Jon Hole Joins Avolites as Product Manager

	Jon Hole

The Avolites team in London expands with the appointment of Jon Hole as product manager, bringing with him 15 years of industry experience.

Hole's passion for the industry began while working at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, UK, as a teenager, prompting him to go on to study stage management and technical theatre at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. His career has spanned roles within technical support, training, marketing, and product management over the years.

Avolites MD Paul Wong comments, "We are thrilled to have Jon onboard. Jon's skillset, knowledge, and experience are a perfect complement to the team in our development and drive to innovate and accelerate our lighting and video control solutions."

"Jon is especially fired up about Avolites' creative control vision and product roadmap, and its proprietary Synergy software," the company says, "recognizing the importance and relevance of video in most events, presentations and live performances, and the need for full creative control."

"I'm excited about Avolites' product roadmap which will strengthen its value proposition," he comments, adding that he also sees the current console portfolio, with the addition of the new Diamond 7 (D7), offering lighting and visual designers "powerful, super-quick and user-friendly tools to create plenty of magic onstage."

Titan software is all about speed and simplicity and getting a light on and a show in the console even in the tightest timeframes, and Hole notes that more designer-led features like key frame shapes will continue to make future Avo products even more hands on and interactive.

Hole believes that Avolites will additionally benefit in multiple ways from now being "A Robe Business" including independent ownership and international resources.

His role at Avolites will be focusing on delivering both what customers want and what customers don't yet realize they want, the company says, by collaborating closely with R&D, sales, marketing, and customers.

Hole's first full week with Avolites was spent at the booth for ISE in Barcelona.