{"id":124,"date":"2017-06-16T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=124"},"modified":"2017-08-28T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:08:04","slug":"stern-appoints-new-consumer-sales-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2017\/06\/16\/stern-appoints-new-consumer-sales-position\/","title":{"rendered":"STERN APPOINTS NEW CONSUMER SALES POSITION"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recognition of the large and growing importance of sales of machines and merchandise to home buyers, Stern Pinball has made a new appointment to the post of Director of Consumer Sales.<\/p>\n

Erik Gilly, the former US Sales Manager for Bandai-Namco<\/em> with responsibility for contracts with Dave & Buster’s<\/em> and Chuck-E-Cheese<\/em> amongst others, takes up the role to promote sales of pinball machines, accessories and merchandise.<\/p>\n

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He will also be looking to grow the US network of Stern Pinball dealers, pushing the company’s products into new area.<\/p>\n

Here’s how Stern Pinball made the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Stern Pinball Announces The Hiring of Erik Gilly New Director of Consumer Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elk Grove Village, IL \u2013 May 22, 2017<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Stern Pinball, Inc., the world’s oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball machines, announced today the hiring of Erik Gilly Director of Consumer Sales.<\/p>\n

Erik most recently worked for Bandai Namco Entertainment where he served as U.S. Sales Manager since October 2012. Erik was accountable for managing a sales portfolio that included Dave and Buster\u2019s, Chuck E Cheese, and other National Accounts.<\/p>\n

Erik will lead SPI in expanding its rapidly growing U.S. dealer market while focusing on growing the Stern brand portfolio including pinball machines, merchandise, and accessories.<\/p>\n

\u201cErik is a great fit for Stern and has an industry background rooted in interactive gaming. Erik also shares our vision for Everything Pinball,<\/em>\u201d said John Buscaglia, Chief Revenue Officer of Stern Pinball.<\/p>\n

About Stern Pinball, Inc.<\/p>\n

Stern Pinball, Inc., headquartered just outside Chicago, Illinois, is the oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball games in the world. Stern Pinball\u2019s highly talented creative and technical teams design, engineer and manufacture a full line of popular pinball games, merchandise and accessories.<\/p>\n

Recent Stern titles include Aerosmith, Batman \u201866, Ghostbusters, Game of Thrones, WWE WrestleMania, The Walking Dead, Mustang, Star Trek, Metallica, The Avengers, X-Men, Tron, Transformers, Avatar, Iron Man, Batman, Spider-Man and many more! All of Stern Pinball\u2019s games are crafted by hand and assembled by Stern Pinball\u2019s expert team. A broad range of players enjoy Stern\u2019s games from professional pinball players that compete in high-stakes international competitions around the globe to novice players who are discovering the allure of the silver ball for the first time.<\/p>\n

To join the fun and learn more, please visit www.sternpinball.com<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recognition of the large and growing importance of sales of machines and merchandise to home buyers, Stern Pinball has made a new appointment to the post of Director of Consumer Sales. Erik Gilly, the former US Sales Manager for Bandai-Namco with responsibility for contracts with Dave & Buster’s and Chuck-E-Cheese amongst others, takes up …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[96,344,97,58],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chicago","tag-erik-gilly","tag-illinois","tag-stern-pinball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}