Dane Butcher has been appointed Symetrix Chairman after holding the position of CEO since he founded the company in 1976. Symetrix’ veteran VP of Sales & Marketing, Paul Roberts, steps in as the company’s new CEO.
‘After many years of wide-band executive responsibilities, I’m moving to a purely strategic role,’ Butcher says. ‘I will now focus 100 per cent of my time on my passion for providing our current and future customers with innovative and value-orientated software and hardware solutions. In Paul Roberts, I am grateful to have such an intelligent, capable, and enthusiastic individual ready and willing to take on the responsibilities and the opportunities of CEO. Symetrix has never been stronger than it is right now, and Paul is ideally situated to continue our forward momentum.’
Drawing on his experience as a musician and a recording engineer, Butcher founded Symetrix with cost-effective products for the professional recording industry. He has continued to drive the company to deliver products such as the Jupiter app-based turnkey DSP systm, ARC-Web and most recently Edge, Open architecture DSP featuring Dante and modular I/O.
‘The heart of our engineering efforts are in installed sound DSP and at InfoComm we launch a sensational array of DSP products and accessories,’ Butcher says. ‘And, while 2012 is proving to be a very exciting year for Symetrix, our stakeholders, and our customers, our long-term vision is simply to continue to maintain a razor-sharp focus on satisfying the needs of audio and video integrators throughout the world while providing the training and support to make their lives easier and make their businesses more profitable.’
‘Taking over as CEO of Symetrix at this exciting time in the company’s history is a great opportunity, for which I am very appreciative,’ says Roberts. ‘My passion to lead Symetrix is matched by my enthusiasm for the products we offer, the team we have in place, our loyal world-wide customer base, and the game-changing technology we have in development.’
There is expected to be a high level of continuity in the hand-over as Butcher and Roberts have worked together for many years, sharing a customer-focused approach to running Symetrix and a common vision for the future of the company.
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