Barco Digital Cinema expands team to meet continued and rapid growth
Atlanta, GA – August 30, 2004 – Barco Digital Cinema is pleased to announce the appointments of Ed Zeier, as National Accounts Sales Manager / Business Development Manager, reporting to Scott Spector, VP of Barco Digital Cinema, America and Steve Levy as National Field Sales Engineer, reporting to Corwin Hamm, Technical Support Manager. Barco Digital Cinema has seen tremendous growth in sales since the introduction of its 2k projection technology and industry-wide confidence for an impending breakthrough in the global acceptance of digital cinema.
Ed Zeier has over 20 years of experience in both the Entertainment Technology and Motion Picture industry markets. Prior to joining Barco, he gained extensive industry experience at Universal Studios. Zeier held several high-level positions and was promoted several times during his 19-year tenure with Universal Studios. Most recently, he served as the Senior Vice President of Post Production for Universal Studios Operations Group, responsible for all motion picture post facilities including Sound and Projection and reported directly to the President of Studio Operations. Zeier will work with the major national circuits to expedite the rollout of Digital Cinema.Steven Levy has over 24 years of experience in projection & sound engineering in the cinema industry. For the last seven years, he worked with Sony Cinema Products. Prior to that, he worked for seven years with Loews Theatres. Levy will be responsible for business development, systems engineering, sales and technical support and product installation to film exhibitors, studios and third-party service organizations on the West Coast.
Scott Spector, Vice President, Barco Digital Cinema, America, stated, “We are very pleased with the addition of both Ed and Steve to the Barco Digital Cinema team. Their industry experience will further strengthen our Digital Cinema team, enabling us to continue to deliver exceptional product solutions to the market, supported by an unsurpassed team of industry experts.”
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.
