PEOPLE

Amit has 15+ years experience in IT. He has travelled widely, working in a variety of roles throughout Asia, North America, and Europe. More recently, Amit has focused on software development, testing and automation. He began working with Pharos in September 2022, supporting Test Automation and Quality Assurance for the full range of Pharos products.

Clarence comes from a development background, having originally worked in the R&D team for the Pharos product range. He joined the Product Management team in 2019 and is now the Product Manager for the whole Pharos Designer range. You’ll see his writing in various places around the website, but most notably in the Tips and Tricks where he shares what he has learned through years of working with the Pharos software.

Dan started at Pharos at the beginning of 2019, providing technical support for customers and the technical delivery of trade show stands. He has a background in theatre, film and television, and concert touring, specifically in control and network distribution.

Dominic joined Pharos Architectural Controls in August 2022 to provide technical support to customers and partners. He has a background in electrical engineering and audio-visual installations, working on projects in various locations worldwide. In his spare time, he plays the bass guitar for 80’s melodic rock band Shaft of Steel and is an avid outdoorsman; when he’s not solving support cases, he can be found hiking and climbing in the mountains.

Jack has a history in music/festival lighting, and a degree in Lighting Design. He’s been involved with Pharos since October 2011, starting out as a support specialist and most recently working on the development of the Expert range and Pharos Cloud. In his current role as Product Manager (Expert & Cloud) he manages the spec and feature roadmap of those products, as well as technical communications regarding them.

Liz has over 30 years’ experience in lighting, initially with regional and university producing theatres, then touring with Rambert Dance Company. She joined Pharos as Product Manager in 2005 after previously being in product management for entertainment controls at ETC. Now as Associate Product Manager Liz’s focus is backstage, rather than customer-facing, supporting the Product team to deliver enhancements and new products across the Pharos portfolio.

Marco has a marketing degree and over 20 years experience in the technology sector. His career to date has been in Distribution, where he’s had the unique opportunity of working with many of the world’s best known consumer electronics brands. Marco joined Pharos Architectural Controls in 2021 as Marketing Manager with the specific aim of building the Pharos brand whilst helping the company achieve it’s growth targets.

Mark joined Pharos in 2012 after many years of sales and distribution management experience working for well-known entertainment technology brands. As Regional Manager for EMEA, Mark has spent his time at Pharos building a broad and robust network of Pharos partners throughout Europe and the Middle East, helping to provide local sales and technical support for the Pharos product range, across a wide range of iconic and world class architectural projects.

Martins started his career as a C/C++ programmer and has subsequently developed a varied career with experience in a range of different fields, including cryptography and engineering. He has worked in various European locations before joining Pharos in 2022 as an Integrations Manager. His role focusses on developing the Pharos Designer IO Module library that allows us to integrate with many other systems.  

Nathan joined Pharos in 2012. He has a background in moving head and LED lighting, project management (lighting supply, install and programming), maintenance and technical support. As Product Support Manager for Asia Pacific, he provides customers in the region with sales and technical support for all Pharos products.

Richard was a founding director of Pharos and now serves as its non-executive Chairman. He is also CEO of Brompton Technology. Richard has been involved in theatrical lighting design in West London for many years, and was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Questors Theatre, the largest amateur theatre in Europe, for seven years.

Scott began his career in the film industry as a commercial director, filmmaker, and motion/graphics artist, as well as working in entertainment lighting. He brought his diverse experience to Pharos in 2014, and as well as supporting customers in the Americas as a Technical Sales Manager, Scott has contributed to many different areas of Pharos; from system design and programming to graphic design and technical support.

Simon came into the lighting industry through theatre lighting design, moving into software development for lighting control systems. Over the course of his career he has worked across the full product development lifecycle, supported various landmark lighting installations worldwide, and has served on the boards of cloud software companies working in the lighting and AV space.

Thomas joined Pharos in 2009 and now has over 30 years’ experience in theatrical and architectural lighting control. He successfully helped launch Pharos products in the Americas and established numerous important partnerships with customers in the region. As International Sales Director, Thomas oversees the highly skilled global Pharos sales team. He enjoys tinkering with LED technologies, programming and DIY projects.

Tim began working at Pharos in 2007 in the role of Technical Support Specialist. Subsequently he moved into technical sales and after a short time became the Sales Manager for the UK. In addition to his sales role, in 2017 Tim was promoted to Global Support Manager, overseeing all aspects of technical support and customer care. In his spare time Tim is often found designing lighting for productions across West London.