OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser announced that, starting Jan. 1, 2012, John Falcone, President and CEO of Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, will be promoted to the position of vice president sales, Americas. In his new position Falcone will head business in the Americas, including the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
Falcone has run Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary for the Wedemark, Germany-based company, for the past 13 years. Falcone's appointment is part of the ongoing restructuring at Sennheiser, which has reorganized sales operations into three major regions: The Americas, EMEA and Asia.
Greg Beebe, newly appointed President, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation; Jean Langlais, President Sennheiser Canada; and Markus Warlitz, newly appointed General Manager of Sennheiser Latin America will report to John Falcone as Vice President Sales, Americas.
Under Falcone's management, the U.S. subsidiary, representing a significant portion of Sennheiser's global business, had achieved record sales numbers, thus contributing significantly to the global business success of the Sennheiser group.
"John comes with an excellent track record and is well equipped for his new assignment. I'd like to congratulate him on his well-deserved appointment, which will support our strategy for the upcoming years," said Volker Bartels, speaker of Sennheiser's executive management board and President Corporate Services. "John will help us implement our premium strategy, with a particular focus on each of our three Business Divisions and give a significant positive impulse for business in the Latin American markets."
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