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GLENN SANDERS Sanders is the founder and President of Zaxcom. In the 1990s, he worked closely with Zaxcom's engineering team to develop the Deva portable digital audio disk recorder, the first multitrack, file-based recording system designed for location sound. HOWARD STARK Stark is Chief Engineer at Zaxcom where he has made enduring contributions to the design and development of professional audio technologies used throughout film and television production. He led the engineering design for the Deva portable hard disk recorder. PETER GOTCHER Gotcher cofounded Digidesign with Evan Brooks in 1984 and served as its President, CEO, and Chairman. Digidesign became the world's leading manufacturer of digital audio workstations. After Digidesign was acquired by Avid in January of 1995, he remained as Executive Vice President of Avid until 1996. He currently serves as Chairman of Dolby Laboratories. EVAN BROOKS Brooks cofounded Digidrums with Peter Gotcher in 1983, and the company was incorporated in 1984 as Digidesign, Inc. He developed the audio editing software package Sound Designer, and then Sound Tools, the first affordable, professional digital audio workstation, paving the way for the introduction and success of Pro Tools. The Cinema Audio Society is proud to present the inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology for "Non-Linear Technology for Sound Recording, Editing, and Mixing." Receiving the CAS Award are four individuals whose innovations and groundbreaking work has had a profound and permanent impact on the art and craft of sound mixing.