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Working behind the scenes to make the Pensado Awards a reality are the producers from Pensado's Place and a group of top industry PR/marketing professionals. The Pensado Awards team includes the following:

Dave Pensado
Co-host of Pensado's Place
GRAMMY®-winning mix engineer, educator and host of the wildly popular web show Pensado's Place. His career began in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s doing live and studio sound engineering.

Herb Trawick
Co-host of Pensado's Place
Executive Producer of Pensado's Place, the wildly popular web show. Herb is also the manager of Dave Pensado.
Will Thompson
Social Media Specialist
Thompson is an engineer turned social media/digital guru who oversees and executes digital strategies for Pensado's Place.
Karen Dunn
Supervising Producer
Dunn is the Supervising Producer of the Pensado Awards. She is also the best-in-class producer of various other Pro Audio Events for over 25 years.
Shevy Shovlin
Associate Producer & Business Development
Shovlin is the Associate Producer for the Pensado Awards and a new media producer known in the recording industry. His full service media boutique "Headroom For Days" focuses on promotional content creation.
Chongor Goncz
Production Assistant
Chongor Goncz wears many hats at Pensado's Place, including helping to produce the Pensado Awards and holding down a assistant job to Herb Trawick. Chongor recently graduated from The Art Institute of California with an Audio Engineering degree.

Robbie Clyne
Pensado Awards PR
From covering high-profile industry events to representing world-class audio brands and artists, Clyne Media and his team are known throughout the business.
Lisa Roy
Pensado Awards PR
From covering high-profile industry events to representing world-class audio brands and artists, Roy is known throughout the business.
Ron Dixon
Content Capture Specialist
Ron Dixon is a known media content capture and technology specialist. His Washington, DC agency Studio202 has been a close Pensado's Place partner from the beginning.