About Pangolin

  US Headquarters
  Central Europe Branch Office
  China Branch Office
  Personnel


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  Pangolin clients
  Awards won by Pangolin and our clients
  Continual innovation
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Pangolin is a multi-national organization, having offices in the United States, Central Europe, and Mainland China. Thus, the sun never sets on Pangolin...

Pangolin has been providing software and related systems to the laser display industry since 1986, and has been providing software to the mobile messaging industry since 2002. Products developed and sold by Pangolin include:

• Lasershow Designer 2000, the world leader in professional laser software. Systems include the award-winning QM2000 hardware.

• Lasershow Designer QuickShow, the low-cost, easiest-to-use software for casual laser users as well as laser professionals. Systems include the award-winning Flashback 3 hardware.

• Lasershow Converter MAX, the revolutionary plug-in for 3D Studio MAX.

• Lasershow Converter FLASH, the revolutionary program that converts scenes created with Macromedia FLASH directly into laser animations.

• Flashback 3, OEM and USB-based laser control system.

• SMS Text Messaging systems for both laser and video applications (including interactive television and Virtual DJ).

• Wide Angle Lens systems that provide a full 180 by 360 degree coverage for graphics and beam projection applications.

• LASORB, the ESD protector for laser diodes.

Pangolin has been an active member of the International Laser Display Association since 1990, and a top-level sponsor of the annual ILDA Conference since 1995.
 

Registered Trademark

Pangolin is a registered trademark of Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc., within the United States and internationally.

US Headquarters

Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc.
9501 Satellite Boulevard, Suite 109
Orlando, Florida 32837, USA
Phone: +1-407-299-2088, fax +1-407-299-6066

Office hours are nominally 10 am until 6 pm, Eastern (New York) time. However, please feel free to call us anytime you need assistance. We know our customers sometimes keep odd hours and we may be answering the phone later than 6 pm.

Central Europe Branch Office

Pangolin d.o.o.
Podutiska 75
1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
Phone: +386-1-517-4270, Fax: +386-1-517-4275
VAT ID: SI40559114

China Branch Office

Guangzhou International Trade Center, Suite 38J1
No. 1, Linhexi Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Guangdong Province, 510610, P.R. China
Phone: +86 20 3828 3317, Fax: +86 20 3828 3317, Mobile: +86 136 8889 8726

Personnel

Pangolin Laser Systems was co-founded by William R. Benner, Jr. and Patrick Murphy. The company has produced laser show software and related products since 1986. It is currently owned by William R. Benner, Jr., who serves as President and Chief Technology Officer.
    

William R. Benner Jr. is President and CTO of Pangolin Laser Systems. As President, he sets the general strategic direction for the company and oversees all aspects of company operations. As CTO, he is in charge of all hardware and software development as well as research for new products and new directions for the entire laser display industry.
     Benner has been active in the laser display community since 1985. In addition to his current role at Pangolin, he also served for five years as a member of the board of directors of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) as well as serving for seven years as ILDA's Technical Committee Chairman.
     Throughout his career, Benner has worked with show producers on specific projects, as well as manufacturers including NEOS, Cambridge Technologies, RMB Miniature Bearings and many others.
     Benner received gold medals in United States Skill Olympics as well as International Skill Olympics trials, while competing in the field of electronics. He holds numerous issued and pending US and International Patents, and has received personal letters of commendation from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former Florida Governor Bob Graham. He has also had articles published in the SMPTE Journal, The Laserist, LaserFX, EDN magazine and Motorola's Embedded Connection magazine.

Hayden Hale is Pangolin's Production Manager.  He is responsible for manufacturing, service, and repair of all QM2000 boards as well as various other Pangolin hardware. He is also responsible for all international import and export within the US Headquarters of Pangolin.
     Hayden is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) and has attended every ILDA meeting since 1997. He is considered to be an expert in the field of electronics and technology.  He has participated in various committees that determine technical curriculum for the Community Colleges within the state of Florida.
     In addition to his work at Pangolin, Hayden is also a performing laserist for prominent pay-per-view television programs as well as rock concerts and large-scale raves.

Paulo Auge is Pangolin's Operations Engineer. Paulo provides direct support, advice and consulting trough research of new trends and technologies to critical aspects of the organization.
     Paulo is integral in many other company operations ranging from troubleshooting, shipping preparations, quality assurance and graphic design as well as marketing initiatives encompassing product collateral development, and marketing tools. His broad range of experience is backed with a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Central Florida. Paulo has been working on Laser controllers since 1999.

Justin Perry is Pangolin's Marketing and Customer Support specialist. Justin has been in the business and marketing arena since 2004. He graduated from Valencia with an Associate's degree in Business Administration focusing on finance and Marketing. Justin went on to work for J and L Marketing, developing marketing campaigns and conducting marketing research in the automotive industry. Currently he is finishing his Bachelor's degree at University of Central Florida and working on developing upcoming market campaigns for Pangolin's existing and upcoming products.

Alex Dou (Dou Yi) is the director of the China Branch Office located in Guangzhou, China. He received a honors degree in Business English from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
     Before joining Pangolin, Alex formerly worked for LFI International. He has extensive computer knowledge from working with computer sales, maintenance, server administration and serving as the Minister for the Network and Information Department (NID) of the school of Business English at Guangdong University.
     Alex is responsible for sales, customer support, dealer relations, translations, forecasting, and general operations within China.

Alexey Sinitsyn received a degree from the Kharkov Air-Space University. His specialties include computers, computing algorithms, computing systems and networks.
     Alexey has written software for a variety of applications including scientific research, nuclear power plant diagnostics, DMX light controllers and laser controllers. Alexey has been working on Laser controllers since 1998 and working on mobile messaging software since 2001.
     Alexey is currently the lead programmer on many of Pangolin's projects, including Lasershow Designer peripheral programs and Interactive Messaging Unlimited.

Valery Furmanov received a degree from the Kharkov Air-Space University. His specialties include computers, computing algorithms, GUI design, system software and networks.
     Valery has worked in a variety of areas including control systems for turbo generators in power plants, medical database software and software for experimental devices. Valery has been working on laser control software since 1997 and on mobile messaging software since 2001.
     Valery is our resident expert for Custom Controls development (all of those pretty buttons, toolbars, scrolling panels, etc.) as well as MCI, DirectX, and the underlying nuts and bolts that most people never see.

Alexander Devyatkin received a degree from the Kharkov Air-Space University. His specialties include computers, computing algorithms, GUI design, system software, database programming, web programming and networks.
     Alexander has worked in a variety of areas including telephone network management systems, medical database systems and software for medical image processing.
     Alexander spends most of his time working on Interactive Messaging Unlimited, although he also works on the various Pangolin web sites and in other support roles.

Don Moir is the oldest member of our programming team. He has worked in a variety of projects throughout his time with Pangolin, including the modern Showtime 2.0 user interface, color-rendering portions of Lasershow Converter MAX, the LD2000 Network, FLASH-based output for Interactive Messaging Unlimited, and most recently our plug-ins for Virtual DJ.

Dieter Burkard has studied computers starting in 1983. Since that time he has gained experience in the design of computer electronics and related hardware, and also in computer software using various assembly language variants, C/C++, Delphi and Visual Basic. He has been programming for laser display systems since 1991 and has worked for one of the largest laser companies in Germany. Dieter's current tasks include assembly language programming for the QM2000, and work on the QM2000.NET.