TORONTO - Leitch Technology Corporation appointed three new members to its US sales organization as part of an aggressive business strategy.
Richard Cooper is Leitch's new regional sales manager in the Northeast region, coming to the company from Teranex where he served as regional sales director for the eastern United States. In his new role, Cooper's mandate will be to increase business in the Northeast region and increase Leitch's overall presence in larger projects.
David Hagerty has been appointed regional sales manager for the Northwest region. Hagerty was with SeaChange International. His background also includes account management at Grass Valley Group, where he covered the Western States and was the lead salesperson in several multi-million dollar station re-builds. Prior to that, he held a number of positions during 20 years at Tektronix. Hagerty will focus on increasing business in the Northwest region and will work closely with system integrators and the Leitch Systems Engineering group to bring systems projects to Leitch.
And, Bob Crachy has joined the company as director of key accounts in the Western region. Crachy brings to Leitch 25 years experience in the broadcast/post production industry, and was most recently with Grass Valley Group, where he was an account manager. In his new role, Crachy will work to bring Leitch Systems Engineering services to the client and expose the customer to the Integrated Content Environment solutions that Leitch has to offer.