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Joseph Clarke | CEO & Founder

Joseph started Acoustica by programming into the wee hours of the night after his day job. With much patience and passion he completed the first product "Internet Audio Mix". A year later, sales started taking off and he was able to work full time on his software.


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Dan Goldstein | Chief Technology Officer

Dan is a musician and audio enthusiast who also loves developing software! Dan has a real passion for creating great software. Dan has led the development of Mixcraft and Beatcraft. Formerly of Sonic Foundry, Dan has tons of experience creating music & multimedia software, including Acid and Vegas. In this photo, Dan is showing off his Mini-Moog. (One of 30+ synthesizers!)


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Derek Schaefer |  Vice President of Sales

Derek comes to Acoustica from the band instrument industry but has worked many years as a professional keyboardist/vocalist. He is a graduate of Indiana University and has been an educator, sales manager at Sam Ash Music, and a district manager for Conn-Selmer Inc. Derek brings great sales experience to Acoustica, but like everyone in our family, he is a musician and electronic music enthusiast as well, not to mention an avid Xbox 360 gamer!

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Alan Reynolds |  Creative Director

After his formal education he began his career working as a graphic designer in a large company's in-house communications department . Along the way he became a member of a local art gallery, produced two solo art shows, and has displayed his art at other various venues. After several years of successful freelance he set up shop as EONstudio and collaborated with a few choice developers and writers to create some award winning projects. Since then he has continued to grow in the design industry. It is his goal to see design improve the way we communicate in business and in our personal lives.

 

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Lois Clarke | Chief Operating Officer

Lois was the second to join Acoustica...making the trek to Oakhurst from lovely Santa Barbara. She pitched in when Acoustica was mostly some code and a laptop! Lois is in charge of building custom packages for large orders, interfacing with clients and making sure no customer is forgotten. She loves making exotic meals and elaborate pastries, playing the violin, but mostly, she loves learning about new technology!


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Russ Cary | Developer of Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker

Russ spends his days squirreled away in his underground lair dreaming up things to do to Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker. When he's not thinking about CD labels, you can find him doing fieldwork for his Yosemite National Park website, a great place to find the perfect yosemite hike.

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Greg Birkel | Director of Customer Care

Greg comes to us from AOL where he spent countless hours helping people get their online gaming problems solved on the game channel. In addition, he interfaced between the support and development teams, coming up with non 'computerese' ways of troubleshooting various problems. He loves the challenge of finding solutions to even the most difficult of technical problems. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, astronomy and hiking in the Sierra Nevadas.

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Eric Van Landingham  |  Weekend Support & Customer Care

Eric Van Landingham heads up the weekend support for Acoustica and has been involved with computers for the last 10 years. His true calling is his guitar and can make it sing like the best of them. His favorite style is heavy metal but can play many different genres. Visit one of his many sites at http://www.ericvanlandingham.com!

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