Executive Action @ Splice

• Splice, the leading marketplace for the sounds and samples, bolsters its executive ranks with the addition of Kevin Stewart as Senior Vice President of Engineering and former Adobe executive David Ericksen as Senior Vice President of Product. Both executives will report to Splice CEO, Kakul Srivastava, who noted, “Both of these leaders bring an incredible breadth of experience and expertise to our team at Splice. David and Kevin are experts in building products for creative people and will help us accelerate innovation to deliver even better and more powerful experiences for music creators at scale.”

Stewart (left) most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at Harvest, and previously led engineering at Fastly, Heptio and NodeSource. He also helped drive the industry-changing move from perpetual software to Creative Cloud during a decade at Adobe. “Integrating the deep musical knowledge that exists at Splice with the appropriate use of enabling technology will empower creators even more,” Stewart said. “Splice’s vision for the future is incredibly inspiring and my aim is to help the team deliver on that vision.”

Ericksen (right) joins Splice from Adobe where he was Sr. Director of Product Management. He enjoyed a long and successful tenure at the company, beginning in 2009, working with Srivastava on such products as Creative Cloud, mobile apps and on the SaaS team that created Adobe Creative Suite. “The opportunity to empower and inspire creators around the world is very exciting to me,” Stewart said. “Fortunately Splice already captures the imagination of music producers everywhere. I’m excited to make music technology increasingly simple and incredibly effective.”