Harman Professional Solutions Division Introduces Leadership Team for Enterprise Customer Solutions Units

Harman Professional Solutions division announces the leadership team for its enterprise strategic business unit's (SBU) customer solutions units (CSUs). The enterprise SBU is made up of three CSUs: Hospitality led by David McKinney; large venue, led by Jaime Albors; and government, education, and corporate, led by Kevin Bowyer. McKinney, Albors, and Bowyer will move into their new roles on October 1, 2015.

"Our new Professional Solutions structure positions us well to meet our customers' specific needs" said Kevin Morrison, enterprise SBU leader. "David, Jaime, and Kevin are excellent leaders, and I'm confident they will be able to leverage our complete portfolio of audio, video, lighting, and control products to deliver connected solutions for these vertical markets."

McKinney is currently the vice president and general manager of the mixing SBU and will be relocating to Northridge, California from the UK to assume his new role. McKinney has served in a number of leadership roles at Harman. He was the Asia RSO sales director; he established the Professional Solutions Division's operation in India, incorporating the India Development Center and launching a sales distribution structure that sells to more than 60 partners across India; and he was the divisional leader in China, where he led the sales efforts across China and established new vertical markets.

Albors currently leads all North America sales for Harman's audio and lighting brands as well as its customer care team. Albors was previously senior director, global sales operations, tasked with immediate oversight of the Harman global sales offices' operational activities. He has also served in sales leadership roles within Harman's microphones and signal processing SBUs. Prior to that, Albors held the position of director, sales, intercontinental region, where he headed operations of Harman's San Juan, Puerto Rico sales office.

Bowyer currently leads North America Sales for the video and control SBU with a track record of achievement for double digit growth and exceeding his sales targets with his teams in the past five years. He brings a wealth of global sales leadership experience to his new role. In addition to his leadership roles with AMX and Harman, Bowyer was CEO of Sendio, senior vice president of sales for Sendio, president of Cogent Global Services, president of Mitel Networks, and president of global enterprise professional services with Nortel.