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June 12, 2014
Corporate
QSC Infocomm 2014 Preview
QSC will be exhibiting at INFOCOMM 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in booth #C9917, June 18 through June 20, 2014. If you are coming to INFOCOMM, please stop by the QSC booth and check out new products and announcements. Here’s a quick preview: Transportation – Come see how Q-SYS, in conjunction with our passenger video and audio messaging partner SimpleWay, can be leveraged in Airports, Train and Light Rail stations and systems, Ferry and Cruise terminals. In addition to the advances Q-SYS has made into the passenger terminal market, at this interactive station, attendees can also check out the new Core-to-Core paging feature in the new Q-SYS Designer 4.0 software. Hospitality – SVSi’s Networked AV technology is one of the most proven and cost-effective solutions for video over IP on the market today. Infocomm attendees can see first-hand the power and…
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May 29, 2014
Corporate
QSC Strengthens its Sales Team in the U.S. with New Appointments
Costa Mesa, CA (May 28, 2014) – QSC is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its Systems sales team with the appointment of Mike DeFreece and Frank West. Mike DeFreece has been named Director of Sales for the Eastern Region while Frank West has been named Director of Sales for the Central Region, joining Director of Western Regional Sales Ray Biba in the company’s Systems business unit. “I am thrilled to have Mike DeFreece and Frank West join the QSC Systems Team,” says Joe Pham, QSC President and CEO. “Mike and Frank each have in-depth experience of the marketplace as well as track records of providing customers with outstanding solutions and service. I am very excited about what they will bring to our customers and to QSC.” DeFreece brings more than 20 years of industry experience to his new role at QSC. Most recently, DeFreece served as the Southeast…
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March 19, 2014
Corporate
QSC Ships Colossal Cinema System for CinemaCon 2014
At CinemaCon, the Colosseum is used for all screenings and product reels sponsored by the major film studios and distributors. Since the room is far larger than most cinemas, a combination of QSC professional audio gear and cinema products are used.
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January 10, 2014
Corporate
QSC Promotes Danny Pickett
QSC Audio Products is pleased to announce the promotion of Danny Pickett to Director, Global Cinema Sales. Danny Pickett joined QSC Cinema in 2005 as Key Accounts Manager, and was tasked with selecting and setting up European cinema dealers for QSC Audio Products. In 2010, he was promoted to Cinema Sales Manager, taking on management and support for domestic and international cinema dealers. As Director, Global Cinema Sales, Danny will have overall responsibility for all domestic and international sales operations and customer technical support. “Danny has proven to be one of our strongest assets in cinema sales,” says Barry Ferrell, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for QSC Audio Products. “Since he became Cinema Sales Manager, our global cinema sales have grown significantly, and a large percentage of that increase was directly related to the…
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November 19, 2013
Corporate
QSC Appoints New Head of R&D
QSC Audio Products, LLC., is very pleased to announce the appointment of John White to the position of Vice President, Research and Development. In his new role at QSC, White will be providing technical and managerial leadership to the development programs at the company, and proactively plan and execute personnel development, process management and infrastructure management within the R&D department. White will report to the COO of QSC, Jatan Shah. “We are tremendously excited to have Dr. John White join the dedicated professionals at QSC, “says Jatan Shah. “As QSC continues to develop new, revolutionary technology platforms to serve our customers, we look forward to having John offer his leadership and expertise to our cutting-edge research and product development team.” White brings his vast amount of technical experience at some of the world’s leading…
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August 1, 2013
Corporate
QSC Cinema Announces European Warehouse
QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to announce a distribution center on the European continent for QSC cinema products. QSC has contracted the services of DSV, a global 3PL (or third-party logistics) provider to warehouse and ship QSC cinema products from a location in Ghent, Belgium. The location was chosen because of its central location for most European countries. The warehouse will maintain an inventory of the most popular QSC cinema products, allowing European cinema customers to receive shipments more quickly and cost-effectively. As of this announcement, QSC cinema product inventory is already in the warehouse and ready to ship.
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April 30, 2013
Corporate
Colossal Sound at CinemaCon 2013
As the loudspeaker and amplifier supplier to CinemaCon 2013, QSC Audio products were used to create what might have been the largest cinema sound system ever assembled, for special studio screenings and product reels at CinemaCon 2013. CinemaCon, which convened April 15 through 18 in Las Vegas, is the official convention of NATO (National Association of Theatre Owners), and is the world’s largest cinema trade event. Each year at CinemaCon, the major motion picture distributors and studios preview their upcoming releases for this gathering of the world’s theatre owners and operators. The venue for this year’s screenings was Caesar’s Palace Colosseum, a massive 4,298-seat performance space, which opened ten years ago as the “home” for world-class artists such as Celine Dion, Elton John, and Rod Stewart. Turning the Colosseum into a giant movie theatre was no small…
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April 24, 2013
Corporate
Paul Brink Joins QSC
QSC Audio Products is pleased to announce that Paul Brink has joined the company as Cinema Sales Engineer. In his new role, Brink will be responsible for support the sales efforts of QSC cinema dealers and end users (theaters, cinemas, studios, etc.) by providing product training, technical and sales support. Paul has an extensive background in the cinema post-production business. Paul worked for several years at Lucasfilm, Ltd., as Systems Engineer for the THX Digital Mastering program. His credits include Star Wars I, for which he supervised telecine, quality assurance and theatre set-up for the digital cinema release. Prior to joining QSC, Paul was Re-Recording Engineer/Sound Editor at 20th Century Fox Studios in Century City, CA, where he was responsible for the final digital audio file used for DVD, Blu-ray, digital delivery and archive. Brink has a degree…
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April 7, 2013
Corporate
QSC Cinema on the Road in Las Vegas
This 40-foot mobile billboard, provided by ionRepublic, will be on the streets of Las Vegas around Caesar’s Palace, site of the upcoming CinemaCon 2013 during the week of April 15 through April 18. The bus is helping to promote QSC Cinema Audio Solutions, as well as several of the new products to be displayed in the QSC Cinema Audio Solutions booth during the show. If you’re planning to attend CinemaCon 2013, visit the QSC booth 613F
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December 1, 2012
Corporate
QSC Audio Products Named One of the Top Ten Orange County Workplaces
Costa Mesa, CA (December, 2012) – QSC Audio Products has been named one of the Top Orange County Workplaces for the third year in a row, according to the daily newspaper, The Orange County Register. The responses were based upon anonymous survey results from almost 20,000 employees from various companies surveyed throughout the region. For the survey, employees were asked to respond anonymously to 20 statements about their workplace experience and the leadership at their company. The company rankings were then independently calculated by survey firm WorkplaceDynamics based upon the employees responses to these statements – so the results are truly based on employee feedback. 15 large companies, 25 midsize companies, and 50 small workplaces made the list of the Top O.C. Workplaces 2012, with QSC ranking as #7 among mid-sized companies. "QSC is a place where people are…