Perry Priestley has worked in the professional broadcast industry for over 45 years. He joined Broadcast Electronics in June 2019 in the position of Chief Operating Officer. Previously he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Anywave Communication Technologies Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzhou China. He has also held positions in Sales and Business Development with Linear Industries Brazil, Ibiquity Digital Corporation (now Xperi), Thales-France (now Thomson Broadcast), and EEV-Marconi, and Philips (Pye TVT) in the UK. Perry has presented at over 100 technical broadcast conferences worldwide, has been the lead commercial coordinator in notable projects in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. and has been a significant contributor to many new product releases in the radio and television broadcast market.
At the beginning of his career Perry worked in a variety of positions at Pye TVT, He started his career in the 1970’s as part of a team focused on improving the reliability and efficiency of FM and TV transmitters and has coordinated, planned or supervised the commissioning of equipment at more than 300 transmission installations in over 40 countries.
Perry earned a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Telecommunications at Cambridge College of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Cambridge, England.
Perry will help Broadcast Electronics grow the company with the release of new and innovating products, building on the Elenos Group worldwide installed base of over 60,000 transmitters. “This is an exciting time for our group of companies”, said Perry. “The next generation products being developed in both Radio and TV will be astounding and will ensure BE and the Elenos Group keep their recognized title of industry leader and innovator.”
About Elenos Group
Established in 1977, Elenos is a world-leader in the design of FM transmitters with a focus on compact design, reliability, and quality.
Elenos Group transmitters provide best of class energy efficiency with more than 60,000 transmitters installed in over 100 countries. Elenos Group is comprised of Elenos, Broadcast Electronics, Itelco and Pro-Television. See more at www.elenosgroup.com or www.elenos.com
