Riedel Communications has appointed Rick Seegull as Manager of Systems Consultants, serving as a systems consultant himself and also managing Riedel’s growing team of consultants. He will be responsible for coordinating his team’s efforts with the Riedel sales team; scheduling consultant time for demos, client visits, and system designs; working with Riedel’s marketing department and serving on industry panels.
Seegull began in the industry as a recording and live-sound engineer, working in the studio and on tour. He earned his bachelor of science in electrical engineering at Polytechnic University (NYU-Poly). His trade affiliations include InfoComm, AES, and NSCA.
For the past 24 years, Seegull has managed and created both start-up divisions and departments involved in all aspects of the product development, from concept and design to manufacturing, marketing and sales. He most recently served as Senior VP of Sales & Marketing for Aurora Multimedia and previously, as Director of Business Development for A/V control and automation company Xantech Corporation. He earlier served as Product Engineering Manager at Otari MFG, a manufacturer of professional audio recording consoles for the music and film industry.
‘Rick has a strong business development and sales and engineering management background,’ says Riedel North America President, Joyce Bente. ‘Coupled with his past successes in transporting products from concept to market, this background makes Rick the perfect person to bring Riedel’s systems consultancy to a new level of innovative excellence.’
‘The rapid growth of Riedel in North America makes this an exciting time to be joining the company,’ he says. ‘I look forward to helping the company to take full advantage of its momentum and to seize new opportunities for further success in markets across this region.’
Seegull is based in Burbank, California, and reports directly to Bente.
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