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Rockwell Automation has announced announce leadership changes to key sales roles to address new business opportunities and drive the company’s strategic objectives.

 

Jim Burwell has been appointed as state manager for Victoria and Tasmania; Michael Massey as state manager for Western Australia and Kevin Cole as state manager for New South Wales.

 

Bringing a diverse range of both global and local experience, these new appointments are all well placed to deliver on our key focus to help customers become more productive and competitive by leveraging the Industrial Internet of Things to implement The Connected Enterprise. We have an advanced product and service offering that is continually growing and evolving to support our customers through this journey,” said David Hegarty, managing director, Australia & New Zealand, Rockwell Automation.

 

Addressing these new business opportunities provides a great opportunity for us to invest in the wealth of talent that we have within our organisation. Jim, Michael and Kevin all bring fresh insights and a contemporary approach to their new roles,” he said.

 

According to the company, the role of state manager provides leadership in the development and execution of strategy in alignment with the Australia and New Zealand regional strategy.

 

Each state manager will work towards key business objectives and customer satisfaction in their regions and also work closely with the company’s distributor in the execution of the sales strategy.

 

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