Vartan
Vartanian, President Industrial Market, Regional Sales &
Services of SKF, joined board.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Strategic
Account Management Association (SAMA) announced the addition of
their newest board member, Vartan
Vartanian, President Industrial Market, Regional Sales &
Services of SKF, at the 49th SAMA Annual Conference on
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the Westin
Diplomat in Hollywood, Fla.
"SAMA is very fortunate and extremely pleased to welcome
Vartan Vartanian to our Board of
Directors," said SAMA President and CEO Bernard Quancard.
"Vartan's executive leadership qualities and deep understanding of
how measurable business value with strategic customers is created
and delivered globally, make him an invaluable asset to the
organization."
Vartanian joined SKF in 1990. He is President of the SKF
Industrial Market, Regional Sales and Service since 2012 and a
member of the SKF Group Executive Committee since 2008. He has held
a number of executive positions in Poland, Czech
Republic and Sweden. SKF
Industrial Market, Regional Sales and Service make up around 40% of
the SKF Group's total sales. In various industrial sectors Regional
Sales and Service focuses on sales, business development,
engineering, and developing services and solutions that improve
customer productivity. It has primary responsibility for SKF
distributors and channel partners, with around 6,000 branches
worldwide. He received a bachelor of Applied Sciences-Mechanical
Engineering from University of
Toronto.
In addition to Vartanian, SAMA's board members consists of
Geoff Williams, SAMA Chairperson of
the Board, Vice President Global Enterprise Customers, Schneider
Electric-SGBD; Bernard Quancard, SAMA President & CEO;
Rosemary Henegan, former chairperson
of the board, Director, International Sales & Operations,
Worldwide, IBM; Volhard Regulla, Global Managing Director-Corporate
Accounts, HP GmbH; Dennis Chapman,
President & CEO, The Chapman Group; Joe
Coffey, Chief Commercial Officer, Gallus BioPharmaceuticals; Dominique Cote, Senior Director, Operational
Business Strategy, Zoetis; Barbara
Desmond, Global Practice Leader, Cushman & Wakefield;
Jim Ford, Vice President of
Strategic Accounts, Nalco; Stephanie
Fuller, Director of Global Business Development, Office
Depot BSD; John Gardner, Senior
VP-Global Strategic Accounts, Emerson Process Management;
Cameron Hyde, Senior Vice President,
Global Account Operations, Xerox Corporation; Chris Jensen, Engineering & Manufacturing,
Sr. Vice President & Americas Industry Head, DHL Customer
Solutions & Innovation; Denise
Lodrige-Kover, Vice President-Global Strategic Account
Management, Hilton Worldwide; Jean-Philippe
Machon, Executive Vice President, Distributors &
Installers Market Sector, NEXANS; Dr. Hajo
Rapp, Senior Vice President Key Account Management and
Vertical Markets, Siemens; Michael
Stevens, Senior Partner, PMI; Dr. Kaj Storbacka, Founder and Chairman, Vectia
Ltd.; Phil Strlund, CEO, The Summit Group; John Summers, Vice President & General
Manager, Life Sciences, Johnson Controls, Inc.; Gary Summy, Director, Business Development,
Global Accounts Operations, Xerox Corporation; Allen Tuthill, Senior Vice President, Strategic
Sales & Business Development, Assurant Solutions; and
Carrie Welles, Vice President,
Global Customer Management, Think! Inc.
For more information on SAMA Board Members, please visit
http://www.strategicaccounts.org/board.
About SAMA
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