Harman Professional has promoted Timothy (TJ) Smith to lead its Signal Processing Business Unit, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the BSS Audio, dbx, Lexicon Professional and DigiTech brands.
Based in the company’s Utah offices, he will report directly to John Fitzgerald, VP and General Manager of Harman Professional, Signal Processor/Amplifier Business Units. ‘In making this appointment, Harman Professional is drawing on our considerable base of internal talent,’ Fitzgerald says. ‘We’re putting a proven leader with deep market experience, strong technology expertise and a keen understanding of customer needs in charge of an important business unit and providing him with a broad but clear mandate for innovation, integration and growth.’
Smith joined Harman Professional in 2000 and has been appointed to increasingly senior positions, most recently serving as Senior Director, China Operations where he was responsible for new product development, engineering and all general business activity for the company’s China office.
‘We have a strong team in place and I am excited about strengthening this business unit and Harman Professional’s position as market leaders, especially in the rapidly growing installed and networked audio markets,’ Smith adds.
He holds a Bachelors Degree in engineering from Oral Roberts University and an MBA from Indiana University, South Bend.
