Bob Muniz has joined the EAW engineering team as Senior Electrical Engineer and is the first hire in the company's newly announced System Electronics Design Group. The new group will be responsible for the design and development of electronic components for future EAW products.

"As we develop more and more integrated systems, the need for a dedicated amplifier development group has grown," comments EAW Vice President of Engineering Jeff Rocha. "Bob represents a significant first step in our path to high output, proprietary amplifier designs. We look forward to lots of innovative market-focused products that will result from Bob's contributions."

Muniz brings to EAW more than 17 years of design experience in professional audio, working most recently as Senior Power Systems Designer at QSC, where he was responsible for a variety of signal processing and power conversion products. Prior to QSC, Bob worked for Harman Motive as a Design Engineer for Infinity branded audio products slated for Chrysler platforms.

"I am honored to join EAW and Loud Technologies during this exciting period of accelerated growth," says Muniz. "The EAW team has earned a great deal of respect in the industry and I look forward to becoming a valuable member of this enterprising and dynamic group here in Whitinsville."

An avid scuba diver and lover of very loud music, Muniz and his personal 10,0000-watt amplifier will be based out of the EAW manufacturing facility in Whitinsville, MA.

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Loud Technologies has appointed industry veteran and FOH Engineer Moray McMillin to the position of UK Pro Audio sales manager. Moray will be looking after all UK-related sales for EAW and, along with Bob Harrison, EAW Commercial. The appointment follows Steve Badham's move EAW ASG (Application Support Group) in Europe, replacing James Bamlett who has gone to Kuala Lumpur to support EAW and LOUD Technologies in Asia.

In more than three decades of international touring, the last nine of which have been spent with Deep Purple, Moray has worked with the likes of Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, and (just to prove that it's not all about the decibels) Suzanne Vega, among others.

"Moray's expertise in all things live sound is indisputable, and in particular, the experience he has accumulated with EAW systems. I feel that he will be a great benefit to the team," notes LOUD Technologies' Martin Warr.

Moray is also looking forward to his new role at LOUD. "Having made the decision to retire from touring (and especially tour buses) before they sent me home in a flight case, I am delighted to be working with EAW here in the UK," observes Moray. "It's a very natural progression for me, having spent many years touring with various different types of EAW systems, namely KF850, KF750 and most recently the KF760/761 line array.

"My goals are to try to maximise end-user awareness of the range of EAW products available in what I see as a very tight and competitive market," he continues, :and to provide our owner network in the UK with the best possible sales and technical support."

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