Minnetonka Audio Expands Team

Minnetonka Audio has increased its research and development team with the hiring of broadcast audio veteran Alessandro Travaglini as Product Manager, Research and Development Group.

Travaglini has 20 years of broadcasting and audio technology experience that will further the efforts for both the Minnetonka and Linear Acoustic lines of software processing solutions.

"We are thrilled to welcome Alessandro to our team," said Markus Hintz, Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development for Minnetonka Audio. "With Alessandro's breadth of knowledge and experience in the industry, he will be instrumental in managing the company's research and development of audio processing algorithms, as well as assisting product management and sales strategy. Bringing Alessandro on board further exhibits our commitment to producing the highest quality audio processing software in the industry."

Travaglini will be responsible for leading the development of technologies that represent the future of loudness control, including managing the new Linear Acoustic APTO processing solution, assisting with broadcast TV and Radio sales strategy in Europe, and representing Telos Alliance brands within standards organisation such as EBU and AES.

"I am excited to join Minnetonka Audio and welcome the opportunity to work with the entire team," Travaglini said. "Minnetonka Audio offers leading-edge software solutions and I look forward to contributing to the continued success of the company."

Travaglini comes to Minnetonka from Fox International Channels, where he held a range of positions for 11 years, including Sound Supervisor, Senior Sound Designer, and Music Composer. At Fox, he was in charge of developing state-of-the-art sound design and 5.1 surround mixing, composing, producing, and mixing original music scores for all Fox channels.

He also spent eight years as a Broadcast Audio Consultant at Sky Italia, where he led a project to implement new workflows, equipment, processing, and operations aimed at normalizing the loudness levels of all programming on the platform. Travaglini started his career at the Orbit Communication Company, where he was post production sound engineer and live audio sound engineer.

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