Parametric Sound Appoints AV Veteran to Lead Commercial Sales and Marketing Efforts
SAN DIEGO, California, October 10, 2013 – Parametric Sound Corporation (Nasdaq: PAMT), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced that Todd Savitt, vice president of sales and marketing, has been appointed as an executive officer of the company and will lead commercial sales and marketing efforts. Mr. Savitt, who joined the company in July 2013, brings with him more than 15 years of sales, business development and marketing experience within the audio visual and digital signage marketplace.
Savitt will be responsible for developing and executing the implementation of strategic sales and marketing initiatives to accelerate the growth and profitability of HyperSound™, the world’s premier directional audio system for digital signage, kiosk and other applications. He has played a key role in launching and pioneering several technology businesses, including the introduction and branding of the world’s first video and data projector. In his previous position, Savitt was vice president of sales and marketing at Mendtronix, Inc., a privately-held company focused on providing logistic services for the leading manufacturers of audio visual equipment in the digital signage and presentation markets.
“I am excited to be part of the pioneering efforts to broadly commercialize HyperSound,” said Todd Savitt. “Based on the success of numerous product demonstrations and pilot results with worldwide customers, we are accelerating distribution of HyperSound through a channel strategy targeting the world’s leading audio visual commercial integrators. We recently recruited Alpha Video and Audio, CCS Presentation Systems, and CompView Audio Visual to represent our HyperSound-directed audio solutions in numerous vertical markets.”
“Todd has demonstrated his ability to execute on our commercial business sales strategy by leveraging distribution through AV integrators. He has an impressive background in sales and business development coupled with demonstrated success in driving strategy. His vision and performance make him an ideal candidate to lead our commercial sales and marketing efforts,” said Ken Potashner, executive chairman of Parametric Sound.
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