Leadership changes at Auralex

Published: June 19, 2013 ASIA

WORLD: Auralex Acoustics, Inc has appointed Mark Henderson as company CEO, Dave Brune as director of sales and Andy Symons as director of operations.

Prior to joining Auralex Acoustics, Mr Henderson had a successful global career with Dow AgroSciences, and also served as executive director of the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana Corn Marketing Council, travelling abroad to grow both organisations' market share. Mr Henderson, who also acquired experience with Six Sigma, received both his MBA and Bachelor degrees from Kansas State University.

Meanwhile, Mr Brune has amassed over two decades of sales management and business development experience with global manufacturers including Sony DADC, Maxell Professional Media, Thomson Consumer Electronics and Ampex Recording Media Corporation. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in telecommunications.

Mr Symons has 20 years of experience in operations and management as well as over 30 years of experience in the professional audio and music industries. With a degree in telecommunications from Butler University, he began his career as a staff engineer (and later chief engineer and vice president) at TRC Recording Studios. He later joined World Media Group as a mastering engineer, and then served as plant manager and VP of operations. Starting in 2001, he served as studio manager and marketing director for The Lodge Recording Studios. In the spring of 2011 he decided to return to college to earn an associate degree in IT/Networking, which he completed in late 2012.

‘I have known Andy and Dave for several decades, and I can attest to their status as experts in the audio industry, as well as being great friends,’ stated Eric Smith, Auralex founder and president. ‘We are excited to be working with them moving forward. On the same hand, Mark is an experienced business and management professional, and he and I have become close allies since before his appointment. With these three new personnel on our team, we are poised for unprecedented global growth in the coming months and years.’