Planar welcomes Jay Flath to the company’s Northeast team, where he joins Amber King’s team in managing sales efforts for New England and Upstate New York. He brings nearly 15 years of experience in the corporate AV and digital signage industry. Most recently, Jay worked as a sales engineer for Adtech Systems for 14 years, designing and implementing AV solutions for corporate customers. Jay is based out of Boston and will help extend the team’s reach across the Northeast region.
The company also welcomes Chris Nelson to Planar’s Washington, D.C. team, where he will leverage his professional network to help expand the team’s reach throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. With nearly 20 years of experience working in regional sales roles in the AV industry, Chris joins Planar most recently working as a channel sales director for Avocor. Prior to Avocor, Chris worked in sales at Crestron for eight years and also held an eight-year stint at Electrosonic. He is based out of Northern Virginia and joins Megan Riddle, Greg Haas and Marc Jones in managing Planar’s sales efforts across Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
In addition, Planar is pleased to announce the promotion of Megan Riddle to sales director for the Southeast region. Megan was formerly a region sales manager for the Washington, D.C. area, leveraging her experience in the AV and digital signage industry, including roles in sales, marketing and business development. She joined Planar in 2017 and is based in the Washington, D.C. area. In her new role, Megan will oversee Planar’s sales efforts from Washington, D.C. to Florida and the Caribbean.
Planar is also pleased to welcome Stephanie Hines to the company’s leadership team. As general counsel, Stephanie manages human resources functions for Planar and Leyard’s International business. She is an experienced leader and business-oriented legal advisor who joins the company from Biamp Systems. Prior to her in-house role at Biamp Systems, Stephanie worked at CLEAResult as well as in private practice as a business litigator at Perkins Cole LLP. She graduated from the University of Sioux Falls with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication and received her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.
