
David is still active in the theatre and television industry and regularly operates lighting consoles for major events.
According to Managing Director Peter Kemp, "David's hands-on console use should prove invaluable for the users of our products"

Julian Silveri who has been with Coemar De Sisti Australia for 12 months will take over responsibility for technical support on spare parts and products.
Julian had hands-on experience with entertainment lighting when working with schools and theatre groups, and completed the Certificate 4 Entertainment course at Collingwood TAFE back in 2002. In addition he has been looking after the technical repair side of Coemar De Sisti Products for the past 12 months.

Ross' Rochon Takes on Talia

In a move that will further strengthen Talia's North American profile, Canadian-based company Ross Video has announced the appointment of Brad Rochon as its Talia Routing Systems Product Manager.
"There has been a strong response to the Kondor facility routing system and Brad will be heading up our expansion in this market", commented David Ross, Executive Vice President of Ross Video. "Brad brings a solid understanding of the needs of our customer base and we are looking forward to his impact on this important product line for Ross."
With 15 years of industry experience, Mr. Rochon has held key sales and marketing positions with Ross Video and Tektronix/Grass Valley Group and has a background in Broadcast and Post Production Engineering.

Hansford Heads Up Sony Broadcast

Sony Australia has announced that Ward Hansford is to be promoted to the position of General Manager, Broadcast & Professional Systems Division (B&P), Sony Australia.
Ward takes over the position from Mr Shunzo Ura who has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, B&P Company, Broadband Solutions Network Company, Japan. Mr Hansford was previously B&P's National Sales Manager.
In his new position, Mr Hansford will have responsibility for the sales, marketing and general operation of Sony Australia's entire Broadcast and Professional Division. The new position will become effective from 1 April 2003.
Mr Toshikazu Mashima, Managing Director, Sony Australia, congratulated Mr Hansford on his promotion, and thanked him for his "excellent contribution" to Sony Australia over the past 12 years.
"Ward joined Sony Australia in 1990, and in this time he has made an excellent contribution to our operation. With his tremendous drive and commitment, Ward has helped B&P broaden its reach to the corporate market," said Mr Mashima. "Notably, he was instrumental in the development and execution of our business partners program and he has provided the B&P team with excellent support in the sales and integration of digital television equipment to the broadcasters in this country."
Mr Hansford joined Sony Australia in 1990, and in this time some of the positions he has held include National Sales Manager and National Broadcast Sales Manager. In addition to his Sony responsibilities, Mr Hansford is on the board of the Australia Section of SMPTE - the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers.

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