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HIRED & PROMOTED: Leyard and Planar have hired industry veteran Vince Schuster as director of northeast sales. Schuster comes to Leyard and Planar with a 20-year history in the AV display industry, most recently as President and CEO of Salitek, a specialty distributor of digital video wall displays.

Well known throughout the AV community, Schuster led the North American sales division for Panasonic Systems Communications, leading the AVT channel team while developing business managers who surpassed an annual business plan of over $300M. Schuster is based in Maryland and will report to Adam Schmidt with oversight over the North Eastern USA and Canada.