Gibson Guitar Names Charles E. Cuneo Its Chief Operating Officer

Press release
Source: Rogers & Cowan

Charles E. Cuneo. Photo: Sandy Campbell, Gibson Guitar

Charles Cuneo was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer for NeuMath, Inc, a developer of software solutions. Prior to his work at NeuMath Inc., Cuneo held several other positions which included President and Chief Operating Officer for Unitek Benchmark, a manufacturer of hermetic sealing systems for microelectronics, an independent subsidiary of Unitek Miyachi Corp., where he addressed new market opportunities. Prior to that Cuneo was President, CEO and Founder of Central Outpost, an Internet-based provider of phone and wireless automated group notification. Prior to starting his own company he was Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service for Microscript Inc., an enterprise application integration software company.

Earlier in his career Cuneo held senior marketing and manufacturing positions at Millipore Corporation, ADE Corporation, Credence Systems and Teradyne, Inc. He is a graduate of Yale University and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School where he concentrated on marketing and international business

“We are thrilled to have Charles Cuneo as part of our executive team here at Gibson,” said Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar. “His experience, leadership skills and innovative thinking are exactly what we are looking for in a Chief Operating Officer for our globally expanding company.”

Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson’s digital guitar represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in more than 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee since 1984 Gibson Guitar Corp’s family of brands now include Epiphone, Dobro, Valley Arts, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Chickering, Hamilton and Wurlitzer. For more information on Gibson Guitar go to www.gibson.com.