Manny LaCarrubba

Leading PMI's engineering team, Manny is responsible for expanding and improving its methodologies and technologies for the engineering and specification of high-end residential or commercial screening rooms, recording studios, and performance venues. Manny has worked as a recording engineer in the music industry, and as a consulting technology engineer to the semi-conductor industry specializing in noise and vibration control. In the late 1990s, he founded Sausalito Audio to commercialize patents related to loudspeaker design, and to produce advanced audio and architectural loudspeaker systems for custom installation.

For 10 years, Manny was a staff and chief engineer at famed Sausalito recording studio, The Plant. His music engineering credits include tracks and albums for Santana, Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Kenny G, Mariah Carey, and many more. He also designed some of The Plant's seminal recording rooms.

Manny earned a BS in Tonmeister Studies from State University of New York at Fredonia. He holds several patents related to loudspeaker engineering, all of which have been integrated into commercial products manufactured by Bang & Olufsen of Denmark. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and is featured in videos produced by Secrets of the Pros where he teaches studio design, acoustics, and recording and mixing techniques.