People & Places: Audinate’s Successor; Yamaha’s New Marketing Leader; More AV News from May

This roundup of AV hires & other AV news from the month of May 2019 details the new Audinate CEO and marketing changes at Yamaha Commercial.

CI Staff Leave a Comment
People & Places: Audinate’s Successor; Yamaha’s New Marketing Leader; More AV News from May

People & Places

Photos & Slideshow
View the slideshow View the slideshow

A roundup of AV news from the month of May 2019. Recognize these familiar faces from AV hires this month? Audinate’s new CEO, Yamaha’s new marketing director, and much more.

Audinate New CEO

Audinate, developer of Dante audio over IP networking solution, announced today that Aidan Williams, the Company’s CTO and Co-founder, will succeed Lee Ellison as CEO.

Ellison has informed the Company of his intention to retire from his role as CEO on 13th September 2019 following release of the Company’s 2019 full year financial results.

Aidan Williams

Audinate’s Chairman David Krall said:

“Lee has been a key contributor to the growth of Audinate, and the results speak for themselves. Under Lee’s leadership as CEO over the past 11 years, Audinate has become the global market leader in audio networking for the professional AV industry.

“Lee led the Company through its successful IPO in June 2017, and since its listing Audinate has consistently delivered strong results and record growth.”

“Together with Lee and the Board, we developed a succession plan over the last year to ensure a smooth transition of the CEO role. Our plan was for Aidan to follow Lee into the CEO role, and we are delighted that this will occur.

Lee Ellison

“Having co-founded Audinate, Aidan has been a guiding force in its product innovation and strategy and will continue to do so as CEO.  With a talented team in place, we are confident of a smooth transition and continued growth,” added Krall.

Yamaha Professional Audio Updates Marketing Leadership

Glenn Booth has joined Yamaha Corporation of America as director of marketing for the company’s professional audio department. He reports directly to Alan Macpherson, vice president, Integrated Marketing Group.

Glenn Booth

As director, Booth is tasked with leading the professional audio marketing team while advancing the Yamaha, NEXO and Steinberg brands in North America.

“Glenn brings with him not only a wealth of experience and achievement in marketing and product development, but also years’ worth of technical knowledge of professional audio products themselves,” Macpherson said. “We are gratified to have him lend his multifaceted talent to our efforts at Yamaha.

Before joining Yamaha, Booth managed global marketing and business development for Dimetis, a German multinational company that develops software to automate and manage audio and video content primarily in the broadcast industry.

He cultivated relationships with customers, technology partners and media such as AT&T, Intel, GTT, SMTPE, Fox Sports Media Group and Sports Video Group (SVG).

Click here to see the slideshow for more AV news & AV hires from May 2019

 

If you enjoyed this article and want to receive more valuable industry content like this, click here to sign up for our digital newsletters!