Restructure of the company’s Spectaculars division delivers better coverage for customers
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Dec. 1, 2021 – As video display systems continue to grow in complexity and variety of projects in the United States, Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, has promoted Josh Francois into the role of managing director for the Spectaculars division of the company. In this new role, Francois will oversee the sales group with focuses on custom LED projects in the commercial, retail and out of home sectors for locations such as New York and Las Vegas and everything in between.
“With this restructure of our Spectaculars division, we’re confident Josh Francois can lead our company and sales representatives to success by delivering on the needs and desires of our great customers,” said Daktronics Vice President of Live Events and Spectaculars Jay Parker. “This new organization of resources allows us to connect with customers more frequently and streamline the flow of communication to swiftly work with those entities on their LED display needs.”
Francois brings extensive experience in LED video display sales for Daktronics to this new role. He was previously in the Live Events division delivering solutions for sports applications and most recently was director of the Western region overseeing Daktronics’ Spectaculars market in Las Vegas and California.
“As Daktronics continues to innovate new and exciting products to engage and entertain the public, I’m thrilled to take this opportunity to help guide and grow those efforts in the company’s Spectaculars division,” said Francois.
Delivering LED solutions to customers in places such as Times Square and the Las Vegas Strip dates back as far as the mid-1980s for Daktronics. This has grown to more than 80 customers in New York City and installations throughout Las Vegas from freeways to landmark installations on the famous strip to entertaining audiences at sportsbooks and iconic Las Vegas shows to everything in between.
About Daktronics
Daktronics helps its customers to impact their audiences throughout the world with large-format LED video displays, message displays, scoreboards, digital billboards, audio systems and control systems in sport, business and transportation applications. Founded in 1968 as a USA-based manufacturing company, Daktronics has grown into the world leader in audiovisual systems and implementation with offices around the globe. Discover more at www.daktronics.com.
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Justin Ochsner
Public Relations/Marketing
Tel 605-692-0200
Email justin.ochsner@daktronics.com
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