ClearOne (NASDAQ: CLRO) announced that Rick Stanley has been appointed as Vice President of Sales for Pro Voice and AV Distribution for North and Central America. Stanley joined ClearOne in July 2013 from Muzak where he served as senior design consultant for the systems integration division.
Stanley has more than 20 years' experience in AV system design and sales management with leading companies such as Muzak, TriAmp, Aatronics, CCI Audio Visual Design, and the Harold Shugart Company, serving in various positions including senior design consultant and vice president of sales. His AV systems work has spanned diverse markets including enterprise, hospitality, healthcare, energy, government, military, and custom residential.
"Rick has a valuable blend of sales leadership with deep knowledge of the professional AV market," noted Zee Hakimoglu, Chairman and CEO of ClearOne. "His passion for AV technology and associated industry trends coupled with his commitment to fulfill the needs of the AV partner community is perfectly aligned with ClearOne's tradition of product and service excellence. Rick has repeatedly proven his strong ability to build lasting relationships and work collaboratively with system integrators, consultants, and audio visual distributors."
"With the support of ClearOne's experienced AV team and the strength of ClearOne's AV channel partners, I look forward to extending ClearOne's leadership in the market," Stanley said. "Our new multimedia streaming products, the new CONVERGE® Matrix platform, and our full line of wireless microphones will provide us and our partners many new and large market opportunities with complete, end-to-end solutions powered by ClearOne technology exclusively."
