[ATTACH=JSON]207658.vB5-nodeid=207658[/ATTACH]BUENA PARK, Calif. (October 3, 2017)—Yamaha Professional Audio division (PAD) has announced the appointment of Bob Habel to the position of district manager for Commercial Audio sales. He will cover the important U.S. southeast market previously held by Brian Coviello, who has recently retired.

“Bob is a seasoned sales professional with experience across many areas of the AV market,” states Alan Macpherson, general manager, Yamaha Professional Audio division.
Before joining Yamaha, Habel was national sales manager at CAD Audio, managing both internal staff and nine independent rep firms. Prior to CAD, he held a key sales role for Zenith Systems AV Solutions successfully growing sales of AV product into enterprise, higher education, security, telecommunications, and other vertical markets across the eastern U.S.

Habel has also earned accreditation from ISO/IEC for his specialized skill set within the area of client needs analysis in program/proposal development, system design, and presentation and project management.

In his new position as district manager, Habel will report to Doug Staab, regional sales manager, Commercial Audio and NEXO systems. “Bob’s strength in AV market sales will be beneficial to the company as we continue to grow this all-important market,” adds Staab.

Habel resides in Tampa, Florida.

For more information, visit [url]www.yamahaproaudio.com[/url].
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Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) is one of the largest subsidiaries of Yamaha Corporation, Japan and offers a full line of award-winning musical instruments, sound reinforcement, commercial installation and home entertainment products to the U.S. market. Products include: Yamaha acoustic, digital and hybrid pianos, portable keyboards, guitars, acoustic and electronic drums, band and orchestral instruments, marching percussion products, synthesizers, professional digital and analog audio equipment, Steinberg recording products and NEXO commercial audio products, as well as AV receivers, amplifiers, MusicCast wireless multi-room audio systems, Blu-ray/CD players, earphones, headphones, home-theater-in-a-box systems, sound bars and its exclusive line of Digital Sound Projectors. YCA markets innovative, finely crafted technology and entertainment products and musical instruments targeted to the hobbyist, education, worship, music, professional audio installation and consumer markets.