Riedel Communications has appointed Andreas Pater to serve as the company’s head of rental innovations, where he is overseeing product management within the Riedel rental department and working with his team to optimize management and marketing of the company’s rental solution portfolio.
“Over his career so far, Andreas has handled virtually every element involved in creating and delivering sophisticated solutions for complex live productions,” states Riedel Communications CEO Thomas Riedel. “As both an engineer and senior-level manager, he has the knowledge and leadership skills to help us to refine our rental department in a way that better serves our own business while improving the service and solutions we offer our customers. We are very pleased to welcome Andreas to the company.”
Prior to joining Riedel, Pater was managing director for all technical departments of event technology supplier Gahrens + Battermann GmbH, where he was responsible for selecting and purchasing all variety of production equipment, new business development, technical innovations, and process optimization. He was also responsible for the internal IT department, the financial department, and human resources.
During his 20 years with the company, he not only served as project manager for large-scale events but also provided internal vocational training on event technologies. Pater earned his diploma in engineering in electronics from the University of Siegen.
