Digital Signage Connection

Four industry professionals joined the Almo Professional A/V team this month to support its growing business. Sales positions in the Eastern, Southeastern and Midwest territories, as well as a technical business development manager have all been added with more hiring expected to take place throughout this year.

“Our business with our integrator partners has increased 51 percent year-over-year as we continue to grow our market share. It was important for us to expand our reach to make sure partners are covered in terms of products, sales and service,” said Sam Taylor, executive vice president and COO for Philadelphia-based Almo Professional A/V.

The following industry professionals have joined the Almo Professional A/V team:

Russ Short, Business Development Manager
Based in Seattle, Short focuses exclusively on supporting the NEC business in the areas of videowalls, new classroom tablet software, high lumen projector installations, content services and more. An industry veteran, Short was vice president of sales at Electrograph Systems Inc. Prior to Electrograph, he was the COO of Cinelight. 

Brian Forrester, Southeast Account Manager
Located in Florida, Forrester is responsible for serving partners in Alabama, Caribbean, Florida, Georgia, Latin America, Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico and South Carolina. He was most recently an account manager at Sunbelt Software and has also held sales and business positions with Electrograph, Tech Data Corp. and NOBS Technologies.

Colleen Eckles, Midwest Territory Manager
Based in Dallas, Eckles is in charge of assisting partners in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. She is CTS-certified and holds 20 years of experience in the AV industry at both the distributor and manufacturer levels, having worked with Telex, InView, Proxima, LG and Panasonic. Eckles also spent 10 years with Electrograph as a regional sales manager.

Dee Richney, Sales Administrator Eastern Region
With a growing outbound sales force, the need exists for a seasoned administrator to support the team. Formerly with Electrograph for 21 years in support and service and most recently with Quality Kind Distributors, Richney provides inside support to the East Coast sales team.