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Atlanta, GA—Apr 15, 2004
Barco Expands Digital Cinema Team
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 Tom Ray, Executive Vice President & General
Manager, Barco Visual Solutions, LLC 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.
Scott 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 Tom Ray, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Barco
Visual Solutions, LLC, “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 Cinema™ 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.
Barco Contacts:
Tyler West
About Barco Digital Cinema:
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3,900 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 1.156 billion euros in 2012.
Barco is one of three licencees of Texas Instruments DLP Cinema™ technology. TI developed DLP Cinema™ technology working in close cooperation with Barco and others in the movie industry, to develop Cinema Projector and support systems based on DMD™ technology, to meet the requirement of studios, film distributors and exhibitors alike.
Barco Digital Cinema Directory page
Barco Digital Cinema Web Site
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