Audio technology firm Telos Alliance has a new Chief Executive Officer.
The choice perhaps wasn’t so difficult, as it giving its co-CEO full reign of the organization. Why? The other co-CEO, Tom Swidarski, is shifting to a role as Vice Chairman of the board of directors under Chairman and alliance founder Frank Foti.
And, Telos says Foti will continue to lead Omnia development while Scott Stiefel accepts the CEO role in full.
Stiefel has been a co-CEO since early 2022 and has served in various capacities at Telos for more than 20 years, starting out as a Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineer.
“Scott embodies what it means to represent Telos Alliance in the audio broadcast market,” the company said. “Despite the challenges associated with the pandemic and supply chain headwinds, Scott, along with all of our executive leadership team, have achieved one of the most successful years in the history of the company.”
Swidarski also commented Stiefel, noting, “Scott has truly become a better and more effective leader and his complete skill set matches his integrity, character and moral compass.”
Foti added, “Scott has a unique mix of abilities needed to lead. He has a level of integrity as well as the knowledge needed for both business and engineering. Over the years it’s been such a pleasure to see him grow, first as an engineer, then taking on the business segment. Many years ago, I could see Scott rising to the role of CEO. Under the tremendous guidance provided by Tom Swidarski, this is now a reality, and I could not be prouder, or happier for Scott!”
Stiefel’s first assignment at Telos was to design the ISDN card for the classic Telos Zephyr. He then worked on the hardware and DSP code for the original Omnia.FM and the Audioactive Encoder products before becoming a Project Manager on the Zephyr Xstream. In 2001, while earning his MBA from Case Western, Scott moved from the engineering group to become Operations Manager for Telos, overseeing production, supply chain, logistics, and quality. In 2008 Stiefel left Telos to become Vice President of Operations for the Cleveland offices of ViaSat Inc., working on high speed satellite and terrestrial communication systems and ASICs. After six years there, Stiefel returned to the Telos Alliance as Chief Operating Officer.
