POTTERS BAR, United
Kingdom — In a move that strengthens the company’s sales presence in the live
sound for broadcast and theatre communities, HARMAN’s Studer has appointed Rob
Hughes to the position of Market Sales Manager. In this position, Hughes will
be responsible for sales of Studer products throughout the EMEA sales region.
Hughes began his career in pro audio as a
freelance touring engineer, spending 15 years touring the world as a sound
engineer and system tech. He also spent many of those years in charge of the
audio of major UK festivals including the Reading Festival, V Festival, T in
the Park and Download.
After retiring from touring, Hughes joined SSE
Audio Group as Project Manager, where his responsibilities also included
managing the company’s stock of digital mixing consoles. In this position,
Hughes kept the console inventory’s software and firmware up to date across all
platforms and played a large role in training freelance engineers on the
operation of the consoles. As part of this training responsibility, Hughes also
worked with Andy Brown of Soundcraft, assisting with Vi6 training courses.
After his time with SSE, Hughes moved on to
working for Midas, looking after the UK market, and was responsible for selling
Midas consoles and Klark Teknik products into the UK.
“Now that I have joined Studer,
I am very much looking forward to working with such a well respected brand,
within a very strong group of companies that HARMAN comprises,” Hughes said.
“In addition to serving the live sound for theatre, I am looking forward to the
challenges of working within the broadcast world and learning the customer base
and needs of that market.”
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