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Casio America Names Ori CEO
Casio America Inc. named Makoto Ori as its new president and CEO. In his new role, Ori will continue to lead the creation and development of products by leveraging the company’s strengths. He also plans to enhance the company’s communication with end users by implementing new marketing and direct sales tactics. Ori began his career at Casio in 1993. After graduating from college in Tokyo, Japan, he started at Casio Computer Co. Ltd. as a sales planner for its calculator business in the European and North American markets. Just a few years later, he took on additional responsibilities within the company as sales planning manager for Casio United Kingdom’s calculator division. In the years that followed, Ori’s focus remained on planning and marketing calculators, as well as other product categories including pocket TVs, projectors and label printers. In 2007, Ori switched to Casio’s education business marketing and concentrated his attention on the wide range of scientific and graphing calculators and e-dictionary products. During his almost 30-year tenure at Casio, Ori has held various positions from assistant manager of product planning and marketing to senior general manager of sales and marketing, before taking on this new role.
AES Names New President
Jonathan Wyner started his term as president of the Audio Engineering Society on Jan. 1. “Jonathan has proven his leadership and vision during his year on the AES board of directors as president-elect,” said outgoing AES president Agnieszka Roginska. “The AES is in excellent hands for the coming year.” Wyner’s experience includes 30-plus years as both an active AES member and as an Jonathan Wyner audio technologist. Wyner’s professional industry involvement currently includes his roles as chief engineer at M Works Mastering, education director for iZotope in Cambridge, Mass., and professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. “The AES is the most varied international assemblage of experts, thought leaders, researchers, manufacturers and practitioners of audio in the world,” said Wyner. “During our recent fall event, we had attendees from 82 countries. Each of us has our individual interests and goals for our work, but a passion for audio ties us together. There are so many interesting and exciting developments taking place in the world of audio. The pillars I am energized to stand up can be summed up in three words: Equity, Sustainability and Innovation.” Wyner, in addition to being an accomplished musician and performer, has mastered and produced thousands of recordings. Credits include James Taylor, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Kiri Te Kanawa, the London Symphony, Miles Davis, Semisonic, Thelonius Monk, Pink Floyd and Nirvana. Additional accolades include production of the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for the PBS special “Invention and Alchemy” (Deborah Henson-Conant, 2005), the mastering of the first recording of a full-length opera (“Madame Butterfly 1912,” BBC) and the first interactive CD game (“Play it By Ear,” Rykodisc).
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Monge Joins Remo
Arianna Monge joined Remo as the rhythm and wellness brand manager. She oversees the task of connecting rhythm and wellness-based services to those who need it the most, and driving Remo’s Rhythm, Wellness and YOU! initiative. Monge was at the forefront of the sudden shift from in-person facilitation to virtual telemedicine. She has experience in program development, implementation and facilitation via Zoom to provide support, socialization and group musicmaking for medically fragile children in times of isolation. Monge also conducted Arianna Monge a case study on the effects of caregiver engagement on client participation in music therapy telemedicine.
Triple Play
Korg USA, Inc. hired DeAnna Goldfeder as associate HR generalist. Goldfeder joins Korg with more than 10 years of HR and administrative support experience, and most recently served as human resources supervisor at Sam Ash Music, where she oversaw HR, operations, benefits, compliance and employee relations matters. As associate HR generalist at Korg, Goldfeder will support Kristin Goold, SPHR, Director, Talent Management, and will leverage her specialized knowledge of HR in the music manufacturing and DeAnna Goldfeder retail industry. While she will continue to support day-to-day HR needs, she’ll also use her skills in team building, training, and coaching to help colleagues and individuals achieve their full potential within the Korg organization. Diana Akhavan joined Korg as junior creative designer. The latest addition to Korg’s marketing communications team, Akhavan will work closely with Creative Manager Norm Morales on the implementation and execution of creative design campaigns for Korg USA brands. A recent graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Diana Akhavan Akhavan majored in graphic design with a triple minor in creative technology, film and media, and art histor y. Korg also hired James Jackson as customer service/support representative. Jackson joins Korg USA with excellent customer service credentials, most recently at Samson Technologies in Hicksville, N.Y. He has extensive training in technical support, including business-to-business support for national accounts. At Korg, Jackson is responsible for giving dealers and customers the best possible experience when they contact Korg USA. James Jackson FEBRUARY 2021
