USA - JBL Professional has announced the promotion of Harman Professional veteran, Stephen Morris, to the position of executive vice president of sales, JBL Professional. Morris takes up the position having led group-wide sales and marketing for Harman Professional's cinema business and prior to that held senior sales and marketing roles at sister company, Crown Audio.John Carpanini, president, JBL Professional, says: "Stephen's background in marketing and sales will bring a fresh perspective to JBL Professional. We look forward to working with Stephen to forge stronger connections with members of the professional audio community in all of the vertical markets and geographic territories in which we operate. With his energy and experience, I have high confidence that Stephen will generate new ideas and programs to advance our group's sales performance and that he will make a strong leader for our sales team."Morris will be based at JBL Professional's headquarters in Northridge, California and will direct worldwide sales operations reporting directly to John Carpanini. In his new capacity, Morris will also lead US sales operations for other Harman Professional brands including AKG, Soundcraft and Studer.
(Jim Evans)
