Chief technology officer appointed by Music Group
Published: ASIA
WORLD: David Foote has been named as the new chief technology officer for the Music Group, the parent company of Midas and Klark Teknik alongside Behringer. In the new role, Mr Foote will lead the global IT and IS operations for all Music Group brands.
Mr Foote brings to the role more than 18 years of entrepreneurial and hands-on experience including spearheading multiple technology start-ups, serving as an advisor to angel investors, developing enterprise software and leading the implementation of Tier 1 enterprise systems. He also holds several patents as a primary inventor. Commenting on his new role, he described himself as looking forward to working with Music Group CEO Uli Behringer.
‘It is my privilege to be able to execute Uli's vision and work with the team at the Music Group on initiatives spanning back office business transformation to consumer facing innovation,’ he enthused.
Following the announcement, Mr Behringer explained that he has known Mr Foote for many years. ‘He is one of the most capable and well-rounded individuals I have ever met. David has a keen ability to understand both the commercial and technological aspects of a business. Technology is most effective when it provides the efficiency required to free up time for human beings to focus on creativity.’
The CEO added that the Music Group has ‘very aggressive goals in implementing state of the art ERP/MRP systems that are linked to product life cycles and content management systems. This will allow us total visibility into every aspect of our business, and our customers will have insight right down to the production floor.