Wilsonville, OR - Crimson Trace Corporation, manufacturer and marketer of Lasergrips® and Laserguard® laser-sighting systems and six time Academy of Excellence award winner for innovation, announces the hiring of Iain Harrison as Media Relations Manager.

Iain comes to Crimson Trace with a very diverse background that includes 8 years as an officer in the British Army, Backcountry and Wilderness leadership training, Marketing Director and General Manager of high-end Timber Framing company with degrees in both Marketing and Human Resource Management.

In addition, Iain has done extensive writing for various firearm publications, current blogger for the NRA, is an accomplished 3 Gun Competition shooter, gunsmith and, finally, winner of the inaugural "Top Shot" competition on the History Channel in 2010.

In his new role, Iain is responsible for managing the presentation and representation of CTC to the media, consumers, customers, and the broader industry and to build interest and awareness, and serve as a spokesperson between the company and external groups (all media outlets, including print, electronic, television as well as Corporate awareness).

"With his extensive marketing, product development, writing, television and public relations experience and background, Iain is a great addition to our Marketing Team and Crimson Trace", said Kent Thomas, Director of Marketing. "We are very excited to have Iain on board and I'm confident in his abilities to take Crimson Trace to another level in this position".