Rapid Flow Team
Erik Heirman - Founder
Rapid Flow’s founder, Erik Heirman, studied Sound Engineering at SAE and has worked in the music industry for over 25 years. Some of the brands he has worked for include Solid State Logic, Rupert Neve Designs, Focusrite, AVID, Avalon Design, Waldorf, SPL, Nord, Bitwig and Slate Digital.
He collaborates with music equipment manufacturers and reviews their gear in the context of electronic music on YouTube
Having previously released under the name “Prahlad” he now has two active music projects: Setsuna on SINE Music is dedicated to down-tempo and he produces deep house under his new project Erik Heirman.
Some career highlights include playing Live and DJ sets at Fusion, VUUV, Aurora, and ODYSSEE and hitting 4.7 million views with his original music on YouTube.
He has releases on SONY Music, Ministry of Sound, SINE Music, ROTON, Wakyo, Millennium, YSE and others.
Oona Kassen - Coaching Director
Oona brings 20 years of professional experience in the field of health and guiding individuals. Her work is characterized by a holistic approach that connects body, mind, and soul. Through her extensive training in movement therapy, movement pedagogy, nutritional psychology counseling, trauma-informed coaching, yoga and meditation, somatic movement, Theta Healing, hypnosis, and energetic spinal alignment, she has developed a wide range of tools that she skillfully integrates into her coaching practice.
In her work, she helps people identify inner blockages, expand their capacity for inner experience, and build a deeper connection with themselves. With her versatile methods, she creates a space where transformation and healing are possible on all levels. Her goal is to lovingly end the endless running away from oneself and to pave the way toward a fulfilled, authentic life.
Tawan Schneider - Performance Marketing Director
As Marketing Director at Rapid Flow, Tawan Schneider orchestrates the global marketing strategy for one of music production's most innovative workflow solution providers. With a keen understanding of both the technical and creative aspects of music production, Tawan has been pivotal in positioning RapidFlow's premium offerings, including the award-winning Infinity Bundle and professional templates for Ableton, Bitwig, FL Studio, and Logic Pro.
His strategic vision has been instrumental in developing RapidFlow's multi-faceted educational ecosystem, including the successful launch of the Live Flow method.
Tawan's marketing initiatives have consistently emphasized Rapid Flow's unique value proposition of merging vintage analog warmth with modern efficiency, speaking directly to producers seeking clarity in complexity.
Mariya Naumenko – Global Community Director
As Global Community Director at Rapid Flow, Mariya Naumenko leads with heart, insight, and a multidisciplinary approach to community development. With over a decade of experience in organizational development, strategic-research, creative writing, and global community engagement, Mariya brings a unique blend of analytical rigor and intuitive insight to cultivate and host vibrant, purpose-driven music production communities.
At Rapid Flow, Mariya brings data to life—leading custom market-research initiatives that reveal how our workflow products can better serve our creators. She bridges research and storytelling with online communities to create environments where creativity, collaboration, and potential can thrive.
Mariya's leadership is guided by a passion for community stewardship and giving voice to what is important to be seen —helping producers in the Rapid Flow community to feel aligned, empowered, and connected in their creative journey.
Omid Mohadjeri – Director of Visual Media
Omid Mohadjeri is a filmmaker and visual storyteller with a deep sensitivity for atmosphere, emotion, and the unseen threads that connect sound and image.
At Rapid Flow, Omid’s role is to distill the essence of the brand into cinematic form - crafting feeling-driven films that speak both to long-time creators and those just arriving at their first moment of flow.
Though he’s been fully dedicated to film for the past decade, sound has always been his first love - the root from which his vision was born. A multi-instrumentalist at heart, he now fuses the love of music with his trained eye to create meaningful visuals that echo the deeper pulse of Rapid Flow.
Daniel Söderberg - Mastering Engineer
Daniel designed our Mid / Side Mastering Chain and is our final Quality Check on all new products.
He's also the best Mastering Engineer we know and masters all music we produce for release.
"As a fellow musician, I understand the importance of making sure your music captures the message and emotion you want to convey. That's why my main goal is to help you achieve the best possible sound for your music, without losing any of the feeling or vibe that makes it unique.
