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| Techrep Marketing is a manufacturer's rep firm with unique ideas and attitudes. We bring a large array of diverse skills to the marketplace. We have a range of people with experience in contracting, live sound, retail and manufacturing. With history at such diverse companies as Digidesign, Mackie, Yamaha and Clair Brothers our staff brings the highest level of experience to our field operations. |
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| We believe in combining a high level of technical knowledge with a commitment to service for our dealers, consultants, manufacturers and end users. Our goal has, and will continue to be, to do more than is expected for our customers. We accomplish this by partnering with our manufacturers and dealers in honest communication. We deliver market driven training, sales materials and presentation and support our dealer in all aspects of the sale. |
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| Our company has grown continuously to become one of the major rep networks in the United States with solid coverage in 13 states. We cover sections of the country that are difficult and expensive to travel and we have spent years of man time developing systems to cover it effectively. |
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Hear Technologies
- Rep of the Year Award - 2004
- Rep of the Year Award - 2005
Ivie
- Rep of the Year Award - 2006
Monster
- Rep of the Year Award - 2003
- Salesman of the Year - Jamie Criswell - 2005
- Independent Specialist Dealer Growth Award - Techrep Southeast - 2005
- Rep of the Year Award - 2006
- Rep of the Year Award - 2007 |
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Presonus
- Rep of the Year Award - 2000
- Quota Buster Ohio Valley - 2001
QSC
- Retail Rep of the Year - 2006
- Retail Rep of the Year - 2007 |
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Sennheiser
- Professional Products Rep of the Year - 2001
- Most Improved Professional Territory - 2002
- Sales Achievment Award - 2004 |
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Tascam
- Excellence in Dealer Product Training - 2001
- Outstanding Performance in the "Capture Your Art" Program - 2003
- TASCAM REP OF THE YEAR! - 2004
- TASCAM REP OF THE YEAR! - BOBBY KELLY (Ter. #183)- 2006 |
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Jeff Mac has a far ranging history in the pro audio and music industry. He graduated from Belmont College with a Bachelor of Business Administration. His five years of retail experience at Sam’s Music in Nashville, Tennessee served as a valuable grounding of the business in a major recording market. Primary responsibilities included building and developing the pro audio and keyboard departments, retail and professional sales and management of the staff.
In 1994, Jeff took a position as National Sales Manager of SADiE Inc., a British based Digital Audio Workstation. During his tenure there he succeeded in considerably raising the American presence of the company through sales presentations, suitable advertising and by transitioning the company from a direct sales model to a dealer distribution model.
In 1997, Jeff moved out on his own as an independent consultant and immediately did extensive work with Yamaha Pro Audio’s digital division. The consultation consisted of developing and implementing a sales and product training regimen for Yamaha’s digital mixers as well performing tradeshow presentation for their digital products at AES and NAMM.
In 1998, Jeff joined Mackie Designs as Eastern Regional Manager, where he was responsible for management of 7 rep firms and more than 700 dealers east of the Mississippi River. Jeff is also a published author in AudioMedia, Keyboard and Video Systems magazines. |
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Ted Bahas graduated from Ohio University majoring in Film and Video in 1984. He worked for Take One Media Associates in Cleveland from 1985-early 1987and graduated from the Dale Carnegie Sales Training Course.
In 1987, Ted worked at Guitar Center in Sherman Oaks California. He started a new software department there and was the first employee to specialize in and sell computer software. He worked with Doug Provisor, of Digidesign, to set up model inventories for other stores.
In 1988 Ted joined Digidesign as Domestic Territory Manager. His responsibilities included setting up the dealer network west of the Mississippi and setting up first field sales office in Los Angeles. Ted set up new territories in Northwest US and South Eastern US. He regularly exceeded sales targets in a high-performance sales environment. Duties included technical product demonstrations and field support, dealer management and sales.
