CURRICULUM VITAE

Tom Alexander Trones

Product leadership · Acoustics · Audio identity

Profile

I work with product development and acoustics. Co-founder of Minuendo, with a background in acoustics, signal processing, music production and audio identity at Cisco.

Experience

2026 — PRESENT

Scandinavian Acoustics — Acoustic advisor

Acoustic advice for studios and other listening spaces.

2025 — PRESENT

Lossless AS — Owner & CEO

Product and commercial work around Minuendo’s consumer earplugs.

2018 — PRESENT

Minuendo — Co-founder · Chief Product Officer

Building a hearing protection company, from product definition and design to brand, certification and commercialisation.

2011 — 2018

Cisco — Audio R&D → Project Manager & Audio Identity Lead

Audio identity across collaboration products. Scenario Lab and Project Workplace. Earlier R&D internship in 2010.

2016 — 2017

Sodapop Audio — Acoustic Advisor

Acoustic advice for an unconventional portable speaker.

2004 — 2011

Music, production & teaching — ISAK · SunYard · SoundPLAY · NTNU

Music production, sound engineering and teaching. University music technology lecturer in 2006–2007.

2009

Tandberg — Audio R&D intern

Acoustic product development and testing of T3 and C90.

Education

NTNU · MSc, Acoustics, Electronics & Signal Processing

2006–2011. Master’s thesis: A method of designing wide dispersion waveguides using FEA.

Additional study: entrepreneurship at NTNU; acoustics summer school in Ljubljana; Chinese Economy & Politics at Fudan University; Pro Tools certification at NISS.

Skills & languages

Product management, design management, acoustic testing, audio identity, signal processing, brand development, e-commerce and multidisciplinary project management.

Norwegian and English · French (elementary)