Rittal North America Announces Senior Sales Director Roles

EIN 37 CS Rittal senior sales 400

Sept 3, 2019

Rittal has announced the appointment of John Finnegan and Mike Smetana to new senior sales director positions.

With these promotions, both Finnegan and Smetana join the Rittal North America executive team and are responsible for leading sales teams to achieve significant short- and long-term growth, improve engagement with Rittal customers and channel partners, as well as build a closer connection with the Rittal salesforce.

Finnegan began his professional career with Rittal in 1997 as an account manager after having previously completed an internship with the company. He has held roles with progressive responsibility serving clients in both the IT and OEM markets on a national and international basis. Prior to this promotion Finnegan served as director of sales for the Southeast region.

Smetana joined Rittal in 2016 as sales director of the North region and most recently served as director for the U.S. channel. Prior to joining Rittal, Smetana held sales management positions in the electrical market at both BURNDY LLC and Klein Tools. He earned his bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.

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