Barco Media & Entertainment strengthens A-PAC sales team.
Kortrijk, Belgium, June 6th, 2005 – Barco Media & Entertainment is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Marples as International Sales Manager, Asia Pacific. Mr. Marples will head up the division’s Asian sales team, which focuses on servicing Barco’s existing Rental Partners in the region as well as further increasing its market-share in the lucrative Asian AV industry.
Mr. Marples looks back on a successful career of sixteen years with Phillips Lighting Ltd and Digital Projection Ltd, where most recently he held the position of International Account Manager. In that role, he was responsible for the reorganization of all existing accounts, in-depth analysis of competitor products as well as the identification of new opportunities for growth. Marples has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in the international AV industry.Steve Scorse, VP Sales, Barco Media & Entertainment, stated: “We are very pleased with the addition of Richard to the Barco Media & Entertainment sales team. His knowledge of lighting and digital projection products and expertise in the AV industry will greatly benefit Barco and its esteemed Asian Rental Partners.”
“I am pleased to be joining a renowned international industry leader such as Barco,” states Marples, adding: “Barco's reputation for producing high quality products is unsurpassed. I am honored to join this prestigious firm and look forward to proudly representing them, as well as working with a team of solid professionals.”
Barco Media & Entertainment, a division of Barco, provides specialized visualization solutions targeted at the needs of the Media & Entertainment industries. It counts names such as U2, Ferrari, Louis Vuitton, Madonna and Daimler Chrysler, Clearchannel Spectacolor, as well as installations for Merrill Lynch, Kinepolis, China Film Group, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Reliant Park Stadium (USA) and Miami Heat NBA amongst some of its key references.
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 is active worldwide and has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB).
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