John Fitzgerald, vice president of programme management at Harman Professional, will take the additional position of general manager for Harman's Elkhart, IN based Amplifier Business Unit and will be responsible for all aspects of Crown Audio's business.
John Batliner, vice president of sales for Harman's High Performance Audio Video group, will assume additional responsibilities as vice president of sales for Crown Audio and Matt Bush, previously director of sales for Crown Audio is appointed senior director of operations for Crown Audio.
According to Rob Urry, vice president of Harman Professional's Amplifier and Processing Business Unit, these appointments will position Crown Audio for consistent development and growth and will improve the quality, performance and innovation of the products.
"With John Fitzgerald, John Batliner and Matt Bush, Crown Audio is placing proven leaders in positions of critical importance to our development and also Harman Professional's development." Urry said. "Harman Professional is determined to strengthen its leadership position in professional-grade audio systems. Providing the world's best sounding, most reliable, most versatile amplifiers is central to our ambitions and is similarly important to our customers around the world. Our determination to grow is matched only by our commitment to improve and I am confident that these three leaders will back up that commitment."
(Jim Evans)