Rich Nevens has been appointed Focusrite VP of Worldwide Sales: Commercial & Pro Audio.
Nevens joins Focusrite from Avid, where he held a number of positions for the past 12 years, most recently Director Strategic Solutions, WW Audio Sales. In his new role, Nevens will lead a newly formed business unit that covers the company’s RedNet, Red interfaces and ISA range of products.
‘Our Dante-based RedNet and Red ranges are experiencing substantial growth and, as such, we have decided to form a dedicated unit to focus on the professional audio community – Focusrite Commercial & Pro Audio,’ says Focusrite Director of Global Marketing & Sales, Damian Hawley.
‘Rich Nevens is a highly respected professional audio business leader with many years of experience operating at the senior decision-maker level,’ says Focusrite Group CEO, Tim Carroll. ‘He will initially be focused on developing a world-class network of distributors, resellers and system integrators to accelerate our growth in the broadcast, post-production and professional markets.’
‘Focusrite has taken a clear leadership position in providing the most expansive line of great-sounding, Dante-enabled modular audio products, and I'm thrilled to lead a team focused on improving the workflow of the professional audio community with our powerful networked audio solutions,’ says Nevens.
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