I work in one of the finest mastering rooms in northern Europe, and I'm only mentioning that because it does make a positive difference in your audio. On top of that, I've been mastering since 2012 and have learned from some of the most skilled professionals in the industry.
I understand that being a musician is all about expressing yourself and connecting with your audience. That's why I'm passionate about what I do."
Vipul Wali - Paid Social Media Director
With over a decade of expertise in digital marketing and paid social strategy, Vipul Wali leads Rapid Flow's performance marketing initiatives, helping music producers worldwide discover professional-grade production tools and workflows.
Vipul has been instrumental in growing the platform's community to 5,000+ artists while maintaining exceptional ROAS across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn platforms. His data-driven approach to campaign optimization and creative testing has helped establish Rapid Flow as a trusted name in music production technology.
Pavi Lustig - Voice Over Artist
Pavi is a multinational multimedia wizard, based between Goa, Ibiza, London and Austria.
An accomplished voice artist he has lent his voice to many well-known companies and agencies, and now identifies as a Digital VOmad, delivering professional Voice Overs from anywhere his travels take him, both in English and German.
As a filmmaker he has had his productions screened at film festivals on all continents, his latest short film having won over 40 awards.
As a senior audio engineer he has sound designed and mixed countless TV, internet and cinema shows & films up to Dolby Atmos format on PoTools and has lectured on audio post at India’s most prestigious film school, the FTII.
Pavi is delighted to be a part of the Rapid Flow team tasked with communicating their message to the World at large!
https://pavilustig.com
Tony Sozza - Art Director
My name is Henry Sozza (AKA Tony) I'm an Art Director and have ample experience in Marketing and Sales.
Addicted to solving problems, I always seek to bring a new vision to everything, and I love being helpful.
I have a beautiful Brazilian/dutch wife named Stephanie and the prettiest daughter in the world, named Catarina.
I've been a musician for 15 years, a geek and pop culture lover, a Football/Soccer Fanatic.
Ralph K. Freund - Bitwig Coach
Since 1994, Ralph has been a pioneering force in electronic music. His projects Braincell and Solar Spectrum gained international acclaim, solidifying his reputation in the psytrance scene.
His double album Gaia topped the Psyshop charts for over ten weeks. In 2011, he founded NoizeBusterst o blend his expertise in sound engineering with a passion for teaching.
Now, as a Certified Bitwig Trainer, Ralph shares his advanced skills and insights with producers worldwide. You can book a 1:1 coaching with Ralph here:
Sunil Gautam - CEO of Aron Web Solutions
Meet Sunil Gautam, Founder & CEO of Aron Web Solutions.
With over 20 years of experience in enterprise-level web development, he leads a dynamic team of 50 developers delivering services to power Rapid Flow's digital presence.
As AWS' founder, Sunil has pioneered an agile development framework specifically tailored for e-commerce platforms, enabling rapid deployment while maintaining exceptional user experience standards.
Sunil's team specializes in full-stack development, advanced database management, and real-time debugging solutions, ensuring Rapid Flow's digital ecosystem runs flawlessly for music producers worldwide.
His commitment to excellence has established AWS as the go-to development partner for high-performance music technology platforms.
Bill Robin - Bitwig Studio
As an independent music producer Bill has composed electronic music and sound design for twenty five years. He has releases with multiple labels and spans many different genres.
He also work as a composer and sound designer for picture and have extensive experience scoring for TV, film, commercials and radio.
He releases packs for Bitwig and is part of their in BETA testing team and works closely with them to improve this amazing DAW.
He has performed DJ and live sets at festivals clubs and other events across Europe, Brasil, Japan, Hungary, Croatia, Morocco. This summer he will be engineering the live mix for Berlin based band Scarlet Pimpernel during performances over 3 days at Fusion Festival.
Juan Carlos Siu - Logic Pro
Juan Siu Aka Siukoi is an Audio Engineer and a Melodic House artist from Venezuela with +12 years of experience.
He is our on house expert for all things Logic and has translated the Rapid Flow Template and all instruments to this DAW:
Agustin Rodriguez - FL Studio
Agustin is Rapid Flows FL Studio Guru. He was able to clone the Rapid FLow workflow and Instruments to FL Studio gicing musicians access who are producing on this platform.
He is a very experienced producer tat covers multiple genres and also knows how to use multiple DAWS.
