JBL Professional Names Stephen Morris As Executive Vice President Of Sales

8.28.2008

NORTHRIDGE, CA--JBL Professional promoted Harman Professional veteran, Stephen Morris, to the position of executive vice president of sales. Morris takes up the position having successfully 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. Today's announcement was made by John Carpanini, president, JBL Professional. According to Carpanini, the appointment underscores JBL Professional's commitment to recognize achievement and promote from within but also to continually improve sales and support operations to provide customers in the professional audio community with the products and services they need to be successful.

"Stephen's background in marketing and sales will bring a fresh perspective to JBL Professional," Carpanini said today. "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."

Stephen Morris will be based at JBL Professional's headquarters in Northridge, CA and will direct worldwide sales operations reporting directly to John Carpanini. In his new capacity, Morris will also lead U.S. sales operations for other Harman Professional brands including AKG, Soundcraft, and Studer.

Prior to leading the Harman Professional cinema team, Stephen Morris was a nine-year veteran of Crown Audio, where he helped the company achieve consistent growth in the global cinema market and was heavily involved in pioneering the development of the Group's Digital B-Chain technology.
Commenting on his appointment, Stephen Morris said today, "I'm naturally honored and excited to be presented with this responsibility. JBL Professional is an innovation leader with great products and an excellent executive team led by John Carpanini. I look forward to the challenge of this new position and the opportunity to reconnect with so many of our customers across the globe."

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