REGENSDORF, Switzerland– HARMAN's Studer has appointed Roger Heiniger to the position of Product Manager. Heiniger's primary responsibilities will include overseeing product development of Studer mixing systems and contributing to the company's brand development programs. For the past six years, Heiniger has worked in Studer's Regensdorf facility as Software Test Manager. Heiniger will report to Andrew Hills, who recently returned to Studer as Director of Product Management.
Heiniger has a great deal of broadcast experience, having worked for several years as an audio engineer at a Swiss broadcasting corporation in Zurich and having been the head of the radio production department before joining Studer six years ago.
“We are very excited that Roger has accepted this new role working with Andrew and I am convinced that he will be contributing a lot to our team in order to maintain Studer's lead in the broadcast equipment field,” said Bruno Hochstrasser General Manager, Studer.
“I'm looking forward to this exciting new role and being part of creating great new products!” said Heiniger. “We have a great new team with very advanced technology ideas that I can't wait to develop into new Studer products.”
HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 12,500 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.0 billion for twelve months ending September 30, 2011.