Satco announced the promotion of six of its staff members.
“We at Satco congratulate and support everyone in their new roles and look forward to the company’s continued success through their leadership,” says Bill Gildin, President of Satco. “Deep knowledge in their respective fields, and their years of dedication to helping Satco succeed, make them all uniquely qualified for their new, expanded role.”
Alan Karen will now serve as Satco’s Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Karen’s responsibilities include oversight of all domestic and international sales channels of distribution, program development and execution and market planning.
Brian Brandes was promoted to Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing. He will oversee all new product introductions from research and development to pricing and inventory levels for all lamps, light sources and luminaires. Brandes will also determine market launch dates and marketing support efforts.
Chris Siegal has been promoted to Vice President of Product Development for lamps and light sources. Siegal’s responsibilities include management and inventory control of lamp categories inclusive of legacy products and the development of their transitions to new energy efficient LED replacements. He will also oversee purchasing and international logistics of all imported products as well as compliance of all lamp categories to legislative requirements.
David Wild has been promoted to Vice President of Product Development for Luminaires. Wild will oversee the development of luminaires, identify potential new products, conduct market research, generate product requirements, determine appropriate specifications, production timetables, pricing, time-integrated plans for product introduction and develop marketing strategies.
Ed Bak was promoted to Vice President of Operations. Bak will be responsible for the oversight of Satco’s day-to-day customer relations and product deliveries as well as sales support and other daily business.
Janice DeMeo was promoted to Vice President of Finance and will oversee all company accounting and banking operations. She is also responsible for cash flow management, government compliance, internal controls and procedures and expense tracking and analysis.
