Ashly Audio has appointed Scott Leslie to the newly-created position of Executive Vice President, reporting to Ashly CEO and President Mark Wentling. In his new post, Leslie will oversee R&D, marketing and the company’s North American sales divisions.
Leslie (whose father invented the Leslie rotating speaker) has a master’s degree in acoustics from Georgia Tech and, after interning at Fender, took a position as a loudspeaker engineer at Altec Lansing. He subsequently spen time in the computer and software industry, with positions at Tektronix, Sun Microsystems, SeeBeyond, and others before starting his own analytics software company. He returned to pro sound as VP of Engineering at JBL Pro before launching his own consulting firm, PD Squared.
‘Everyone here at Ashly Audio is excited about taking the company to the next level – what we call Ashly 2.0,’ Wentling says. ‘To accomplish this, we need highly-motivated leaders from within our industry, as industry insiders know best how the pro sound business operates. Leslie brings a great blend of both pro sound and outside experience to the company. Together with the backing of our parent company, JAM Industries, Ashly's future is unlimited.
‘Ashly has a lot of opportunity to get closer to our customers and increase our value to sales partners and end users,’ Leslie says. ‘I hope to implement new programs that will give us deeper penetration and pursue a partner strategy that brings all of us new opportunities. We will add several new positions in a variety of areas.’
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