Telos Alliance Appoints Scott Stiefel CEO
Scott Stiefel
Telos Alliance, a worldwide supplier of broadcast audio for greater than three many years, has named Co-CEO Scott Stiefel to the position of CEO, efficient instantly. Now working the day-to-day operations of the corporate, Stiefel will assume the reins from Co-CEO Tom Swidarski who will serve on the board of administrators as vice chairman, and can stay part of the senior management group. Telos Alliance founder Frank Foti stays chairman of the board and continues to steer the Omnia growth on the highest stage.
Whereas performing as co-CEO since early 2022, Stiefel has served Telos Alliance in varied capacities for greater than 20 years, beginning out as a {hardware} and embedded programs engineer and dealing his method as much as the position of CEO.
Swidarski stated: “Scott has really change into a greater and simpler chief and his full talent set matches his integrity, character and ethical compass.”
Foti added: “Scott has a singular mixture of skills wanted to steer. He has a stage of integrity in addition to the data wanted for each enterprise and engineering. Over time it’s been such a pleasure to see him develop, first as an engineer, then taking over the enterprise phase. A few years in the past, I might see Scott rising to the position of CEO. Beneath the super steering offered by Tom Swidarski, that is now a actuality, and I couldn’t be prouder, or happier for Scott!”
Stiefel: “I’m excited to steer Telos Alliance in yet one more period of progress and transformation as we broaden into the world of software program and enterprise programs, platforms {and professional} providers and to proceed increasing our world-class {hardware} choices.”
Stiefel began his profession at Telos in 1994, two years after graduating from Case Western Reserve College together with his BS and MS in electrical engineering. His first project at Telos was to design the ISDN card for the Telos Zephyr. He then labored on the {hardware} and DSP code for the unique Omnia.FM and the Audioactive Encoder merchandise earlier than turning into a venture supervisor on the Zephyr Xstream.
In 2001, whereas incomes his MBA from Case Western, Stiefel moved from the engineering group to change into operations supervisor, overseeing manufacturing, provide chain, logistics and high quality. In 2008 he left Telos to change into vp of operations for the Cleveland workplaces of ViaSat, engaged on high-speed satellite tv for pc and terrestrial communication programs and ASICs.
After six years there, Stiefel returned to the Telos Alliance as chief working officer. He says he has loved watching the corporate develop from the 19-person startup occupying one flooring of a warehouse constructing in downtown Cleveland into at the moment’s numerous, worldwide firm with workplaces world wide.
