Three major Harman appointments spark change for JBL
Published: ASIA
WORLD: Harman Professional has announced three major appointments including the promotion of JBL’s long-term head of tour sound David Scheirman to the position of director of knowledge resources across the group. JBL’s new senior manager for tour sound has also been named as Paul Bauman, while Scott Leslie has been appointed director of engineering for the loudspeaker brand.
In his new position Mr Scheirman has responsibility for establishing and managing new training and instructional programs and activities for Harman professional on a global scale. He will report to Michael MacDonald, vice president of sales & marketing. He held responsibility for JBL’s tour sound market segment since 1997, though he has also participated in education programs for organisations such as Synergetic Audio Concepts, NAMM, NSCA and ICIA.
Following the announcement, Mr MacDonald described Mr Scheirman’s ‘industry experience, ideas and leadership skills’ as an ‘asset for Harman Professional as we move forward on new initiatives with global impact, especially in our emerging market regions’.
Mr Scheirman added that he was ‘excited about embracing these new challenges. We have a deep and rich talent pool of product and application specialists within the Harman Professional brands. I’m looking forward to working with them to bring new, innovative information tools to our worldwide customer base.’
Taking on JBL’s tour sound division meanwhile is Paul Bauman, who will lead product development for the VerTec line array range whilst overseeing the integration of JBL tour sound products with other brands within Harman.
Mr Bauman has worked for JBL for five years, previously holding the position of director for tour sound product and application engineering before taking over as senior manager of product development for tour sound in March 2011. A 27-year pro audio veteran with global touring experience, he will report to head of marketing Mark Gander.
‘It’s a very exciting time to be in the tour sound industry and recent developments demonstrate our commitment to providing a complete system solution for VerTec,’ Mr Bauman noted. ‘I am looking forward to helping grow JBL’s leadership position in the market.’
Finally, Scott Leslie has become director of engineering for JBL, reporting directly to Mark Ureda, vice president and general manager of the brand.
Mr Leslie is described as bringing an extensive background in acoustics and technology to the position, having held positions with companies including Fender, Altec Lansing, Tektronix and Sun Microsystems. Most recently, he served as CEO of Evidant Corporation, a software company that he founded.
‘I have always loved JBL for its history, technology, and especially the speakers,’ Mr Leslie commented. ‘I have known Mark Ureda since I graduated and joined Altec Lansing. With the team that Mark has put together, we have a tremendous opportunity to develop and bring to market the next generation of JBL.’
Mr Ureda responded that Mr Leslie ‘brings a wealth of technical expertise, creativity, energy and leadership’ to JBL. ‘I can think of no better individual than Scott to drive our tradition of excellence and take JBL to the next level of high performance loudspeaker technologies and designs.’