Harman Professional has appointed Vincent ‘Vinnie’ Perreux as Market Manager, Tour Sound for its Asia Regional Sales Office (RSO) to provide support for customers in the region and to ‘work with the RSO team in expanding product awareness and increasing system sales throughout Asia’.
Reporting to Stuart Dingwall (Applications Manager, Asia), Perreux brings 20 years of touring experience to the position, with extensive touring experience in Asia and worldwide as a system engineer, front-of-house and monitor engineer support technician, crew chief and product trainer. Most recently he served as a tour sound specialist with rock band Muse and on U2’s 360° global tour.
Other past affiliations and credits include work with major rental sound companies Clair, Showco, SSE Audio Group and Eighth Day Sound, and touring with Smashing Pumpkins, Leonard Cohen, Gloria Estefan, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Green Day, Michael Jackson and Elton John.
‘From working with FOH engineers and major artists in front of tens of thousands of people to touring some of the biggest shows across six continents, Vinnie has done it all,’ Dingwall says. ‘Individuals with this kind of wide-ranging experience are exceptionally rare and we are thrilled to have Vinnie on our team as we continue to expand our presence in the growing Asia market.’