QSC appoints John White to VP of R&D
Published: ASIA
WORLD: QSC Audio Products has named Dr John White as vice president of research and development. Dr White will be providing technical and managerial leadership to the development programmes at the company, as well as planning and executing personnel development, process management and infrastructure management within the R&D department.
‘We are tremendously excited to have Dr John White join the dedicated professionals at QSC,‘ said QSC’s Jatan Shah. ‘As QSC continues to develop new, revolutionary technology platforms to serve our customers, we look forward to having John offer his leadership and expertise to our cutting-edge research and product development team.’
Dr White most recently served as vice president of engineering at THX – the cinema technology company founded by filmmaker George Lucas – where he led the company’s transformation from a test and certification company to a product development firm. Prior to THX, he was director of engineering at Avid – where he oversaw multiple engineering departments – as well as co-founder and director of the Technology Development Group at Dolby Laboratories. While there he led the team responsible for Dolby Digital Plus and the Dolby real-time encoder for the Microsoft Xbox. Additionally, Dr White has also held previous roles at Walt Disney Imagineering, and has worked as an electronics technician for both Clair Brothers and Maryland Sound.
‘I am extremely excited to join a dynamic organisation like QSC,’ said Dr White. ‘I am looking forward not only to the challenge of leading the engineering and product development teams but, also offering my experience and insights as a professional audio practitioner as we continue to develop the finest professional audio solutions available in the market today.’