Run that one by me again...1 Mar 2023 20:32
https://www.deviceauthority.com/news/us-automotive-vp-appointment/
"Stas, who joins as VP of Sales & BD for Automotive North America, brings extensive experience in Enterprise Software Solutions in the automotive and transportation sector having also held senior positions at Samsung Harman and Cerence. He has worked extensively with both vehicle manufacturers and aftermarket service providers in areas ranging from IoT and cybersecurity through to automated cabin monitoring, Advanced Driving Assist Systems (ADAS), navigation, Software-Over-The-Air (SOTA), and speech and voice authentication."
Stas has worked a bit on automotive stuff but we will not mention the headline companies he has been with just in case you get totally juicy about the future business that is coming our way as he signs up all of those automotive companies for us because it is in under an NDA.
However he did work for Samsung Harman, previously Harman Kardon, who probably almost do expensive sounds in your car and Cerence who like many of the companies involved in Pires, which Tern wanted to pay over the odds for, and now Icon who are making similar noises are totes into AI. Don't forget the BlockChain.
I can be sure he is a nice bloke but when you get signed up for automotive security the first thing the company that signs you up to do their sales of automotive security is mention your experience of automotive security and the companies you have done automotive security for from who you are going to develop mega-bucks rather than hinting that your experience is with big sub-woofers.
Speaking as someone who has, in the past, had experience in the world of High Power Audio I met a sales rep who was on a self stated mission to prove everything was an FMCG. I wrote a draft for the marketing material for the product I had designed. He re-wrote it. He got the sack for not knowing the market.
Ultimately the product did not make it to market but seriously folks... Just because one of your beloved companies advertises for a sales person with an OTE figure and actually employs someone it means bupkiss especially when you headline their previous experience with in car audio as opposed to in car security.