Creative editorial company Beast has named post-production industry veteran Valerie Petrusson as president. A co-founding member, Petrusson returns to Beast after steering sales and marketing for commercial and feature projects at parent company Deluxe. In her new role, Petrusson will be responsible for overseeing Beast's seven offices across New York, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and Austin.
“It is with profound sorrow that I must share the passing of my friend and the original founder of Matthews Studio Equipment, Roy Isaia,” says MSE owner and president Ed Phillips. “On February 16th Roy lost his battle with Leukemia but in keeping with his feisty personality never gave up the fight.”
Codex has named industry veteran, Brian Gaffney, as vice president business development. Gaffney has many years of digital production experience, and is well known in production and post-production circles around the motion picture and broadcast industries. He will be based at Codex’s LA office and will head up Codex’s business development efforts across the US, the Americas and Australia/New Zealand.
Stargate Studios has named Thayer Jester vice president of business development. Jester's responsibilities will include developing new business opportunities and strategic relationships for Stargate in the North American Market
Treehouse, the Dallas editorial boutique, has expanded its services through the hiring of motion graphics designer Jeff Vick and the addition of a new graphics design and production suite. The company will offer graphics both in tandem with editing and finishing, and as a standalone service.
Veteran post-production sales executive Jon Johnson has joined Chainsaw, a Sim Group company, as executive vice president of sales.
The Advanced Television Systems Committee board of directors has elected Glenn Reitmeier to his second term as chairman.
Veteran Flame artist and on-line editor Jim Eberle has joined Chainsaw, a division of The Sim Group, as part of its growing team focused on post-production services for scripted television.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Board of Governors has named the Society's 2015 directors and has appointed new officers and governors to fill vacant positions.
Continuing on a path of steady growth, Treehouse has brought on editor Jason Payne. Payne, who is well known in the Dallas advertising community through previous posts with Fast Cuts, N2O and The Richards Group, becomes the boutique editorial house’s fourth editor, joining founder Peter Tarter, Jayson Limmer and John McStravi
