THIEL Audio has appointed Specialty Sound & Vision as the independent sales representatives covering the New York metro region… Imerge has appointed Sound Developments as its exclusive distribution partner in Canada… Electronic Systems Professional Alliance (ESPA) has launched a new website that is focused on increasing awareness of education and certification programs in the electronics systems contracting industry… Leon Speakers has added five new independent sales representatives in the U.S., along with one new rep for Canada and one for the U.K.: Innovative Consulting and Marketing for Arizona and northern Nevada, N&S Marketing and Sales for the pacific northwest, Orion Integrated Systems for Florida, PSG, Inc. for the southeast, Pride of Hawaii for Hawaii, the Genesis Technologies UK for the U.K., and Sound Developments for Canada… Sonos has appointed Mark Crandall to the AMPAC sales team as U.S. director of sales… Crestron has announced a partnership with Simply Reliable Software to develop a solution to enable dealers to design and program systems quickly and easily.