PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, 2002- Siemens Hearing Solutions announces the promotion of David Sawyer to Vice President of Marketing. Sawyer will direct the company's marketing services, product development and management, software and systems technical support, advertising, and overall marketing initiatives.
"With over 20 years of successful experience in the hearing instrument industry and his contributions to Siemens thus far, Sawyer is a critical member of the company's management team." stated Paul Erickson, President and CEO of Siemens Hearing Solutions.
Since joining Siemens in 1999, Sawyer has worked as the company's International Custom Product Development Director, and most recently as Director of Marketing.
Before joining Siemens, Sawyer held a number of key management and sales positions with several hearing instrument companies, and previously dispensed hearing instruments in private practice. He has also been the publisher of an advertising periodical, has written articles for industry trade magazines, and conducted seminars and workshops in numerous continuing education training programs for Hearing Health Care Professionals.
About Siemens Hearing Solutions:
Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, Siemens Hearing Solutions (Siemens
Hearing Instruments, Inc.), designs, engineers and manufactures advanced digital, digital, digitally programmable and advanced conventional hearing aids in all custom (ITC, ITE, and CIC) and behind-the-ear (BTE) models.
The Company also offers audiological software along with a wide variety of equipment for Hearing Health Care Professionals, hearing aid batteries and a wide array of assistive listening devices (ALDs), such as amplified phones, which help improve the quality of life of the hearing impaired. Visit www.siemens-hearing.com for more information.
The Company operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions, of Siemens AG one of the largest suppliers of healthcare equipment in the world. Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), headquartered in Munich, is a leading global electronics and engineering company. It employs some 450,000 people in 193 countries, and reported worldwide sales of more than $74 billion in fiscal 2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01). The United States is Siemens' largest market, with nearly 80,000 employees and sales of $18.9 billion for fiscal 2001. For more information about Siemens in the U.S., visit www.usa.siemens.com.
