Ross Video Strengthens North American Sales Leadership

Thursday, February 4, 2016 [Ottawa, Ontario, Canada] – Ross Video, a world leader in live production media technology, today announced three appointments that strengthen the company’s sales team in North America.

Jared Schatz is now Vice President of Sales for United States and Canada.  In this role, Jared will oversee all sales operations for both US and Canada and will be reporting directly to Jeff Moore – Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer.  “In his 10 years with Ross, most recently as Director of Sales, Jared has exemplified what Ross is all about by focusing on customer success through a passion for problem solving.  His keen interest in technology and workflow solutions has translated into Ross being closer to the markets we serve,” said Jeff Moore. “We look forward to Jared leading the team to even more success across North America.”

Pete DeBenny has recently been hired as Director of Sales, US. Pete reports directly to Jared Schatz and is managing a large team of Regional Sales Managers. “Pete has a long track record in the industry of bringing value to channel partners which will be much of his focus at Ross,” said Jared Schatz.  “While our partners have always found us friendly and fair to work with, we look to implement programs that serve our partners better across our vast product and solutions offerings.”

Pete Ross has been appointed Director of Sales, US Key Accounts.  Pete Ross now reports to Jared Schatz and will be managing a team of Key and Strategic Account Managers.  “Pete Ross has developed relationships built on trust – which have been mutually beneficial to both Ross and our strategic clients,” said Jared Schatz.  “As we move forward with more complete solutions offerings, Pete’s leadership will help us stay focused on our customer’s needs.”

About Ross Video
Passionate about live production, Ross Video designs, manufactures and delivers dependable technology and services that power exceptional live video productions seen by billions of viewers around the world every day. Ross Video’s goal is to make it easy for customers to create compelling news, weather and sports broadcasts, engaging material for sports stadium screens, legislative assemblies, entertainment shows and rock concerts, and inspiring content for houses of worship.

Relentlessly innovating, Ross Video delivers the world’s widest range of products and services for augmented reality and virtual sets, mobile live-event solutions, real-time motion graphics, robotic camera systems, social-media management, production switchers, routers, infrastructure products, video servers, newsroom systems, terminal equipment and more.

Ross products and services are designed to offer best-in-class system integration and unmatched customer choice by both working together seamlessly and integrating tightly with third-party solutions.

Ross Video has offices around the world, and provides free-for-life telephone support staffed by technical experts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year—even for products bought on eBay. Recognizing the time-critical nature of the broadcast industry, all Ross employees are empowered to provide “whatever it takes” customer service, even down to renting helicopters when necessary to deliver needed parts and service.

Ross Video: The Production Technology Experts.

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Ross Video Media Contact:
Sara Bell
Media Relations Co-ordinator
t. (613) 652-3020
f. (613) 652-4425
e. sbell@rossvideo.com