Engineer/producer/studio-owner Robert Margouleff has joined the Walters-Storyk Design Group as Project Engineer.

Margouleff will be involved in all aspects of WSDG’s West Woast projects, consulting with new clients on site selection, design, construction, technology, acoustic treatments and systems integration. He brings more than 40 years of hands-on experience to his new role with the global architectural acoustics/technology integration design firm.

‘He has literally done it all,’ says WSDG Principal/Director of International Relations, Sergio Molho. ‘He has accrued an incalculable wealth of real-world studio knowledge. His design, construction and technology expertise, coupled with his deep insights into project studio requirements and techniques, will be a significant new asset for our clients.’

Beyond his long-time collaboration with Stevie Wonder, and Best Engineered Album Grammy for (Innervisions, shared with Malcolm Cecil,) Margouleff’s credits include work with Devo, Billy Preston, Depeche Mode, Jeff Beck, The Doobie Brothers, Quincy Jones among others.

After building his Hollywood-based Mi Casa Multimedia Studios, Margouleff became a leader in surround audio for home theatre and provided 5.1 and 7.1 mixing and mastering for DVD and Blu-ray releases and restorations for six James Bond features and the complete Lord of the Rings, among others.

‘We began expanding our West Coast presence last March with the addition of Bob Skye as SF-based rep/project engineer,’ says company co-founder, John Storyk. ‘We’ve been friends forever, but the idea for this formal relationship was inspired by Robert’s 2010 AES Keynote Address in San Francisco – he was at the top of his game that afternoon, combining historical milestones with prescient insights into the future of the industry. I knew then that he could bring a tremendous amount of real-world experience to our shop. We are confident that his Project Engineer title will cover a lot of ground.’