HARMAN Profeional Names David McKinney Vice President and GM of Mixer Strategic Busine Unit; Frank Xiao Named Senior Director and GM, China Operations

HARMAN Professional Names David McKinney Vice President and GM of Mixer Strategic Business Unit; Frank Xiao Named Senior Director and GM, China Operations POTTERS BAR, United KingdomHARMAN Professional today announced the appointment of David McKinney as Vice President and GM of HARMANs Mixer Business Unit, where he will lead the global operations of the Soundcraft and Studer brands. Filling McKinneys previous position of Senior Director and General Manager of China Operations for HARMAN Professional will be Frank Xiao, who brings more than 15 years experience in the professional AV industry to his new role.

Based in Potters Bar, McKinney will report to HARMAN Professional President Blake Augsburger. McKinney has held the position of Senior Director and General Manager, China Operations for HARMAN Professional since July 2013, prior to which he held the position of Senior Director, India Operations for HARMAN Professional. In total, McKinney has worked for HARMAN Professional for 11 years in four different country offices, building an impressive sales record and contributing greatly to HARMANs growth.

Soundcraft and Studer are both innovation leaders in audio mixing technology and we are committed to backing up our world-class products with dedicated, steadfast customer support and engineering excellence, McKinney said. We have some very exciting products to launch this month and plans for many more in the near future. Our success has been built on close customer relationships, engineering quality and innovative new products; these are the key pillars we will continue to focus on for the future as we grow these two great businesses.

Frank Xiao has a wealth of experience in the AV industry, with over 16 years experience in high-end projection and display systems, and cinema solutions. He has numerous strong relationships with channel partners throughout China. He joins HARMAN Professional from Christie Digital Systems, where he spent 13 years, serving as General Manager of Christie China since March 2007. In this position, Xiao was responsible for sales, marketing, service, HR, finance and operations. He successfully built and managed the Christie China team and achieved an increase in overall sales performance of 600 percent within seven years.

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