Following the recent appointment of Bruno Hochstrasser as General Manager, a ‘new look’ Studer has been announced.
Speaking at Studer’s Global Partners Conference, Harman’s VP of Soundcraft, Studer and AKG, Andy Trott formally announced appointments heading up R&D and Product Development, reporting to Hochstrasser.
Peter Glattli takes over as head of R&D at Studer’s Development Centre based in Regensdorf, Switzerland. He joins from long-term Studer partner Super Computing Systems and his background includes developing Super Computing’s Object Oriented software group. ‘During my recent workshops with the Studer R&D team, I once again experienced the innovative spirit that impressed me so much 15 years ago when I started my career in the Studer D950 development team,’ he says. ‘It is this passion about music, broadcast and engineering excellence that is unique to this company. But this time we are not only building a new console – we will interconnect audio systems and workflows and we will extend Studer’s leadership in the mixing console usability domain.’
Andrew Hills re-joins the company to develop the new Product Management team, which will be based in Regensdorf. He was previously employed at the BBC, Neve and SSL, and then served Studer in a senior sales role, most recently responsible for the BBC account and highly instrumental in the Corporation’s record order for Studer consoles in 2010. He was also responsible for other strategic accounts across Europe and Asia. ‘It is a delight to be back at Studer and call my friends colleagues again,’ he says. ‘I am looking forward to this exciting new role and, together with Peter, create new world-beating products for one of the most respected brands in professional audio.’
‘We’ve made these changes to accelerate our R&D process which I felt was not being driven in the strategic direction we needed for the future,’ says Trott. ‘Peter has already gelled with the team and together they are developing the most exciting roadmap I’ve seen in this industry. This really is a new Studer – new people, new strategies, new technologies and most importantly for our customers, new products. We’re announcing two new products at the show and this is just a start, we aim to drive our business faster and with more determination than ever before. This is a great place to be.’
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