JBL PROFESSIONAL PROMOTES SIMON JONES TO DIRECTOR, EUROPEAN MARKETING


LONDON & LOS ANGELES, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 - To better serve JBL Professional’s European distributors and customers, Michael MacDonald, President of JBL Professional announced the appointment of Simon Jones to the new position of Director of European Marketing. Based out of the Northridge, California home office, Jones will oversee marketing, promotional and product development projects throughout the region.

"For this new position, we required a person with industry background in installed, tour, and live sound, with live performance and engineering experience. Simon meets all of these requirements and more," explained MacDonald. "In addition, since Simon is a native of  England, he has a grasp of the region and the individual needs of our European partners."

Most recently, as Senior Product Manager, Jones has been responsible for the two and a half year development of EVO, introduced this month. He has also been active in development of JBL installation products. Prior to joining JBL in 1995, Jones was a Research and Development Engineer at Martin Audio Ltd. in London and Technical Editor with Bruel & Kjaer in Denmark. 

He holds a Bachelor of Electro acoustic Engineering honors degree from the University of Salford, England." I look forward to working with our European customers. We will be able to expand our service not only in product support and training, but in designing promotions, advertising and programs that fit each country’s needs," stated Jones.


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