Onkyo USA Names Joe Petrillo National Sales Manager

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. (9/13/02) – Onkyo USA has named Joe Petrillo its National Sales Manager. Onkyo USA sells high quality consumer home theater and audio components under the Onkyo and Onkyo Multimedia brand names.

"Joe Petrillo brings to Onkyo a very strong background in sales development and management" said Mark Friedman, Senior Vice President, Onkyo USA. "His strong professional ties, and his experience in consumer electronics sales will be a key component to Onkyo's continued growth."

In his most recent position as Bose’s New York Metro Market Representative, Joe was responsible for the growth of retail sales throughout the important New York Metro area. As the number one Sales Representative Joe won the prestigious Summit award for performance excellence in 2000. Prior to joining Bose Joe worked for TOPS Appliance City in New York where he held a variety of positions including New Business Development Project Manager, Corporate Trainer and Assistant General Sales Manager.

Joe is a graduate of New Jersey City University where he double majored in Marketing and Psychology. He is fluent in both Spanish and Italian.

For more information on Onkyo USA, visit www.onkyousa.com or call 800 229-1687.

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