ABB Appoints Rick Dolezal to Manage Americas Channel Partner Marketing
Wickliffe, Ohio, February 24, 2009 -ABB announced today that it has appointed Rick Dolezal as Channel Partner Marketing Manager in the Americas region. In his new role, Dolezal will be responsible for developing and implementing marketing plans and strategies for ABB's wide range of control solutions and products sold through ABB's third-party channel partners and system integrators. He will be based in Wickliffe, Ohio.
"Rick brings a great deal of industry experience and market knowledge to this new role," said John Marbry, Vice President, Control Product Sales, Americas region, ABB. "His expertise and dedication will make him an invaluable resource for our network of channel partners. We are pleased to welcome Rick to the ABB team."
Dolezal has more than 25 years of automation industry experience in various marketing, sales, engineering and management positions. Most recently, he was Manager of the Process Market Development Group at Rockwell Automation. Dolezal has B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio Institute of Technology.
"I am excited about the opportunity to work with the dynamic, industry-leading team at ABB," said Dolezal. "I'm looking forward to working with our sales partners to help them sell the solutions that will help our mutual customers to be successful and thrive in today's extremely competitive market environment."
ABB offers an unmatched portfolio of control solutions that significantly improve process applications of all sizes across the entire range of manufacturing industries. This portfolio includes ABB's flagship Extended Automation System 800xA, as well as the Freelance compact DCS, Compact Products 800 series, and other complementary automation products.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 120,000 people.