In 1993 Ted took a position with Sonic Solutions as Central States Territory Manager. His responsibilities included managing a 22 state territory and selling to dealers and end users as well as training of highly technical digital audio systems to post production, broadcast and duplication facilities.
In 1994 Ted worked with Sam's Music, Nashville as a high technology salesman. He designed and integrated large studio packages including wiring, equipment and furniture. He setup over a 130 ProTools systems in and around Nashville area and provided technical assistance, consulting and integration. |
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Karl McBryde - Vice President of Sales
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| Karl’s histories as a recording and live engineer as well as over 10 years experience in retail have aptly prepared him to manage our retail environment focus. His primary responsibilities as a rep are in Alabama and Mississippi and he helps focus our team on quality customer service. |
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| Bobby Kelly - Territory Manager |
| Bobby has a long history in the industry in touring and recording. He spent the early 70’s touring with Clair Brothers, Showco & Maryland Sound. Those years had him working with Yes, Jeff Beck, Miles Davis, Bill Monroe & many others. As a recording engineer Bobby has recorded over 150 albums with the likes of Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, T Lavitz & Larry Keel. As a bassist, Bobby has played or recorded with Hubert Sumlin, Bob Margolin, CJ Chenier, Carey Bell, Percy Sledge and many others. Bobby also has over ten years in music retail and has turn-keyed over 100 commercial and project studios. Bobby covers North and South Carolina. |
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| JC Bittence - Territory Manager |
| JC covers the northern Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Western Pennsylvania areas for Techrep. His organizational skills are unparalleled among our company and his experience as a rep, integrator and live sound engineer make him an excellent resource to our dealers. |
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| Jamie Criswell - Territory Manager |
| Jamie covers southern Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky for Techrep. Jamie has a long history in the industry as a salesperson, integrator, rep and rep principal. He is also 6 foot 7 and is of great assistance in collecting past due invoices! |
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| Rusty Sulzmann - Territory Manager |
| Rusty Sulzmann refers to it as “life without the possibility of parole” when it comes to his love of music and audio recording. First picking up a guitar at the age 15, he played his first bar gig at age 17. Before joining Techrep, Rusty spent time as a Production Assistant at Soundelux Showorks and most recently as the Western Regional Manager of Auralex Acoustics, Inc. |
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Chris Bednar, CTS - Territory Manager
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| Chris is the youngest member of our sales team but already has a wealth of knowledge and experience. He covers northern Ohio and Michigan. He is fluent with EASE and his time as a design build integrator makes him an excellent resource to our dealers as he helps with design work and training. |
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Damian Lang - Territory Manager
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Before coming to Techrep, Damian traveled the world as a touring musician. On his last European tour, an airline baggage handler smashed most of his 70s Slingerland kit. Being a musician, money to replace the kit was tough to come by but his experience in the industry earned him a spot on the Techrep team. Now he spends most of his days in music stores, listening to kids pound on shiny new drums.
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Dan Bostick - Distribution Sales Manager
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Dan has almost a decade of experience in music retail sales and over six years in tech support, training and marketing roles working for Mackie Designs and AKG. He is a graduate of Belmont University's music business program and has performed in rock, jazz, and percussion ensembles everywhere from Seattle to Singapore. He is also an avid collector of vinyl records, vintage keyboards and machines that go "ping." Dan handles distribution and sales support activities in our Nashville office.
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Steve Wingo - Territory manager
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Steve joins TRM with a lifetime of experience in audio. He attended Birmingham-Southern College majoring in music composition and later went on to open two music retail stores in Birmingham. Steve has been a manufacturer’s rep for over 16 years. His passion for the industry, coupled with his technical knowledge makes him a great resource for our team.
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Becca Sanders
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Carolee McPherson |
Caryn Tovtin |
Ricardo Hurtado |
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James Wise
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Sales Admin
Ohio Valley |
Sales Admin
South East |
Sales Admin
South East |
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Correspondence |
Sales Admin
Ohio Valley |
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Sales Admin
Ohio Valley |
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