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Nugen Audio Promotes Charles Blessing to CEO & Sophie Guest to CMO
The executive team at Nugen Audio has announced the immediate promotions of its senior team members , Charles Blessing and Sophie Guest , who will be stepping into the roles of CEO and chief marketing officer ( CMO ), respectively . The changes come as Nugen Audio
NUGEN ’ S CHARLES BLESSING ( LEFT ) & SOPHIE GUEST
Co-Founder Dr . Paul Tapper steps back from his position as CEO to focus on his new immersive gaming brand , Fruity Systems . Tapper will continue to serve as a director and chief financial officer ( CFO ) for Nugen Audio . Additionally , Guest will join Blessing and Tapper on the company ’ s Board of Directors .
As CEO , Blessing will continue to push forth the company ’ s forward-thinking efforts and provide the leadership needed to take Nugen Audio into the future , the company says . Blessing , who previously served as the brand ’ s chief technology officer first joined the company as a software engineer in 2013 . Prior to that , Blessing , who has a degree in computer science and maths from the University of York , held several programmer and engineer positions with Team17 Software .
Guest will now join Tapper and Blessing on the Board of Directors . Guest first joined Nugen Audio in 2018 as creative marketing manager and most recently served as marketing director . A creative thinker who moonlights as a radio presenter and voiceover artist , Guest is a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University , from which she holds a degree in hospitality and events management . After pivoting from her initial career path , Guest held various sales , marketing , and promotions positions before coming to Nugen Audio . Blessing ’ s previous role as CTO will be filled after the start of the year by Nugen Audio ’ s Senior Software Engineer , Patxi Monedero . Nugen Audio is distributed in Canada by Music Marketing . For more information , go to
www . nugenaudio . com .
DPA Microphones Presented with Danish Sound Award
Denmark ’ s top sound companies gathered at the Technical University of Denmark ’ s DTU Skylab in November in celebration of this year ’ s Danish Sound Award recipient DPA Microphones , the first-ever company to earn this recognition . Presented to professionals that drive innovation in the industry , the Danish Sound Award sheds light on the globally outstanding audio technology that is developed in the country .
The prize is awarded to those who have rethought the use and understanding of sound or have further developed and strengthened Denmark ’ s position as a leading nation in the field of sound . Special attention is given to nominees that have contributed to the community with completely new paths in the use of sound or have done something remarkable to showcase Danish sound expertise on an international level .
( L-R ) DPA CEO KALLE HVIDT NIELSEN , DANISH SOUND CLUSTER CEO TORBEN VILSGAARD & DPA VP OF MARKETING ANNE BERGGREIN
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