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.”