Tamron USA Announces New Western Regional Sales Manager

July 20, 2015, Commack, New York – Tamron USA announced the promotion of Suzanne Palermo to Western Regional Sales Manager effective July 7, 2015. Suzanne will take on the full responsibilities of Ruth Cox who has retired from the industry.
Suzanne Palermo, hired by Tamron as a company representative for the Tamron dealer network in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in 2013, has a strong sales and management background, spending much of her professional sales career with consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers.
Palermo was previously Director of Sales/Western States for Pioneer Electronics where she supervised sales professionals covering 24 western states. During her two-decade tenure at Pioneer from 1988 to 2010, Suzanne was responsible for defining, implementing, and managing new and existing corporate sales strategies in support of Pioneer’s corporate vision. She worked to support 240 direct customers and achieved significant goals by developing innovative sales programs focused on meeting customer needs and directing sales force to identify and nurture key customers within the core market areas.
Prior to her start with Tamron, Palermo was the Western Regional Sales Manager for the Mobile Electronics Commercial Division of Best Buy where she was responsible for delivering against key metrics of new business sales development, profitability, and margin performance across the Western United States. Her corporate responsibilities included managing a high performance sales team, training, inventory control and contributing to retail store deliverables including staffing, productivity, utilization and store market planning.
“During her career in the consumer electronics industry, Sue has shown exceptional leadership in developing and coaching high-performance sales teams to exceed company goals,” stated Daniel Davies, Senior Sales Manager, Western Region Photo Imaging & Industrial Optics. “After starting with Tamron, she has demonstrated a refined ability to develop and implement customized sales programs and strategies that are tailored to the individual customer’s unique needs. Her innovation and results-oriented approach make her an excellent fit for the Western Regional Sales Manager position, and an invaluable asset to our team. I am confident that she will be effective and successful in her new role.”
“It is my pleasure to take on the role of Western Regional Sales Manager for Tamron, a manufacturer with a deep history of excellence in build quality and performance,” commented Suzanne. “I look forward to working with dealers across all market within the region to bring new ideas to our dealers and appreciation for their support of Tamron.”
About Tamron
“New Eyes for Industry” is Tamron’s philosophy. This creed is consistent with the company’s position as a comprehensive manufacturer of a wide range of original optical products, from interchangeable lenses for SLR cameras to various optical devices for both the general consumer and OEM. Tamron makes optical products that contribute to a range of different industries and will continue to devote its rich creativity and leading-edge technical prowess to various industrial fields. Furthermore, Tamron is fully aware of its responsibility to the environment and aspires to help preserve the natural environment in all of its business activities. Among its many optical and mechanical innovations since the founding of the company in 1950, Tamron’s development of mass-produced hybrid Aspherical elements paved the way for today’s compact high power All-In-One™ lenses when, in 1992, this technology was incorporated into the ground-breaking 28-200mm. Tamron continues to lead in this category of lenses with the 16-300mm Di II VC PZD Macro – the world’s widest All-In-One™ zoom lens at 18.8X range starting at an unprecedented 16mm true wideangle. This compact and versatile lens features Tamron’s proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) system for blur-free hand-held shooting of photos in low light and at telephoto settings, PZD (Piezo Drive) autofocus system for fast and quiet autofocus operation, and macro capability. Tamron’s recent SP (Super performance) lens introductions have received accolades and high praise from leading photographic magazines and websites for their outstanding best-in-class performance. Tamron has garnered international acclaim for its extensive line-up of professional and consumer lenses.
Optical Product Line-up:
Interchangeable lenses for SLR cameras, digital camera lenses, video camera lenses, lenses for automotive applications, IP and CCTV lenses, lenses for long wavelength infrared cameras, ultra-precision optical components and more.
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