Barco Media Strengthens Internal Structure
Logan, UT – February 20, 2004 – In an effort to strengthen its organization and expand our solutions packages, Barco Media announced today its new internal structure. Barco Media specializes in developing and producing customized visual communication solutions for the digital signage market (including sports, digital billboarding, and advertising). Barco Media has become the preferred solution provider for several high-profile installations, including Hollywood & Highland, Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland, the Millennium Dome in the UK, Reliant Stadium in Houston, the University of Texas, Austin, and Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
Al Jensen has joined the Barco Media team as the Senior Director of Marketing, reporting to Dave Janke. With over 20 years of experience in marketing and business development, Jensen’s responsibilities will include marketing communication, tradeshows, lead generation, strategic alliances, market research, channel support and product management.Reporting to Jensen, Chris Merrill has been appointed to the new position of Director of Product Management in Barco Media. Merrill will be responsible for defining sports products for the worldwide market while coordinating with Barco’s worldwide marketing and sales teams. Specifically, he will be responsible for product definition, market positioning, competitive analysis, product literature, promotional materials and product pricing.
In order to consolidate the staffs that support bidding and execution of projects, Richard Pearson has joined the team as the Senior Director of Project Management. Pearson will supervise the project managers, design/drafting group, and bid/sales group.
As a part of the new subsidiary in Canada, John Youngson has been appointed to the position of National Sales Manager of Barco Media. With over 20 years of experience, Youngson will be responsible for the introduction of Barco Media’s complete line of professional large area display solutions across Canada.
Rounding out the new additions to the team, Marc Van Eekeren has been appointed as the Senior Director of Sales for Barco Media. With three years of experience at Barco, Van Eekeren is responsible for both the US and Canadian markets for Barco Media.
“We are excited to welcome these outstanding individuals on board with Barco,” stated Dave Janke, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Barco Media, LLC. “The talent, excitement, and enthusiasm each one brings to his respective position will provide the expertise needed to exceed our goals for the future.”
About Barco Media
Barco Media, LLC, headquartered in Logan, UT, offers large area display solutions to its markets. Barco’s LED display and projection solutions can be seen at the world’s leading motor shows, on stage with some of the world’s biggest stars and on buildings and in lobbies of some of the world’s foremost companies. The division has provided LED visual solutions to many high-profile clients, such as Clear Channel International, Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Bank, BMW, Toyota, Porsche, Daimler Chrysler, U2, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Bon Jovi and many others. The company’s LED display solutions have also been chosen to grace Reliant Park Stadium (USA) that hosted the 2004 Superbowl, as well as the stadiums of FC Porto (Portugal) and FC Geneve (Switzerland), which will host the 2004 and 2008 European Soccer Championships respectively.
About Barco
Barco, an international company with US Sales headquarters in Atlanta, GA, is active in three key areas of imaging technology. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Brussels/Euronext and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.
