New AES Upper Midwest Section Officers
A. Section Chair
Tim Andersen
Tim Andersen is Studio Manager and Manager of Artists and Repertoire, Hudson Records, Minneapolis MN. Tim has mixed and/or engineered 7 RIAA certified gold and 2 Platinum discs.
B. Section Vice Chair
Dr. F. Mark Carter
Mark has spent 50 years in audio, starting with the Jordan Watts loudspeaker company and was key to designing the Mk3 driver for that company. Many LP and CD recordings (classical and orchestral focus) were done by Dr. Carter, mostly for public radio, and at KFJM FM producing programs for broadcast.
A speaker designer, Dr. Carter also designed aperiodically damped transmission lines, and dual transmission lines that are in his private studio. Now retired, Dr. Carter is willing to spend time to further the AES presence in the upper Midwest.
C. Section Secretary
Thomas Day
Thomas has more than 35 years of experience as a musician and an audio engineer. From 1976-1982, he was co-owner of Wirebender Audio Systems, a recording studio, live sound system provider, and an audio equipment manufacturing facility. From 1983-1991, Thomas worked for QSC Audio Products as a product test and design engineer, the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and the Technical Services Manager. He is currently a faculty member in the McNally Smith College of Music Recording Engineering Department and Wirebender Audio Systems is back in business providing studio maintenance and audio product design services.
D. Section Treasurer
John Nygren
John is the former chair of the Upper Midwest Section and has a broad background in audio recording, live sound, installed sound, and manufacturing.
E. Section Committeepersons
Paul Peterson
Program Specialist, Minneapolis Media Institute. Paul has been a producer/ engineering for many years - and most recently received a certificate from NARAS for engineering a portion of a Grammy Nominated Record by Peter Kater, called "In a Dream."
Greg Reierson
Mastering Engineer, Rare Form Mastering. Very experienced, Minneapolis area-based mastering engineer.
Jason Spartz
Director of Instructional Technology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, former section treasurer.
Bruce C. Olson
Founding member of OLSON SOUND DESIGN, a consulting firm specializing in sound system, technical systems and combined audio & video production/presentation system design. Member of the AES Board of Governors.
Additional Committee Members identified during the election process
- Tim Davis
- Richard Severance
- Jay Craggs
- Eddie Ciletti
- John Chopper Black
