Bryan Bradley joins JBL as vice president, GM of Loudspeaker Business Unit
Published: ASIA
WORLD: Bryan Bradley has been appointed to the position of vice president, general manager for JBL Professional’s Loudspeaker Business Unit. Mr Bradley will operate from Harman’s California headquarters and will report directly to Harman Professional president Blake Augsburger.
In his new role, the new GM and vice president will assume responsible over all aspects of JBL Professional operations and continued development.
Mr Bradley joins Harman Professional having served as COO of Alfred Music since February 2009. At Alfred Music, he helped optimise the company’s operations including artist relations, business affairs, business development, marketing and sales. He also led third-party initiatives including those with Pearson Publishing, Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad.
Prior to joining Alfred, he worked for music retailer Guitar Center Inc for eight years, during which he held various positions including overseeing pro audio/recording merchandise, Guitar Center Professional marketing and product marketing. He also served at Guitar Center’s Strategic Planning Group, working on large-scale strategic initiatives for Guitar Center and its subsidiaries Musician’s Friend and Music and Arts. Mr Bradley holds a BA from Colorado State University and an MBA from California Lutheran University.
‘I am pleased to have an individual of Bryan Bradley’s calibre join our executive team and I am confident that his skills and leadership will make our Loudspeaker Business Unit more efficient with a unique capacity to provide customers in all geographic and vertical markets with high-performing, innovative technologies that address their needs and opportunities,’ commented Mr Augsburger. ‘Bryan’s experience in the retail market will also provide Harman Professional with valuable perspective in development of programs and marketing and I look forward to working with him to improve our approach and advance our business.’
‘I am very pleased to join Harman Professional and to lead the Loudspeaker Business Unit,’ said Mr Bradley. ‘The unique coupling of strong brands, excellent engineering and great people is very attractive to me and I look forward to adding value wherever possible. I am eager to work with the Harman Professional leadership team and our customers and channel partners to advance great audio and these great brands.’