Editor\u2019s note: BandLab Technologies and MusicTech are both part of Caldecott Music Group<\/p>\n
Ivan Chen is the new CEO of BandLab Technologies<\/a>, as previous CEO Meng Ru Kuok moves into an executive chairman role.<\/p>\n Kuok co-founded BandLab Technologies in 2015, with Chen joining the team in 2016 as chief operating officer; Chen became president in 2024. Chen will officially become the company\u2019s CEO on 1 October 2026.<\/p>\n The reappointment is in preparation for the \u201cnext stage of global growth\u201d, says BandLab Technologies in a press release. Chen will oversee day-to-day operations of BandLab Technologies, with Kuok continuing to work closely with Chen on long-term strategy, partnerships, opportunities and investments. He will remain CEO of BandLab Technologies\u2019 parent group, Caldecott Music Group \u2014 Chen will continue his role as group president of CMG.<\/p>\n BandLab Technologies is named after its flagship app, BandLab<\/a>, and is also the parent company of Cakewalk<\/a>, ReverbNation<\/a>, Airbit<\/a>, and, as of July 2026, AI-powered digital music studio Aiode<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kuok says in the press release: \u201cIvan has been closely involved with BandLab Technologies from its early years and has been a key contributor and partner in realising our vision of making music creation more accessible for creators and artists around the world. A decade on, this ambition has only grown and we are in the most dynamic and fast-moving period we have ever seen across music, technology, media and fandom. I\u2019m pleased to announce this change which gives us the capacity to take the company to new levels of success,\u201d said Kuok. Get the MusicTech newsletter<\/p>\n Get the latest news, reviews and tutorials to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: BandLab Technologies and MusicTech are both part of Caldecott Music Group Ivan Chen is the new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":["post-632228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cIn his tenure as COO and President, Ivan has turned many of our biggest ideas into reality, and I believe he has the judgment, experience, and understanding needed as we continue to drive forward as a company. He knows where we\u2019ve come from, but more importantly, he has a clear view of where we want to go next. I have every confidence in him to lead the company forward as CEO and I look forward to continuing to work alongside him.\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the trust Meng and the Board have placed in me, and I\u2019m excited to lead BandLab Technologies forward,\u201d said Chen. \u201cWe have built products that creators value and a business with enormous potential ahead of it. Creators around the world make music on BandLab every day, and my focus is on ensuring we continue to define the future of music creation for many years to come.\u201d
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