American Music & Sound (AM&S) has hired Tom Menrath as division manager and added seven new regional sales managers to the new Music Creation Division.
Together with AM&S national sales managers, the additional regional managers will provide a new level of service to dealers across the U.S. for the beyerdynamic, Focusrite, Novation, Fostex, Kurzweil, Mono Cases, Nord, Studiologic, Vestax, Wharfedale Pro, and Xone brands.
“Our new regional sales managers all come from very strong pro audio backgrounds,” states Lynn Martin, president of AM&S. “They are an inspired team that will be able to provide strong support and dedication to our network of dealers.”
Tom Menrath comes to AM&S from Sweetwater Sound. ““We have put together an impressive national dedicated sales team,” says Menrath. “This will allow us to partner with our retailers and provide more personal assistance and follow-through to our dealers from the smallest independents to the largest brick & mortar and e-commerce retailers.”
Mark Towles, former president of Towles Marketing Group, is the AM&S regional sales manager covering the Northeast region. Ken Gilmer, formally of Korg/Marshall, will handle the Southeast region. Bryan Butler from Hal Leonard’s software division will head up the upper Midwest region. Donovan Stark, previously with Solid State Logi,c will take care of the West Coast. Tim Gilpin, formally with Gibson’s Baldwin division, will handle the Central region. Ben Davis, who previously worked as a product specialist for AM&S, will take care of the Midwest. Josh Garcia from Taylor Marketing Group will cover the Rockies.
“The new managers,” continues Martin, “will organize, facilitate, and execute all the sales, marketing and product training necessary to increase our level of support and market awareness for our dealer and customer network.”
