Roland Corp. U.S. has made recent appointments in sales, management, support and HR. Quynh Nguyen has been appointed Senior Human Resources Manager. A piano player, she comes to the company having spent five years as Human Resources Manager for Lee’s Sandwiches, a multi-state food chain. Antonio Ferranti has been hired as Piano Strategy Manager. He comes with a rich business background in sales and marketing, most notably as the recent VP of Sales at Alfred Music. During his 13-year career at Alfred Music, Ferranti led a team of sales directors and inside sales representatives.
Mike McAndrew has been named District Sales Manager (DSM) for the Southwest U.S. territory. He assumes the region from Trevor Root, who has transferred to the Texas territory. McAndrew is a guitarist and industry veteran who has held a variety of DSM, AR and inside sales positions with companies such as Korg, D’Addario and KMC. Chris “Agz” Agazaryan joins the product team as Product Manager, Roland/BOSS Accessories. Agz comes to Roland with more than 20 years’ musical retail experience in various roles at Guitar Center, working his way from the accessories counter up through the corporate offices.
Dana Toma has been promoted to Piano Sales Manager for the Western U.S. A classically trained pianist, he has consistently shown great leadership and results over his tenure working on Roland U.S. Customer Support, Sales Admin and Dealer Support teams. Louie Gomez is the newest member of Roland’s Telesales department. Gomez is a gear aficionado, guitarist and vocalist who gigs regularly with his band in the L.A. area. Carlos Garcia has been promoted from contract employee to full-time Administrator in the Roland Corp. U.S. Distribution Center.