Barco expands Digital Cinema team

Atlanta, GA – Barco Digital Cinema is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Spector as Vice President, Barco Digital Cinema America, and Stephane Deckers as International Sales Manager, Barco Digital Cinema. The key appointments reflect the tremendous growth in the company’s Digital Cinema sales since the introduction of its 2k projection technology, in addition to the growing confidence that the business is on the verge of a major breakthrough.

Scott Spector will be reporting to Dave Scott, President North America and Sjoerd De Clerck, General Manager, Barco Digital Cinema. He is responsible for all aspects of Barco’s Digital Cinema business in North America, including Mexico.

Spector has over 24 years of management experience in corporate and business development in addition to technology, marketing, and operations management in market leading companies such as Microsoft, Sony, JVC, Mattel, Pioneer, Vivendi/Universal Entertainment, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Scott has a proven track record establishing profitable Global Brands, effective business strategies and significant market leadership.

“We warmly welcome Scott as the new leader of our Digital Cinema group in North America,” states Dave Scott, President North America, “With his experience of developing and expanding businesses in hi-tech entertainment markets and his strong industry contacts, Scott brings the requisite skills to the table to lead the team to exponential growth in the coming years. In addition, his high levels of drive and ambition are the perfect compliment to the experience of our established Digital Cinema team.”

Stephane Deckers will report to Sjoerd De Clerck, General Manager, Barco Digital Cinema. He will lead the worldwide sales activities for the Digital Cinema market, assist in implementing the international sales strategy and coordinating the international marketing activities with Keith Morris, Marketing Manager, Barco Digital Cinema.

Deckers has over 10 years of experience within Sales, Marketing, Channel Management and Business Development. Most recently, he was Business Development Manager Europe & Asia for Dalim GmbH, a software manufacturer in process automation for Publishers, Pre-press and Printers. Prior to Dalim GmbH, he worked with Alias Wavefront (a subsidiary of SGI inc.) where he picked up his knowledge on Digital SFX and Post Production. In that role, he was responsible for Northern Europe, Middle-East & Africa.

Sjoerd De Clerck, General Manager, Barco Digital Cinema, added, “We are very pleased with the addition of both Stephane and Scott to the Barco Digital Cinema team. Their experience will certainly help contribute to the success of Digital Cinema and our expanding International Dealership network.”

Following 10 years of pioneering market development ‘Barco Digital Cinema’ is one of only three projector manufacturers to be awarded the license for Texas Instruments DLP CinemaTM display technology. Since its award in 2000, Barco Digital Cinema has developed the industry's widest range of projection solutions for digital cinema including its state-of-the-art 'D-Cine Premiere' 1.3k and 2k projectors, 'Communicator' software control and 'ACSAR' alternative content processors now installed in leading Post facilities and Digital Cinemas worldwide.

About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. 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 Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.