Rich Nevens announced as Focusrite’s Vice President of Worldwide Sales: Commercial & Pro Audio
Focusrite has appointed Rich Nevens as the Vice President of Worldwide Sales: Commercial & Pro Audio,
and he will lead the newly formed business unit which consists of RedNet, Red interfaces and the
ISA range of products.
Damian Hawley, Focusrite’s Director of Global Marketing & Sales said: “Our Dante-based RedNet and Red
ranges are experiencing substantial growth and, as such, we have decided to form a dedicated business
unit to focus on the professional audio community; Focusrite Commercial & Pro Audio.”
Focusrite Group CEO Tim Carroll stated: “Rich Nevens is a highly respected professional audio business
leader with many years of experience operating at the senior decision-maker level. Rich will initially
be focused on developing a world-class network of distributors, resellers and system integrators to
accelerate our growth in the broadcast, post-production and professional markets.”
Nevens joins Focusrite from Avid, where he held a number of positions for the last 12 years, most
recently Director Strategic Solutions, WW Audio Sales.
Nevens said: “Focusrite has taken a clear leadership position in providing the most expansive line
of great-sounding, Dante-enabled modular audio products, and I’m thrilled to lead a team focused
on improving the workflow of the professional audio community with our powerful networked audio
solutions.”