- Leyard and Planar announced the company has hired Vince Schuster as Director of Northeast Sales.
Schuster comes to Leyard and Planar with a 20-year history in the AV display industry, most recently as President and CEO of Salitek. Schuster led the North American sales division for Panasonic Systems Communications, leading the AVT channel team while developing business managers who surpassed an annual business plan of over $300M.
“As Leyard continues to capitalize on our leadership position within the LED video wall market and expand our footprint in North America,” said Adam Schmidt, Vice President of Sales for North America. “We are thrilled to have Vince’s tremendous leadership experience, proven track record of strategy driven sales engagement to continue to build our North American operation and surpass our customers’ expectations. With 2015 global sales of NPP LED video walls reaching $3.4 billion, and expected double digit growth forecasted though 2020, we see an extraordinary opportunity to expand our dynamic leadership position.”
