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Pluritec Hires Sousa as New VP-Sales/Marketing
August 30, 2016 | PluritecEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Pluritec, a global leader in equipment for printed circuits board manufacturing, recently announced the appointment of Lino Sousa as vice president of sales and business development. In this role, Sousa will be responsible for all direct sales and reseller functions for North America. He has also been entrusted to grow strategic customer accounts and partner relationships that tactically meld with Pluritec’s core business objectives.
Sousa brings 30 years’ experience in the PCB business to his new position at Pluritec, including executive sales and business development roles at both startups and larger enterprise organizations. Previously, he held the position of executive Vice President at Microcraft.
“We are very excited about Lino’s plans for our sales and marketing,” said Nicola Doria, president and CEO of Pluritec. “Lino has been instrumental in ramping up Pluritec’s presence within North America over the past two years and has a proven history building sales and service organizations and delivering results. He is a driven professional capable of building enterprise sales and service channels.”
About Pluritec
Now part of Pluriservice group Pluritec was originally founded in 1968 and has a long and successful history in the Printed Circuits Boards industry.
Thanks to the long experience, professional skills and in-depth knowledge of the market the company develops, designs and manufactures equipment for the Printed Circuit Board fabrication.
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