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SnapAV Acquires HCA Distributing
SNAPAV HAS ACQUIRED HCA
Distributing in Denver and Salt
Lake City, according to Trevor
Hansen, manager of the SnapAV Volutone business unit.
" We are proud to add HCA
to our growing network and be
able to serve our partners in these
two very important markets, " said
Hansen. " We're also pleased that
the entire HCA team, led by Ron
Perron, will be joining Volutone
and bringing with them their impressive reputation for customer
service in these markets. "
Upon acquisition, Volutone
immediately expanded the Salt
Lake City location by moving
operations to a 10,000-squarefoot store that is over the twice
of the size of the original.
" As a result of our recent

PEOPLE + PLACES
Shure Incorporated has
announced four executive have
been promoted to VP positions
at the company:
Mike Hader has
been promoted
to VP of global
software in the
Hader
product development division. He joined Shure
in 2019 with more than 30
years of experience in planning, executing, and delivering
technology-driven solutions.
Pat Knoll has
been promoted
to VP of global
facilities. Knoll
Knoll
joined Shure in
2005 and leads a global team
responsible for all acquisition,
leasing, construction,
maintenance, disposition, and

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store expansions throughout
the country, we've learned that
larger locations help us to best
serve our partners due the increased demand on inventory
to support substantial revenue
increases, " said SnapAV senior
VP of local Wally Whinna.
" Our goal is to have the
product we assort in stock
for immediate delivery to our
partners, " he said.
Volutone now operates a
total of 10 SnapAV Pro Store
branches throughout the
U.S., with 17 others bringing
SnapAV's total footprint to 27
stores as of March.
Both former HCA locations
will be immediately outfitted
with all SnapAV brands and
products to provide same day

HCA locations will be immediately outfitted with all SnapAV
brands and products for same day access for partners.

access for local partners.
" SnapAV is in the middle of
an industry-changing plan to
better serve both the integration community and end user
customers, and we're thrilled
to be a part of it, " said Perron in
the joint announcement.
" The ability to bring all of
these great brands and services
to our partners completes my
vision of how HCA can increase
its contributions to our part-

security activities for various
facilities.

Financial Analysis, and Senior
Director of FP&A and Treasury.

Meg Madison
has been
promoted to
senior VP of
Madison
human resources.
Since joining Shure in 2005,
Madison has held positions of
increasing responsibility in HR.
Madison oversees Total
Rewards, training and development, talent acquisition, HR
information systems and Shure's
HR Business Partner team.

VuWall recently
announced the
appointment of
Pierre Yves
Desbiens
Desbiens as
COO/CFO, effective immediately. Desbiens is replacing
CFO Keith Findlay, who is
retiring.
Desbiens is responsible for
finance, accounting, business
intelligence, legal, human
resources, and overall business
operations. He has more than
35 years of leadership experience, holding COO and CFO
titles various for technology
and life sciences companies.

Bruce Skof has
been promoted
to senior VP of
corporate finance.
Skof
In addition, he
remains the company's CFO.
Bruce joined Shure in 2000 and
has held numerous positions in
its Finance Division, including
Controller, Manager of

Alboher

WorldStage has
announced the
death of Michael
" Mikey A "
Alboher on

ners' success, " he said.
Volutone will round out
HCA's product assortment in
Denver and Salt Lake City with
the addition of products and
solutions from Sony, Samsung,
SONOS, Klipsch, KEF, Yamaha,
Ubiquiti, RTI and more.
The SnapAV Pro Store
program started in 2018 and
will soon include a total of 30
stores in major metro markets
throughout the country.

March 24, 2021.
Alboher's tenure as a video
engineer began at Scharff
Weisberg Inc in 1994 and he
remained a company stalwart
until his death.
An inveterate prankster,
Alboher could enliven the
most interminable backstage
sessions. He always willing to
share his technical wisdom and
experience with others. He
leaves behind two sons.
Carousel
Industries has
announced the
hiring of former
West
Proficio and
Dimension Data and executive
Zane West as VP of cybersecurity sales and strategy.
West will oversee Carousel's
cybersecurity sales and strategy
functions as it continues to
prioritize security as a core and
foundational growth pillar.

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