Ulrich Schnabl, Axel Kern and Vincenz Riffeser have new roles at German broadcast specialist Lawo.

The restructure follows Ulrich Schnabl’s move from Senior On Air and Routing Systems Product Manager to the general management team, taking on the recently created position of Executive Assistant to the CEO.

Ulrich Schnabl was educated at the University for Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, having completed a degree in Engineering for Audio and Video Technology, started in TV production with Südwestrundfunk, the German public broadcaster. After working in Lawo’s Sales and Project Engineering departments, he switched to Product Management, where he built up the routing systems’ product range, and developed it into the successful Nova family. With additional supervision of the On Air Radio product line, he assumed full responsibility as the Senior Product Manager. In this position he established, with Lawo’s crystal and sapphire units, a successful new generation of Lawo mixing consoles. ‘It gives me the possibility, beyond my previous rôle, to apply my multidisciplinary experience for the benefit of the company and our customers.’

Prior to becoming Senior Product Manager for Lawo’s On Air Radio products, Axel Kern was most recently product manager at Soundcraft Studer in Switzerland. Here he was responsible for Studer’s OnAir mixing consoles, gaining experience in conceptual product development and the management of international projects. Before entering the broadcast industry he studied at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany, and graduated with a Diploma in Media Technology. ‘I am looking forward to new challenges at Lawo,’ says Kern. ‘Lawo is playing an increasingly important international rôle, and it is very exciting for me to contribute creatively to this success.’

Now responsible for Lawo’s Nova matrix series as Product Manager of Routing Systems, Vincenz Riffeser was previously Lawo’s Junior Product Manager mc² series and has also worked as a Senior A/V installation engineer, and then as project manager for a well-known A/V engineering office and contractor. The background to his professional career included a course at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, Germany, where Riffeser achieved a degree in Engineering for Audio and Video Technology.

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