Robe North America is pleased to
announce the appointment of John Bilyk as its Canadian Sales Manager effective
immediately.
Mr. Bilyk has enjoyed a long and
successful career in the entertainment lighting market working for numerous
leading companies including most recently a fifteen year stint as the Canadian
Sales Manager for Dallas-based Vari-Lite.
Robe North America CEO Bob Schacherl
commented “I’ve had the pleasure of both knowing and working with John most of
my professional career. He has a deep
and extensive knowledge of the Canadian market and outstanding rapport with the
principal lighting designers, rental companies and system integrators. We expect John to make an instant impact on
our business in Canada.”
John Bilyk stated “Recognizing
Robe’s existing leading position in the global entertainment lighting market, I
look forward to leveraging my client relationships to strengthen and grow
Robe’s presence in Canada.”
Robe CEO and founder Josef Valchar said “I am really glad to have
John onboard. He is a very well-known and respected person in our industry. I
am sure he will bring a lot of positive results from the Canadian market, which
for many years has been quite challenging for us. I am proud to say, that the
whole sales team in North America is a real ‘Dream Team,’ which a few years ago
we could only dream about… \”
Sales
Director Harry von den Stemmen offered \”I first met John back in the
heydays of SIB in Rimini. It must be destiny that we now work together at Robe
Lighting. Good things sometimes take a while, and I am very excited that he
joins the team. John will help us a lot to further establish the Robe brand in
Canada. It is kind of weird, too, that after a few days in Montréal I will be
heading to SIB Rimini again, what a Déjà Vu this is!\”
Mr. Bilyk can be reached via email
at john.bilyk@robelighting.com
or by phone at (416) 255-3289. He will
also be present at Robe North America’s booth (500) at the Expo-Scène exhibition to be held May 2-3,
2016 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.
Photo : L-R Josef Valchar (Robe s.r.o. CEO & Founder), John Bilyk
(new Canadian Sales Manager), Bob Schacherl (CEO Robe North America) and Harry
von den Stemmen, (Robe s.r.o. Sales Director)
