Richard Belliveau receives the prestigious Parnelli Visionary Innovator Award
Austin, TX - 1 December 2009 - Digital and automated lighting pioneer Barco is proud to announce that Richard Belliveau has received the Parnelli Visionary Innovator Award, acknowledging his remarkable career in the live entertainment industry. The prestigious award, designed for the lighting industry’s highest achievers, was presented to Belliveau at the gala 2009 Parnelli Awards ceremony on November 20th in Orlando, Florida.
As a prolific inventor and designer, Belliveau holds over 65 patents, and to date, continues to create dazzling products for High End Systems, a member of the Barco group. From fog machines to lasers to digital luminaires, Belliveau’s lengthy list of innovations includes the Laser Chorus, Dataflash, Intellabeam, Emulator, Cyberlight, Studio Color, Trackspot, Technobeam, X-Spot, SHOWGUN, SHOWPIX, SHOWBEAM and High End’s renowned DL.1, DL.2 and DL.3.
Over the course of his career, and certainly in his role as co-founder of High End Systems, Belliveau’s constant philosophy has been to design products that generate excitement and motivate people. “If you build that,” said Belliveau, “then the lighting designers will come.”
“Not only is it an honor for Richard Belliveau to have won the Parnelli Visionary Innovator Award, but it’s an honor and privilege to have talent such as his within the Barco organization,” said Eric van Zele, CEO of Barco. “Richard’s contributions to the creative lighting industry are almost beyond measure. In concerts and clubs worldwide, his inventions are used daily to create designs for the world’s top lighting professionals.”
About the Parnelli Awards
Since 2001, scores of our industry’s highest achievers and most admired innovators have been awarded the Parnelli. The award recognizes pioneering, influential professionals and companies and their contributions. Much more than just about being the person who performs his or her craft expertly, the Parnelli is also about moving our industry forward with the same qualities that defined the person for whom it is named—Rick “Parnelli” O’Brien, an extraordinary production manager and human being. O’Brien passed away from cancer leaving behind a wife and three young children, and this award honors him and all he stood for. More information can be found at www.plsn.com.
About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3300 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 725 million euro in 2008.
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