January 11, 2022 I Appointments
JackTrip Labs Appoints Lee Ellison Chief Strategy Advisor
Lee Ellison
JackTrip Labs, the Silicon Valley-based remote music making platform, announced the appointment of Lee Ellison as the company’s new Chief Strategy Advisor. A startup, JackTrip Labs has partnered with Amazon Web Services to offer its groundbreaking technology to thousands of users in more than 50 regions worldwide, and has partnered with Hal Leonard to distribute its plug-and-play devices.
Ellison is the former CEO of Audinate, which is known for its audio networking technology Dante. Ellison grew Audinate from an early venture startup to a publicly listed company with an estimated market capitalization of a half billion dollars. Said Mike Dickey, co-founder and CEO of JackTrip Labs, “We are excited to welcome Lee to the JackTrip team. He is a proven leader with firsthand experience growing technology companies, including developing Audinate from startup to global leader. His years of experience in the audio industry will help us continue to foster JackTrip Labs’ mission of successfully connecting musicians in real-time over the Internet. His marketing and partnership expertise will also be vital as we continue to become a creative collaboration medium for musicians around the world.”
“It took a really great company to lure me out of retirement, but I jumped at the opportunity to work with JackTrip,” said Ellison. “They have all the ingredients to change and improve real time music collaboration, with a bright and passionate management team, with amazing technology that stretches the boundaries of what is possible with latency and audio quality over the internet. The possibilities for JackTrip’s technology are endless, and I look forward to working with this innovative company to pave a path for the future of the music industry.”
