Management Team

Tom Jacoby - Chief Executive Officer

Tom Jacoby has 30 years of experience in the audio industry. As CEO of Tymphany, Jacoby applies his industry knowledge and management skills to lead the company's development of quality acoustic solutions and superior audio technology.

Prior to joining Tymphany in 2007, Jacoby served as Corporate Development Officer and Vice Chairman of Klipsch Group, Inc., where he was responsible for business development, acquisitions, and strategic planning. Jacoby was instrumental in Kipsch's successful expansion in the home consumer market, driving the acquisition and integration of premium loudspeaker brands Jamo, Energy, Mirage and Athena. Earlier in his career, Jacoby spent 20 years with the Harman International Industries, where he held various executive roles in the automative, professional, and consumer audio groups, ultimately serving as President and CEO of Harman Consumer Group. Jacoby has also worked with other leading audio brands, such as JBL Consumer Products and Harman Kardon USA, and has served on the board of directors for companies including Klipsch Group Inc., California Clean Energy Fund, Homeland Energy Resource Development, and the Electronic Industries Association. Jacoby holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Jay Wessell - Chief Financial Officer

Jay Wessell has over twenty years of senior management experience with a wide range of companies, and is well-known for his ability to manage financial teams, improve profitability and gain competitive advantage for the firms he's been involved with. At Tymphany, Wessell is responsible for all international financial and administrative functions, including finance, IT/MIS and facilities. He has extensive experience in the audio industry, having served as Chief Operating Officer at Recoton Home Audio, and as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for two Harman International companies, J.B.L Professional and Infinity Systems. Prior to joining Tymphany, he served as President of Ramallah Inc., a California-based textile firm where he facilitated a successful financial turnaround. Before that, Wessell was Managing Partner of the consumer electronics firm Four Point International, LLC. Wessell holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Franciscan University.

Ed Boyd - General Manager, PAV

Hong Kong based Ed Boyd is General Manager of Tymphany¹s Premium Audio Video (PAV) division, responsible for all high volume audio products as well as the Vifa and Peerless brands. Boyd has 22 years experience in consumer goods, having managed manufacturing operations for RCA, GE , Thomson and toy maker Mattel along with audio giant Harman International Industries.
Prior to joining Tymphany, Boyd spent seven years at Eastern Asia Electronics, where he was Chief Operating Officer and President of the Premium Loudspeaker division, which was acquired by Tymphany in 2007. Boyd holds a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and a dual degree in Business Administration from the University of Portland, USA

Jan Nielsen - General Manager, ScanSpeak

Jan Nielsen has been with Tymphany/DST since 1999 in various financial roles and has been General Manager of it's ScanSpeak division since 2007. He brings more than 24 years experience, having previously worked for financial services giant KPMG where he advised clients on tax and accounting issues as well as training KPMG staff.
Nielsen is a State Licensed Public Accountant with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Administration, Accountancy and Auditing. He is based at the company's Videbaek, Denmark office.

Bob True - Chief Technology Officer, Chief Quality Officer

Bob True is responsible for Tymphany's worldwide engineering and quality program, overseeing teams in the U.S., Denmark, and China. He has more than 15 years of experience in the audio engineering field, most recently as principal of his own consulting firm, True Technologies, and earlier, in engineering roles for International Jensen. As Jensen's senior director of engineering, True managed Jensen's design engineering staff of 25 and was responsible for product design, technology development, validation testing, research activities, computer network systems, new market development, and corporate quality systems (QS9000). True is an active member in the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and has published several papers on loudspeaker modeling and measurement. He received a BSEE from the University of Wisconsin, where he studied electro acoustics, DSP, and audio electronics. He also received a MSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he specialized in DSP technologies.

Steve Willenborg - Vice President of Sales

Steve Willenborg is responsible for the company's global sales and business development efforts. He brings to Tymphany more than 25 years of experience in sales, business development and engineering in the consumer audio electronics and the automotive OEM markets. Previously Willenborg was with Zylux Acoustic Corporation, where he was responsible for increasing corporate revenue by $90 million over a six-year period, and for adding and managing more than 25 high-profile consumer brands to the company's customer base. While at Harman International, he headed a $50 million business serving key multimedia accounts including Dell, Compaq, NEC, IBM and Packard Bell, among others. Willenborg began his career in quality and product engineering at General Motors. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Western Michigan University.