Robert Charles Alexander is a consultant audio engineer having worked in the professional audio industry since 1983. Born in Hampstead, London in June 1964, he was educated at the renowned Rudolph Steiner schooling system where he trained in classical music reading, composition and arrangement. Following graduation from College in London, at the age of 21 he was instrumental in the organisation of a major fund raising project for the 1985 Live Aid appeal. In 1989, he travelled to America working in Los Angeles, before moving on to Australia working as a Product Specialist, MI Division, for Yamaha Music. While in Sydney he first studied and then lectured in audio engineering at SAE Institute. Upon his return to England in 1992, he became SAE Principal Lecturer, Course Coordinator & Digidesign Pro School Director.

In 1996, he was appointed Executive Editor of Audio Media, then the world's leading professional audio technology magazine. He launched the US version of the publication in late 1997. During his time with Audio Media he travelled extensively throughout the world writing key articles on the industry and gaining a reputation for keen, concise narrative underlined by detailed research. From early 1999, he became a full time marketing consultant to the professional music industry. In August 2004, he was appointed Marketing Director of Education & Professional Content Division at Waves Audio Ltd.

His first book, the biography of Alan Dower Blumlein (ISBN 0-240-51628-1), was published to worldwide acclaim in August 1999. Details can be found at www.doramusic.com

His second book, a biography of SAE Institute founder and owner, Tom Misner (ISBN 0-9545163-0-3) was published in July 2003. Details can be found at www.sae.edu

His third book, 'Why We Climb - the harsh reality of modern expedition mountaineering', is co-written with world-famous mountaineer Daniel Mazur, and tells the story of their expedition to climb Mount Everest in the spring of 2004. It will be published in November 2006. Details can be found at www.whyweclimb.com

His current book, which is still in progress, is titled, 'Michael Gerzon - Beyond Psychoacoustics' (ISBN 0-9748438-2-2), it is due for publication in June 2006. Details can be found at www.michaelgerzon.com