Ashly Audio has promoted Mark Wentling from director of R&D to the position of president and CEO.
With a long history in the audio marketplace, Wentling has held engineering positions with MXR Innovations, Music Man, Ernie Ball, Fender Musical Instruments and Yorkville Sound/Applied Research and Technology.
He holds degrees in Electronics from SUNY Morrisville, Tri State University, and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Along with his engineering background, Wentling has extensive sales and distribution experience as a co-owner of E&E Exports for more than 14 years.
Martin Szpiro, president and CEO of Ashly Audio parent company JAM Industries, states, “We are proud to make this internal promotion. Mark has been an invaluable member of the Ashly family and we feel that he offers the combination of skills that Ashly needs to move forward.”
Wentling succeeds David Parse, who will remain with Ashly Audio in an export sales management capacity.