Executive Team

With decades of experience at industry-leading consumer electronics companies, our executive team is well positioned to lead Boston into the future—setting the vision for new products and new markets as the world of high performance audio evolves.

Steve Chilinski Steve Chilinski
General Manager
Steve Chilinski joined D&M Holdings as the General Manager for Boston Acoustics in August, 2009. He brings significant leadership experience, and has managed global businesses across many industries including medical/dental instrumentation, electronics and network devices, consumer products and engineered processing equipment. Most recently, Steve was the CEO of Wolverine Proctor. Steve graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University, and is also a CPA.


Eli Harary Eli Harary
Senior Vice President, Global Brand Management
& Business Development
A 30-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry, Mr. Harary has an extensive record of success in consumer electronics sales and marketing. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Infinity Home Speaker Brand. He has also held a variety of executive-level marketing and product development positions for Infinity, JBL and Harman with both domestic and global responsibilities.



Phil Cohn Phil Cohn
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Custom, Home and Mobile Products - North America
Phil Cohn is an 18-year consumer electronics industry veteran with a proven record of success in Strategic Sales Planning and Channel Management. Before joining Boston, he served as Vice President of Sales for Rio Audio and held a number of Strategic Sales and Management roles with companies including Sony Electronics and Samsung Electronics. Mr. Cohn holds a B.S. and an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers University in New Jersey.


Debby Ricker Debra Ricker
Vice President, Finance
Debra Ricker started at Boston Acoustics 20 years ago as Controller. Prior to that, she spent more than ten years at Babco-Textron, a manufacturer of small aircraft engine components. Her last position with Babco-Textron was that of Assistant Controller. She holds a MSF degree from Bentley College.