Sarah Gitersonke of Chicago-based indie rep firm SG & Partners has signed The Garage to its roster for Midwest representation. Owned by first-generation Cuban American director Steve Giralt, The Garage, which recently signed director Matt Genesis, is in the process of minority-owned certification. Gitersonke joins a sales team at The Garage that already includes Minerva on the East Coast and N CAHOOTS on the West Coast….
Gisbert Hochguertel rejoins Ikegami Electronics to handle broadcast sales and marketing throughout the EAME (Europe, Africa, Middle East) region. Hochguertel started his broadcast industry career at public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln before joining Ikegami in 1991 where he was active in sales and product management for nearly a decade. He subsequently worked in a similar role at Sony Europe before moving to virtual advertising specialist LANE GmbH as head of broadcast….
Riedel Communications, which designs, manufactures, and distributes real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, has appointed Kevin Collins to serve as sr. VP of sales, North America. Collins joins Riedel after nearly 30 years at Diversified, where he was a founding member. Collins maintained an executive management role throughout his tenure and was instrumental in the strategy and growth of the organization. He held management roles at Diversified including VP of sales, 12 years as EVP and chief operating officer, and president and COO for four years. His last role was as president of the company’s international business unit. One of Collins’ key initiatives in establishing Diversified’s role as a thought leader included creating a team of subject matter experts for emerging technologies and solutions (ET&S). The goal of ET&S was to partner with clients to improve their tech operations and deliver solutions based on their real-world understanding of the actual capabilities of systems, people, and spaces….
