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Audio Shake-Up: Dawkins Departs Thiel; Passaro Leaves McIntosh
Ken Dawkins leaves Thiel Audio after 11 years; Linda Passaro leaves McIntosh after 17 months, joining other high-level D&M departures.
Linda Passaro, McIntosh; Ken Dawkins, Thiel
Two heavy-hitters in the high-end audio market are leaving the business.
Ken Dawkins, VP North American Sales for Thiel Audio, is leaving the company after more than 11 years. Thiel is a maker of high-end loudspeakers and audio components.
While Dawkins put 11 years into Thiel, Linda Passaro spent only 17 months as global sales and marketing VP at McIntosh, maker of high-end audio gear.
Amid several reorganizations, McIntosh and parent company D&M Holdings have seen several high-level departures in the past year. Former D&M president Bob Weissburg and former SVP sales and marketing Phil Cohn both left the company in the past few months.
Meanwhile, Jeff Talmage, who served in sales, marketing and product management roles for 12 years at D&M’s Denon unit, left that company in October.
Ken Dawkins, VP North American Sales for Thiel Audio, is leaving the company after more than 11 years. Thiel is a maker of high-end loudspeakers and audio components.
While Dawkins put 11 years into Thiel, Linda Passaro spent only 17 months as global sales and marketing VP at McIntosh, maker of high-end audio gear.
Amid several reorganizations, McIntosh and parent company D&M Holdings have seen several high-level departures in the past year. Former D&M president Bob Weissburg and former SVP sales and marketing Phil Cohn both left the company in the past few months.
Meanwhile, Jeff Talmage, who served in sales, marketing and product management roles for 12 years at D&M’s Denon unit, left that company in October.
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Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro
Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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Passaro should have been gone. She was clueless.
I am so glad she was FIRED, like our great rep we had.
Put the reps back asap.