Bob Skye (pictured) has joined the Walters-Storyk Design Group as WSDG’s West Coast representative and Project Engineer. Skye’s new responsibilities include new client development, overall business management, hands-on project design and construction supervision.
Skye is a veteran of electro/acoustic design and recording studio construction, and is a Grammy Award–winning engineer with Gold and Platinum credits.
WSDG Director of New Business Development, Sergio Molho, states: “Our business plan is focused on providing exemplary client services as we expand our operation in the U.S., South America, and abroad. The secret ingredient is talent, and Bob Skye is one of the most accomplished designer/builders in our field. We are extremely optimistic about our growing West Coast office. Adding one of California’s premiere acoustic gurus to our team emphasizes the level of our commitment to this market. And Bob’s presence will enable our long-term San Francisco associate Jack Leahy to focus on other WSDG assignments.”
“Having worked on numerous WSDG projects, I have an abiding respect for John Storyk, Beth Walters and the entire WSDG team,” Skye says. “We share a philosophy based on a commitment to excellence. I look forward to this new chapter in my life with genuine enthusiasm.”s
Robert “Bob” Skye founded Skyelabs Inc. in 1975 as a mobile recording/acoustical/audio system design firm. From 1986 to 1993, he owned and operated the legendary Plant Recording Studios. His electro/acoustic design skills have contributed to the success of numerous nightclub, live theater, cinema, recording studio, large venue, corporate and live broadcast clients. Skye’s CV has worked for ABC-TV, NBC-TV, NFL Films, the San Francisco Opera, Russian National Orchestra, Hong Kong Stadium, the Lear Theater in Reno, Talking House Recording Studios in San Francisco and numerous clubs including San Francisco’s DNA Lounge, Whispers, Club Mercury and Blondie’s.
“Bob Skye is one of our industry’s most multifaceted, go-to guys,” says WSDG co-principal John Storyk . “We have collaborated with him, bid jobs against him, and over the past 35 years, we’ve grown to respect the impressive range of his expertise. He not only does it all, he does it all well. We are delighted to welcome him aboard.”
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